As I sit on my couch contemplating what to write in my gently roasting living room, the temperature has reached a balmy 40 degrees Celsius with humidity. With the sweat leaking from my forehead, despite the fans blowing in my direction, I had a thought: when there is nothing else to say, talk about the weather.
As the summer of 2010 slowly comes to an end, I find it hard to remember a warmer summer than the one we’ve experienced this season. After the last couple of days of record breaking temperatures I’m about ready to welcome winter with open arms. Judging by all the heat waves and wildfires we’ve seen this summer in Quebec, Russia, Bolivia and elsewhere, I’d say the rest of the world is ready to welcome winter as well.
I’m not about to chalk up a couple of heat waves to global warming, just as I wouldn’t try to deny global warming because of a snow storm in February, but I get the feeling that the Earth has a fever. In fact, if the earth was a human head its forehead would be sweating profusely much as mine.
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What’s better than sex with your girlfriend on top of a billion dollars? Nothing. And certainly not Star Craft 2’s multiplayer. However, with that being said, if you’re looking for a fun-filled time, minus the cost of birth control, then maybe you’ll find at least five things to like with the new and improved Battle.net 2.0.
The environmental movement was essentially initiated by Rachel Carson’s epic book Silent Spring. In it, she exposed how herbicides and pesticides were destroying the environment and our health.
I’m a POP Montreal (POP MTL) virgin. That’s right, well, sort of (it’s a short story that begins with the Arkells and ends with Bran Van). So, all this fun and excitement surrounding the POP Montreal Festival has really made my nights rather sleepless. This is not a complaint. It’s a statement.
As the summer of 2010 comes to a close, I have to say I was grateful for two films that came along that saved this summer from being a completely mindless season. The first of course was Christopher Nolan’s brilliant Inception. The second was a film much smaller in scope but for me just as powerful, the lesbian family drama The Kids are Alright.
If you don’t have a favourite transgendered artist added to your playlist yet, start with Rae Spoon. I’ve been listening to Rae for a month straight, so when I found out he was going to be playing a show at Casa de Popolo last Thursday, I took the last five dollars to my name and went (thank god my friend had money for beer). Not to mention the Popolo’s one of my favourite venues in MTL right now. So, here are the goods – The transgendered, Calgarian, folk/indie songster, most known for his mesmerizing female voice (and yes Rae Spoon is a female) spun pretty webs around the crowd’s ears; I know I’m still hmming his tunes and wishing the show was on YouTube.
A few days ago, Time came out with a poll that suggested one in five Americans believe that Barack Obama is a Muslim, thanks in part to the non-story of the mosque near ground zero being in the news every night for the past month. Having Hussein as a middle name probably doesn’t help.
It’s a bit of a fantasy. A stock broker gets laid off, realizes how unhappy he was, finds an unused tract of land, then resurrects a farm. I’d like to introduce you to Ramsey, owner of Ferme Carya in Senneville who had the courage to start over again as an organic urban farmer in 2005.
It seems like American Apparel’s own finances may very well accomplish what several feminists, activists and even Woody Allen couldn’t. The controversial Los Angeles-based clothing company may have to close its doors within a year. The publicly-traded company founded by Montrealer Dov Charney announced that they expect a $5-$7 million loss in their second quarter and continued losses in their third quarter. They may not be able to pay back their creditors and be forced to close their roughly 260 stores in 19 countries.
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