http://www.forgetthebox.net More than a Montrea Blog, Better than you think Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:26:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.forgetthebox.net/the-2013-montreal-infringement-festivals-opening-weekend-comfort-surprise-and-therapeutic-rain/ http://www.forgetthebox.net/the-2013-montreal-infringement-festivals-opening-weekend-comfort-surprise-and-therapeutic-rain/#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:49:37 +0000 Jason C. McLean http://www.forgetthebox.net/?p=51519 For me, the 2013 Montreal Infringement Festival’s opening weekend offered the familiar and fun, unexpected awe, a sense of longing for the show I missed and rainy artistic socializing. Thursday The fest kicked off with an air of familiarity. To clarify, when it comes to the Montreal Infringement, familiarity means good rockin’ tunes with a ]]> http://www.forgetthebox.net/the-2013-montreal-infringement-festivals-opening-weekend-comfort-surprise-and-therapeutic-rain/feed/ 0 http://www.forgetthebox.net/montreal-infringement-festival-2013/ http://www.forgetthebox.net/montreal-infringement-festival-2013/#comments Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:00:38 +0000 Jason C. McLean http://www.forgetthebox.net/?p=51276 Now a sentence you may have never thought you would read: tonight the Montreal Infringement Festival begins its tenth annual edition. Just as some thought the world wouldn’t continue past 2012, others believed the Infringement was just a drunken bar joke that would maybe make it to a second year only if organizers were really ]]> http://www.forgetthebox.net/montreal-infringement-festival-2013/feed/ 0 http://www.forgetthebox.net/p-6-power-trip-how-the-spvm-may-be-ignoring-their-own-script/ http://www.forgetthebox.net/p-6-power-trip-how-the-spvm-may-be-ignoring-their-own-script/#comments Sat, 04 May 2013 18:04:17 +0000 Jason C. McLean http://www.forgetthebox.net/?p=50472 447 people detained at a May Day march Wednesday, some for as long as six hours without food, water or access to a bathroom. Elementary school parents hassled Thursday morning for not providing the route they and their children would take to educate the public about road safety at a dangerous intersection. The SPVM has ]]> http://www.forgetthebox.net/p-6-power-trip-how-the-spvm-may-be-ignoring-their-own-script/feed/ 0 http://www.forgetthebox.net/political-profiling-the-habs-instagram-and-the-spvm/ http://www.forgetthebox.net/political-profiling-the-habs-instagram-and-the-spvm/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:33:33 +0000 Jason C. McLean http://www.forgetthebox.net/?p=50198 They’re not even trying to hide it anymore. Montreal’s police force, the SPVM, is now openly engaging in political profiling. Over the past few months, the cops have been enforcing municipal bylaw P-6, which outlaws any demonstration where no route has been provided and makes it illegal to wear a mask at a protest, every ]]> http://www.forgetthebox.net/political-profiling-the-habs-instagram-and-the-spvm/feed/ 0 http://www.forgetthebox.net/pauline-marois-sex-tape-leaked-government-looking-for-culprits/ http://www.forgetthebox.net/pauline-marois-sex-tape-leaked-government-looking-for-culprits/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 10:00:47 +0000 Jason C. McLean http://www.forgetthebox.net/?p=49889 The minority PQ government is in full damage control mode this morning after a sex tape staring none other than premier Pauline Marois was leaked on the internet late last night. While Marois herself could not be reached for comment, Jean-François Lisée, minister of international relations, addressed the issue in an early morning press conference ]]> http://www.forgetthebox.net/pauline-marois-sex-tape-leaked-government-looking-for-culprits/feed/ 0 http://www.forgetthebox.net/meet-the-new-pope-same-as-the-old-pope/ http://www.forgetthebox.net/meet-the-new-pope-same-as-the-old-pope/#comments Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:45:33 +0000 Jason C. McLean http://www.forgetthebox.net/?p=49394 So, it’s official, Argentina’s Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio is now Pope Francis. You probably already know this just as you probably already know he likes to ride the bus, is virulently opposed to same-sex marriage and may have been involved in a few kidnappings back in the day. Analysis of just what this selection of ]]> http://www.forgetthebox.net/meet-the-new-pope-same-as-the-old-pope/feed/ 0 http://prettywordsandthings.com/jc-sunshine-and-the-battle-for-bolognia-part-1-a-new-hope/ http://prettywordsandthings.com/jc-sunshine-and-the-battle-for-bolognia-part-1-a-new-hope/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2013 21:20:59 +0000 Jason C. McLean http://www.forgetthebox.net/?p=49074 Jason C. McLean with the first part of a new serial fiction story on Pretty Words and Things featuring a character you may know, web-TV personality JC Sunshine]]> http://prettywordsandthings.com/jc-sunshine-and-the-battle-for-bolognia-part-1-a-new-hope/feed/ 0 http://www.forgetthebox.net/another-maple-spring/ http://www.forgetthebox.net/another-maple-spring/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 22:30:25 +0000 Jason C. McLean http://www.forgetthebox.net/?p=49000 “The social crisis is behind us.” Quebec Premier Pauline Marois made that statement yesterday, concluding her party’s Summit on Higher Education at the Arsenal in Griffintown. Later that same afternoon, as teargass reigned down on peaceful protesters at St-Denis near des Pins, it looked more like the social crisis was a few blocks north and ]]> http://www.forgetthebox.net/another-maple-spring/feed/ 0 http://www.forgetthebox.net/the-real-reason-the-pope-resigned/ http://www.forgetthebox.net/the-real-reason-the-pope-resigned/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2013 22:45:56 +0000 Jason C. McLean http://www.forgetthebox.net/?p=48778 Did Pope Benedict quit because an undisclosed nation has filed an arrest warrant for him? Some people think so. As of now, it’s only sites that have a declared issue with the Catholic Church that are reporting that nugget. Meanwhile, Reuters admits that by remaining in the Vatican (something that would not be possible as ]]> http://www.forgetthebox.net/the-real-reason-the-pope-resigned/feed/ 0 http://www.forgetthebox.net/the-montreal-mafias-new-tactic-bore-people-to-sleep/ http://www.forgetthebox.net/the-montreal-mafias-new-tactic-bore-people-to-sleep/#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:45:47 +0000 Jason C. McLean http://www.forgetthebox.net/?p=48561 Forget The Sopranos, The Godfather even Goodfellas. Forget guns and sleeping with the fishes. The Montreal mob has a new weapon in their arsenal. It’s not exciting, flashy or even remotely interesting. Quite the opposite. They now know how to bore the general public to the point where we all lose interest. It worked on ]]> http://www.forgetthebox.net/the-montreal-mafias-new-tactic-bore-people-to-sleep/feed/ 1 http://www.forgetthebox.net/farewell-sweet-penny/ http://www.forgetthebox.net/farewell-sweet-penny/#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2013 01:22:32 +0000 Jason C. McLean http://www.forgetthebox.net/?p=38128 I mourn the loss of the penny. Can you blame me? It's been with me my whole life. I think it's safe to say that we are all familiar with the penny. Things change, and sentimentality isn't enough. But, by losing the penny we are also forever altering or outright losing aspects of our lives. Finding pennies in the couch is the first to go]]> http://www.forgetthebox.net/farewell-sweet-penny/feed/ 5 http://www.forgetthebox.net/arab-spring-take-two-or-what-the-rest-of-the-world-can-learn-from-egypt/ http://www.forgetthebox.net/arab-spring-take-two-or-what-the-rest-of-the-world-can-learn-from-egypt/#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:25:47 +0000 Jason C. McLean http://www.forgetthebox.net/?p=48331 Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. It looks like people in Egypt plan to deal with their new boss Mohammed Morsi the same way they dealt with his predecessor Hosni Mubarak a few years ago. They’re taking to the streets in mass numbers and Morsi has declared a state of emergency. Unfortunately, ]]> http://www.forgetthebox.net/arab-spring-take-two-or-what-the-rest-of-the-world-can-learn-from-egypt/feed/ 0 http://www.forgetthebox.net/the-murder-of-aaron-swartz/ http://www.forgetthebox.net/the-murder-of-aaron-swartz/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2013 13:00:14 +0000 Jason C. McLean http://www.forgetthebox.net/?p=48179 Something just doesn’t add up. An Internet freedom activist facing the fight of his life decides to stop fighting and hangs himself? I get it when rockstars and regular people down on their luck do themselves in. It’s an unnecessary tragedy, but sometimes one that fits the narrative of their life. But an activist? A ]]> http://www.forgetthebox.net/the-murder-of-aaron-swartz/feed/ 1 http://www.forgetthebox.net/2012-year-in-review-top-posts-selected-by-ftb-contributors-and-editors/ http://www.forgetthebox.net/2012-year-in-review-top-posts-selected-by-ftb-contributors-and-editors/#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2013 13:00:24 +0000 Jason C. McLean http://www.forgetthebox.net/?p=48072 The votes are in! Or rather, they were in a few weeks ago, but in this age of electronic voting you can never be too careful (ed’s note: heh heh, great excuse, that will work, pats self on back). To select the top posts on FTB in 2012, we employed the following process: 1. Site ]]> http://www.forgetthebox.net/2012-year-in-review-top-posts-selected-by-ftb-contributors-and-editors/feed/ 0 http://www.forgetthebox.net/2012-year-in-review-news/ http://www.forgetthebox.net/2012-year-in-review-news/#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:30:10 +0000 Jason C. McLean http://www.forgetthebox.net/?p=47858 We always strive to offer a healthy mix of local, national and international content. In 2012, though, local Montreal and Quebec news took on international stature and importance due to one ongoing event: the Maple Spring. The Quebec student movement is one of the most vocal youth movements in North America and student activists were ]]> http://www.forgetthebox.net/2012-year-in-review-news/feed/ 0 http://www.forgetthebox.net/728-minutes-of-fame/ http://www.forgetthebox.net/728-minutes-of-fame/#comments Sat, 20 Oct 2012 22:39:00 +0000 Jason C. McLean http://www.forgetthebox.net/?p=45919 Some cops think they're above the laws they are charged with enforcing, that's nothing new. But now it looks like the Montreal Police force (SPVM) thinks it's above the unwritten laws of celebrity and fame. Warhol said that everyone gets 15 minutes in the spotlight. Stéfanie Trudeau, better known as Constable 728, used those up well before the Maple Spring went on its summer break. So why did she turn up again in the news mid-October]]> http://www.forgetthebox.net/728-minutes-of-fame/feed/ 0