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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Hello Giggles
Lee | April 5th, 2013
I originally took Sophia Rossi’s Twitter bio at face value: “Bossy Tween.” Little did I know that she seems to be a media maven and force to be reckoned with. She’s hardly a tween, but on the cusp of her 30th year and has girl culture in her back pocket. She’s a freelance producer and the brains behind the website Hello Giggles which she started with actress Zooey Deschanel and writer Molly McAleer. Read More
One Of The Many Faces Of Idle No More
Kuma | April 1st, 2013
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.
Just Bee
Marissa | March 27th, 2013
Olivia Bee, at 18 years old, is what we’d call a photography wunderkind. She’s shot for huge accounts like Hermes Paris and Vice. Hailing from Portland Oregon. She currently is taking up residence in what I like to call Portland East (Brooklyn.) Read More
The Carioca
Carol | March 23rd, 2013
SuperTalk!
Guillaume | March 23rd, 2013
Remixing the success
Carol | March 21st, 2013
If rap was the most talked sound of 2012 in Brazil, blame Leandro Roque, a.k.a. Emicida, for most part of this success. One of the exponents of the new Brazilian rap and the biggest name since Racionais MCs -Emicida won major awards at MTV Brazil- played at Coachella and had a record sponsored by Vice Magazine and Intel’s, the Creators Project. Read More
Esquenta!
Carol | March 15th, 2013
Regina Case is a well known face in Brazilian television, but her latest venture, the Esquenta (translating as ‘warm up’), reaches the end of the third season with a great share of the audience, continuing on Globo’s schedule indefinitely from now. Read More
Farm summer house
Carol | March 14th, 2013
The Rio brand Farm reflects the spirit of the ‘wonderful city’ and conveys the essence of city girls in all their collections. It doesn’t come with a surprise when the brand decided to invest in a space that celebrates the season that best matches Rio.
Boooooooooom Goes Vancouver’s Art
Kuma | March 7th, 2013
Vancouver’s a flourishing hot bed of creativity across all fronts, but one of the most over looked booms, is the art and design scene in town and the people involved in it.
Marina Abramović: The Artist is Present
Guillaume | March 7th, 2013
A few weeks ago, Matthias Aker’s documentary ‘The Artist is Present’ was released in France. What a strong statement on art and performance. The movie is about Marina Abramović’s MOMA retrospective, in 2010.The artist had the idea to create a new performance in which she would sit motionless in front of museum visitors, gazing into their eyes, during the opening hours of the museum, for three months in a row. Read More
Oscar Niemeyer: Final Curves of his Time
Claire | March 6th, 2013
He lived to be nearly 105 years old and worked nearly until the day he died. He was one of the world’s greatest architects, having designed the United Nations headquarters in New York and Brasilia, Brazil’s capital city. Oscar Niemeyer came from Brazil, and it was there that he left his legacy.
World darkest side photographs
Guillaume | March 6th, 2013
Here’s something I’d like to see more often: a stunning photo exhibition in resonance with a series of four screenings in an art house. Read More
Let’s Talk About David Bowie For A Minute
Marissa | March 4th, 2013
Perusing Dangerous Minds today I noticed this letter (above) that David Bowie wrote in response to his first American fan letter in 1967. Read More
Bandcamp: from micro-shops to licenced music collections
Guillaume | March 4th, 2013
