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Back in March, I posted the text and images from one of my old three-fold flyers, a piece of art ephemera from 1996. Here is another one (with very minor edits), written just pre-Buffy, but well post-Pet Cemetery.
WARNING: Something Will Go Wrong
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An important thing to remember about bringing people or animals back from the dead is that something is bound to go wrong. It will probably seem like a great deal at first, you just perform some ritual with garlic and fingernails, or sneak around at night in the sacred burial grounds, whatever, it’s not a lot to ask to get your loved one back. Right? Right, until...well, until you actually do it and they do come back, and they’re all rotting, or they’re possessed by the devil, or they’re just plain zombies or mummies and they try to kill you or suck your blood or whatever, something will definitely go wrong. It’s as if there’s some kind of punishment for trying to do what anyone would do, and bring a loved person or animal back to life. It’s as if, when you try to do it, you become evil, or something, and from then on you deserve everything you get. |
It’s not like I really expect someone not to do it, if they've got the chance. All I’m saying is that something is pretty well definitely going to go wrong.
A friend showed me his copy of Tasman Richardson's recently released, Basement Boy Hardcore DVD. I like music best when there is something to look at and think about. This fit the bill perfectly and I want to watch it all again right now. The first track, "Vader Lives", is a sort of classical aesthetic dance beat b&w riff on Star Wars with ominous relevance and world events overtones. My favourite track is Destro My Tokyo with self-consciously cathartic, laser-eyed dog, multiple A-bomb, anime collage and scary music. There is a little taste of "Blackest Sabbath" here, but it doesn't remotely do the whole freaky thing justice. I especially enjoyed the contextualising segues in which Tasman and Wolfgang Bochar get drunk with Wolfgang's computer to talk about culture and other big things.
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If you are in Toronto next week, you might want to join in on some of this fun stuff organised by ARC for Bikeweek.
1. Moonlight Ride: Thursday May 27, 8:00 pm
Enjoy an almost all-downhill, off-road bicycle path through the ravines of Toronto. End up at a watering hole near Cabbagetown. Fun and easy ride. Meet at Warden Subway Station.
2. You Are A Hero! Good Fortune Friday: Friday May 28, 8:00-10:00 am
On your morning ride, keep a look-out at intersections throughout the city. ARC spreads good fortune by handing out cycling related fortune cookies to cyclists at various locations, proclaiming "You're a hero! Thanks for riding your bike!"
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3. ARC's 9th Annual Parking Meter Party: Wednesday June 2nd, 5:30-7:30 pm Join in this popular event where cyclists will transform downtown parking facilities into an open-air party room. Participants bring snacks, music, and furniture. After putting a few coins in the meter, voila! it's party-time! Wear your party duds. 761 Queen Street West. |
4. ARC's 2nd Annual Report Card
"Bicycling in Toronto 2003-04" is to be publicly released during Bike Week. This is ARC's second report card on bicycling conditions and the City's efforts to promote cycling. ARC grades the local government on its' work in areas including street safety, deaths and injury, bicycle routes and leadership. The idea behind this report card is to inspire the city to improve their cycling activities, and to provide a historic record of the conditions cyclists face on a daily basis. The grades are also intended to provoke cyclists and government into thinking about what makes a good cycling environment.