Canucks won their 5th playoff game in a row tonight!

Here’s some more great photos taken at the game by my friend Chris Bone…
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I don’t know too much about the hip hop scene in the city but it seems to alive and kicking with young artists.  Here is a dude named Bin Skriptik and his video “In the V-A-N” My friend Bryant Bell shot and directed this little ditty.  Good job Bryant, you picked up some beautiful shots of our city through those lenses of yours.  Keep it up man!!

Like Petey Pablo said “Rep yo City”

…like besides ebay and Craigslist and without paying $150 for some polyester…. so I can hop on the wagon….and replace the jersey I had like 20 some odd years ago to go with my Stan Smyl stick that I still have that I won in a contest during elementary school when Darcy Rota came for an appearence. I can just picture the Steamer, the Butcher, Harooooold, the Colliseum, those 80s Molson commericials now….

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Oh boy… am I ever excited!!!! Soon it will be Raining Blood!

In the spirit of Canucks fever Mr. Kevin Kelly and I have made some shirts to get you hyped on the team.

You can now replace the word “F**K” with “NUCK” in your daily conversations.

Purchase one of these for $20 from myself at adrian@properdesign.ca or 604.788.1879 on the EastSide.

or from Kevin at Boulevard Skateshop. info@blvdskateshop.com 604.568.5050

5305 W Boulevard

Vancouver, BC

V6M 3W4

Coastal Jazz revealed the FULL LINEUP for the Jazz Fest yesterday. Its runs from late June to early July. For the free shows, check out the lineups for Gastown and David Lam park among others. David Lam park in the summer has to be one of the most gorgeous settings for an outdoor show anywhere, period (pictured below). As mentioned, prevously, Sonny Rollins is back, the Jimmy Cobb band is performing a tribute show for the 50th anniversary of Miles Davis’ classic Kind of blue, among tons of other gigs.
Jazz Fest schedule by ARTIST
Jazz Fest schedule by DATE
Jazz Fest schedule by VENUE

I’m getting excited for the Lady Sovereign show at Richard’s on May 22! Here’s the video (that somebody already posted awhile back) for her song I Got You Dancing, filmed in Vancouver…

And here’s the video for her latest single, So Human… Read more

Ben Tour really needs no introduction.  The exceptional artist and illustrator has shown in galleries throughout the US, Canada and Germany, and has been featured in numerous publications such as Juxtapoz, Streetwear Today, Applied Arts and Color. You may also recognize his work from his installations around Vancouver to his collaborations with Lifetime Collective, Livestock, and Upper Playground/Fifty25SF. Ben has shared with some images of his day to day.

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May 2nd and 3rd. Basically all of the information is in this video. Holy crap.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFT8d8SLxDs

Also, here’s the link to the auction house site with all of the info. Again: holy crap. If you need a bike for a decent price, look no further.

On a sunny spring day, Vancouver is crazy beautiful. This week I went and checked out the Dunbar Community Center, and wow, what a beautiful setting this community center has.

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I have passed this set of  stairs on Great Northern Way on so many occasions and always wondered where the hell they go, what the hell they were built for and of course marveled at how deadly, i mean awesome, they are. To me they have always felt out of place and in my head I just assumed that anyone who ventured up would obviously be transported to another dimension upon arrival at the summit.  Well one morning last week I had some time on my hands on the way to work and caught myself gazing at the  behemoth in wonder once again while passing by. So I flipped a bitch to see, once and for all, what lay at the top.

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Sean Orr is an awesome photographer who covers Vancouver from a completely raw standpoint. Perhaps better known for his controversial/outspoken views expressed in his posts over at Beyond Robson, you simply cannot question his eye for a great photo of this great city that we live in.

Sean has put together a book called PRETTY DRIFTED which you can get a preview of right here and hopefully buy a copy of soon after. There’s a release at a new gallery called HOTEL next Friday, here are all of the details/official release info:

The semiotics of the city of Vancouver; its materials and Read more