The Conservative Party threw a tremendous tantrum today when they finally figured out that 37% is not more than 62%. Harper did what comes naturally to him, he started lying. His basic theme is that the Liberal/NDP coalition includes the Bloc and is therefor anti-Canadian. The Bloc is not, of course, a formal part of…
Give Him a chance.
Is it one man’s responsibility to save the world? Even with all the power that Superman possessed, bad things still happened all over the planet. So if Superman, Batman, and even Spiderman couldn’t save the world from itself, is it fair for everyone to place that type of pressure on the newly elected President of…
Arts in Ottawa – Getting the Gang Together
In this case, that gang got together at City Hall to hold a press conference. From Photos It was well attended by people who care more than a whit over the civic budget cuts proposed by senior staff in the 2009 Draft Budget, about which Justin and I have spoken at some small length before.…
Other Voices: An Evening of Latino Writing and Music
Thursday October 30th, 2008 @ 6:30 pmThe Trane Studio, 964 Bathurst St. Join Tightrope Books for an exciting evening celebrating Latin music, poetry and performance. Don’t miss the best and brightest Latino writing and music has to offer including a bilingual translation of renowned Serbia Poet Goran Simic’s work featuring Veronica Garza Flores, a reading…
The Best Canadian Poetry 2008
The Best Canadian Poetry 2008Tuesday, November 11 2008, 7 pm Revival, 783 College Street West (at Shaw) Toronto, Ontario From a long list of one hundred poems drawn from Canadian literary journals and magazines, this year’s guest editor, award winning poet Stephanie Bolster, has chosen fifty of the best Canadian poems published in 2007. With…
The Toronto Small Press Book Fair Presents the Small Press Affair
The Toronto Small Press Book Fair Presents the Small Press Affair On Saturday, November 1st, the Toronto Small Press Book Fair is holding a special evening mini-fair, The Small Press Affair, at the Tranzac Club. From 6 pm to 11 pm, writers, fans and friends of Canada’s smaller presses/publishers/publications will gather at the Tranzac to…
More Arts Funding = Less Plagiarism
What a wonderful twist of irony today’s news is. One of Harper’s speechwriters, unable to come up with anything original to say, steals a speech from the Australian P.M. In all honestly I don’t believe that Harper had nothing to do with it. He is, to his very core, unoriginal and finding a staffer to…
What your musical tastes say about you…
“Classical to Rap: Music lovers have much more in common than you would think” by Chris Green Just read this article from the Independent UK about how your musical tastes can define your personality. Interesting read, but not sure how much I agree with it. Here’s the link http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/classical-to-rap-music-lovers-have-much-more-in-common-than-you-would-think-919553.html
The Fundamentals of the Economy Are Strong and Other Harper Myths
A great new video from the folks at acreativerevolution.ca but before I get to that a few other brief notes. First Montreal Simon has some notes on the ties between the Conservatives and ultra conservative Catholic movement Opus Dei. Also Conservative Candidate Chris Reid, Toronto Centre has called it quits after he “criticized passengers on…
Attention Calgary: Vicious Citcle
No this is nothing to do with the election, my friend Nicole Ooms has some pieces up at a show that opens tonight at the Vicious Circle, 1011 1st Street SW at 7 pm. Visit Nicole’s site at www.nicolesarah.com. You can find out more about Vicious Circle and get directions, hours etc., at viciouscircle.ca