Some Movember moustache ideas
It’s officially November 1, which means men all over the world will be growing out their charitable Movember moustaches.
Most of these will look stupid.
Because I care about these things I tracked down a moustache expert from the Toronto Facial Hair Club who gave me pointers on how to grow some wicked whiskers this month.
To read how check out the full story at Samaritan Mag.
Filed under Health, Shameless Promotion
Amy Millan of Stars/Broken Social Scene
Later this week Stars/Broken Social Scene singer Amy Millan will be receiving the Planet In Focus Eco-Hero award for her work in the past year on the USC “I Am A Seed Saver” campaign.
I asked Millan what that’s all about and how she got fellow musicians like Leslie Feist and Sam Roberts to participate.
To read the full story head over to Samaritan Mag by clicking here.
Filed under Environment, Food, Music, Shameless Promotion
D.O.A.
It does my heart good to know that a band like first generation hardcore punks D.O.A. are still out there doing their thing hatin’ on the government, supporting marijuana, still telling the world disco sucks, etc.
The band rolled into Toronto’s Riotfest awhile back while made for a plausible excuse for me to talk to the band’s figurehead Joey “Shithead” Keithley about politics, protest rock, the kids today and all sorts of related acts of rebellion.
To read the full interview with Keithley head over to the Samaritan website by clicking here.
Filed under Music, Politics, Shameless Promotion
A Journey Of A Thousand Miles: Peacekeepers
One of the most fascinating documentaries that aired at TIFF this year was A Journey Of A Thousand Miles: Peacekeepers, a film that followed three female Muslim police officers from Bangladesh as they did a year-long tour of duty on a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti.
I spoke to director Geeta Gandbhir, executive producer Irfan Izhar and RCMP Sgt. J.J. Hainey about the ways in which these women defied preconceptions and performed their duties during their tour.
Read the full interview with them over at Samaritan Mag.
Filed under Films, Shameless Promotion
Stephen Amell vs. Stardust
When Arrow television star Stephen Amell fought WWE’s Stardust at the pro wrestling promotion’s marquee Summerslam event there was a winner that wasn’t in the ring — a hospice called Emily’s House.
The pair created and sold a t-shirt that raised more than $200,000 for the house, in part to support some family friends of ours, the Muirheads, who had to spend some unfortunate time at Emily’s House.
To find out more about Emily’s House and why Amell and Stardust went out of their way to help it read my full story about it for Samaritan Mag.
Filed under Shameless Promotion, Television
I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
Risky Fuel 