It’s not everyday you get to see the bus juxtaposed by the subway. It is however, everyday I sit in these two distinctly different modes of public transit. It occured to me that I never saw them together which is why I found this sight to be so interesting.
The bus meets the subway
My dear Hawaiin friend from my university days paid me a visit and said Aloha. Well not really, she actually just said hello. Splendid! We will meet again in Australia, and I’ll be sure to detail that adventure here on this blog.
The bus that could.
Commuting. I took this picture while being in the 85 bus during an afternoon rush hour.
Dear Readers,
Spacing magazine has launched their latest issue today and can be found on news stands at Book City or the University of Toronto Bookstore.
And guess what? My article on BookCrossing was published. So for all you folks who are interested in good ol’ me and issues concerning public space and culture, get your hands on a copy. This issue’s theme focuses on rules from jaywalking, panhandling, bike helmets, to smoking and other fuzzy areas. You’ll find other local peculiarities that Spacing doesn’t seem to run out of writing. Did you know that Toronto has a look out point? And who are those people who camp out at the Don River and call it home? That and a whole lot more- 78 pages of in depth articles for $8 can’t go wrong! Or better yet $29 for 6 issues!
Corpusse, Jaash and I
I like to keep an open mind. Anyone would have to if they want to understand why a large man with evil clown makeup painted on is bellowing out random thoughts over a droning synth on stage. They call Coprusse the “Leonard Cohen of Punk Rock Music”.
While watching him at Mitzi Sister last Tuesday, I could hear people asking their friends, “Is this a joke? Is this guy for real?”
Corpusse said in an interview once that his act should be taken for what it is. To me its an explosion of raw human emotion on stage. He bursts out occasionally into these operatic belts while passionately rambling phrases without any inhibition. It can also be puzzling. There is this one bit he does where he takes out a hammer and bangs it on the floor and says, “WAKE UP NEIGHBOUR! WAKE UP SUSAN SARANDON!”. Combine this with his long hair glued up right two feet high into a cone, and imaginitive props and decorations and you get a show. He’s been doing this for 20 years, and clearly puts a lot of works into it. Whatever you make of him, no one can disagree on his passion. And for that I respect him.
Check out his myspace at http://www.myspace.com/corpusse
Also, this video might lend insight to this “one-of-a-kind performer and mythological figure on the Canadian artistic landscape”:
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