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claire_mon2

Name: Claire K.
City: Montreal, CAN

Claire is a documentary filmmaker and grad student. She spins at a highly coveted Friday night DJ gig at Laika, a coffee shop known in Montreal as a gathering space for artists and intellectuals.


Her lifestyle fuses art, music, and film together with experience in order to form communities and create change. Using her films as a platform for ideas, she has addressed issues of humanities impact on the natural world.


She is a perfect representation of the modern green-minded citizen.  She doesn’t believe that environmentalism should be a “fringe” movement; it’s simply “a necessary part of being young and tuned-in.”


posts by this scout:

Sink Your Teeth Into This

(Mar 12, 2010) Vampires are sexy. Not only have they managed to tap into the secret of eternal life, but they live adventurous and decadent l...

Whatchawannaknow??

(Mar 11, 2010) How did we ever survive without the internet?  I can’t imagine life without it.  The thin sliver of metal weighing 5.5 po...

Robag is all that and a bag of Chips

(Mar 10, 2010) Robag Wruhme is a mysterious German man who has been haunting my record box for nearly a decade.  I always wondered what it woul...

Stimulation for the mind, body, and skin

(Mar 04, 2010) There are some times when it’s fun to go to a show with no real expectations, about what the performer will likely play an...

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr

(Mar 03, 2010) Winter in Montreal is not for the faint of heart.  In January and February, the coldest months of the year, despite the cityR...

Fuzzy Wuzzy

(Feb 25, 2010) My favorite winter fashion accessory du jour is fur: real or faux, displayed on trim on bomber hats, scarves, on hoods, as trim o...

Funk me Up, Funk me Down

(Feb 22, 2010) I’m going to let you in on a little secret when it comes to music: almost everybody loves the funk.   Luckily, 2009 was a ...

Austin Powers : The Face of Amex for The New Generation?

(Feb 16, 2010) He’s retro, he’s sexy, he’s funny as hell, and he has a British Accent.  Imagine Austin Powers as the face of A...

Crazy Hearts, Emancipated Minds

(Feb 15, 2010) When I am craving mental escape, I go to the movies.  A well-told well-acted story on the big screen with a bag of popcorn may b...

Sweet Seduction on the Silver Screen

(Jan 15, 2010) There is just something about the French that is undeniably sexy – a certain ‘je ne sais quoi?’ Perhaps its th...

Oh La La

(Jan 13, 2010) For me, movies serve a dual function.  They are both entertainment and education.  So when it came to my attention that it was t...

Cha-Ching, Bring on da Bling

(Jan 08, 2010) The Post-Boxing-Day Sales are a budget shopper’s paradise, and this holiday season I was lucky enough to touch down in thre...

Kalmunity: Jazz in da Basement

(Jan 08, 2010) Montreal is not a place known for its relaxing lifestyle.  Quite the contrary, in fact; after work, going home and curling up i...

Acoustic Comforts & Electronic Pleasures

(Jan 05, 2010) One of the best nights I have had in a long time started with a band concert by Little Dragon at Il Motore, followed by a Berlin ...

Dancing Elves + Diabolical Desktop Backgrounds

(Jan 05, 2010) Winter is the season of both hard work and procrastination, and the world wide web offers a plethora of excuses to waste just a l...

Online its all about killing time

(Dec 22, 2009) We live in a society where information overload is a common problem: media is flying at us from all angles all the time. On TV, a...

Uggggggh

(Dec 19, 2009) I do not know why, but it seems that some trends simply will not die.  The trend I am referring to here is Ugg boots.  They loo...

Mounds of Meat, Bite-Sized Treasures and Underground Art

(Dec 16, 2009) Pied de Cochon - when you're in the mood for meat When it comes to going out and about, it’s all about trying new restau...

FreeLove Fenner Makes Me Want to be an Elf

(Dec 08, 2009) Because Real Love is Free!!! Generally speaking, rock music is not my cup of tea, but occasionally a band comes along that reall...

Hungover and in Need of a Haircut

(Dec 02, 2009) Insanity takes us to higher places. It seems fitting that a film called The Hangover would be such a monumental box-office succes...

Black Leather and Top Hats

(Dec 01, 2009) Looking good in Leather Montrealers were born to flaunt it regardless of the season, and fall is a fashion-lover’s paradise ...

It’s all about the music

(Nov 16, 2009) Nortec @ MUTEK 2009 When it comes to things online, it’s all about the music.  Sites with streaming sets, downloadable sets...

On the Net it’s all about anonymity and practical solutions

(Nov 01, 2009) OSCulator with Ableton Live :: Sounds from Space? In my most recent online spelunking adventures, I have become quite fond of th...

Blood, Lust and Vampires

(Oct 31, 2009) HBO’s True Blood with its slightly campy style is a delight to watch, partly because it doesn’t take itself to seriou...

Dubstep is taking over !!

(Oct 22, 2009) Flying Lotus in his Element It seems that dubstep is really picking up the slack where drum’n'bass left off, and is stealin...

‘Love Exposure’ is the shortest four-hour-long movie ever

(Oct 21, 2009) Morality is never simple, and love is blind Ahhhh Japan, the lavish land of sushi and techno dreams – and the place of origi...

Leather, Latex and Leggings

(Oct 19, 2009) Shiny leggings in silver, black, and gold... the trend that will not die With the onslaught of icy temperatures, layering is the ...

Circuit Bending, and Foie Gras at La Fabrique

(Oct 18, 2009) POP Montreal - inspiring ideas for inspiring minds I hate hipsters, yet somehow they make everything seem cool. And they were ...

Good cheap fish, and a Black Velvet

(Sep 24, 2009) Since their recent renovation, Parking Nightclub has experienced an uplifting facelift. Stereo Nightclub’s much-awaited reopeni...

Tarantino and Moon

(Sep 23, 2009) Inglorious Basterds is getting rave reviews from all of my friends. I can’t wait to see it. Bruno has also garnered a fairly po...

Out without a bang

(Sep 23, 2009) Mixing together gold and silver jewelry and wearing many, many bracelets. I love my elegant futuristic Trippen Roman sandals. Meo...

Blips and blorps

(Sep 22, 2009) I am absolutely in love with the melodic blips and blorps of the new Luke Vibert Album – We Hear You. When it comes to techno, ...

Nerdy stuff

(Sep 21, 2009) I recently discovered CocoRosie are going on Tour and have since become addicted to their candy-coated playland of a website. I g...

Fun really is the answer

(Sep 21, 2009) Cartoons rule: I love to escape from reality and just crack up laughing watching SeaLab and Futurama. When I’m feeling in the m...