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The dangers of online shopping
A tale of woe and betrayal. It was the middle of September, and I was preparing to move to the United Kingdom. Everything had been taken care of. I was finishing up my contract at the Beaty Museum, packing up to move my stuff into storage, terminating utilities and...
EDITOR’S PICK: THE BEST FILMS OF 2010
November is the month where my introspection tends to get the most unshakable. It literally burns holes in my brain thinking about what feats of artistic greatness and gestures of failure were made that year. It doesn't help that I tend to listen to Guns 'N Roses'...
THE COUNTDOWN TO HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS
As part of my lazy unemployed self required, I recently underwent a Harry Potter marathon with my better half. I reveled in the magical world of Hogwarts and the incredible, fantastical life of sorcery for more than 10 hours in one day, and know what? I'm not really...
Kevan Funk’s short film toys with faith…
Kevan Funk's short film toys with faith, the Free World and a matchbox budget FOR METRO VANCOUVER NEWSPAPER A Fine Young Man, directed by Kevan Funk, is a dark comedy that has garnered critical acclaim at this year's Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF),...
REVIEW: THE WALKMEN – LISBON
Vintage guitars. Upright pianos. A sense of ever-cursed fate. These are the things the Walkmen are made of. Though failing to conjure up some kind of sonic reveal of the Portuguese suggestion its title makes, Lisbon is a beautiful redemptive soundtrack for the...
AMC DEBUTS APOCALYPTIC ZOMBIE TELEVISION SERIES
I was recently alerted to an exciting new original AMC series by @Cephalopodboy. The show is based on a series of graphic novels by Robert Kirkman, which have been produced since 2003. The series follows a town stricken by a zombie apocalypse—an ever-clichéd theme—but...
FALL TELEVISION TO LOOK FORWARD TO
This is my first September in 19 years that I haven't returned to school. Usually, this was a bittersweet time of the year; with the weather still lovely but spent in a classroom setting, and a new television season upon me. Here are some shows that are certainly...
REVIEW: ARCADE FIRE – THE SUBURBS
FOR DISCORDER MAGAZINE It’s been three years since Neon Bible was released, the most groundbreaking work from the indie rock outfit Arcade Fire. The album was completely electrifying—with hauntingly beautiful riffs and the screams of frontman Win Butler—Montreal...
REVIEW: THE ENGLAND’S DREAMING TAPES – JON SAVAGE
FOR DISCORDER MAGAZINE Jon Savage's The England's Dreaming Tapes is the quintessential literary companion to any punk devotee or music zealot prepared to venture into the filth and fury of this genre's seminal history. The book contains hundreds of hours of interviews...