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Deleted Scenes – Duck Dynasty
Several years ago Samara Von Rad and I put on a fundraiser for our lovely friend Christian Zyp. It was a series of ‘deleted scenes’ from well-known television shows that we wrote in a very satirical fashion. I just found this one in my draft pile. I was never used. I now set it free &...
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Several years ago Samara Von Rad and I put on a fundraiser for our lovely friend Christian Zyp. It was a series of ‘deleted scenes’ from well-known television shows that we wrote in a very satirical fashion. I just found this one in my draft pile. I was never used. I now set it free &...
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Giving the heart a hand
A good documentary enthralls and informs you, even if you went into it without any clue of what it was about. “We have heard a lot about the invisible hand of markets, let us bring the invisible heart of markets to help those whom the invisible hand has left behind.” This statement by Sir Ronald ...
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A good documentary enthralls and informs you, even if you went into it without any clue of what it was about. “We have heard a lot about the invisible hand of markets, let us bring the invisible heart of markets to help those whom the invisible hand has left behind.” This statement by Sir Ronald ...
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‘Fantasy’ drenched with reality
Samara Von Rad’s first release is a fun little EP named Fantasy. This thoughtful collection (which she hopes will grow into a full-blown album) contains enough high-quality musicianship to make you forget that this rad-badness is as indie as fuck. Track reviews: Zombie in Love A driv...
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Samara Von Rad’s first release is a fun little EP named Fantasy. This thoughtful collection (which she hopes will grow into a full-blown album) contains enough high-quality musicianship to make you forget that this rad-badness is as indie as fuck. Track reviews: Zombie in Love A driv...
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Words for those hard to describe situations
There are situations in life where words don’t seem to work. These situations seem to be indescribable and baffling. Language, specifically the English language, just doesn’t do situational justice. I am here […]
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There are situations in life where words don’t seem to work. These situations seem to be indescribable and baffling. Language, specifically the English language, just doesn’t do situational justice. I am here […]
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Interview with Babak Anvari (Under the Shadow)
UNDER THE SHADOW, written and directed by Iranian born Babak Anvari, premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival and it broke viewer’s minds, literally (an audience member actually screamed ‘I can’t handle […]
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UNDER THE SHADOW, written and directed by Iranian born Babak Anvari, premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival and it broke viewer’s minds, literally (an audience member actually screamed ‘I can’t handle […]
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CBC Poetry Prize
Some of the first serious writing I ever did was poetry. I was 15. I started writing poetry because who fucking cares. Poetry continued into my adulthood. Mostly when I was guiding […]
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Some of the first serious writing I ever did was poetry. I was 15. I started writing poetry because who fucking cares. Poetry continued into my adulthood. Mostly when I was guiding […]
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Full of Hell
Annie Strom was 5’4 and full of hell. On the ice, off the ice, she walked like she was 6’10 and made out of mountains. This was one of the reasons she […]
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Annie Strom was 5’4 and full of hell. On the ice, off the ice, she walked like she was 6’10 and made out of mountains. This was one of the reasons she […]
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Interview with GOT’s Sean Savage
For Sean Savage, being a camera operator is more than just helping frame a shot. Savage, who shot the films The Last Kingdom, Elizabeth and is the ‘A’ camera operator […]
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For Sean Savage, being a camera operator is more than just helping frame a shot. Savage, who shot the films The Last Kingdom, Elizabeth and is the ‘A’ camera operator […]
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Rheo makes media consumption easy
“The way we find media has changed,” says Alan Cannistraro, CEO of Rheo. “What technology has done of the past few year is it has really catered to the idea that if […]
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“The way we find media has changed,” says Alan Cannistraro, CEO of Rheo. “What technology has done of the past few year is it has really catered to the idea that if […]
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Story Summit 2017: Ed Lantz
*This is the first in a series of stories focusing on a lovely little gathering in Banff called The Story Summit. I was invited there by the inventive people of AMPIA to […]
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*This is the first in a series of stories focusing on a lovely little gathering in Banff called The Story Summit. I was invited there by the inventive people of AMPIA to […]
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Enabling hate
Kerry Diotte is my Minister of Parliament (MP). He is my representative in Ottawa. He is the person I go to in hopes of having a national voice to air my opinions […]
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Kerry Diotte is my Minister of Parliament (MP). He is my representative in Ottawa. He is the person I go to in hopes of having a national voice to air my opinions […]
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Somebody Has To Say It All
I was once told that trying to explain canoe trip to people was like trying to cut vegetables with a screwdriver. Here is my attempt. Yesterday sucked. And it was awesome. I […]
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I was once told that trying to explain canoe trip to people was like trying to cut vegetables with a screwdriver. Here is my attempt. Yesterday sucked. And it was awesome. I […]
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23 and (adopted) Me
In a moment of late night pregnant online shopping/nesting/love my opulent wife bought me a DNA test from the groovy people at 23andMe. I spit in a vile. I mailed it away. I waited. […]
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In a moment of late night pregnant online shopping/nesting/love my opulent wife bought me a DNA test from the groovy people at 23andMe. I spit in a vile. I mailed it away. I waited. […]
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Sung to the tune of ‘Take it Easy’
I performed this bit for Booty Goose’s Weird Al Karaoke. It was a super fun night. As the title says, it is sung to the tune of ‘Take it Easy’ by the […]
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I performed this bit for Booty Goose’s Weird Al Karaoke. It was a super fun night. As the title says, it is sung to the tune of ‘Take it Easy’ by the […]
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Book Review: Rebel Media’s ‘The Destroyers’
Having Ezra Levant write the prologue to a book that he basically published is like having your mother tell you how pretty you are.
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Having Ezra Levant write the prologue to a book that he basically published is like having your mother tell you how pretty you are.
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