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The Language of Smell

Interesting inquiry from Russell Smith in Thursday’s Globe about the language we use to describe smells.

By Marissa | Posted 18 01 2009 in mined | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Polaroid is Saved

I haven’t taken a Polaroid picture in some time, but when I heard of its sure demise last winter, I was pretty bummed. My lament has been lifted, thanks to Florian Kaps, founder of polanoid.net and unsaleable.com (which for some time has forwarded to polapremium.com, the shop for all things Polaroid.) Kaps, in association with [...]

By Marissa | Posted 18 01 2009 in mined | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

Gloomy Sunday

Diamanda Galas, the ever haunting, ever outspoken, voice of the avant-garde. I came across this cover of Billie Holiday’s “Gloomy Sunday”  and had to share it. Perhaps a tamer version of the Galas I’m used to, it still reverberates a certain something that feels a little like fear. My favourite comment on the YouTube page [...]

By Marissa | Posted 12 01 2009 in mined | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)

From the Desk of Ben Bruneau

Without any further comment, a passive aggressive note to the Internet, by Ben Bruneau.

By Marissa | Posted 18 11 2008 in mined | Tagged , , , | Comments (1)