Documentary Debut: Promo Clip

admin @ December 11, 2009 # No Comment Yet

For now, from our Documentary - here is the sample footage/promo piece put together by our Camera/Director of Photography. The music is supplied by Sigur Ros alum Jonsi and Alex from ‘the Riceboy Sleeps’ release (info: “Iceland’s Jon Thor Birgisson (the ethereal-voiced lead singer and frontman of Sigur Rós) and his boyfriend Alex Somers (a member of the band Parachutes and the designer of much of the graphic contact for Sigur Rós’ albums)” source: http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll )

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Editorial Reponse (re:Whole Foods):”Fighting Fire with Fire”

admin @ August 29, 2009 # One Comment

After writing The Unethical Boycott of Whole Foods Inc., I received a lot of feedback. In this article I seek to clear up any confusion I have caused and respond to some of the critiques. In this way I seek to get to the bottom of my points and, if at all possible, give credit to my critics who I feel ask important and fundamental questions regarding the nature, not just of my article, but of the issue at hand. I also, admittedly, seek to verbally abuse the boycotters out of their idiotic stupor. I can only hope they are not so terrified by privatized healthcare that they will miss my points. Oh, and a final carrot before the steak, I feel that public healthcare system would be a huge step forward for the United States – don’t confuse my critique of your mass-hysteria with delusion.

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Technology: Groundbreaking Canadian Guitar Maker Strikes Chord Internationally

admin @ August 26, 2009 # No Comment Yet

Peter Swanson of Dagmar Custom Guitars is making waves around the world with his revolutionary new approach to guitar making. Join us as we speak with Peter and marvel at the ingenuity of this young luthier.

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Op Ed: The Unethical Boycott of Whole Foods Inc.

admin @ August 25, 2009 # One Comment

It is difficult to talk about freedom of speech without getting on a soap box. However, I feel a moral responsibility, as many others have already stood on theirs and launched vicious attacks to suppress free speech. The most recent case of this would be the call to boycott Whole Foods Inc. by the organization Single Payer Action .

The reason behind the boycott is that “…Mackey has launched a public campaign to defeat single payer national health insurance.” If you haven’t already, you should go read the statement calling for the boycott…

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Dagmar Custom Guitars - Special Presentation/Preview

admin @ August 18, 2009 # No Comment Yet

Join us on Tues., August 19 as we interview Peter Swanson - the mastermind behind Dagmar Custom Guitars - featured in their debut at the Montreal Guitar Show among many of the world’s prime luthiers!

At about 2 pm-ish, we’ll take you though a tour of Dagmar’s workshop, talk to Peter about his creations and designs - and the interesting things in store for Dagmar Custom Guitars . This includes Queen’s University’s use of Peter’s Guitar Designs in a project they have underway using Fiber Optic Technology to take the piezomagnetic pickup well into the future!

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Fight City Hall! A Personal Story…”Resident upset after city refuses claim for damages”

admin @ August 2, 2009 # No Comment Yet

Stephen Dohnberg is going out on a limb.

But after a large tree branch fell onto the antique wrought iron fence and vestibule of his heritage house, the Yates Street resident wants to warn others to tell the city if they have trees on the boulevard in front of their homes.

Otherwise, Dohnberg said, they could be on the hook for any damage a city-owned tree may do to their property.

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Editorial - Whiteous Indignation

admin @ July 28, 2009 # No Comment Yet

“How cute!” my adults would say when they passed a black baby or a small black child. They’d grin approvingly at the baby and smile their acceptance at the baby’s mom. Sometimes they’d extend a hand to brush the baby’s cheek to prove their gentility. And then they’d walk a bit further, lean into each other and snark the zinger that angered me then and now, “yeah, they’re cute now but wait till they get older.” There it was. There it is. The not so subtle prejudice I witnessed in my family that millions of impressionable children witnessed in theirs…

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Ontario Provincial Tories’ Find New Leader’s Footing on Fractured Ground

admin @ June 29, 2009 # One Comment

Will the new, non-centrist Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario find success reaching back to the Mike Harris years? Or rather is it the Bill Davis Big Blue Machine that is the key to Progressive Conservative success?

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editorial: Jingoism Isn’t Journalism! Why I Don’t Trust CNN & Corporate Media To Cover Iran

admin @ June 23, 2009 # No Comment Yet

As a critic of media, in particular of cable/satellite “news,” I’m troubled by American corporate-media, in particular CNN’s near non-stop coverage of the turmoil in Iran. Not because the story isn’t important. It’s critically important and warrants the personal coverage it’s getting from the Iranian people as they bypass corporate channels to tell their stories on facebook, youtube, flickr and twitter.

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Editorial: THE “F” BOMB- Has It Finally Arrived?

admin @ May 16, 2009 # No Comment Yet

It can take years to break through in popular culture. Just ask any non-Idolesque singer. Ask any musician, actor, artist etc. Getting the word out there can be a long and arduous task and raw talent or appeal is not always a deciding factor. Timing is everything we are told, being in the right place at the right time. That of course implies luck as a factor, or “getting your big break” as some put it.

Others will say that you make your own breaks.
I’m sure it’s a combination of everything. Even heathens like myself like to imagine that every once in a while the “forces” align and something comes of it. Of course we heathens also like to believe that outside of science, there are no forces, and that the studies of alignment and coincidence are simply things people do to pass the time and to make themselves look much cleverer than they actually are.

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