Journalism. Photography. Ridiculousness.
I've been friends with Saylish for a long time and because of this she likes to pick on me. Most of the time I deserve it. This one time, I was visiting Saylish's place of work (She co-owns the wonderful Next Act Pub), and she was doing her normal rounds. She usually welcomes me with …
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"Playwright and kids author, Marty Chan has been active in Edmonton’s arts scene since the early ‘90s. Grandparents may remember his CBC Radio commentaries. Parents might remember his thriller, The Bone House. Kids will most likely know about his stress-farting cat, Buddy. His twitter handle is @Marty_Chan because @YellowPeril was taken." Marty is a pretty …
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"Clinton Carew was born in Lethbridge, Alberta, where he resided for 11 months. It was during this time that he developed his proclivity for claiming to have been born in South Alberta and an ability to sleep when it is windy outside. This period in Lethbridge's history, known as mid-73, was marked by a subtle, …
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Biograntphy: "Grant, 24/M/Illinois, USA. High school graduate and submarine mechanic. Superpower: Ability to say out loud what everyone else is thinking." I first met Grant whilst getting my ass kicked by a group of Orcs just outside of the Redridge Mountains in the Eastern Kingdoms. I was doing my damnedest to pown this Kobold jerk who was …
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Location: St. Jacobs Farmer's Market (hours before our flight back to Edmonton) Date: September 13, 2012 This is a direct transcript of the series of events that led to my meeting Stephen Hawking. Text in italics is my internal dialogue. My mother, my girlfriend Elizabeth and I are heading to the farmers market for some old world …
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BIONOV: "Paul works as an editor at Vue Weekly, where he gets to talk about arts and music and film and other such things that he likes to talk about. He also performs make-em-ups with Rapid Fire Theatre. Paul grew up in noted oiltown Fort McMurray, where the streets were paved with viscous bitumen. Maybe …
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Smearbio: "Nick denBoer is an audio / video / remix artist & animator from Toronto Canada. He has produced a wide variety of video work from commercial work in television to online video marketing campaigns for companies like DC shoes & Sennheiser. Most noted for his skills as a remix artist online with his pseudo …
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Having known Amy Neufeld for a long time, I have a bevy of anecdotes to chose from. She was the first to call me as my home burned (all the way from Winnipeg), there was the time I directed her in Root of All Squares along with Sam Varteniuk at the Athabasca Fringe Festival (I basically watched …
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I started this project on a lark. I had an idea about what I wanted but this has grown to be so much more and the excellent interviewees are getting a plethora of response from a cacophony of people. If you know of anyone who should be a part of this, or you yourself would like to …
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Craig Martell (Martellica) has entrenched himself into the arts scene in Edmonton. He 'does many things' at the Wunderbar and has made it a place to do many things at. From live music, to comedy showcases, to being a Fringe BYOV, to a pretty boss tumblr, the Wunderbar and Craig bring an indie level of entertainment that is …
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