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Dennis Hopper, one of the great wildmen of American and world cinema, has succumbed to complications from prostate cancer at age 74. Here was my immediate reaction on Twitter: I’m walking in the rain with a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach as images of Dennis Hopper’s indelible perfs flash thru my mind. [...]
Sat, May 29 2010 » Film, Main Page » 2 Comments
One of the worst things about not living in Edmonton any more? Not being able to attend the annual Edmonton Folk Music Festival without a four-hour plane ride. Here’s the 2010 lineup. I’ve got to intently study it to see who I should be listening to. Artistic director Terry Wickham is a genius at finding [...]
Wed, May 26 2010 » Main Page, Minutiae, Music Monday et al » Comments Off
Mungo pointed to this link: ReclaimPrivacy.org. It will conduct an audit of your Facebook privacy settings, lest you don’t want to the whole world to see your ungulate shit pictures (I’ll explain later).
Wed, May 26 2010 » Main Page, Media » 4 Comments
Kerry Diotte spent 25 years at the Edmonton Sun, but things went very bad at the end. As a result, he has launched a $2.28-million lawsuit against the paper for what appears to be constructive dismissal.
Wed, May 26 2010 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
Rick Salutin remembers a time in the news business when people could just walk into a newsroom, sit down and then argue about politics with their favourite news personality — part of a wide-ranging column on how more security makes for less security. I’ve been in this business a long time, but I don’t remember [...]