Friday was another busy day for East of Main at the Olio Festival - 4 venues, 5 shows. Thoroughly enjoyable and whoever’s in charge of this fest was wise to put all this stuff close by together. By bike, it was a breeze to get around.
Apollo Ghosts - Friday @ Anza Club
Wasn’t really sure what [...]
Archive for August, 2009
Olio Festival digs up fun, creative side of Vancouver - Day 1 Roundup: Piper Davis, Sex With Strangers, The SSRIs, Fine Mist
Thanks to the folks who organized Olio Fest - a great way to showcase the amazing talent we have in this city. Vancouver is not the easiest city for live music and alternative venues. It can be real easy to bitch about as ‘no fun city’, but then something like Olio comes along to show [...]
Ukraine Replies - Viktor Yushchenko Letter to Dmitry Medvedev - Full text transcript English-language translation
[Ed. - Having not found the Ukrainian president's reply to Dmitry Medvedev in English to share with my network, I translated it myself. I have also posted a translation of Medvedev's original message here on East of Main - Andriy]
I cannot disagree that there are serious problems with our countries’ relations, but find it surprising [...]
Them’s Fighting Words - Medvedev Threatens Yushchenko and Ukraine in August 11, 2009 Speech (English translation, full text transcript)
Full text transcript of Russian president Dmitry Medvedev’s video blog address re: his letter to Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko:
[From Editor - having not found a translation of this online, I went ahead and did it myself. It's not perfect, but I think it captures the tone and gist of the address. The full text translation [...]