Vancouver.  July 2009.  (New scan from pro lab.  I could have cropped the film edge, but it’s sort of charming.)

Banff, AB.  September 2009.  (New scan from pro lab.)

Monday.

Apparently:

• The Loonie is nearing par with the U.S. dollar (again).
• The Chile earthquake moved the entire city of Concepcion 10 ft. to the west; this is Chile, nine days later.
• Edmonton deserves a gold medal for Synchronized Peeing.
• “Rahm [Emanuel] is the devil’s spawn.”
• The future of Britain’s libraries is coffee shops, gigs, free cinema tickets, and flashy architecture.
• Barnes & Noble will begin selling bundled print books and e-books.
• The Los Angeles Times has examined the trend of adults reading young adult literature.
• Fiction has had a difficult time defining Toronto.
• Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood will score the film adaptation of Haruki Murakami novel Norwegian Wood.
• A Tea Party group wants a law to force gays out of Utah.
• A series of shocking images from Somalia raises the question of the ethics of reportage photography.

Blind Melon guitarist Christopher Thorn, describing the upcoming documentary on the late Shannon Hoon.

Toronto.  October 2009.

Apparently:

• She “pulled a Kanye.”
• A Vancouver man is planning to sue James Cameron over Avatar.
• This is Granville St. a week after the Olympics.
• The Observer has interviewed Dave Eggers.
• Yann Martel is taking a break from harassing PM Stephen Harper in order to promote his new novel.
• The New York Times has more details of the passing of Sparklehorse’s Mark Linkous.
• These are Flavorwire’s 30 favorite opening lines in literature.
• Michelangelo’s letters are up for grabs; auction preceded by a mysterious death and a €150m deal reportedly struck in a Moscow hotel.
• Simon & Garfunkel are set to tour Canada.
• Scientists believe they may have cracked the “cancer code,” discovering that the body’s immune system can kill cancer cells within a window that appears every 12 to 14 days.
• Panasonic has unveiled the Lumix G2 micro four-thirds camera.
• A handsome Chinese vagrant may be the coolest man in China.
• Farrah Fawcett was left off this year’s Oscars’ “dearly departed” list.
• Here are seven theories of everything.
• Soon, you will use your iPhone to unlock your front door; Apple cracks down on “cookie-cutter” apps; a new video promo for the iPad has appeared.
• You don’t see this every day.

Samuel Beckett, Murphy (1938).

Toronto.  October 2009.

Bruce Davidson, AmericanSuburb X interview (2006).

Apparently:

• “Wakey wakey, taxpayer,” the Olympic party is over; good luck, Sochi; NHL is tanking in the wake of the Games; enjoy our Olympic heroes while you can.
• A “secret millionaire” centenarian has left $7 million to an Illinois college.
• These are 20 of the best photographic exhibitions and books.
• Sarah Palin’s ghostwriter is going to crank out a second book.
• The Guardian is wondering whether Jonathan Safran Foer’s Everything Is Illuminated deserved the hype.
• Windows XP users shouldn’t press F1 while browsing the web.
• Here is the Google Phone that Apple wants you to have.
• “No.” (Sent from my iPhone)
• Dark Night of the Soul, the Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse collaboration, will finally be released; sadly, it appears Sparklehorse’s Mark Linkous has taken his own life.
• Armed robbers stormed a poker tournament on live TV and made off with $1.2 million.
• The city-size asteroid that slammed into Earth wiped out the dinosaurs in a matter of days.
• This is the Devil’s Bible.
• Another Twitter hacking scheme is making the rounds.
• Reebok is offering a $10,000 reward for Sidney Crosby’s stick and glove.
• Logic fail.

Saturday, pt.3.