British Columbia – Shortly after recent controversy over the Temporary Foreign Workers Program brought to light questions as to whether more oversight and higher transparency are really making it into Human Resources and Skills Development Canada’s (HRSDC) agenda – Canada’s Economic Action Plan is furthering its efforts to streamline yet another foreign workers program: […]
On Tuesday, February 19 Vancouver arts and culture lovers gathered at the Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre to cheer 20 years of Full Circle productions. Each year Vancouver is host to the Talking Stick Festival, organized by Full Circle: First Nations Performance. The festival features 10 days of Aboriginal cultural experiences and performances from […]
To simplify to a borderline traitorous extent, Aristotle argued that a “thing” is more than the sum of its parts; a syllable, for example, is not just the individual letters that make it up, but something else besides. Socrates had called this additional something an eidos, a form, but Aristotle chose to call it “thinghood.” […]
Do you ever wonder what New York’s inner-city life was like in the 1980’s? This was a storied time when Hip Hop and graffiti art were still in their infancy, while white America thought of them as a dangerous sub-culture originating from its own poor black communities. Well, in Adam Mansbach’s latest novel Rage Is […]
“Smells like f***in’, like some f***in’ piss, yo,” the guy with the gangster lean says, strutting to the end of the bathroom and back before pulling his shirt off and trading it for newly acquired Vinnie Paz merch. He pauses briefly to admire his tattooed chest in the mirror before pulling the fresh fabric over […]
Coheed and Cambria‘s latest album, The Afterman: Descension, part two of a double album that was recorded as one early last year, has now been released to listeners less than four months after the first part, Ascension, dropped in October 2012. The Afterman: Descension tells the story of Sirius Amory’s return to his home planet […]
Vessel marks Abriosis’ third release, following up their 2011 full-length Tattered And Bound and self-titled EP (2008). Founded by guitarist Taylor Lipton in 2007, Abriosis’ previous incarnations saw Chris Mathis handle vocal duties, followed by Kris McDermott. The theme of new vocalists continues on Vessel with Alxs Ness now the voice of Abriosis, but this […]
A few months ago, I delved into Britain’s “Up” Series, which began in 1964 with director/narrator Michael Apted (who now has over 40 years of credits that range from ‘Coronation Street’ to ‘The World is Not Enough’) interviewing and videotaping a group of 7-year old children from a range of social backgrounds throughout England. From the one-room […]
[youtube]http://youtu.be/wSaDElz7wSI[/youtube] In Junip’s latest video, we see an old man, haunted by his past, and stuck in a relationship that he may have never wanted in the first place. Through flashbacks we see glimpses of how it started, all under the watchful and constant eye of his overbearing father. There is an unnerving darkness that […]
British Columbia – Shortly after recent controversy over the Temporary Foreign Workers Program brought to light questions as to whether more oversight and higher transparency are really making it into Human Resources and Skills Development Canada’s (HRSDC) agenda – Canada’s Economic Action Plan is furthering its efforts to streamline yet another foreign workers program: […] 