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VANCOUVER IS FULL OF COLOUR-BLIND DRIVERS

Over the last few years, drivers running solid red lights have been getting much worse! I thought Crayola was in charge of inventing colours, but Vancouver has one of its own, maybe “Who Gives a Shit Red?”. Many drivers just might need a pair of EnChroma glasses to assist with identifying colour. As well, day in and day out, I see bus drivers with their “honk-andrun” strategy with regards to red lights. I must make a couple of apologies though.While walking across East 1st at Woodland last Saturday right about 4:20pm, (where a three-car accident severed a light standard earlier this year) a driver slowly coasted into me about four meters away.You guessed it – the light was solid red. I truly didn’t know how baked he was and I should have realized and not tested his motor skills so early in the day. I’m sorry. There must be a good ﬁne for light-running and a good reason to curb it, no? Focus on speeders, but change it up a bit and put an ofﬁcer on

the corner anywhere between Main and Commercial and the city will make a fortune on one of “Vancouver’s Inland Highways”; and maybe have a few less accidents. –Kff

SHAME THE WATERWASTERS

This message is for the idiot at 1022 Nelson who wasted a few thousand gallons of fresh water on Friday afternoon pressure-washing his patio:Vancouver is in the middle of near-drought conditions. People have brown lawns all over, but you thought it was so important to have your patio clean enough to eat off, that you wasted all that water? The City should turn off your taps. Inconsiderate slobs like you make it harder for the rest of us. (And just how clean does concrete have to be, anyway?) –Tom Trueman

WATER BOMBERS NOT JET BOMBERS

Harper is more interested in bombing people in foreign lands than building water

bombers to save Canadians from forest ﬁres.We used to build the best water bombers in the world, we used to sell them around the world. Now we take them out of mothballs to try to contain the inferno around us and Harper harps on about jet bombers for his war, paid with our taxes. –JC McElroy

CRANKY SMOKER FUMES

RE: Vancouver Shakedown, July 16, 2015 Please tell Grant Lawrence to go fuck himself. I am not burning down the province with my cigarette ﬂicking.The vast majority of wildﬁres are caused by lightning.Why do you employ such an imbecile? Insulting your readers is the lowest form of journalism. –Steven Ledoux

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RE:“Death to the Leaf Blower!”, Rant/Rave, July 16, 2015 The ﬁreworks are coming soon!You better run and hide! Better yet, move to Mission or a care home. –You’re still not too old

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Vancouver dater takes ‘dudes’ to task online CHERYL ROSSI @cheryl_rossi

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VPD to purchase 200 more Tasers MIKE HOWELL @howellings

At a time when Vancouver police officers rarely fire a conductive energy weapon – commonly referred to by the brand name Taser – the department plans to buy 200 more of the stun guns and train almost the same number of officers to use the weapon by the end of 2016. With 128 officers already trained, including members of emergency response teams, the department wants a total of 200 cops to know how to use the Taser before the end of this year. By the end of 2016, the goal is to have 300 officers trained and have one Taser available for every two patrol members on shift. “It doesn’t mean we’ll be using it a lot more, but we’ll have it more available,” says Police Chief Adam. “It’s a tool that we don’t use on a regular basis, but when we do need it, it’s very important to have it. It’s like a firearm.We don’t use that very often either, but officers do have to have it. So in those most serious circumstances, it’s nice for officers to have another option.” The increase in training will mean purchasing 100 of the $2,000-a-piece Tasers this year and another 100 next year to

add to the 150 in stock. It will also mean equipping officers with a weapon made infamous by the RCMP in 2007 at the Vancouver International Airport, where Mounties fired it several times at Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski, who died of a heart attack following the jolts from the gun. The VPD’s use of the Taser has dropped significantly after Dziekanski’s death. In 2006, VPD officers fired the weapon 93 times but have only fired it an average of nine times per year between 2010 and 2014. Palmer said it was “fair comment” that officers were probably “a little shy” to use the Taser back then and acknowledged “with any of these less-lethal options, there’s no guarantee that somebody will not die.” He added, though, that “we’re reducing that chance” with the use of a Taser because “there’s less likelihood somebody’s going to die than if shot with a bullet.” The VPD has tied the training and need for more Tasers to a series of initiatives to include more training, particularly for new recruits, on how to respond to a person in a crisis and have the VPD’s recruiting unit give more value to applicants with backgrounds in working with people suffering from mental illness.

Lawyer Douglas King of Pivot Legal Society said he believes the VPD’s move to add more Tasers and increase its mental health training is a response to reducing the number of times police shoot and kill a person suffering from a mental illness. King represented the family of Michael Vann Hubbard, who suffered from schizophrenia and was shot and killed by a Vancouver police officer in 2009. An inquest into Hubbard’s death found the 58-year-old man threatened police with a utility knife. King noted police didn’t have a Taser, a weapon that could have been used on Hubbard and saved his life. “I think the department recognizes that the number one way it’s going to be scrutinized, and probably the worst publicity it can get, is if one of its officers shoots and kills somebody,” King said. “But the Taser can’t be seen as a substitute for de-escalation. It can be, possibly, a positive substitute for a firearm. But the last thing we want is officers turning to a Taser instead of adequately addressing the situation, especially when dealing with someone with mental health issues.” +,9061/4) 9*(7!290./6 ,906&/6

The more she online dated, the more isolated and lonely Hannah Maté felt. Messages like these were messing with her head: Burnaby man, with whom OK Cupid said she was a 64 per cent match: “Girls, what’s my weakness??” he texted, quoting lyrics by female hiphop trio Salt-N-Pepa. Maté quoted lyrics back: “Men! OK then.” Him, straying from “Shoop” by Salt-N-Pepa: “Entertain me sugar tits.” Maté had received so many introductory message from men about her body, sex and ripping her apart for saying she was hoping to meet a man who identiﬁed as a feminist or a feminist ally, that she was losing interest in meeting someone. Then she shared some of the photos and absurd messages she received on Facebook, heard from girlfriends about their similar experiences and from guy friends who were shocked at how brutal it can be for women online. She started her blog, Hey Sup Girl?: Celebrating the Real Shit Dudes Say on Online Dating, a year ago, more recently moving it to the Tumblr platform and maintaining a related Facebook page. Maté has been amazed how often men who don’t receive an immediate reply to an initial text attack. She has awarded worst message to a doozy received

Hannah Maté started a blog to feel less isolated while online dating. Dan Toulgoet photo by a friend. A man texted “Hey hows [sic] it going?” one evening.The friend hadn’t responded by the following afternoon. His reaction: “Wow such a shame how shallow you are. Try growing up and maybe a guy will want a relationship with you instead of just use you for a quick fuck. I hope the next guy you fuck gives you HIV you fat slut and maybe if you don’t actually look like an armadillo guys would hit on you in person and you wouldnt [sic] have to use Tinder.” Then there was this nonstarter: “Hey cutie.You look like my step-sister… I’ve always had a crush on her ;).” Maté blurs men’s faces, includes submissions of inappropriate real life encounters and also posts the puns and come-ons that amuse her. On why she continues to date online, Maté says she’s met wonderful people. “Everybody wants connection and everybody wants to meet somebody,” said the

26-year-old university student and resident of Commercial Drive. Maté isn’t the ﬁrst local woman to use her awful online dating experiences to fuel community or creativity. Stephanie Henderson, co-founder and co-artistic director of Resounding Scream Theatre created a speed-dating style production called Listen To Me that ran last December, after receiving too many unwanted photos of erect penises from potential suitors. Sharing once-upsetting messages has diminished their power to bring Maté down. “It’s made my experience better because I know now that it has nothing to do with me… and that other people are experiencing it too, and also that it’s going to make good material for my blog, too, if I respond in a funny way,” she said. W % $/)-08'&6#310"5#6329" +,9061/4) 9*(7!290./6 ,906&/6

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A love letter to the Vancouver Folk Festival Grant Lawrence Vancouver Shakedown @GrantLawrence

On Sunday night, thousands of people streamed out of Jericho Beach Park under a procession of homemade lanterns, illuminating smiles on faces smeared with sunscreen, face paint, ice cream, beer suds, and corn butter. The glorious summer sun has set on the 38th annual Vancouver Folk Music Festival, and what a time it was. Full disclosure: for the past few years, I have had the honour of emceeing the main stage, which has given me a distinct vantage point of the comings and goings at this festival, not to mention the best seat in the house for those million-dollar sunsets. This year, more than 60 artists from 15 different countries entertained crowds on seven different stages. The grass throughout the park was more like hay, but the trees were leafy green, providing the cool shade we needed from the blasting sun. The ocean water at

Said The Whale perform at the Vancouver Folk Festival last weekend. Grant Lawrence photo Jericho Beach, just outside the main gate, was like a refreshing bath that hundreds splashed around in between sets. It was one of those weekends, one of those events, where it felt great to be a Vancouverite, to revel and celebrate in all we have, backed by a live soundtrack from across the planet. And

you could see and hear the awe for our surroundings from just about every musician to take the stage, performing while looking out onto shimmering Burrard Inlet and our Howe Sound mountains. Musical highlights included young New Zealand throwback crooner Marlon

Williams, Nova Scotia banjo player Old Man Luedecke, hilariously drunken British protest singer Beans on Toast (a cross between Billy Bragg and the entire cast of Trainspotting), Ontario singer Basia Bulat, UK pipers Ross Ainslie and Jarlath Henderson, and Malian acoustic super funk band

Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba, who absolutely rocked out on ancient lutes. Somewhere, James Brown and Jimi Hendrix were smiling. Foodie highlights included the oatmeal chocolate chip cookie from Sweet Thea, handheld pies from the Aussie Pie Guy, and actual roasted yak from the Yak and Yeti Bistro. And while frozen mangos and bananas are yummy, this festival screams for a fruit stand selling seasonal BC produce. Whoever brings that to the festival in the future could taste some seriously juicy profits. Festival etiquette, was, as always, on the tip of tongues, and an oft request for me to repeat from the main stage were complaints about dancers blocking views of the seated (I just said, “look, if someone’s in your way, tell them to folk off”). But for the most part, all was fine, and the stunning weather firmly put the feeling of folk fest love in the air. Several couples were celebrating wedding anniversaries. One pair met at the festival in early 1980s, and this past weekend, 33 years later, they

were in the crowd with their three grown daughters. Cultural events at the festival stretch well beyond music. One of the most interesting and heart-warming programs I heard about from an organizer named Annika was the “Open Arms Initiative”, which brought a group of 38 recent refugees to Canada from places like Syria, Rwanda, Afghanistan, Nigeria and Mongolia to the festival. Annika and her co-workers gave them free passes, fed them, showed them around, and simply made them feel welcome as new Canadians. That’s a very cool thing to do, and doesn’t happen enough for our newcomers. As if echoing that welcoming sentiment, one Vancouverite I met named Hannah commented on the unusual amount of nobaggage-attached eye contact and smile exchanges that exists between attendees at the festival. “It’s the exact opposite of public transit,” she said. She wished Vancouver could be like all the time. Now, wouldn’t that be nice? See you next year! W

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Premiers’ energy strategy doesn’t go far enough @DavidSuzuki

On July 15, a state-of-theart new pipeline near Fort McMurray, Alberta, ruptured, spilling five million litres of bitumen, sand and waste water over 16,000 square metres – one of the largest pipeline oil spills in Canadian history. Two days later, a train carrying crude oil from North Dakota derailed in Montana, spilling 160,000 litres and forcing evacuation of nearby homes. At the same time, while forest fires raged across large swathes of Western Canada – thanks to hotter, drier conditions and longer fire seasons driven in part by climate change – Canadian premiers met in St. John’s, Newfoundland, to release their national energy strategy. The premiers’ Canadian Energy Strategy focuses on energy conservation and efficiency, clean energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions to combat climate change. But details are vague and there’s no sense of urgency.We need a response like the US reaction to Pearl Harbor or the Soviet Sputnik launch! The premiers seemingly want it both ways. Despite its call to “Build on the ongoing efforts of individuals, businesses, governments and others to improve energy efficiency, lower the carbon footprint, and improve understanding of energy in Canada,” the strategy promotes fossil fuel business as usual, including expanded pipeline, oil sands and liquefied natural gas development, including more fracking. The premiers’ plan is a nonbinding framework, described as a “flexible, living document that will further enable provinces and territories to move forward and collaborate on common energy-related interests according to their unique strengths, challenges and priorities.” It doesn’t include specifics on how to revamp our energy production and distribution systems, but buys time until the next elections roll around. Although the language about climate change and clean energy is important, the strategy remains stuck in the fossil fuel era. As Climate Action Network Canada executive director Louise Comeau said in a news release, “Governments discriminate against smoking and toxics in food and consumer products. What’s needed now is discriminatory policy against fossil fuels if we are going to drastically reduce the carbon pollution putting our health and well-being at risk.” Fossil fuel development has spurred economic devel-

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opment, created jobs and provided many other benefits, but the risks now outweigh those benefits.The costs in dollars and lives of pollution, habitat and wildlife degradation, pipeline and railcar spills, and climate change – all getting worse as populations grow, energy needs increase and fossil fuel reserves become increasingly scarce and difficult to exploit – have become unsustainable. Even job creation is no longer a reason to continue our mad rush to expand development and export of oil sands bitumen, fracked gas and coal. Many fossil fuel reserves are now seen as stranded assets that will continue to decline in value as the world shifts to clean energy and the scramble to exploit resources gluts the market.The Climate Action Network points out that Clean Energy Canada’s 2015 report on renewable energy trends showed that “global investors moved USD$295 billion in 2014 into renewable energy-generation projects – an increase of 17 percent over 2013.” Yet, many of our leaders are still pinning their hopes on rapid oil sands expansion, massive increases in fracking for liquefied natural gas and new and expanded pipelines across the country – with benefits flowing more to industry than citizens. It’s refreshing to see provincial premiers at least recognizing the threat of climate change and the need to address it through conservation, efficiency and clean technology, but we need a far greater shift to keep the problems we’ve created from getting worse. There are many benefits to doing so, including more and better jobs, a stronger economy, healthier citizens and reduced health-care costs, and greater preservation of our rich natural heritage. The recent spate of pipeline and railcar oil spills, along with disasters like the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, are the result of rapid expansion of fossil fuel development, as industry and governments race to get the dirty products to market before demand dries up. Canada’s premiers should take these issues seriously and commit to a faster shift from fossil fuels as they continue to develop their energy strategy. They must also stress the importance of having similar, stronger action from the federal government – and so should we all. W Written with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Senior Editor Ian Hanington. Learn more at DavidSuzuki.org

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No horsing around at Style Stakes Niki Hope Style File

@NikiMHope The Deighton Cup celebrates more than just a horse race, it’s also a spectacle of fashionable frocks and dapper gentlemen. Organizers have carved out a way to honour those who take the time to put together their best bird-like frocks and most dapper ensemble for the cup with the Style Stakes best-dressed award. And there are no shortage of potential winners at the summer gathering, known for ﬂowing cocktails, ﬁne food, and peoplewatching. Last year’s female Style Stakes winner Shannon Heth says the Deighton Cup is a rare chance to see Vancouverites dressed up. “I was very impressed. I would say… you kind of looked around and I was [thought] ‘Wow, there is not a single person here in jeans’,” says Heth, a public relations director with her own company who managed to edge out the many

Alison Lammerts of MarketOne Media (on left) presents Deighton Cup Style Stakes winner Shannon Heth and Gallant Satorialist winner David Hennessey with their prize cheques. Robert Mangelsdorf photo other colourfully-dressed attendees for last year’s win. It was her tailored pink and red ﬂoral Antonio Mar-

ras dress with a sweetheart neckline from South Granville’s Boboli (bought lastminute during a summer

sale) and a perfectly paired pink wide-brimmed hat with a burst of orchids on the underside that pushed

Heth over the finish line for the win. The winning hat may have been her lucky charm that day – flown in from Ireland, no less. The milliner, Jennifer Wrynne, had previously worn it to the Royal Ascot in England. “When I emailed her I said I wanted something very traditional and something in line with what people would wear to Ascot and she said happened to have this one that [she] actually wore.” Heth pulled from tradition with the sizable hat and slim-fitting dress but added chunky jewelry to pull it into the modern age. As last year’s winner, Heth isn’t eligible for this year’s prize, but is now (along with her male counterpart) considered a Deighton Cup style ambassador. This time around, the fashion plate planned to pick up her headpiece from Hastings Hattery in Vancouver. Male Style Stakes winner David Hennessey came out on top with a seersucker suit, pink button-up shirt, and vibrant tie. The Vancouver actor was styled for

the event by his friend and style coach Bobbie Long. The Deighton Cup was about more than just the people-watching and taking home a hefty prize for Hennessey. He loved the delicious food and the other race – the one on the track. This year’s Style Stakes prizes will include one-ofa-kind bags from Aunts & Uncles and $500 cash courtesy Market One Media. Winners will also get to present the Deighton Cup trophy to the winner of the day’s last race and have their names engraved on the Deighton Cup for posterity. Five fashion industry judges will choose 10 finalists (five women and five men) from the photo entries. These well-coifed individuals will be brought before the crowd of 3,000 on the Style Stakes stage to flaunt their looks. W

The Deighton Cup takes place this Saturday, July 25, at Hastings Park Raceway. DeightonCup.com

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New digs for EQ3 Jennifer Scott A Good Chick to Know

@Jennifer_AGCTK Within design, the placement and curation of an item ranks just as important to its success as the selection of the item itself. When you translate that to a retail setting, the location, design and layout of a boutique directly affects the consumer perception of the shop’s product line. The move from one location to another has the opportunity to transform the

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vibe of a store, such as the case with the recent relocation of one of Vancouver’s top spots for contemporary furnishings, EQ3. I recently had the opportunity to check out EQ3’s stellar new digs and chat with Kevin Milligan, store manager and my goto source for style within modern furnishings. Working in overdrive since the move, Milligan ﬁlled me in on the reason behind the move, the reception the shop has received to their new location and how their clients have responded to the change. In one of the quickest

move turnarounds I’ve seen, EQ3 closed its former doors just north of Broadway on Granville on June 21 and reopened in their incredible new space at 2536 Granville just one week later. While they remained in their South Granville neighbourhood – literally a few blocks away from their old spot – the transformation is drastic. In the words of Milligan himself, the move has transitioned the feel of the shop from “a furniture store to a design destination”.

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Clockwise from left: WildTale owner and chef Erik Heck serves up delicious, casual seafood; The dungeness crab crusted halibut penne puttanesca is a crowd-pleaser; WildTale’s patio spills out onto Mainland Street in Yaletown. Jennifer Gauthier photos

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spots like Blue Water Café that deservedly win awards for their elegant and expressive dishes; but when it comes to casual restaurants that offer quality seafood in the West Coast style, most of my ﬁngers are wiggling in vain for places to tick off. WildTale, which just opened a few short months ago in the old Glowbal location in Yaletown, is a remediating step in the right direction. Opened by John Crook and Erik Heck, the pair behind the popular Flying Pig, the restaurant is all about simply-prepared seafood, at reasonable prices. The amazing chef’s fresh

sheet features everything from lingcod and giant, local scallops, to ahi tuna and steelhead. Pair with your choice of two sides – choose from a nice list of starches and vegetables – and enjoy a plate that rings in around the mid-$20s. My halibut was perfectly cooked; ﬂaky, no translucence, and beautifully moist. I chose the whipped potatoes and asparagus to go along with it, and added on the $3 lobster supplement for the mash. The potatoes were so silky and pure that I conveniently decided to ignore how much butter must have been used. Scallops were an-

other winner. Seared lightly and seasoned simply, this is how to serve such a delicate morsel. The scallop, shrimp and halibut ceviche was lovely and simple, and a steal at under $9, but I was confused by the packages of Ritz crackers that came with it. Really? I wasn’t sure if this was a joke at ﬁrst, but our server informed us that the owners had been playing around with this dish and had an impulse. Inspired ﬂights of fancy can pay off well, but, in this case, the spiced wontons that came with the rather bland ahi poke ($10) might have been

a better option. The excellent Hawaiian ahi in the latter was entirely overwhelmed by the avocado and yellow peppers, and needed more citrus to come alive. Likewise, the sauce that came with our fresh oysters, redolent of cocktail sauce mixed with mayo, would have been better served with the prawn cocktail. If I wanted to hide the taste of the oysters, I’d have ordered them deep-fried. On the whole, however, the menu here is full of excellent choices, and the prices won’t give your wallet a hangover. That might, instead, come from the solid

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more months with the rise of rent and general cost of business. It is already a local favourite in the neighbourhood, but they need more support. It sounds like a typical restaurant story in Vancouver, but if a restaurant is dedicated to serving good food, I’m all for promoting it – and Acacia Fillo Bar is worth promoting. The small 20-something seat café opened in 2006 in the West End and it is easily overlooked. It is owned and operated by Vera Eftovska-Ivanova and her husband Ziggy Ivanov and they specialize in housemade Bulgarian banitzas, ﬁllo, and homestyle baked

goods. I don’t even know them, but I actually feel like they’re cooking for me in their home when I eat here. First off, how many Bulgarian restaurants have you tried in Vancouver? Exactly. The market for it is already so small, so hold on to the limited amount available. Although this isn’t a Bulgarian-specific eatery, they offer some Western dishes and oven roasts. It’s one of the few places in Vancouver serving banitza – a traditional Bulgarian pastry filled with a whisked mixture of eggs, sirene cheese (sheep milk feta), and other fillings like spinach, in between

Bulgarian banitza, a pastry made from eggs, cheese, spinach and fillo. Mijune Pak photo sheets of ﬁllo. It’s typically served for breakfast with yogurt, but it’s available all day here. They also serve a variety of savoury ﬁllo

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my favourite baked good, so don’t miss that either. It’s nothing fancy, very homestyle and simple, and the prices are reasonable and affordable. It’s a charming place and not because of its ambiance, but the honesty behind the food. I appreciate their efforts and hope that it won’t be my last time writing about them. So please, help these guys out, it’s a few minutes walking distance from English Bay beach and an excellent option for picnics. W % +G83 6FI ;6#0 <96FI 1GDF80 <I +6>>6A10+663G0,76; 6# $6>>6A J0# 68 ?AGII0# <83 =8!I<"#<; 5$6>>6A;0$663G0,

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The flavour wheel of craft beer nerdism Stephen Smysnuik The Growler @StephenSmys

Here’s another preview of the newest edition of The Growler Craft Beer Handbook, available Aug. 1 at a brewery near you. If you think you hate beer, chances you haven’t tried the right beer. Or, rather, you haven’t tried the right beer for you. Like with wine or food, the human palate progresses through experience. With beer, people tend to follow a similar path. We examine the course here in a thoroughly unscientiﬁc pie chart, culled from anecdotal evidence we’ve gathered from BC beer enthusiasts.*

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The appreciation for high alcohol and experimental beers usually leads here, where the palate develops a taste for yeast: freaky yeasts, tame yeasts, it’s all about the yeast and bold ﬂavours.

This is where people start moving away from sweet ﬂavours and toward higher IBUs. These beers are often still malty, but with enough bitter-ness to start people on the hops rabbit hole that leads into craft beer fandom. Other hoppy ales, including red ales, cycle in here too. Think Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, Parallel 49 Gypsy Tears.

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This is the best starting point for people who get serious about beer.These are malt-forward brews, with few hops, so they’re sweet and smooth with subtle, approachable ﬂavours (think Phillips Blue Buck). Stouts often hit this stage via the infamous chocolate stout, or by the world famous Guinness.

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PHASE 3: WHEAT ALES / FRUIT ALES

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people tend to explore areas previously explored, or they move on rather quickly. But because this area has a variety of different styles, there’s plenty to explore. An appreciation for stouts often accompanies this phase.

This is typically the entry point for beer drinkers because, until very recently, it’s been the most widely available style in Canada.We’re talking macro lagers here: Kokanee, Budweiser, Canadian, Corona etc. People are often lured in – and turned off – because of the weak ﬂavour proﬁle.

PHASE 1: LAGERS

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Phase 2. Wheat ales are usually light and sweet, again with low hops/bitterness, which makes it ideal for newbies. At this point, people are adjusting to the common beer ingredients. Think Kronenburg Blanc or any radler.

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PHASE 9: LAGERS AGAIN

Here, you’ve overdosed on ﬂavour and high ABVs, and you’re craving light, sessionable beers. Or, you’ve crossed back over via the German sours (e.g. Berliner Weisse) and think, “Hell, maybe Germans do make good beer!” We’re talking well-made, quality lagers here: Kölschs, Pilsners, and so on. *Some people skip steps, or get stuck in places, or never move on, or chart their course in a haphazard way. There’s no set time for how people move through it either – it could take a decade to complete the cycle, or it could take six months. Also, credit goes to Chris Bjerrisgaard for coining the term “flavour wheel of craft beer nerdism.” W

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Five reasons I like Spanish wine Michaela Morris By the Bottle @MichaelaWine

Sometimes I go through phases. Right now, Spain is constantly on tip of my tongue. It may be the tapas culture that suits my summer mood and ﬁts my desire to graze and nibble rather than sit down to a complicated meal. Whatever it is, I’m enjoying my Spanish summer ﬂing for many reasons.

BUBBLES

Because summer is the reason to celebrate... I have proclaimed loud and proud that Spain is where I look to first when I need an inexpensive bubble fix. I can count on Cava, even at $15, to deliver good quality sparkling wine. But I’m not always racing to the bottom of this category. When craving a bit more finesse and nuance, I’m willing to spend a few more bucks. 2012 Alta Alella, Privat Brut =:I:JDU ! #UDU "?E )LU5N ! $Q42 This Cava had me at the initial smoky, flinty sniff. One sip sealed the deal. Em-

phatically dry with invigorating lemon peel and juicy pear, it’s sure to cleanse the palate between fried tapas bites.

SHERRY

Sherry deserves an entire article, which I promise to fulfill. In the meantime, cast aside any negative connotations of sweet swill you might have. There are many different styles of sherry but these fortified wines from southwest Spain were traditionally made dry, like this one. P5;U07ME +BU S5HUNU* AUN,UN500U ! )6:JJ- "?E )LU5N ! $QQG94 Manzanilla is aged for several years under a protective yeast called Flor giving unique flavours of bread dough, blanched almonds and a salty tang. I know it sounds weird but it will make sense if you drink a chilled glass of La Gitana while snacking on almonds and green olives.

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Spain’s characterful native grapes please my palate year round. However, in the summer I’m thankful that the roster includes some

thirst-quenching whites. For the ultimate refresher, check out Albariño. Crisp and aromatic, it thrives in the cool wet northeastern region of Rías Baixas. QVT< BF,U;UE '0RUJ5KM ! &U0 ;M )U0NCIE =1UI %U5.UI "?E )LU5N ! $T9G44 This new ﬁnd could easily become my house white. Luscious and ripe with guava, peach and melon balanced by zesty lime and a steely minerally backbone. It begs for the freshest of ﬁsh perhaps prepared with a Thai twist.

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I never, ever want to pigeonhole Spain into the cheap and cheerful category. So let it be known that this proliﬁc giant produces great wines at ALL prices. That said, when I am down to my last few dollars, I turn to Spain to cheer me up with inexpensive yet distinctive wines. QVTT @UDUJJM B/L:, +>:J7M0UI* ?0; &5N:IE (:OLJUN500M ! &U0;:L:KUI "?E )LU5N ! $TTG44 From the arid plains of Valdepeñas, the Pergolas

Tempranillo exudes ripe raspberry and strawberry with clove, orange and a slight earthiness. Soft in the middle but ﬁnishes ﬁrm. Try with saucy barbecued ribs.

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I could have chosen many wines here. Whether you’re grilling steak or flipping burgers, Spain has plenty of reds to match. However, I wanted to prove the point I was trying to make above. Besides succeeding in the immediately drinkable, under $15 category, Spain also boasts serious age-worthy wines that are no less charming. QVTV AF7U ! =5M3U =:I:JDU "?#UE )LU5N ! $Q8GQ4 Complex aromas of smoke, meat, vanilla and coffee. Dense and full yet elegant and polished, this Rioja is totally appealing now especially with grilled lamb but has the stuffing to keep going for five-10 years. W *Private wine stores only, prices may vary. All other wines available at BC Liquor Stores. Prices exclusive of taxes.

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Leo’s Camera Supply celebrates 60 years: A lifetime in pictures In 1955 a Vancouver car salesman took his love of ﬁlming trains and wildlife and turned it into a business that has thrived for 60 years. Leo’s Camera Supply – named after founder Leo Rajotte – has been offering the top-of-line equipment from the same block on Granville Street in downtown Vancouver for six decades, keeping pace in an industry that has evolved at the speed of light. “When the kids came along he decided to change careers to something that could support the family and his passion for ﬁlm,” says son Roger Rajotte, who now owns the family camera shop and distribution business. Legendary street photographer Foncie Pulice was a customer back in the day. Pulice, whose life and work were featured in a Knowledge Network documentary, would take photos of people bustling down Granville Street, and then offer to sell them the picture if they were interested. Photographer Fred Herzog, famed for his

mid-century images of Vancouver, was also a Leo’s customer. And, of course,

many of the photojournalists from the Vancouver Sun and Province were also

regulars at Leo’s.The TV and ﬁlm industry also looked to Leo’s for camera support. “There wasn’t a lot of camera suppliers and distributors back then, [but] there was a growing business in many ways that made Leo’s Camera the interesting place to visit back in the ’50s the early ’60s,” Roger explains. One of the reasons Leo’s Camera has stayed in the picture for all of these years is because of its knowledgeable team of staff – many of whom have been with the company on average for more than 10 years. “We were considered the largest camera store in the west in the ’60s and ’70s, and today some of the strengths that we always focused on in the last 20 years is having a core staff that are very knowledgeable and ask questions the same way dad did,” Roger explains. “That was a goal– to get staff members that know how to integrate with people rather than just be sales staff.”

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The company has also made other important strategic moves that have enabled Leo’s to ﬂourish in an industry where many others have had to close. One of those smart moves was opening a distribution arm of the company, which supplies other retailers.They’ve also stayed ahead of the curve when it comes to the products they stock.

“We search the globe for technology,” Roger says, adding the “mirrorless” cameras – small-bodied with an interchangeable lens and no mirror reflex optical viewfinder are a store favourite. Since Leo first opened shop in the middle of the last century, the camera store has been a family-run business.

Son Roger started with the company when he was 20 in 1971, eventually taking over the business with his sister in the 1980s. When the siblings took over the company, Leo and wife Naydeen got a chance to enjoy their Golden Years by travelling the globe. Not surprisingly, Leo spent many of the trips ﬁlming exotic locales before his death in 1999. What’s really made the company last all of these years, especially when so many competitors have crumbled, Roger says, is that they have maintained Leo’s commitment to customer service. “Dad loved the business, the chance to talk to new people. He had a real

interest in other people that came in and what they did in their everyday regular lives,” Roger recalls. “In the beginning, he was the only salesperson for ﬁve years, then they branched out. His real goal was to ﬁnd out what people were about more than anything else… it wasn’t just what’s the latest greatest. He wanted to know more about people.” The tradition of customer care Leo started all those years ago continues today at his namesake camera store. —Niki Hope

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Admittedly, the new storefront is stunning. Housed in a massive glass front space that used to be occupied by three separate lacklustre shops, the new EQ3 boasts an expansive, bright open concept plan with skylights, and a combination of chic polished concrete floors and the signature EQ3 hardwood.The layout allows customers to view the full spectrum of the product line, the Marimekko shop-within-shop and the inviting new Design Centre with one vast glance. The flow of the store has been dramatically improved since the previous location, inviting guests through the various room vignettes in the main space and into the tabletop goods and Marimekko room, which has a more intimate sense without feeling closed off. With their doors now open, Milligan filled me in on what drove the move and how the new hood has been treating them.With the success of the brand, EQ3 was outgrowing their old location; while the South Granville locale suited the store, the multi-level previous storefront simply didn’t keep up with the style needs of the company.They wanted to remain in the same neighbourhood, and the transition to the South side of Broadway put them within the design corridor, direct neighbours with the other big names in the industry like West Elm, Country Furniture, Pottery Barn and Anthropologie.The move has been a success, with a strong positive response from clients,

a dramatic increase in walkby trafﬁc (it’s hard to resist the striking massive window displays) and a warm welcome from their new neighbours, who have been popping into the new shop to check it out and offer their support. As a designer, the EQ3 move to a larger shop made me wonder about the future of design and what place new, contemporary furnishings holds within it; the industry seems to see a continuous growth with the big names in modern design, and yet designers are seeing a notable ask from customers fowr local handcrafted goods. When I chatted with Milligan about his thoughts on this, I learned the importance that EQ3 places on local design. A proudly Canadian company founded in Winnipeg, EQ3’s headquarters are still based there and all their upholstery goods are Winnipeg made; the brand ensures that the locally Canadian elements are at the forefront of their design. In response to consumer demand for customization, EQ3 has created an upholstered goods collection that can be custom ordered in a variety of leg options and over 100 stunning fabrics and leathers to choose from.While it isn’t the hyper local handcrafted goods that have taken Vancouver by storm, the level of customization available within the upholstery collection at EQ3 suggests that the mainstream modern furnishing industry has taken note of consumer demand and is making strides toward the personalization of design. W

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The holy roar of Baptists LOUISE BURNS @_louiseburns_

The Okanagan has long enjoyed a reputation as the land of wineries, jet skis and hot, dry summers. Only in recent history has it become ripe land for some of Canada’s top musical talents. Ladyhawk,Yukon Blonde, and members of Baptists are just a few bands that have ﬁrmly planted roots in the land of the Ogopogo. Kelowna is the Okanagan’s Emerald City, where musicians, skateboarders and artists reside in a dusty pool of Canadian desert magic.This is where we reach Danny Marshall, guitarist of doompunk group Baptists, as he strolls through a farmers market on a sunny weekday afternoon. “Somebody’s singing Hotel California in a hot-ass parking lot,” he laughs, describing the comical pleasant scene, one which would not normally be associated

with one of Canada’s leading hardcore punk bands. Last year, Baptists released Bloodlines, a thunderous, apocalyptic mind-explosion of a record produced by Kurt Ballou at his GodCity Studios in Salem, MA, the same place they recorded 2013’s Bushcraft. A few months later, they played at the opening party for Rain City Recorders, a studio opened by The Hive’s Jesse Gander and Stu McKillop. Their performance was recorded, ﬁlmed and released on YouTube as “Rain City Sessions”, and caught the attention of a one Mr. David Grohl. The former Nirvana drummer and head Foo was so impressed by Baptists drummer Nick Yacyshyn, that he posted the video on the Foo Fighters’ Facebook page, declaring himself a new fan, and praising the skills of Yacyshyn. “Not that he was unnoticed by any means before,

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Still, the latest album from British folk hero/former Fairport Conventionist, was produced by Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, though you wouldn’t necessarily pick up on that. The production is sparse, allowing the songs to lean heavily on arrangement and performance and, of course Thompson’s deep, whiskey warble. “Broken Doll” is an exploration into creepy balladry, where rhythmic guitar lines and elaborate percussion providing a groovy-gothic back-

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drop to Thompson’s croon. “Patty Don’t You Put Me Down” could easily be a bar-band blues rock classic, with a sing-a-long chorus and country rock sensibilities. Thompson’s British folk veins come through in “Winding Road”, which rolls back and forth like an

but he’s getting a lot of recognition that he absolutely deserves,” says Marshall, still in awe. “It’s fucking Dave Grohl! Nirvana was the ﬁrst band I ever got into that made me want to play music. Those albums still obviously hold up and are better than anything since. The drummer from THAT band!? I think that’s cool shit, I’ll never get sick of hearing about it.” The video also now serves as a way for the band to share their live show with the masses, something that can hopefully make up for their inability to tour as frequently as their peers. “We don’t tour that much. I have two kids and a wife, Andrew’s a foster parent, and we’re not going to get out there a ton,” says Marshall. “To have a really good account of one of our shows is kinda cool, ‘cause we don’t get to [play live for] everybody we want.” Baptists are about “half

old sea shanty, and “Beatnik Blues”, which favours sparse production and acoustic instruments, allowing his guitar work to shine. Thompson is known for having a cheeky side, which can be heard on “Long John Silver”, a song about, what else, a pirate, and would not be missed, had it been left off the record. Having settled in to the title “obscure” or “cult artist” for 40 years, Richard Thompson delivers another astonishing record that proves why he is, and always will be, the songwriter’s songwriter. –Louise Burns Rating:

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way done the next album.” With Marshall being the only member of Baptists living in Kelowna, and the primary songwriter, they rely on voice-memo riffs and home demos to kill time between monthly jams. “It’s kind of weird not having anybody to reel me in,” he says. “I kinda wish I had them to tell me ‘that part is so shitty, take that part out!’ I need some quality control over here!” When the time comes, they will return to Salem to work with Ballou at GodCity. Having been a member of metalcore band Converge and producer of bands such as Coliseum and Trap Them, Ballou has worked up a tantalizing resumé of punk, hardcore and beyond. “It’s not really a secret that we’re HUGE Converge fans. I would say every song that Baptists writes has some similarity that you can ﬁnd between the two bands. We’re a fast punk

band with a really busy, really good drummer. That alone is kind of a formula that they built!” Marshall laughs. “He’s the best. He’s a genius. And not just in an overused sense of the word. He’s a retired biomedical engineer. He’s nuts!” The holy wrath of Baptists continues to grow, but in the mean time, all members are keeping busy with various side projects. Marshall and Yacyshyn are starting a new project with members of LA’s Obliterations and Waingro. Bassist Shawn Hawryluk is a member of Ladyhawk and Slow Learners, vocalist Andrew Drury plays bass in Total Isolation and Yacyshyn has SUMAC. Marshall also plays in Erosion and “couple of Kelowna projects I’m trying to get off the ground. “All the Vancouver bands for me are wrapped into a weekend a month,” He says. “Other than that, I’m just sitting here for 27 fucking

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Ghost Notes (El Camino ) The image of Veruca Salt’s Louise Post and Nina Gordon bouncing up and down like marionettes in their video for 1997’s “Volcano Girls” remains an iconic piece of mid-‘90s nostalgia.Their bratty, two-part harmonies and ability to make their distinctive voices come together as one helped deﬁne their speciﬁc brand of grungy poprock with a side of sass. Founding member Gordon departed the band in 1998 for a solo career. Ghost Notes marks her return, an album title that gives a wink and a nod to any proverbial

skeletons in the closet between herself and Post. “The Gospel According to Saint Me” begins with Gordon singing “I wanted to live, so I pretended to die”, addressing her absence head-on.The chorus is a classic major-chord uplifting wall of melody and guitar, ending on the uplifting mantra “It’s gonna be bright”.

days of the month, twiddling my thumbs, more or less!” Thumb-twiddling aside, the band will continue to work on the next record, and are currently sorting out tours in both Eastern Canada and Europe. But right now, it’s just Danny, the farmers’ market and the city of Kelowna. So what’s behind the magic of one of BC’s most fruitful cities? “I honestly don’t think it’s just musicians. I’m a skateboarder [as well], and there’s a whole bunch of really good skateboarders from here too.You either ﬁnd a hobby or you bore yourself to death… I think there’s a lack of other things to do so people kind of wind up picking something and obsessing over it.” W

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YUMI ZOUMA Indie dream-pop band from New Zealand, on tour in support of their new EP release with special guest Mesa Luna. 8pm at Electric Owl. Tickets $13 at Red Cat, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca

SHRED KELLY Peak Project Performance finalists from Fernie play tunes from their new album Sing To The Night with special guests Colby Morgan and the Catastrophes. 9pm at Electric Owl. Tickets $13 at Red Cat, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca

LOWER DENS Indie rockers out of Baltimore, on tour in support of their latest release Escape From Evil. 7pm at Electric Owl. Tickets $13 at Red Cat, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca

MEATBODIES LA indie rock outfit fronted by Chad Ubovich of Mikal Cronin/Fuzz, on tour to support their self-titled debut release with special guests Dead Ghosts and Sh-Shakes. 8pm at The Cobalt. Tickets $10 at Red Cat, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca

RATATAT Electronic/instrumental rock duo from Brooklyn take the stage in support of their latest release Magnifique. 8pm at Vogue Theatre. Tickets $37.50 at Red Cat, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca

JAMIE XX UK electronic music DJ, producer and member of The XX, plays two shows in one night, in support of his debut solo release In Colour with special guest Young Marco. 7pm & 10:30pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $25 at Red Cat, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca QUARTERED Five-piece progressive metal band from Vancouver take the stage with guests Over The Coals, These Colours Don’t Run and Ugly Men. 9pm at Red Room Ultra Bar. Tickets $10 at TicketZone.com

COMEDY MATT BILINSKI Making a name on the comedy circuit for the past 12 years, Bilinski draws humour from his own life, no matter how embarrassing or incriminating, building a solid reputation for witty, creative and clever material. 8:30pm at The Comedy Mix. Tickets $15 at TheComedyMix.com

EVENTS QUEER ARTS FESTIVAL – TRIGGER: DRAWING THE LINE One of the top five queer arts and culture festivals worldwide, the annual artist-run multidisciplinary gathering celebrates the unique creative expressions of visual and performing artists who identify as LGBT2SI. Various exhibition/event/show times at Roundhouse Community Centre. Tickets at QueerArtsFestival. com. Runs until August 7.

CHEAP & FUN FREE SLACKLINING LESSONS Absolute Slacklines will be holding free workshops for beginners and intermediate slackliners every Thursday; challenge yourself to find your balance, gain core strength and have fun! 5-7pm at English Bay/ Kitsilano Beach. Free.

COMEDY KATHLEEN MCGEE She’s the girl your parents warned you about, she’ll make you laugh and blush all at the same time with her unapologetic, dark and sassy sense of humour, as heard on CBC’s The Debaters. 8pm at Yuk Yuk’s. Tickets $20 at YukYuks.com

THEATRE/DANCE HENRY V Carousel Theatre for Young People’s Teen Theatre Program celebrates 25 years of training teen actors with the staging of its first historical play, the mighty tale of ambition, power and what it means to be a leader. 7:30pm at Performance Works Outdoor Stage. Ad mission is free, but reservations are available for $5 per seat at Tickets.CarouselTheatre.ca. Runs until Aug. 8. THE CHILDREN’S HOUR Lillian Hellman’s 1934 breakout hit play, a heart-wrenching cautionary tale is the story of scandal at a girls’ boarding school in New England. 2pm at Jericho Arts Centre. Tickets at Vendini.com. Runs until Aug. 6.

EVENTS VANCOUVER FETISH WEEKEND Returning for its third year, this full scale weekend – the hot spot for kink-related events – features the Three Ds: Dancing, DJs and Dungeon play along with performances, fashion shows and a fetish cruise on t he Pride of Vancouver. Dress code is strictly enforced at all events. Check out VancouverFetishWeekend.com for event details. Runs until July 26.

BUILT TO SPILL American indie rockers from Boise, ID on tour in support of their latest release Untethered Moon with special guests Slam Dunk. 8pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $26.50 at Red Cat, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca SHANNON AND THE CLAMS Oakland-based garage punk trio, on tour in anticipation of their upcoming studio release with special guests Dead Soft and Les Chausettes. 7pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $14 at Red Cat and TicketFly.com ABIGAIL WILLIAMS American black metal band from Phoenix/ LA takes the stage with special guests Bushwacker, Kafirun and Illithid. 8pm at The Hindenburg. Tickets $10 Scrape Records, TicketWeb.ca or $15 at the door. TALIB KWELI Brooklyn rapper, lyrically-gifted and socially aware performer debuts new material and old favourites in support of his latest release, Radio Silence. 8pm at Venue. Tickets $30 at BPLive.ElectroStub.com

THEATRE/DANCE THE PIPELINE PROJECT With multiple pipelines aimed at the BC coast, a fresh spill in the Burrard Inlet and a devastating one along the California Coast, global warming and species extinction, mass media and corporate hegemony, this production asks, “How are we meant to live?”. 8pm at Vancouver East Cultural Centre.

EVENTS THE DEIGHTON CUP The seventh Annual Deighton Cup includes eight races, the Cocktail Jockey Mixology Competition, charity roulette and blackjack and the Style Stakes fashion competition for the bestdressed man and woman. 12-6pm at Hastings Racecourse. Tickets from $35, benefitting Variety-The Children’s Charity.

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UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA Psychedelic rockers out of Portland, OR, on tour in support of their new release Mutli-Love with special guest Vinyl Williams. 8pm at The Imperial. Tickets $17.50 at Red Cat, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca

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CHEAP & FUN SHOREFEST Kicking off the Honda Celebration of Light, two stages at Sunset Beach and English Bay will play host to over twenty different bands over the course of three separate evenings, including local favourites, artisan vendors, delicious eats and live music culminating with a night of fireworks over English Bay. 2pm-11pm at Davie & Denman. Admission is free.

JAZZ VESPERS The Maria Ho Quartet performs a summer concert with a selection of songs from Maria’s new album, Smile. 4pm at St. Andrew’s-Wesley United Church. Admission by donation, all ages welcome.

MOUNT PLEASANT PARK FESTIVAL The annual familyfriendly evening is back for another year, with a Western Theme, live entertainment, photo booth, petting zoo, food trucks and bring your lawn chairs and blankets for a showing of Rango at dusk. 6-10:30pm at Mount Pleasant Park (3161 Ontario). Admission is free.

THE LATE SHOW Veteran improvisers come together to bring you a fast and fun mix of classic improve games and modern long form formats. Be prepared for continuous surprise and hilarity with these spontaneous scenes, all based on your suggestions as per a designated theme each week. 9pm at Havana Theatre. Tickets $8 at InstantTheatre.com

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COMEDY QUEER PROV The Bobbers have returned to the Davie Village and are performing hilarious queer improv comedy every week with a whole new format and a new cast! 8pm at 1181 (1181 Davie).

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THINGS THAT GO BOOM In honour of the Fireworks Festival, Kitty Nights shoots off some sparks of their own with a truly dazzling night of explosive burlesque featuring Seattle’s Persephone Illyri, the stunning Audrey Hipturn and go go goddess Androsia Wilde. 9pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $9 at TicketFly.com

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DANZIG American heavy metal rockers from New Jersey, on tour in support of their forthcoming 10th studio album with special guests Cancer Bats and Pennywise. 8pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $47.50 at LiveNation.com and Ticketmaster.ca ANITA ECCLESTON AND ANDREW SMITH Jazz duo perform an evening of everything from uptempo to cool, ballads, duets and funky mixes, while keeping the crowd entertained with their onstage banter. 9pm at Kino Café (3456 Cambie). Admission by suggested donation of $10 at the door.

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KISS & TELL A re-mounting of the Drawing The Line photo-based exhibition that debuted in 1988, features images of lesbian sexuality, identity, and sexual practice from the Kiss & Tell Collective. The exhibit went on to be referenced by the Oxford Dictionary of Art as the quintessential example of LGBT art. 7:30pm at Roundhouse Community Centre, as part of the Queer Arts Festival. Artists will be in residence for a talk moderated by Janine Fuller and videos by Lorna Boschman. Admission is by donation.

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KEB’ MO’ Band American threetime Grammy-winning blues singer-songwriter-guitarist, on tour in support of this latest offering, BLUESAmericana. 7pm at Vogue Theatre. Tickets $25 at TicketFly.com. All ages show.

ILOVEMAKONNEN OVO artist and Atlanta rapper makes his Vancouver debut with special guests Sailor Gerry, DJ Cherchez and Andishae the DJ. 10pm at Fortune Sound Club. Tickets $25 at Red Cat, Zulu, Beatstreet and DIPT.

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THE NATURALS Your live band on demand; this power trio is Vancouver’s pre-eminent live karaoke band, with the audience a rockstar experience with a catalogue of over 400 classics, from rock anthems to ballads. 9pm at Railway Club. Tickets $5 at BrownPaperTickets.com

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DIDO AND AENEAS Early Music Vancouver presents the first ever presentation of Henry Purcell’s iconic baroque masterpiece, based on Virgil’s epic, The Aeneid, widely acknowledged as one of the greatest operas of all time. 7:30pm at Chan Centre (UBC). Tickets $17.50 at Tickets. UBC.ca

THEATRE/DANCE THEATRE UNDER THE STARS Celebrating 75 years of song and dance filled summer nights in picturesque Stanley Park, TUTS presents Hairspray: The Broadway Musical, providing theatrical delight in the outdoor splendour of Vancouver’s iconic park. 8pm at Malkin Bowl. Tickets at Tuts.ca. Runs until Aug. 22. ‘TIS PITY SHE’S A WHORE A complex tragedy brimming with passion, deception, intrigue and revenge; John Ford’s most famous drama is re-imagined in 1930s Italy, a dark and unnerving story of moral corruption within a mafia family. 8pm at Jericho Arts Centre with a post-show talkback. Tickets at Vendini.com. Runs until Aug. 8.

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THEATRE/DANCE SISTER MARY’S A DYKE?! Torontobased playwright Flerida Pena tells us the story of Abby, a Catholic school girl who embarks on a thrilling mission that sends her beyond the confines of her all-girls school in this one-woman, comingof-age, coming-out comedy starring Kim Villagante. 7:30pm at Roundhouse Community Centre. Tickets at QueerArtsFestival.com. Runs until Aug. 2.

EVENTS PRIDE PARTY COVENANT HOUSE FUNDRAISER A night of music by Mark Woodyard, comedy with Nick Pound, food & drink specials, door and raffle prizes, all benefitting Covenant House, aiding homeless youth, a large percentage of which are LGBTQ. 6pm at Steel Toad Brewpub & Dining Hall. Tickets $20 include a complimentary beer and all proceeds to Covenant House.

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COMEDY CHRIS JAMES Vancouver born and bred stand-up comic with appearances on CBC’s radio program LOL, the host of a live talk show, Talk Showcase and soon to embark on a regular monthly at the Little Mountain Gallery on Main St. 8:30pm at The Comedy Mix. Tickets $15 at TheComedyMix.com

THEATRE/DANCE GODSPELL Stephen Schwartz’s Tony Award-nominated exuberant pop musical about Jesus and his apostles will raise your spirits in a timeless tale of friendship, loyalty, and love. 8pm at Granville Island Stage. Tickets at ArtsClub.com. Runs until Aug. 1.

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IMAGINE DRAGONS GrammyAward winning rockers from Las Vegas, on tour in support of their latest release Smoke & Mirrors with Toronto’s Metric. 8pm at Rogers Arena. Tickets $34.50 & up at LiveNation.com

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They’re separated by centuries and geographical distance, and yet Eadweard Muybridge and Michael Eklund share an inextricable link. In the trippy sphere of cause and effect – where a single act can set something beautiful or mundane or horrible in motion – Muybridge (born in England in 1830) lit a spark that, more than a century later, impacted the trajectory of Eklund’s life. The Saskatoon-born, Vancouver-based actor would likely not be a Leo Award-winning screen actor today had 19th century photographer Muybridge not conducted exhaustive investigations into movement and photography. Muybridge’s studies led to motion picture projection, and, ultimately, to showbiz as we know it. So if you consume film or television or work in the industry, you’ve got Muybridge to thank, too. But if you haven’t heard of Muybridge, you’re not alone. Eklund hadn’t either, at least not until Vancouver director Kyle Rideout and producer Josh Epstein approached him to play Muybridge in Eadweard, a drama about a transformative and tumultuous period in the eccentric photographer’s life. “We all know the name Thomas Edison, and he usually gets the credit, but we’ve never heard Eadweard Muybridge’s story, and he was actually the beginning of all of it,” says Eklund in a recent phone chat. Muybridge is finally having his moment in the spotlight, thanks to Eklund (who ultimately took the role) and Rideout and Epstein (both graduates of Langara College’s distinguished Studio 58 theatre training program). To date, their locallyshot period piece – filmed over 29 days in 2013 and featuring an impressive roster of BC talent, including Eklund, Sara Canning, Charlie Carrick, Christopher Heyerdahl, Torrance

Coombs, Aleks Paunovic, Ian Tracey, and Jonathon Young – has won five Leo Awards and scooped up a boatload of accolades on the film festival circuit. There was a best acting nod for Eklund at the Alhambra Theatre Film Festival, and the audience choice award for best narrative film at the Nashville Film Festival. It’s played to packed houses in Edinburgh and Munich, Maui and Brooklyn, Newport Beach and Cleveland. And on Aug. 31, Eadweard will finally play for the hometown crowd in a special red carpet screening at the Rio Theatre. It was in a similar theatre that a five-year-old Eklund got his first taste of movie magic (and where Muybridge’s long-ago work affected his life journey). “I remember walking into the movie theatre with my eyes open and my mouth open and thinking, ‘what is this magical place?’” says Eklund. “I knew something was going on when I went to the theatre that day, and I remember sitting down in the movie theatre seats and that’s when I was seduced by the magic of film.” The film? Lassie Returns (adorable, right?). “I was five-years-old, and that was the first time I remember wanting something,” says Eklund. “I didn’t know what at the time, but I wanted to do that, and that’s when I started to realize that I wanted to be an actor and that I started to have to think about how to get that, at five-years-old, coming from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.” It was a slow start. Eklund couldn’t get cast in a school play, although he auditioned every time. After high school, he went to art school to be a painter, but “I realized it was too much of an introverted art form for me. When I sat in my studio and painted, I could feel the world was passing me by, and I knew that it didn’t work for me.” Eklund decided to embrace whatever fears he had and make a go of acting. He moved to Vancouver, took classes, answered open casting calls (including one for an audience-participation dinner theatre), and

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Saskatoon-raised Vancouver actor Michael Eklund portrays the innovative and eccentric photographer Eadweard Muybridge in Eadweard. The Vancouver-shot film celebrates its hometown premiere on Aug. 31 at the Rio Theatre. Robert Gilbert photo wooed his ﬁrst and only agent, Deb Dillistone, who he’d heard was the best in the city. “It took me six months, but then I ﬁnally convinced [Dillistone] to take on this prairie kid with no experi-

ence,” says Eklund. “She started sending me out on auditions, and just by using instinct, I started working. That’s when the noes started turning into yeses.” And there have been a lot of yeses, among them: 88

Minutes, Battlestar Galactica, DaVinci’s Inquest, Intelligence, Bates Motel, Cruel & Unusual, Gotham, and The Call, with Halle Berry, for which Eklund won a Leo Award for best supporting performance by a male in a

motion picture. Eklund’s 2015 releases include WWE’s actionthriller Vendetta (directed by Vancouver’s own Soska Sisters), Mr. Right with Sam Rockwell and Anna Kendrick, and the ﬁnal season

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graphs, working with shutter speeds and developing practices that we take for granted now. We even meet an opportunistic Edison, who married Muybridge’s pioneering discoveries with sound. “Edison put sound to moving pictures. He made it exciting. He made it entertainment. Eadweard was more of a scientist. He studied motion,” says Eklund. “[Muybridge’s] work wasn’t ready to move to the level of entertaining people, which is why his name wasn’t as known, but he was the pioneer of it all.” Muybridge is notable for another, more sinister, reason: He was the last person in the United States to be acquitted on the grounds of “justifiable homicide” after killing his wife’s lover. Eadweard builds towards this pivotal moment, and delves into Muybridge’s complicated relationship with his wife, Flora (portrayed by Canning, who Eklund describes as riding “that line of playfulness and pain at the same time. She has that quality where she can sit on the pain and hide it, which the character of Flora needed because she was going through a lot”). The film required Eklund to undergo a significant physical transformation. Muybridge’s hair turned snow white at a young age following an accident. Archival photographs of Muybridge reveal a prominent white beard.

“I remember when I first started talking with [Rideout], one of his first questions was, ‘Can you grow a beard?’ And my answer was, ‘I don’t know if I can grow a beard like Eadweard Muybridge, but I can try.’” Growing the beard was relatively easy. Finding someone who could bleach Eklund’s hair and beard snow white was a different story. Eklund and company found their champion hair tech in Wendy Keown from Yaletown’s Avant Garde Salon. “She took on the challenge and helped create the Eadweard look,” raves Eklund. “It was very important to the film.” It’s because of people like Keown that this upcoming screening is, for Eklund at least, better than all of the rest. “You can screen it in other cities and nobody was really involved and everybody likes it and it’s fun and fine and dandy, but when you bring it home to where it was made and have all of the people that took part and donated their time and their talents to it and we get to show it for the first time, I think that’s the most important screening to me,” he says. W

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Above: Eklund (sans beard) has starred in dozens of locally-shot movies, including The Call, opposite Halle Barry. Top right: Eklund as Eadweard Muybridge opposite co-star Sara Canning in Eadweard. Contributed photos

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Sculpture connects contemporary with traditional Team of 20 helps bring Michael NicollYahgulanaas’ “Sei” to life ROBERT MANGELSDORF @robmangelsdorf

Seemingly defying gravity, Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas’ newly unveiled sculpture “Sei” rises from the ground at the centre of the new McArthurGlen outlet mall near YVR, before arching to one side, hanging motionless in the air. Named after the sei whale, the second-largest baleen whale species found in BC waters, Yahgulanaas’ work evokes the form of its namesake in mid-breach. The abstract sculpture stands more than 12 feet tall, and stretches out almost as long as a school bus. “I love the idea of one of the largest animals in the world breaching [from the ground], and propelling itself into the air,” says Yahgulanaas. Like much of Yahgulanaas’ work, “Sei” combines

contemporary abstract design with the familiar motifs of traditional Haida artwork. Yahgulanaas – who previously served as the elected Chief Councillor of the Old Massett First Nation – says he wants to bridge the gap between settler society and First Nations peoples by combining elements of both in his artwork. “We need to get settler society to see us as people,” he says. “It’s not an effort to get even, or pass judgement. We need to be recognized as human.” Only by dehumanizing native peoples were European settlers were able to morally justify things like the residential school system, Yahgulanaas notes. He says his work seeks to connect the two cultures, without judgement. To that extent, Yahgulanaas designed the sculpture – which stands on the traditional territory of the Musqueam First Nation – with reflective copper and stainless steel surfaces. “I want people to see themselves in the work,”

Named after the sei whale, the second-largest baleen whale species found in BC waters, Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas’ work evokes the form of its namesake in mid-breach. Contributed photo he says, “and in those surfaces, they can see themselves reflected.” Copper is a traditional medium of the Haida people, and here at the centre

of an upscale shopping centre, Yahgulanaas says the material brings connotations of wealth. Meanwhile, the ovoid shapes and formline designs are

meant to be “familiar, yet strange; powerful, yet friendly.” The end result is an impressive, accessible work of public art that provides a doorway into

Haida culture. The sculpture itself is an engineering marvel, weighing in at more than 8,000 pounds. That required Yahgulanaas and his creative partner Barry Gilson to employ a team of more than 20 people to bring the design to life. “They very much have an artistic claim on this project,” Yahgulanaas says of the many tradespeople, computer drafters and engineers who worked on the sculpture. “It takes a whole team to bring together a work of this scale.” “Sei” sits atop a concrete base connected to an eight-metre-long subterranean cantilever that allows the sculpture to hover above the ground. Underneath the copper and stainless steel panels – which are specially-coated to slow down oxidation – two massive steel tubes form the backbone of the sculpture. “For the ﬁrst time I have a great deal of satisfaction that the 3D form accurately reﬂects the 2D drawings,” says Yahgulanaas. W

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Thu Jul 23 - Fri Aug 7 Roundhouse Exhibition Hall | QAF’s signature Curated Visual Art Exhibition. QAF’s curated exhibition honours the 25th anniversary of Kiss & Tell’s legendary exhibition, Drawing the Line. Artists are asked, Where do you draw the line in 2015?

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@WholeNourishBC You’ve seen it around, folks sipping on a bubbly drink that has what looks like brown snot at the bottom. It’s not snot, it’s kombucha, and people either love it or hate it. It is deﬁnitely an acquired taste not everyone can get behind, like booty shorts or Brussels sprouts. Now there are a few different stories on how kombucha came to be and where it started.What we know for sure it that it has been around for centuries, maybe even millennia. Kombucha (not be mistaken with a seaweed tea also called kombucha in Japan) has been called by many different names throughout the centuries; Indian Tea Fungus, Gout Jelly-ﬁsh, Champagne of Life, just to name a few Referred to by the Chinese as the “Tea of Immortality”, it was brewing in almost every household during the Cultural Revolution, but has since fallen out of the daily routine of the modern Chinese lifestyle.

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Ant-Man packs pint-sized punch

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Free Will Astrology By Rob Brezsny The Latin motto “Carpe diem” shouldn’t be translated as “Seize the day!”, says author Nicholson Baker. It’s not a battle cry exhorting you to “freaking grab the day in your fist like a burger at a fairground and take a big chomping bite out of it.” The proper translation, according to Baker, is “Pluck the day.” In other words, “you should gently pull on the day’s stem, as if it were a wildflower, holding it with all the practiced care of your thumb and the side of your finger, which knows how to not crush easily crushed things – so that the day’s stem undergoes increasing tension and draws to a tightness, and then snaps softly away at its weakest point, and the flower is released in your hand.” Keep that in mind, Aries. I understand you are often tempted to seize rather than pluck, but these days plucking is the preferable approach.

When I talk about “The Greatest Story Never Told,” I’m not referring to the documentary film about singer Lana Del Rey or the debut album of the rap artist Saigon or any other cultural artifact. I am, instead, referring to a part of your past that you have never owned and understood, a phase from the old days that you have partially suppressed, an intense set of memories you have not fully integrated. I say it’s time for you to deal with this shadow. You’re finally ready to acknowledge it and treasure it as a crucial thread in the drama of your hero’s journey.

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The ancient Greek philosopher Thales is credited as being one of the earliest mathematicians and scientists. He was a deep thinker whose thirst for knowledge was hard to quench. Funny story: Once he went out at night for a walk. Gazing intently up at the sky, he contemplated the mysteries of the stars. Oops! He didn’t watch where he was going, and fell down into a well. He was OK, but embarrassed. Let’s make him your anti-role model, Gemini. I would love to encourage you to unleash your lust to be informed, educated, and inspired – but only if you watch where you’re going.

Charles Darwin is best known for his book The Origin of Species, which contains his seminal ideas about evolutionary biology. But while he was still alive, his best-seller was The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms. The painstaking result of over forty years’ worth of research, it is a tribute to the noble earthworm and that creature’s crucial role in the health of soil and plants. It provides a different angle on one of Darwin’s central concerns: how small, incremental transformations that take place over extended periods of time can have monumental effects. This also happens to be one of your key themes in the coming months.

A researcher at the University of Amsterdam developed software to read the emotions on faces. He used it to analyze the expression of the woman in Leonardo da Vinci’s famous painting, the Mona Lisa. The results suggest that she is 83 per cent happy, nine per cent disgusted, six per cent fearful, and two per cent angry. Whether or not this assessment is accurate, I appreciate its implication that we humans are rarely filled with a single pure emotion. We often feel a variety of states simultaneously. In this spirit, I have calculated your probably mix for the coming days: 16 per cent relieved, 18 per cent innocent, 12 per cent confused, 22 per cent liberated, 23 per cent ambitious, and nine per cent impatient.

“What makes you heroic?” asked philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. Here’s how he answered himself: “simultaneously going out to meet your highest suffering and your highest hope.” This is an excellent way to sum up the test that would inspire you most in the coming weeks, Virgo. Are you up for the challenge? If so, grapple with your deepest pain. Make a fierce effort to both heal it and be motivated by it. At the same time, identify your brightest hope and take a decisive step toward fulfilling it.

Actress and musician Carrie Brownstein was born with five planets in Libra. Those who aren’t conversant with astrology’s mysteries may conclude that she is a connoisseur of elegance and harmony. Even professional stargazers who know how tricky it is to make generalizations might speculate that she is skilled at cultivating balance, attuned to the needs of others, excited by beauty, and adaptive to life’s ceaseless change. So what are we to make of the fact that Brownstein has said, “I really don’t know what to do when my life is not chaotic”? Here’s what I suspect: In her ongoing exertions to thrive on chaos, she is learning how to be a connoisseur of elegance and harmony as she masters the intricacies of being balanced, sensitive to others, thrilled by beauty, and adaptive to change. This is important for you to hear about right now.

You’re entering a volatile phase of your cycle. In the coming weeks, you could become a beguiling monster who leaves a confusing mess in your wake. On the other hand, you could activate the full potential of your animal intelligence as you make everything you touch more interesting and soulful. I am, of course, rooting for the latter outcome. Here’s a secret about how to ensure it: Be as ambitious to gain power over your own darkness as you are to gain power over what happens on your turf.

I’m a big fan of the attitude summed up by the command “Be here now!” The world would be more like a sanctuary and less like a battleground if people focused more on the present moment rather than on memories of the past and fantasies of the future. But in accordance with the astrological omens, you are hereby granted a temporary exemption from the “Be here how!” approach. You have a poetic license to dream and scheme profusely about what you want your life to be like in the future. Your word of power is tomorrow.

A philanthropist offered $100,000 to the Girl Scouts chapter of Western Washington. But there were strings attached. The donor specified that the money couldn’t be used to support transgender girls. The Girl Scouts rejected the gift, declaring their intention to empower every girl “regardless of her gender identity, socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, or sexual orientation.” Do you have that much spunk, Capricorn? Would you turn down aid that would infringe on your integrity? You may be tested soon. Here’s what I suspect: If you are faithful to your deepest values, even if that has a cost, you will ultimately attract an equal blessing that doesn’t require you to sell out. (PS, the Girl Scouts subsequently launched an Indiegogo campaign that raised more than $300,000.)

Consider the possibility of opening your mind, at least briefly, to provocative influences you have closed yourself off from. You may need to refamiliarize yourself with potential resources you have been resisting or ignoring, even if they are problematic. I’m not saying you should blithely welcome them in. There still may be good reasons to keep your distance. But I think it would be wise and healthy for you to update your relationship with them.

Over 10,000 species of mushrooms grow in North America. About 125 of those, or 1.25 per cent, are tasty and safe to eat. All the others are unappetizing or poisonous, or else their edibility is in question. By my reckoning, a similar statistical breakdown should apply to the influences that are floating your way. I advise you to focus intently on those very few that you know for a fact are pleasurable and vitalizing. Make yourself unavailable for the rest.

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@MyszkaWay You’ve heard the hysteria: young people are fucking like dogs. Teenagers and college students in North America (despite the governing from their “helicopter parents”) are blowing, sucking and fucking one another like it’s just a day at the office. “Hook-up culture!” “Raunch culture!” No one values “meaningful courting” anymore because we all are just so busy swiping “like” on Tinder, waiting to gather a little check mark of self-esteem from a random correspondent. We don’t value anything more than a one-night stand. Quick fix medicine. Selfesteem comes in a very short-term these days. Or, so we are told. New York-based, Australian author Rachel Hill says this is a lie. In fact, she wrote a whole book on it called The Sex Myth (Simon & Schuster). Hill describes even herself as a fake. A woman who presented her public persona as a “girl about town” who was, in fact, a “secret sexual loser.” So, when the most outgoing, seemingly sexually successful and confident friend in her circle admitted she had not been in bed with another in a year, her brain did a summersault and puked in shock.

“Everything about sex,” Hill writes in her book, “from the stories we chose to share with our friends to the people we chose to do it with to the remarkably standardized sexual playbook that starts with kissing, followed by touching, and finally penetration – is influenced by social and cultural forces. Sex is not just physical, but symbolic, employed as a barometer of the success of our relationships and the degree to which other people want to be intimate with us.” Hill knew she was not getting laid like culture was telling her everyone else was and she did not know why (no, she’s not stereotypically hideous). The numbers were not adding up, so she started to investigate. While researching The Sex Myth, she found out that people are actually having way less sex than imagined. According to the Archives of Sexual Behavior, our parents were having more sex with more partners than the 20-something generation is now. College-aged people are sticking with one solid partner (literally one is the average number for 18-23-year-olds per year), so then why are we being told otherwise? Why, in an era when sex is talked about as openly as anything else (hello, I can say FUCK and SUCK in this column and pretty much answer whatever I want to your deep, crude

reader questions), are the data and cultural expectations not reflected? “Forty per cent of college students hook up with three people or fewer over the course of four years,” according to Hill’s research. The Sex Myth is a “window into the truth of who we are as a species”, claims Hill. “It is a window into who we are as individuals.” Then, she lays out an example as told by a cute, gay youngster. How many times have you been rejected by someone, someone you did not even think was that great to begin with, but found yourself crushingly devastated? Admit it. It’s happened at least once (if you are not a sociopath). The whole idea of capturing attention means, “if I’m good enough for you, you are good enough for me.” If that does not add up, your ego is curb stomped when rejected. Arguably, even more so by someone you deemed was punching below your weight class. “I’ll think of another guy, one who is really good-looking, and think to myself, ‘That guy would never be rejected’,” explains said cute gay. Then, he’ll fuck someone lesser for a confidence boost. We have all been there. So, look. What I am saying is two main things: 1) Fogies, your kids aren’t fucking like rabbits. In fact,

they are trying to mate up like penguins. 2) Sex is a game that toys with our confidence until we can find it within ourselves. I’ve fucked just over 20 people. I truly don’t even know. I’d have to think back. Hard. I’m now married and I believe in monogamy, so if I stick with my vows (which I plan to), that’s my top score. I spent most of my 20s in relationships (cheating, back-pedaling, gathering confidence in really regrettable ways), so I’m not like my cradle-robbing male friends who are skimming the 200 mark. But who cares? The point is that fucking will always be sold and told to us, but at the end of the day, you kind of have to get all anarchistic about it, and just say “fuck it”, and fuck the way you want to fuck. Because, who gives a fuck? Right? Fuck! W

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