Archive for November, 2010

For 12 hours on a cold and rainy September Sunday, 60 resilient photographers braved the elements to capture their interpretations of 12 randomly drawn themes with only 12 exposures of 35mm film. The rolls have been developed and judged and in Part 10 of 16 presenting the results of the 2nd annual 12×12 Vancouver Photo Marathon is Marathoner #40’s winning photo for Theme #06: Secret World.

“There’s something very post-apocalyptic about this shot,” said 12×12 judges Adam & Kev. “It’s very dark…it has a lonely feel to it, and gives us a glimpse into a forgotten place and time.” As fellow 12×12 judge Erin Cebula puts it, it’s this “wonderfully disturbing” quality that earned Matthew Sinclair a second award for this very photo.
To see the rest of Matthew Sinclair’s photo series, click HERE.
The annual 12×12 Vancouver Photo Marathon is a not-for-profit community-building initiative that celebrates the art of film photography. For more information, visit www.VancouverPhotoMarathon.com

The Vancouver Is Awesome Inc not-for-profit is happy to announce it’s partnership with Novus TV to bring you a weekly segment called Happy Tails, focusing on the BC SPCA and the animals they’ve currently got up for adoption. You may already have a four-legged friend who’s been featured in our Dogtown or Van City Kitty features but if you don’t or you’re looking for another pet in your life the SPCA is the perfect place to look.

The Pet of the Week is Nicky! Check her out in the video below!

Check back each Saturday for a new Happy Tails segment!

This Saturday Los Angeles’ fantastic No Age will be playing the Rickshaw Theatre! A while back I was able to do an interview with them at the very tasty Gorilla Food. Doot doola doot doo … doot doo !

Nardwuar vs. No Age !

Stay tuned for another interview next week and if you can’t wait then head over to NARDWUAR.COM, FACEBOOK.COM/NARDWUAR or TWITTER.COM/NARDWUAR!

Have you seen this Hot Hot Heat video directed by Kheaven Lewandowski for their song YVR that came out a couple days ago? It was shot in the infamous Peanut Gallery on Richards/Pender. See anybody you know in there? Also, how many music videos do you see for songs that are 2 minutes 9 seconds long? Not many. I like it. Take a couple minutes out of your day and enjoy…

Every day we share a single photo from our Flickr Pool shot by one of our faithful and talented readers (that’s you!).

Yes! Yes! Yes! It didn’t take any thought at all to pick today’s Flickr photo. It just jumped off the page at me! Swiiiiing! is from John Goldsmith / Waxy and I think it’s just perfect. Check the rest of his photos for some more from the series.

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Below are six more letters of support from folks who are urging you to make a donation to V.I.A. to help us continue our work today! We’ve gathered 60 of these and will be presenting them over the next few days for you to read. Please consider making a donation. If you don’t, then nobody will.

Artsy Dartsy:

Books On The Radio:

Dan Mangan:

Poetry Is Dead:

Paul Anthony of Talent Time:

The Vancouver Police Museum: