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Buddy can you spare some change?
Posted by Jason in Commentary, Imported Posts, News, Politics on November 5, 2008
After listening to Barack Obama give his presidential acceptance speech last night, I can’t help but feel happy for the states and at the same time confused as to how they got things right, or at least better, while Canada seems to be stuck in a right-wing rut.
RNC cops versus the press
Posted by Jason in Commentary, Imported Posts, News, Politics on September 22, 2008
We all know that police are repressive at protests, especially at big political ones in the states. I was at the anti-RNC protest in 2004 covering the theatrical jamming aspect for the Montreal Mirror. Though my gig (and my personal budget) kept me in New York City only long enough to witness the official march and not much else, I did feel a foreboding air when I wandered away from the sanctioned area.
Harper’s junk mail can save the arts
Posted by Jason in Commentary, Imported Posts, Politics on August 15, 2008
I know how we can save arts funding in Canada! Last Friday, I opened up my mailbox today to find a flier with a picture of a syringe underneath a swing with a kid playing soccer in the background. The giant caption read: “safe? securitaire?” in big, black letters.
Back from Guelph
Posted by Jason in Arts, Imported Posts, My Acting, Travel on February 13, 2008
No, I didn’t find the time to report on our performance in/trip to Guelph, Ontario (see previous post) while I was there, so here’s a little recap: We arrived on Friday night and started off at The Albion Hotel, a pub/music venue that, I guess, used to be a hotel. The Albion was also the last place in Guelph we visited.
Going to Guelph
Posted by Jason in Arts, Imported Posts, My Acting, Travel on February 8, 2008
That’s right, in just a few hours, I’ll be heading out, along with the rest of the current cast of Sinking Neptune, to Guelph, Ontario to perform in the latest version of this verbatim theatre exposée of Eurocentric celebrations like the 400th anniversary (2006) of the supposed “first play” in North America, Marc Lescarbot’s Theatre of Neptune in New France which is racist against the First Nations.
Some culture jams
Posted by Jason in Imported Posts, My Acting, Politics on January 11, 2008
I’ve talked about some of the culture-jamming I’ve participated in here, but never posted any of the videos. Here’s a recent jam of Chartwells, the company that has monopolized food service at both Concordia and McGill universities…
Buffalo infringement: an outsider’s perspective
Posted by Jason in Arts, Imported Posts, My Acting, Travel on August 4, 2007
For the third year in a row, Car Stories played the Buffalo infringement Festival, for the third year in a row, I made it down and for the first time, I found a bit of time to write about it, albeit a bit late (as you can see, this article was started early August and was only posted in November). Now entering it’s third year, the Buffalo festival is, without a doubt, the largest in the International infringement circuit (so far).
Humanizing the robots
Posted by Jason in Commentary, Imported Posts on January 21, 2007
Has a robot ever asked you something? Probably, if you count computers asking you simple questions like “Are you sure you want to shut down?” Has a robot ever pleaded with you. Probably not. But today, one did with me, and it’s not the first time.
It’s a bird, it’s a plane…in traffic
Posted by Jason in General, Imported Posts on September 11, 2006
Yesterday, I was heading with some friends to the Tam Tams (a weekly celebration/chill out held in Mount-Royal Park near my house) when we noticed a bunch of cop cars and firetrucks headed to where a group of people had gathered, almost in front of the (now under construction) monument at the corner of Rachel and du Parc.
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Posted by Jason in Commentary, Imported Posts, My Acting on November 12, 2008
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