The Morning Dump: cosplayers ruin everything, epic Canadian PSA ads, Who’s words are those?, George Lois on George Lois
Posted by theashcan in Morning Dump on 06. Mar, 2010 | 4 Comments
Star Wars cosplay nerds give casual SW fans a bad rap. Why is it perfectable acceptable—nay, cool–to be a rabid Scarface fan but the heights of nerd-dom if you dig intergalatic epics? It’s a fucking classic movie man! The cultural cache is priceless! And with the invention of the Internet a bajillion SW fans (of [...]
Pour one out for Kate McGarrigle, 1946-2010
Posted by Jef in Music, Obit, Television on 19. Jan, 2010 | 2 Comments
I’m guessing most Canadians know Kate McGarrigle as one half of the McGarrigle Sisters, Montreal folk singing siblings; either that, or as the woman Rufus and Martha Wainwright call ‘moms’. I’m guessing that’s her legacy, because that’s what all the obits are telling me. For me, however, the only meaningful contact I’ve had with McGarricle’s [...]
