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  • What The Haunting of Hill House Can Teach Us About Trauma. (Mental Health/Television Review)

    While I self-identify as a hopeless cinephile and long time television junkie of (almost) all flavours, I’ve had a complicated history with the horror genre. When I was younger, although officially banned from partaking in the dark arts thanks to strict Catholic parental protocols, like all children, I adapted. I improvised. I found ways to…

  • Before We Get High, Let’s Try To Save The World. (Essay on Culture & Technology)

    In every lifetime there are pivotal moments; either in the past, future or present. Moments that come to define oneself. The older one gets, the more we think of them. At least, I do.  There are plenty of folks out there that claim they have no regrets. I submit to the courts that those people…

  • Counterfeit Culture: Frauds, Fakery & Forgeries. Welcome to the Age of Post Truth. (Essay on Art & Culture)

    Sydney J. Harris was an American journalist for the Chicago Daily News that once declared, “Men make counterfeit money; in many cases, money makes counterfeit men.” With our contemporary world of smart phones and interconnected wifi, it’s not access to information that’s the problem anymore. It’s the authenticity of that information and the sheer volume…

  • I wrote a poem in honour of Auto-Tune. (Poetry)

    Do you believe in life after auto-tune? I really don’t think I’m strong enough, no. When Cher did it first, it was kitsch, now, wait, stop – don’t snitch Like I got you babe was reliable now it’s undeniable the effect got faxed, cloned and photocopied across the airways like a wildfire that burns and…