by Rob Cottingham | Jun 24, 2008 | Culture, Arts and Popcorn, Vancouver
Mi amigo Kris Krug is one of the five artists featured in The Art of Giving, an exhibition and silent auction on the theme of charitable giving. 20 per cent of any purchases you make go to the charity of your choice, which means you get a) some lovely art, and b) some... by Rob Cottingham | May 24, 2008 | Culture, Arts and Popcorn
Once you’ve heard enough Grey’s Anatomy monologues, the moment comes when you realize: nearly all of them start and end with the same sentence. I can’t be the first one to notice this, right? by Rob Cottingham | Apr 19, 2008 | Culture, Arts and Popcorn
Anyone know if either TiVo or Shaw’s digital cable boxes have the ability to block airings of Rolie Polie Olie? And to send a powerful but harmless electrical shock to any program execs who schedule it? The harmless part is negotiable. by Rob Cottingham | Apr 2, 2008 | Comedy, Culture, Arts and Popcorn, Media Mix
Fittingly, they picked April Fools’ Day to announce it: the Royal Canadian Air Farce is coming in for a landing. In 1978, my parents took me to see the Farce’s original lineup – Luba Goy, Don Ferguson, Dave Broadfoot, the late John Morgan and Roger... by Rob Cottingham | Mar 7, 2008 | Culture, Arts and Popcorn
“Can you guess what Elmo’s thinking about today? Ya-ta-da-daa… his enlarged prostate!” “So you tell Dora: jungle… abattoir… Benny’s barn!” “The little tapeworms gave Poko a big... by Rob Cottingham | Feb 25, 2008 | Culture, Arts and Popcorn
With the victory of “Falling Slowly” in the Best Damn Tune category at last night’s Oscars (you can download the song for free – with nobody from the RIAA raising eyebrows at you – from the official site for the movie Once), I think...