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Q&A with Jon Evans (summer reading)

BOOKS & AUTHORS | A short Q&A with Jon Evans. In the summer of 2005, I was asked to produce a huge summer books preview piece for Dose magazine. I conducted short email interviews with ...

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Your summer reading fix

BOOKS | Get your summer reading fix on. The time is now. Summer’s the best time of year for books. Whether you’re vacationing or just taking advantage of the longer days, reading is ...

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Wedding survival guide

CULTURE | It’s wedding season and this is your wedding survival guide. Stock up on pocket squares and mani-pedi gift certificates. Strap on the strappy sandals and polish your wing tips. Buy that ...

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The Wonder Spot review

BOOKS | The Wonder Spot by Melissa Bank | Penguin Random House, 2005. People think the “sophomore curse” refers to the fact that second efforts in the arts are generally crappier than their ...

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Bewitched movie review

FILM | Bewitched movie review | Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell. The new Bewitched is kind of like … um, the old Bewitched. If the old Bewitched had vaguely sucked or been inexplicably boring, that ...

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The Perfect Man movie review

FILM | The Perfect Man Movie Review. The Perfect Man, 2005, stars Hilary Duff, Heather Locklear, and Chris Noth. It’s kinda like 10 Things I Hate About You meets The Parent Trap. Stuff by ...

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The Vansterdam drug war history tour

VANCOUVER | Welcome to the Vansterdam drug war history tour, I’ll be your guide. Actually, Vancouver pot activist David Malmo-Levine of the Vancouver School of Drug War History and Organic ...

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Indie band, The Clips

MUSIC | You may not have heard of them, but The Clips are indie up-and-comers. The group is an eclectic foursome composed of drummer and sometimes-violinist Jeremy Gruman, guitarist Mike Jones, ...

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As You Like It at Bard on the Beach

EVENT | As You Like It at Bard on the Beach. It’s stagecraft-romantic-comedy time! Welcome courtiers, one and all. Vancouver’s Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival is back for its ...

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Can you afford a butler?

CULTURE | Can you afford a butler? A version of this piece of utterly shameful diarrhea published in Dose on June 6, 2005, shown below. More stupid culture pieces are here. “Thank you Jeeves. ...

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A few short reads (comics and graphic novels)

BOOKS | Short reads (comics and graphic novels). Comics are cool. I’m not necessarily talking Marvel, but even just a few images can make a tome of endless text seem more accessible. Yet ...

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A world of blogs

BOOKS | A world of blogs. [2018: This just cracks me up. Some of my old content is just SO DATED. Not as dated as this piece, thankfully, but dated.] Not into blogs? You should be. Blogs are ...