Shotgun / September 2004

What is a durtygirl?

As you may remember from my first column, “Talk Dirty To Me,” I encouraged people to interact with porn instead of shitting on it. The latter leads to ignorance and threatens to push further underground an industry that needs attention and improvement. One reader suggested that people turn off their televisions and computers and instead […]

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Danny’s trip down Bowie lane

I got half way up to the canyon
And all the stars were shining bright
Your Polaroid on the dashboard
It kept me going through the night
So don’t wait up, just rest your eyes
‘Cause I can’t rush this beautiful ride
Nobody move, this is Perfect
It’s just like you
~”Perfect,” from Tales from the Invisible Man (2003)
A lot of bands put […]

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Define This!

I remember it was back in my university days at the University of Ottawa, about 23 years old, in my Salvation Army-furnished living room on a Friday night.
Suddenly it came to me.
The revelation that somewhere in the cosmos, or on my bedposts, there was a posted limit, either spiritually or medically, of just […]

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Ain’t no cure for love

I heard the most colourful booty call song this week. It wasn’t Nelly and it wasn’t Britney. It wasn’t even Justin Timberlake who wants to rock my body. It was most hysterically, from goth-rock band, The Cure.
Yes, that big fat British drunk guy with the pasty face, rat’s nest hair do, and MAC red […]

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The race is on

In the spirit of TV’s Amazing Race, the Urban Challenge hit Ottawa this past weekend, challenging teams to use brains, OC Transpo and the Internet to use clues to navigate their way through the city.
What a neat way to get to know the city and raise money for Right to Play, an organization that […]

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