Tag Archives: Stephen Harper

the w.s. walcott election show

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Dave

Get involved. Donate now. Are you in? Want to buy some cool looking swag? A bobble head doll of our glorious leader? Is their clairvoyancy in politics? Should we care? As the Canadian election yawns into the back nine with … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Miscellaneous | Tagged David Amodio, Guy Debord, jack layton, justin trudeau, Levon Helm, Margaret Wente, Michael Ignatieff, Rick Salutin, Robbie Robertson, Stephen Harper, The Band, Walter Benjamin | Leave a comment

Caravaggio and a bridge too far

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Art

Know your Caravaggio. Scholars have been contesting two exhibit works authenticity that will be appearing at the National Gallery in Ottawa. Two of the eleven canvases pre-certified as original Caravaggios in the planned summer exhibition on the Italian baroque are … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Miscellaneous | Tagged brett gundlock, Caravaggio, claire schofield, David Eskerdjian, Giorgio Vasari, Michael Ignatieff, paul gessell, Rick Salutin, sebastien schutze, Stephen Harper | Leave a comment

peeking around the corner: prophet cafe politics

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Dave

On December 10, 1926, at 9 P.M. at the Prophet cafe, the surrealists met to decide whether to form an alliance with the Communist party. Antonin Artaud, for whom all political parties were equally irrelevant, displayed a noticeable lack of … Continue reading →

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political theatre: the extent to which life is unrepresentable

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Dave

Can dissidence be accomplished through the ballot box? Does voting actually change anything? As Canadians put aside their donuts and hockey to contemplate the election on May 3, a new bogeyman has emerged on the national agenda; quietly slipping into … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Miscellaneous, Music/Composition/Performance | Tagged brett grundlock, George Woodcock, Jack M. Greenstein, Jacques Derrida, justin trudeau, Michael Ignatieff, Northrop Frye, Paul Kane, Rick Salutin, Stephen Harper | Leave a comment

SIR FARTSALOT & MRS. IMAVITCH AT THE G8

Posted on June 19, 2010 by Dave

As the G20 Summit prepares to unfold and our world leaders set to pitch tent in Toronto . Its called ”Toronto the Good” because it may be the world capital of the politically correct. There is some uncertainty whether the … Continue reading →