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Monday, September 20 1999

Have you never really believed

that Canadians are the funniest people on the planet? Leah McLaren feels your pain : "This, after all, is a country where a governing body once refused to let the rock band Barenaked Ladies play a benefit concert on the grounds that their name objectified women. It's the same place that recently refused to retail a full-bodied French chardonnay named Fat Bastard on the grounds it might be offensive to fat bastards."

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Do Androids Dream of Jon Katz?

"As he was thousands of years ago, man will again become a fairly rare animal, probably a nomadic one. Towns may still exist in places of unusual beauty or historic importance, but most homes will be self-contained and completely mobile, relocatable to any spot within hours. The continents will have reverted to wilderness; a rich variety of life forms will return." Huh? Who programmed these uber-gaia machines? How does [he] know that all artificial life will come with the soul of a Greenpeace activist built in? I enjoy reading Jon Katz' work, but it would be so much better if he would just focus focus focus on the topic at hand rather than running everything through a better-living-with-technology / politicians-are-stupid filter.

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KCRW : Dimitri from Paris

Pioneer of "bedroom culture" (there's one for your resume!) and most excellent music to cook by. real audio.

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CBC : Honey is sticky alternative to antibiotics

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Sunday, September 19 1999 ←  → Tuesday, September 21 1999