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Entries categorized as ‘Canadian’

Koh projects > MAINstREetBUS

October 2, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Insanely great. Germaine Koh is one of those artists that just keeps churning out amazing things.

I saw Self-portrait at the Ottawa Art Gallery in 2003/4 (?) and almost cried. Self portraits rarely have that effect on me, but the idea of all self-portraits layered onto one panel. Effing perfect. Sightings is funny and weird and makes my archive+collecting+travelling urges make a little more sense. Pledge (and other currency projects) is so simple and so smart, it frustrates the bejeezus out of me.

Yay for mid-career artists!

Categories: Art · Canada · Canadian · Ontario · Ottawa · border-crossing

When I get older…

August 21, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Listening to Sound Opinions yesterday during Magazine Layout Blowout August ‘09 (MLBA’09!) and I was reminded of this song, which I watched on my ma’s TV, performed live on Parliament Hill on Canada Day, with a little patriotic lump in my throat.

K’naan – Wavin’ Flag


Title credit: K’naan – Wavin’ Flag

Categories: Beards · Canada · Canadian · Live Music · Music · Ottawa · Stuck in my head lyrics · Summer of 2009 · border-crossing · crush · television

30 Helens Agree…

August 17, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Categories: Canada · Canadian · Crushes · television

Too cool for school…

August 13, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Goddamn it Mr. Coupland – does everything you touch turn to primary-coloured-gold?

The giant Downy bottle… the white miniature replica CN Tower… Mousetrap as sculpture, for chrissakes? Even your pizza box looks intentionally brilliant.

I’m almost as excited about your new book as I am about the Mad Men season 3 premiere.

Categories: Art · Can-lit · Canada · Canadian · Chairs · Crushes · Design · Editing · Novels · Pop culture · Summer of 2009 · books · border-crossing

And it’s been a long time, which agrees with this watch of mine

July 18, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Bad title, great article on the perils of discount diving.

I’m gonna reread it every time I have that sale urge.To quote a good friend who recently had a lawnmower, microwave, vacuum AND a tuner bite it, I “curse planned obsolescence and respond with a refusal to buy new, shoddily made products.”

Title credit: Modest Mouse, Trailer Trash

Categories: Canadian · Mess · Notes to self

My friends are scattered like leaves from an old maple

June 25, 2009 · Leave a Comment

from Mita on Flickr

from Mita on Flickr

Great Flag Debate

3,541 entries were submitted: many contained common elements:

I love that beavers trumped Fleurs-de-lys. Oh Canada.

Why is it that I can’t get ANYthing done the day before I leave for home? It ust be the kid-on-Christmas-eve effect. See you tomorrow Canada!

Title credit: Neil Young, One of These Days

Categories: Canada · Canadian · Wearing-My-Maple-Leaf-On-My-Sleeve · Wikipedia · border-crossing

Fruit punch and religious kids shows from Canada…

May 26, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Oh Roberto Alomar. You are not nearly as cute after spitting on an ump.

I miss Canada… I’m getting misty watching fruit punch commercials.

Home in two weeks!!

Oh, and Kirby, this:

is what your t-shirt makes me think of. I remember how disappointed I was when I realized it was a religious show and that was *why* Global put the “opinions expressed are not necessarily…” disclaimer. (I had just learned to read…)

Categories: Canada · Canadian · Cancelled TV · Wearing-My-Maple-Leaf-On-My-Sleeve · Youtube

The sky’s doin fine, just got dust in his eye.

May 10, 2009 · Leave a Comment

“But if I lived somewhere else, I’d probably think it was boring as shit.”

{Seth on his Canadiana collection}

Seth – Canada’s Comic-Book Hero – video

Title Credit: Danny Schmidt, Neil Young

Categories: Artist's books · Canada · Canadian · Vintage design · books · video

Don’t hate Saskatchewan, never meant no harm to anyone.

April 29, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Whoa. I like how poutine is featured twice.

Title Credit: Elliott Brood, Oh Alberta

Categories: Canada · Canadian · border-crossing

In people city…as productive in the air as you are on the ground.

April 29, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Here is how my meandering coffee break has gone –

To start off — Canada + Airplanes because I went to see El Ten Eleven last night and spoke with Peter at the bar about bands named after airplanes… And then Herman mentioned that he was going to T-Dot on Thursday, (but I thought he said T-dog, and was thoroughly confused)… and just becuase I like that graphic for channel nine that RetroOntario uses

Which brought me to this, becuase of the Eye on Rochester connection (why aren’t THOSE on youtube?)

And since my water glass in my washroom says “Toronto, The People City”, I clicked this one out of sheer time-wastiness.

This is why I set a timer when I’m takin a break

Categories: 1980s · 1990s · Canada · Canadian · Cancelled TV · Dorky · Pop culture · Toronto · Vintage design · Wearing-My-Maple-Leaf-On-My-Sleeve · Youtube · airport · border-crossing · television