Eat the potato
“Eating the potato” is a big thing in the Risky Fuel household.
It’s basically a metaphor for eating the hearts of your enemies and Sarah explained its origins, as well as an embarrassing trip to her local bank, for the first of what will be a regularly occurring series of columns about mental health and well-being for The Establishment.
To read the column click here.
Filed under Health, Recollections, Shameless Promotion
Mother Mother
Vancouver alternative-pop band Mother Mother’s newest album No Culture was the result of some deep soul searching.
As the band explained to me in a feature for SOCAN’s Words & Music, the combination of writer’s block and an identity crisis made making the album difficult.
To read about how they navigated this, click here.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
Ali… political
There’s a segment of sports fans (generally middle class and higher, always white) that gets incredulous about the notion of athletes being “political.”
These, of course, are probably the same sort of people who’ve never had to experience any of the persecutions and injustices that have made these athletes speak to power.
Sarah explained why the combat arts are political in a story for Fightland.
To read it click here.
Filed under Culture, Jock Stuff, Politics, Shameless Promotion
Amanda Nunes
After UFC women’s bantamweight champ Amanda Nunes beat Ronda Rousey in the ring she also did some verbal beating on the former champ as well, suggesting that Rousey retire.
Nunes now figures what she said was uncool and has formally apologized for it.
In an age where McGregor Mouth™ is the default for most pro fighters this marks a welcome dignified switch up.
Sarah wrote about it for Fightland.
To read it click here.
Filed under Culture, Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
Albums talked about on Polaris Podcast EP3
The third episode of the Polaris Podcast focused on four albums that won Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize designations in 2016.
They were:
* Neil Young’s After The Gold Rush
* Leonard Cohen’s Songs Of Leonard Cohen
* Rush’s Moving Pictures
* Kate and Anna McGarrigle’s self-titled album
For this episode we interviewed Anna McGarrigle, Young Galaxy and a number of expert jurors.
Please listen, subscribe and validate my employment.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
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