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Almost Mainstream: The 2016 Two-Disc Mix

A mix of some of my favourite tracks and artists of 2016. 45 songs designed to fit onto two 80 minute CD-Rs, just like the old days (plus a bonus track).

Posted on 31 December 2016 and filed under articles, main, music

Some thoughts for Canadian media in the wake of President Donald Trump

The temptation to go COULD A TRUMP CAMPAIGN SUCCEED IN CANADA? is strong and is already well underway. But I think some real thought needs to go into this, regardless of where you stand on the candidates or the issues.

Posted on 9 November 2016 and filed under articles, comments, main, media

McMansions aren't for living in

The age of the McMansion saw the shift of the house from a place that we live in, potentially for the rest of our lives, to an asset that we are decidedly not supposed to live in forever.

Posted on 3 November 2016 and filed under articles, design, main, outbound, small

Indigenous Canadians and the bus plunge

” Indigenous people, I’m afraid, haven’t rated very highly on that unspoken hierarchy. Canadians evidently do not consider Indigenous people proximate — and the less proximate the subject, the more indifferent the audience.”

Posted on 8 September 2016 and filed under articles, journalism, main, media

missing (indigenous) woman

If you hear a woman is missing, does it make you care more, or less, to discover she’s Indigenous?

Posted on 8 September 2016 and filed under articles, journalism, main, media

How Pokemon Go is transforming downtown Prince George

Businesses and outreach groups say Pokemon Go is helping show people who’ve avoided downtown Prince George that the neighbourhood, and the people who frequent it, are nothing to be afraid of.

Posted on 27 July 2016 and filed under articles, links, main, outbound, Prince George

Make Canada Great Again (Trudeau, Trump, and Brexit)

They appeal to a nostalgia for a version of each country that was stronger, more respected, treated its people better. It’s a promise that things were better, once, and after this vote, they will be again- regardless of whether any of that is true.

Posted on 22 July 2016 and filed under articles, Canada, main

Share the road

Let me start by saying I am wholly aware that riding a bike in no way comes anywhere close to having the lived experience of a woman, minority, or non-cisgendered person. At all. But…

Posted on 16 June 2016 and filed under articles, bikes, main, misc

#Orlando

It was then I realized I would never, ever understand the immense bravery and resilience it would take to simply exist as a gay man in the world.

Posted on 13 June 2016 and filed under articles, main, misc

about that gorilla

I’m not saying for sure that gorillas, our dolphins, or any other animals are our equals. But I’m aware of humanity’s historic ability to look the other way when it comes to mistreating others, and how much we like to tell ourselves comforting myths about our own intelligence or place in the moral hierarchy in order to dismiss the claims that the way we are treating other forms of life is wrong. And I won’t rule out the possibility that it’s still happening today.

Posted on 2 June 2016 and filed under articles, main, misc

The Best of the Tragically Hip Mixtape

The Tragically Hip taught me the difference between being from Canada, and *being Canadian*.

Posted on 24 May 2016 and filed under articles, Canada, main, music

what happened to vancouver hip-hop?

As Toronto becomes a global player in the hip-hop world, Vancouver no longer holds its status as the second centre of the Canadian scene.

Posted on 14 May 2016 and filed under articles, Canada, main, music

How does media responsibly tell stories about people who want to help after Fort McMurray fires?

If on-the-ground organizations say receiving truckloads of donations is causing more harm than good, how should media approach stories about people donating physical goods?

Posted on 9 May 2016 and filed under articles, media

Discography

A good album is more than a collection of good songs and a good discography is more than a bunch of good albums.

Posted on 30 April 2016 and filed under articles, main, music

The philosophy of parks

What do our abandoned playgrounds say about who we were- and who we are?

Posted on 27 April 2016 and filed under articles, cities, comments, design, main, Prince George

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