Vancouver artists’ collective takes the piss out of pretentious showings, and new music by Bob Wiseman and The Organ More »

Stuart Ross chats with Jason Anderson about celebrity encounters and giving up his Xbox for the love of writing More »

(Edited to add more homework assignments) The May/June issue of This Magazine contained two pieces about The Corporation. A review of the film, by Joseph Heath, and a very short review of the book by me, Andrew Potter. A longer version of my review had previously appeared in the National Post. I didn’t like the […] More »

1. I have always been fortunate to exist in two worlds: the grey, maudlin one into which we are all born, and that place where names are spelled out in lights. Though my origins are unspectacular, fate has periodically placed me in the role of ambassador between these realms. The first such incident took place […] More »

I dedicate this song to the man I met 5 minutes ago I dedicate this lung to a bar full of blue smoke I dedicate this liver to the chronic wasting of beer I dedicate this tube top to breasts that would hold it up I dedicate these teeth to dentistry I couldn’t buy them […] More »

The Canadian Shield is a massive U-shaped chunk of central and eastern Canada that includes Labrador, most of Quebec, most of Ontario, half of Saskatchewan, and most of Nunavut—8 million square kilometers in all. Although a portion of it dips into the US Great Lakes states, it’s pretty much a Canadian thing, comprising rock that […] More »