Archive for March, 2008

Opting out of phone spam just got easier

Saturday, March 29th, 2008 Posted in Mediactivism | 1 Comment »

I was as thrilled as anyone else when the Canadian government announced their proposed bill to dampen phone spam (unsolicited phone calling) to Canadians a couple of years back. I ... Read more..

Canada Council for the Arts turns down Cinema Politica - AGAIN

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 Posted in Broadsides, Doc Side, überculture | 1 Comment »

OK, I'm going to try and not make this bitter, despite how utterly bitter and negative I feel at the moment. I just received word from the Canada Council that ... Read more..

A Simple Curve

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008 Posted in Broadsides | No Comments »

I recently had the pleasure of watching a Canadian fiction feature that has come out on DVD in the last year. Thank the film gods that there are independent video ... Read more..

In the dead of the night on a Greyhound bus, there’s always Deadwood

Sunday, March 9th, 2008 Posted in Dispatches, Skool | 3 Comments »

Greyhound bus, 9:30 PM, somewhere between Ottawa and Montreal. Long bus trips are trying at the best of times, so making a two and a half hour sojourn twice a week ... Read more..