An old photo. A new project. A bit over a week ago Meg and I decided to embark on our own little chronicle of East Van – its institutions, its food, its history, its people, its struggles and celebrations and possibilities. Viaduct, we’re calling it, though viaducteast is its web-name. Why viaduct? Well, the Georgia Viaduct is [...]
Posts Tagged ‘East Van’
Viaduct
Posted in Misc., tagged Blogging, East Van on May 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Workers Cabaret
Posted in Misc., tagged East Van, Labour Songs, Music on May 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of the things that’s been most exciting these past few months has been the re-kindling of my love of singing and guitar-playing. And particularly my soft spot for old labour tunes and protest songs. For the first time in quite a while I’ve been running through Joe Hill and the wobbly singer-organizers, Woody Guthrie, [...]
Olympic Dreams
Posted in Political Stuff, tagged East Van, Olympics, Resistance on May 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There are few things better than stepping of a plane, locking eyes with the one you love, and meeting in a kiss. ‘Nuff said. But what’s really on my mind today is the announced intensive-monitoring of activists being justified by the 2010 Olympics. News reports today are raising alarm bells that Vancouver’s Olympic dreams might [...]
