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i guess what i’m trying to say is that we have a voice and we can engage our politicians through various modes of communi-cation. as members of the voting public it is our right to hold elected officials accountable for their actions.

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who doesn’t go around looking for trouble, although sometimes it finds me. anyways, i consider myself a good employee and go into work 45 minutes early everyday, that’s 5 days a week. it gives me a chance to relax, sip some tea and read the globe at my leisure. you know, have a banana. every once in a while i’ll come across an article suggesting the absurd. i like the globe and i agree with its attitudes. anyway, so i come across something that really bothers me. i’ll see who wrote it and write down a mentioned name, then look up their email address, which is really easy. trust me, i only do this when i feel it’s necessary. so i send emails to people/places that have really made me question their actions. nothing slan-derous, rude or threatening, just another point of view i want to share. the last person i emailed was a member of the alliance party: larry spencer. come on. what the hell is that guy thinking?! so, i didn’t think i was the type to do this, but i guess i am.

i’m usually a quiet guy

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goingpublicwould you drop your pants?

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+no public washroom. washroom for patrons only. sorry, no washroom. the merchant is more eager to sell us a beverage

than ever, but when it comes time to part with it he is less willing to be at our service. some would say that this is acceptable.

times are tough, and public washrooms cost.

in the face of logic i salute the public washrooms of vancouver, the shopkeeper with an open door and the handy hotel lobby loo.

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can you find the weapons of mass destruction?

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>the haunting but gradually optimistic“turn on the bright lights” has b ecome one my favourite rainy Sunday albums. tracks such as the dreamy NYC layer dreamy harmonics of guitar with insightful vocals. While other tracks such as PDA and Obstacles provide enough energy and momentum to piss of the neighbors with tight driving bass riffs.

there is continuity between songs. unlike some current releases, I find this album is best enjoyed when listened to from beginning to end., so don’t touch the random button or think about adding these tracks to your personal bestest super-hot hitz disc.

with the creativity displayed in well chosen lyrics and a diversity of sounds, i look forward to future releases of this new york quartet.

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ea i first found calla on much musics’ the wedge. i was doing something else at the time. what caught my attention was the music, it sounded like a soft dark lullaby. the song on much was televise from their album televise, very cure meets bauhaus. when i bought their second album scavengers, i knew i would be a devoted fan. their sound is very soft most of the time with the soft yet rough voice of the lead singer. i find their music hard to categorize, which is a good thing. i’m constantly comparing them to other bands and singers, not really knowing if that’s fair. if you like the cure, bau-haus, suzie and the banshees, pink floyd, the smiths and cowboy junkies, you’ll like calla and love scavenger. their lyrics match their sound, a tad on the dreary side.

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we b>www.santuarysundays.comwww.gothic.bc.cawww.resurrection-now.cjb.net(all ages)pub39.ezboard.com/bdarkvancouver(message board)www.virulent.org/cangoth(canada-wide)www.cometoserose.com(canadian goth mag)www.darksites.com(dark links)www.gloomcookie.com(dark stories)www.goodbyemag.com(dark obituaries)

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gothicitywhile attending victoria composite high school in downtown edmonton. this high school devoted to the fine and performing arts, taught the masses which comprised of every ethnicity, income bracket, and personal style. one of my school ghouls introduced me to what would become the fermenting foundation of gothness in me. shelly was a vision of robert smith dripped in black with a slice of glamour. she lured me to join her for a night out. the night was thursday, and as we drew closer to the bar known as flashback, shadows came out of the dark. flashback was in infamous bar located in the warehouse district of downtown edmonton, near the tracks. it was housed in a warehouse with walls of black anda checker board dance floor. before the night swelled into a cauldron of whirling gargoyles, the bar was washed with the dark ballads of bauhaus. once the crowd got livelier, out came the nitzer ebb, ministry, skinny puppy, sisters of mercy, and frontline assembly etc. . . until the white of the dance floor disappeared.

> moving closer to the present day, i found myself living in vancouver for scholastic reasons. it was here i dis-covered sanctuary, and at this time it was found at the palladium, which i miss. the huge dance floor space became my sunday night haunt.

> moving into the present, santuary, the dark dynasty, is now at home at the purple onion, again on sundays. s

>darkness entered my life

?: what happened?>: i didn’t know - i didn’t know how real he really was and i didn’t know.?: are you hungry?>: no. i’ve got yogurt. and this [points at soggy bible].?: [seeing arms] so you inject heroin?>: no. meth.?: HOLY SHIT. sorry, i had no idea>: but HE still loves me!. ?: why are you upset then?>: i’m just so scared. i don’t want to be in fear. i don’t want to be in fear! it’s supposed to be a good thing, right?

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?: age?>: ….?: where are you from?>: ontario. do you know where that is??: what brought you to vancouver?>: i was following HIM. HE told me to come.?: are you alright? can i help you? [interviewee visibly upset]>: i never knew it would be so hard!

andering home from beers at the murray hotel. loud singing and manic laughter and then moods lower than the soles of my shoes. schizophrenia has got nothing on this shit. weeeeee…interview:

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$SCREWED FROM THE BEGINNINGat one time the music industry, individual recording studios, the producers and the promoters all played a useful role in the proliferation of quality music. The equipment needed to make good sounding recordings was far too expensive for aspiring musicians to afford. With no easy way to garner public attention except for radio play, musicians wanting to go mainstream were obliged to sign contracts favoring the recording companies sponsoring them.

TIMES HAVE INDEED CHANGEDBack in 1998 Napster was cute and fun, transferring files by the millions, but it was only really populated by college kids and basement jockeys. But now, file sharing is mainstream and here to stay. Now that the framework of computers and broadband required for file distribution is in place in nearly all Canadian households, songs can easily be shared amongst friends. Just as Guttenberg’s press liberated text and brought it into the house of every man, music is being freed of its oppressive shackles.

BUT WHAT ABOUT THE STARVING ARTISTS? ISN’T THAT STEALING? It’s a folly to equate file sharing with stealing. Some will argue that it is wrong to share music because they think that buying albums supports the bands. Unfortunately, this is not the case. The

problem is that when you purchase an album from a commercial vendor most artists receive less than

fifty cents. You can see that the musicians aren’t exactly getting rich from their media sales. The parasites along the way take the other thirteen dollars to cover their business costs. Let’s face it – compact disc prices are inflated more than

cocaine making its way to Alaska.

OPPRESS THE OPPRESSERSSo how can someone sharing

music files pay musicians in exchange for their work?

Attend the concerts of as many bands as you can. Purchase t-shirts

and other merchandise supporting your

favourite acts. If you live where musical

acts don’t often tour, send money directly to

the band members. Just don’t perpetuate this system

with album purchases. The music industry is now running

ads aiming to pressure the public into abandoning their file trading software, but there is no reason

for guilt. Simply set your annual music budget and spend it – just use more efficient methods of

getting the money directly to those that deserve it.

This change in spending habits will change the musicscape and slowly dissolve a dinosaur

industry. We no longer need manufactured bands and super-groups taking more than their share

of the profits. Let the markets and the listeners decide who shall prosper.000

most everyone supports an underdog and yet hates an oppressor. this simple cultural norm is set to transform the music industry.let me explain why.

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functionalart

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>start

•acquire 6 female clones

•transplant immediately into

prepared 1 gallon pots

•position plants in oval

around lamp 2 feet

away from bulb

•use timer set to 18hrs

on/6 off for first 3 days

•after 3 days, switch

lights to 12/12 to induce

budding

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harvesting buds as

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> WHAT YOU NEED:1 closet (4 feet x 2 feet min)1 400 watt halide lamp hanging in closet6 female clonesempty paint cans for plant standstable/dresser6 1 gallon nursery pots containing 50% peat, 50% perlite (plus 1 tbsp fine dolomite lime, 3 tbsp bat guano) mixed and moistenedoscillating fan for closetwhite plastic sheeting to line walls.

•water infrequently using

room temp water – do not

keep plants saturated

•add all purpose fertilizer

at 1⁄2 strength every

third watering

•every seven days lightly

prune new top leaves to

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ALEXIS CARRINGTON: super-duper nasty bitch; dynasty

GRINCH: disgruntled whoville recluse; how the grinch stole christmas SKELATOR: skull breath from masters of the universe.

MEGATRON: real bad transformer; transformers

GARGAMEL: creator of smurfette and foe of all things smurf; the smurfs DR. CLAW: super secret bossguy; inspector gadget

MONTGOMERY BURNS: springfield millionaire;the simpsons

VENGER: the force of evil;dungeons&dragons

OOGIE BOOGIE: the boogey man; nightmare before christmas

DARTH VADAR: the darkside of the Force; star wars etc.

ZOLTAR bad guy g-force.

CRUELLA: dog napper and aspiring seamstress;101 dalmations.

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> the word is farpotchketit means “something which is all fucked up as a result of an attempt to fix it, especially when the effort was unnecessary.”

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