Oh, Zuckerberg. Things have never looked worse for the social media mogul or his company. Public faith in Facebook has dropped by 66% in the wake of scandals like Cambridge Analytica, not to mention that controversial testimony in front of U.S. Congress. From a publishing perspective, it’s hard not to feel disenchanted with what was once an …
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Companies can’t get away with avoiding inclusivity anymore. The tide is shifting towards more inclusion of marginalized and otherwise underrepresented voices, and companies are beginning to recognize that including everyone — regardless of race, class, gender, sexual orientation, nationality or other differences — is not only good for the world, but good for business, too. …
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Nothing says “I’m from Vancouver” more than owning a bike that costs more than your monthly rent. But what is there for us biking fanatics to do once we’ve memorized every route in Metro Vancouver? Companies like G Adventures offer a variety of tours across Europe, many of which are tailor made for bikers – and what …
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“I am just so bored by everything. You might say bored to death. Did you know I couldn’t last. I always knew it. I wish I could meet you all again.” Candy Darling can only be described as an icon. A lifetime lover of old Hollywood, Candy moved to Greenwich Village in the mid-1960s and …
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It’s never too late to get into birdwatching. Whether you’re an amateur birder or an aspiring ornithologist (or just want another excuse to get outside), the Cariboo Chilcotin Coast region is the perfect spot to take your binoculars and brave the great outdoors. There’s no shortage of fantastic spots for birdwatching, so here are a …
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Here’s a challenge: write a Carly Rae Jepsen review that doesn’t mention “Call Me Maybe” in the first paragraph. To be fair, the single, which remains a high water mark of 2010s pop, is far from a bad epitaph. But no one wants to go down as another one-hit-wonder, be it A-ha or Baha. Spanning …
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Will Wiesenfeld’s latest album as Baths is a breath of fresh air: a sweet slice of electropop that soars through the skies on rainbow wings. Following up his dark and often challenging 2013 album Obsidian, Romaplasm is a heel face turn, a joyous romp inspired by Wiesenfeld’s love for video games and comic books. Minutes before his Reddit AMA, we …
I’ve known Andrew Lee for years, but as I take the train to his studio in an empty industrial park near Main Street station, I realise we haven’t had a real conversation since I last interviewed him for Discorder in 2015. Andrew is a friend, but we’ve never been close — I get nervous around people I …
“This isn’t protest music, it’s process music.” Moses Sumney’s debut full-length was preceded by a prose poem posted on his social media accounts explaining just what his album title Aromanticism meant. To him, it’s music about a lack of romantic love, or experiencing it to a lesser degree than most people do. The album is meant as a sonic …
Spoon is nothing if not consistent. Coming up on their 25th anniversary as a band, the Austin quartet have the distinction of having been named Metacritic’s Artist of the Decade for their excellent four-album streak between 2000–2009. Hot Thoughts is their latest record, a dancey, synth-heavy, and remarkably weird record that lead singer Britt Daniel describes as “futuristic.” Already one …