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Carto. The UK Connection

By Chuck Published May 15th, 2009 Adventure, Design, Print, , , , , , ,

Here lies some pretty impressive feats of cartography and métropolitain architecture by Harry Beck to kickstart your Friday. Woo, long weekend! Thanks Queen Victoria. A few more maps after the jump.

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Impressions of Expo ‘67

By Chuck Published May 1st, 2009 Adventure, Architecture, Design, Events, Films, See, , , , , , ,

The 60’s were sure a grüvin’ time. Nope, I wasn’t alive in the 60’s, nor the 70’s, but I sure do miss them in a I-need-a-time-machine kind of way.
The sad thing is, I don’t think the monorails employed in ‘67 are still around anymore. In fact, there isn’t too much remaining from those days. Even [...]

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Critical Mass Fridays

By Chuck Published April 27th, 2009 Adventure, , ,

I had never heard of this phenomenom until quite recently. Turns out, on the last Friday of every month in over 300 cities worldwide, a bicycle-centric protest takes place. This wonder goes by the name of ‘Critical Mass‘, and it’s a point of contentions with cops and drivers alike.

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Dynamo Coléoptera

By Chuck Published March 7th, 2009 Exhibits, Music, Music Videos, Shows, ,

This past Wednesday in Montréal I saw the advent of “In The Wake Of Hinamaturi”, a Japanese night at La Sala Rossa social club. I arrived just in time to catch Dynamo Coléoptera which was the first MTL band I fell in love with since moving here.