BY: EMILY CRAIG-EVANS Under pink light, in front of a red-checked curtain, a man about five-and-a-half feet tall is bobbing around to some version of “River of Jordan” inside a box made to look like a killer whale that hangs…
Expression & Culture
Is this 55-year old homeless fashionista more stylish than you? (PHOTOS)
BY: YURKO DYACHYSHYN Collected from city trash bins and homeless aid centres, Slavik changes his clothes at least once every day. With each shift in wardrobe, Slavik restyles his beard and hair, always remembering to shave his armpits. In this…
The Netherlands’ Black Pete tradition is definitely the most racist way to celebrate Christmas
BY: PILGRIM On November 15th, 2014, 90 protesters were arrested for demonstrating against the ‘Black Pete’ festival in Gouda, Netherlands, holding signs and wearing shirts that read, “Black Pete is Racism.” Mass demonstrations against Black Pete have become increasingly prominent…
The Scarehouse: Poverty, Heartache & Exhaustion Are The Diet Of Any Good Filmmaker
BY: TED BARNABY Gavin Michael Booth tells me that his film career is all his father’s fault. Growing up, Booth’s father exposed him to a number of classics—if slightly age inappropriate—cult films (Indiana Jones, Return of the Jedi, Highlander etc.)…
Portraits of Movember heroes and their faces of glory
BY: KAILEE MANDEL Movember participants cultivate their lip sweaters to raise awareness for men’s health, to assert their manliness over clean-shaven peasants and to compare their face art with other moustache men of the most stylish and luxurious order. Here…
Why Our Lives Are Not And Should Never Be Like Reality TV
BY: AYA TSINTZIRAS When young adult author Kathleen Hale read a negative review of her first novel on the popular site Goodreads, she didn’t shrug it off. Instead, she wanted to connect with the person behind the screen, and found…
Catherine Hennessey’s Paintings Show The Transaction of Human Perception And Human Experience
BY: CATHERINE HENNESSEY Human perception is constantly seen through the looking glass of subjectivity, a tint formed by the collision of all colours of previous experience. As humans we are merely a collage of influence— a palate of watercolours through…
It’s Not A Joke; Cassette Tapes Are Experiencing A Modern Revival
BY: ALEXANDER DOWNHAM When I saw local bands handing cassette tapes to audiences, I was initially dumbfounded. The well-known resurgence of vinyl was understandable; their full, original sound was well-known among music fanatics. But the rise of cassettes seemed to…
Eating Live Fish Might Just Be The Most Sadistic Meal On Earth (Video)
BY: TED BARNABY Ying Yang fish and Ikizukuri are delicacies in China and Japan, respectively. If you’re ever in the neighbourhood and feeling adventurous, these dishes are guaranteed to be the freshest seafood you’ve ever eaten. And I’m not talking…
People of Toraja, Indonesia Unearth Corpses, Give Them Makeovers and Walk Them Through Town
BY: PILGRIM In the region of Toraja in South Sulawesi—a province in Indonesia—lives the tradition of Ma’nene, or The Ceremony of Cleaning Corpses. During the ritual, 100-year-old corpses are dug up, cleaned off, re-clothed and sent out to hit the…
The Instagram generation perceives every moment as an anticipated memory
BY: LAURA ROJAS Professor Daniel Kahneman, a renowned psychologist and Nobel Prize winner, did a TED Talk back in 2010 on the difference between experience and memory. His main thesis, and something I hadn’t even thought about prior to watching his…
Raëlians believe that alien scientists designed humans. I went to one of their meetings.
BY: EMMA MCINTOSH I’m 15 minutes early for the November Raëlian meditation gathering. I have no idea what to expect. Aside from a few visits to church as a kid, I’ve never attended a spiritual meeting, let alone one for…
Forget Everything You’ve Heard: Satanism Sounds More Like Activism Than Blasphemy
BY: MICHAEL LYONS Satanists are making their way into our schools! Satanists are out to get our children! Satanists are trying to convert our nation’s kids to the dangerous, infective belief in critical thought… oh, the humanity! This isn’t an…
Peaches in panties: How peaches became the sexiest fruit on earth
BY: SINEAD MULHERN Mr. Yao might just be the world’s…ahem…cheekiest fruit vendor. The Chinese owner of online fruit shop, Fruit Hunters, has become famous for dressing up peaches in mini panties to sell as novelty items for Qixi – China’s…
How To Record Heavy Guitar Part 2
This week, Glenn teaches headbangers to properly dial a guitar amp so their recordings don’t torture listeners with a sound like the static noise of a broken car radio. This is probably the most overlooked aspect of recording, some guitarists…
WHO THE FUCK IS HATSUNE MIKU?
BY: AL DONATO She’s sung on David Letterman, starred in Toyota and Domino’s commercials, was featured in Playboy, has legions of fans attending her concerts– and she’s not real. Hatsune Miku, known as the world’s most famous virtual diva, hails…
How The Hipster Ruined The Hipster
BY: RYAN BOLTON “Angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of night.” —Allen Ginsberg, Howl I’m not a hipster. But I wouldn’t say I’m not a hipster either. Here’s why: I stand…
Honest Gear Reviews #1 – Torpedo Live
BY: THE PLAID ZEBRA Brutally honest advice for musicians who actually play instruments. In a time where every jerk-off who can count a quarter-note kick beat and watch a youtube auto-tune tutorial considers themselves a “producer”, Glenn Fricker cuts through the…
Collective Arts Craft Beer Will Get You Drunk On Art
BY: TED BARNABY Creativity and alcohol are a lot like peanut butter and jam. Matt is the owner and founder of Collective Arts Brewing, a craft brewery on a bold mission to bring creativity back into the conversation. Instead of…
These Photos Show A Veteran Stained By A War Most Have Forgotten
BY: DAVID LUNDARK Longing For Love, is the story of a war veteran orphaned by history. The Korean War is also known as the “Forgotten War”. Korea had been controlled by the Japanese Empire, up until 1945 when they surrendered…