Update: this feels all the more pressing now, since this US election. If you want to hear Chomsky’s post-election comments on white male entitlement and rage, it’s here.
The Hitler Youth haircut: what it’s actually expressing
May 26, 2014
WTF
When you have oil pipeline companies, who needs satire?
April 29, 2014
Giant U.S. oil/energy mega-corp Kinder Morgan has applied to triple the size of a pipeline across British Columbia, bringing dirty bitumen-laced oil from the Alberta Tar Sands. “Public” hearings to assess the application have been notoriously non-public.
Vancouver Airport plans “luxury outlet” mall, bastard child of Disneyland and Bouncy Castle
January 30, 2014
Trying to laugh instead of cry over the announcement by Vancouver airport of a kitsch faux-nineteenth century monstrosity of a “luxury outlet mall” next to our quite attractive, Pacific NW contemporary airport with its forest water features, stunning aquariums and significant First Nations art.
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Ecce Vancouver
November 15, 2012
Vancouver, is that your motto?
Out with the old, in with the new?
Meanwhile, this questionable object will replace The Ridge Theatre, one of Vancouver’s few historic repertory cinemas:
Apparently this passed a City of Vancouver design panel.
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“Contempo” – my term for the insincere faux-modern design style infecting our lives
October 20, 2012
There is a particular type of contemporary design that I deeply despise but for which there is no terminology. About six years ago, out of frustration, I started calling it “contempo.” It is a deliberately cheesy term for a cheesy aesthetic, an aesthetic of dumbed-down, cutesy faux-modernism.
“Add Matsers, Doctoarte or Doctroate Dergees to your resume in just 4-6 weeks”
April 3, 2012
Hey spammers, slow down and use spellcheck! I know you’re in a rush what with only 4-6 weeks to get your degree but come on:
Respects !
Lindsay
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