Sean Orr is a man that lives in a Gastown loft and is somewhat a minimalist. “I have a tattoo that say tattoo. I think that is funny. I don’t like cars, corporate media, advertising, factory farming, the GDP, TV, republicans, corn, Korn, yoga wear, yoga, people who do yoga, Yoda, seniors, homophobes, xenophobes, people [...]

Last night I met with Kris Krüg at The Irish Heather Pub, where, over a few beers and burgers dressed with Guinness cheese, I picked his brain. Kris is a well-known Vancouver-based fashion photographer, author and technologist. In 2004 he co-founded Bryght, a company that specializes in online community building and uses Drupal, a [...]

As Internet advertising revenues begin to eclipse their print equivalents, major newspapers are cutting down size, reducing their format and focusing their efforts on web-content. The mood and setting of print media is becoming somewhat gloomy.
Recently, Doug had a discussion with accomplished illustrator and book cover artist Vladimir Zimakov, who has designed for Penguin and [...]

Over the last year and a half, I have been exposed to the infectious and upbeat musical stylings of Champeta. Although largely unknown in North America, Champeta is an Afro-Caribbean music that has been blowing up the spot for over 30 years throughout the Caribbean coast of South America.
Born in the city of Cartagena, [...]

Next to Arctic crab fishing, Hip-Hop is probably the most difficult industry to stay afloat in. All the cutthroat competition, government pressure, fickle consumers, corporate greed and street-level violence make it easy for successful rappers to easily drop into obscurity. Not many artists are able to last longer than a decade, but bay-area lyricism magnate [...]