That’s the problem with dead people – they have no sense of civic duty
Imagine which songs you hate
A presidential news conference
Four minutes. Questions asked, answers given. That’s a real president.
Four minutes. Questions asked, answers given. That's a real #POTUS. #uspoli https://t.co/kV9i14aMST
— Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) October 28, 2016
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— Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) October 28, 2016
Adler-Kinsella Show: dumb truckers, Adam Carpay and a phoney “youth forum”
Cultural misappropriation and misplaced indignation
So, this:
Look, we have three big totems – three – in our house, and another big one in Daisy’s boardroom. We have more masks and carvings than I can count. Anybody who knows me will tell you I revere Northwest native art like it is from God (because it is). More broadly, we work with First Nations and indigenous people more than we work with anybody else. Our families include First Nations peoples.
So you will perhaps forgive me for saying that this Maclean’s story made me go meh.
Trudeau has a Raven-and-light tattoo on his shoulder. When I heard about that, I was pretty surprised, too. That creation story is really important – we have a huge print depicting the Raven releasing the sun from the giant’s box on our living room wall – and I was impressed, at the time, that (a) Trudeau apparently knew about it and (b) thought it was important enough to put it on his arm.
My next ink will be a Raven, too, The Hands of Creation. It’s by Beau Dick, and my B.C. buddy David Plewes gave me a limited print of it about thirty years ago, which still hangs in a prominent spot near our door. The Raven is the trickster, and I love all of the many stories about how he is part of us but also sometimes against us.
These Haida artists quoted in the Maclean’s story would have a legitimate beef, I think, were it not for stuff like this: Raven toys. Raven scarves. Raven candles. Raven rings (I’ve been wearing one of those for years). And so on.
I guess my point is this: you either sell your culture to people who don’t understand it and/or don’t deserve it – or you don’t. Share it or don’t. Let a well-intentioned guy like Trudeau put it on his arm, forever, or don’t.
You don’t get to be “bemused” by it when you like someone, and then call them a knife-wielding traitor when they have an opinion you don’t like.
Either you sell bits of your culture, or you don’t.
They sold it.
SFH do Ramones tribute song
These guys got together last night and didn’t play this song they wrote for Da Brudders.
However, you may be able to see them play it if you go to this:
My pal Tim Powers coins a line for the ages
“If the Conservative party was a musical genre, it would be country music.”
Genius.
Oh, and Mad Max likes guns a lot. Surprise, surprise.
Idiocy on the 401
This just happened. This idiot did an illegal U-turn right in front of us and is now blocking the Westbound 401 near exit 730 at Cardinal, Ont. this is going to affect lots of people.