I can’t possibly add anything to this. Thanks to JKY for forwarding it. ***************** From: “Culture Jammers Network” To: “Culture Jammers Network” Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 3:56 PM Subject: communique 6: Blackspot Sneaker has Arrived Jammers, Naomi Klein threw cold water on the idea, and there was a widespread lefty revolt against it. “Why […] More »

I don’t know if I’m feeling a leftover spirit of international fellowship from the Olympics, or just general human concern, but this Russian hostage case has me feeling both interested and a little tense here in Toronto. I’m far more interested in what will happen to the 300 Russian hostages than I normally would be. […] More »

Thank you. What a greeting! This is like winning an Oscar! …As if I would know! Speaking of acting, one of my movies was called “True Lies.” It’s what the Democrats should have called their convention. So began Ah-nuld’s speech at the RNC yesterday. Here’s the rest of the speech. How many references to his […] More »

In trying to design the best place in the world to do business, the neocons have managed to create the worst, the most eloquent indictment yet of the guiding logic behind deregulated free markets… the shock therapy reforms that were supposed to create an economic boom that would rebuild the country have instead fueled a […] More »

Two interesting discussions of the upcoming First Minister’s meeting on health care – one from Paul Wells and one in the Globe , both break down the political dimension of this whole discussion, if you read them right. And I quote (sort of): “[Popular health care guru] Mr. Romanow said yesterday that [struggling Ontario Premier] […] More »

So it’s official: Conrad Black, David Radler, and a few other associates spent the better part of the last decade helping themselves to the income of Hollinger International. A special committee of Hollinger International on Tuesday issued a report stating that “Hollinger was systematically manipulated and used by its controlling shareholders for their sole benefit, […] More »

Parks Canada is being completely outclassed in their labour dispute with the Public Service Alliance of Canada. What with the precious summer days of Canada nearing their end, it should be relatively easy for the Parks department to encourage resentment for union action among a public desperate to squeeze in a bit more camping, hiking […] More »

Clive Thompson writes about the use of off-the-shelf video games for the X-box being used as combat simulation for US troops in his recent article for the New York Times Magazine: “…The Army is already preparing plans to ship out copies of Full Spectrum Warrior to soldiers, and its creators envision the game being played […] More »

I love a good publicity stunt. An object lesson in the art of publicity this week from Kevin Drew of Toronto’s Broken Social Scene. In an interview for the cover story of this week’s Now Magazine, Drew lays the “last.show.ever.” thing on a little thicker than usual. Turns out it was a bit of a […] More »

Aug. 31 Update: Tony Blair is back from his holidays, and he’s declared war on yob culture. A few days ago, I came across this article, about the growing problem of binge-drinking in Britain. An excerpt: “Binge drinking — consuming alcohol in a methodical attempt to get blind drunk — is now such a widespread […] More »

I’m not above a little flagrant self-promotion. That’s what guerrilla marketing is all about, right? So nominate This Magazine’s fabulous new website as “Best Website” in Now Magazine’s Best of Toronto contest. Tell your friends too. But please don’t cheat. It says so in the rules. that’s www.thismagazine.ca, of course. By the way, the archive […] More »