Original Song #30: One Water Fountain
One Water FountainBaby it's a hot day on the porch on de GaspéI feel your kicking but I think we'll be okayThey don't want to put your daddy "in his…
Montreal
Montreal Zero One
While in Montreal on our honeymoon, we stayed in an independent hotel. As with some parts of Montreal, the neighbourhood wasn’t high class, but the staff and accommodations certainly were.…
Bike Sharing in Canada
This Summer I had the pleasure of using bike sharing in Ottawa. Had I know how easy it was, I’d have used it in Toronto too, and possibly Montreal while…
Howl! live recording 2 – Monday Music Pick: Download two free tracks from experimental guitarist Nick Kuepfer
Art Threat presents two live recordings featuring musician Nick Kuepfer performing at Howl! in March 2011.
Photos: Montreal Pride 2011
Some pics from Montreal Pride Weekend, 2011.
Yoko Ono puts bed-in doc on Youtube – Last day to watch "Bed Peace"
Yoko Ono has put a 70 minute documentary about Ono and Lennon’s “bed-in” for peace in Montreal online for one weekend. Today is the last day to watch the doc…
Watch: Day 3 of the 2011 Queer of the Year contest
The 2011 international Queer of the Year contest is well under way with the completion of the third day of activities—The Healthy Lifestyle Challenge. After a sexy ice skating obstacle…
Replace the Champlain Bridge.
The Champlain Bridge is crumbling down. We need to replace the structure now! Before something bad happens. Because of problems with the bridge the city will lose productivity amounting 2…
Watch: 2011 Queer of the Year Finalists at Montreal Pride
Meet (below) Célio, Christine, Eric, Jason, Tim and Yenna, the six finalists for the exciting 2011 international Queer of the Year competition in Montreal, which runs from Sunday, August 7,…
Our Crubbling Infastructure!
Our Montreal mayor is right we need more money into Infrastructure I quite frankly am happy to see that the Montreal mayor has taken an unpopular stance on increasing fees…
Following up on Quebec’s infrastructure debacle…
… is this article in The Star on how these problems should serve as warning signs for the rest of the country. The city’s roadway problems are perhaps the most…
Watch: Pink Balls in Montreal’s Gay Village – Summer 2011
This is a fantastic video highlighting landscape architect Claude Cormier's "Les Boules Roses" (The Pink Balls), 170,000 pink resin balls fastened to wires strung out at different levels and through…
Quebec or Bosnia : who has safer public infrastructure?
Honestly, after reading this, I think I’d take Bosnia over one of the Montreal bridges, overpasses or tunnels… What a shame. And disgrace. But look y’all, before we in the…
One play at a time – Teesri Duniya Theatre challenges the status quo
A fierce non-profit theatre takes provokes through the political and the personal.
Over 400 “Friends for Life” to thank as they cycle along the shores of my gene pond, river, and canals!
There is some hope that this near-historic hot weather will return to “normal hot” by Sunday. I have no doubt that this will be a great relief to all involved…
Political Arrests in Montréal
Statement from the Canadian Revolutionary Communist Party (not the same as the u.s. Avakian group):Update (07/13/11): The four individuals who have been arrested and charged went in court last Wednesday.…
Montreal
April and I showed up in Montreal yesterday afternoon, after a few nights in Ottawa. While in the capital, we toured Parliament, and I saw Elizabeth May’s desk, tucked away…
U2 vid – the opening number
Shaky vid taken with my iPhone… but that was due to the stands which were shaking and swaying through the whole show! T’was a bit unnerving but once things kicked…
U2 in Montreal!
What. A. Show. If you have never had the opportunity to see Bono and the boys, find the time… 80,000 folks in Montreal last night would have enthusiastically agreed with…
Montreal discovers it’s not easy going green: New Economist Green Cities Index
An article that I wrote on the new Green Cities Index (.pdf) released last week by yhe Economist Intelligence Unit is out in today's Montreal Gazette. It was an interesting…