Vancouver

aka Vansterdam, Terminal City, Vancity

Vancouver Dub Inna Internatty Style

Kuma | April 17th, 2013

Mystery, everybody loves it and especially when it comes to music. Electronic music especially, names like Burial, Redshape and Basic Channel have all cultivated non-existent images in an attempt to put the focus on the music.

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The Return Of A Cinematic Legend

Kuma | April 16th, 2013

I love Lawrence Of Arabia. As a child, it captured my imagination unlike any other film I had seen. Star Wars was great but it required a level of suspense of disbelief. Lawrence shocked the soul because there was no special effects, no whizz bang stuff. Only breathtaking cinematography, a priceless script and Peter O’Toole oozing life in every scene.

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Vancouver’s Most Legendary Record Store Keeps On

Kuma | April 16th, 2013

Consistency in a day and age of tenuous businesses needs to be praised. As record stores continue to fall by the wayside all over the world, Zulu Records.

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Lessons In Leisure

Kuma | April 15th, 2013


The Leisure collective have always been people that you can go to in Vancouver for quality music appreciation, be it with their show or other projects. With the re-launch of their new web site, you now have a hub for music or for dancing with a very specific philosophy, here in Vancouver. Read More

Hey Cosmic Soul Sister!

Kuma | April 13th, 2013

Having known roaming Vancouver songstress Amalia Townsend since day, it’s easy to give home girl props.

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Vancouver’s New SubSpecs For Techno

Kuma | April 10th, 2013

Vancouver is in the midsts of something of a techno renaissance right now and it’s being lead by labels like Subspec Music.

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From Vancouver To Lebanon and Back

Kuma | April 10th, 2013

There’s no more legendary a place for vegetarian food in Vancouver than Nuba.

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Ryce Life In Motion

Kuma | April 9th, 2013

So who’d have thunk that one of the biggest names in electronic music journalism in the last few years lives here in Vancouver?

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In The Mood For Change

Kuma | April 9th, 2013

Kung Fu films are a thing of legend. From David Carradine through to the shimmering images that Quentin Tarantino referenced throughout Kill Bill. So it was something of a shock when Hong Kong film legend Wong Kar Wai decided to make his first attempt at the genre.

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The Haikus Of Spring

Kuma | April 8th, 2013

Spring, a time when a young man’s thoughts turn to many things.

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Girl, You’re In Their Hut Now

Kuma | April 5th, 2013

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Vancouver’s got a nice set of crews running through the city and the next one that’ll really start blowing people’s minds are the kinfolk in the Moodhut.

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Vancouver’s Real Board Of Trade

Kuma | April 3rd, 2013

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Open more than one storefront, you go from being an outpost to being a brand. This is what has happened to Vancouver store Board Of Trade.

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One Of The Many Faces Of Idle No More

Kuma | April 1st, 2013

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I first met Jarrett Martineau over a decade ago. He and his buddy Malcolm were doing videography for CBC Radio 3 during my days as a host and a producer there.

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Cleaning Out The Stains In Your Dirty Apron

Kuma | March 29th, 2013

With Vancouver’s culinary scene on the come up, you knew that eventually people were going to go from having the food cooked for them to wanting to know how to do it themselves. For those who don’t want to shell out the time and effort of making a career out of it, there’s the Dirty Apron.

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Vancouver Begins To Lean To the Portside

Kuma | March 29th, 2013

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There’s only one man besides Sean Heather who’s really devoted himself to the ways and means of the Gastown area and that’s Mark Brand, I know this because I’ve written about him here already.

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