Are you into dance / electronica / nu disco? Well then, I would like to introduce you to Pat Lok. Pat spins nu disco and electronica on Thursdays and Saturdays at Shine. If you haven’t already, come by there for some great dancing. Or download his mixes [FREE!] from DJPatLok.com
I’ve heard Pat spin lots over [...]
Be Proud to be Canadian. Not because of the actions our political leaders are taking but because of fellow Canadians who’ve taken action.
While Harper is having back-door dealings to further expand the tar sands, eating donuts + is trying to lead the anti-Kyoto movement at the UN talks, ordinary Canadians (thousands upon thousands) joined [...]
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Here at East of Main, we get real excited about Vancouver’s film fest each year. Hours of circling and double-circling the program + a healthy dose of gut instinct (trust us, our VIFF hunches have been pretty much right on in the past) = [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Classics, cranks, comics, love, music, and so much more … I’m so impressed with your book choices, people! Here, my fellow geeks, is the full list of books you suggested for our Ovaltine Book Club. These are in random order and have little blurbs from the intertubes to help you choose, but please do your [...]
After you learned to dart past bouncers in those ubiquitous wristband lineups, this weekend’s Juno Fest turned out to be inexpensive, had tons of variety, and really strong performances from local and out-of-town bands. I wish I could say the same for the Juno awards in general, but they were a yawn moment - [...]
UPDATE January 13, 2009
In 17 days 919 Palestinians killed by Israel including 284 children & 100 women, 4260 injured
UPDATE January 7, 2009:
CEASEFIRE talks are finally being considered by Israel - there is hope but offensive on Gaza still in full-force [BBC]
Estimated Death toll: 683 Palestinians since Israel offensive began (December 27, 2008). 7 Israeli soldiers [...]
www.Canadiansforobama.ca spokesmen, Dr. Clement Apaak and Ajay Puri, discussed their excitement and also other progressive Canadians joy of having Barack Obama choosing Canada to be his first formal visiting country. The date hasn’t been set yet for the visit to Ottawa, but when Mr Harper and President elect Obama do meet, expectations are high for [...]
January 5th, 2009 UPDATE: Ok I’m stuck at home working today. I don’t mind it as it would have taken at least 2-3x longer to get to my work. Thankfully I have VPN. But I was taking to my colleagues and it took them up to 1.5 hours for their commute which usually takes 30min. [...]