July 2004

This Month
in History

Trevor Hargreaves

 

July 1, 1968:
John Lennon publicly
announces his love for

Yoko Ono at his first art
opening in London. He

then goes on to describe
other things he loves such
as liverwurst, groin kicks
and that noise you get from
scraping your fingers on

chalkboards.

 

June 12, 1962:

The Rolling Stones appear
for the first time (London
Marquee Club). Ironically,
Keith Richards looked
exactly the same then as he
does today.

 

April 1971:
Jim Morrison dies of a
heart attack in Paris.

Coroner reports indicate he
died of a massive coronary
after being spooked by a

scantily clad native man in

the desert.

 

 

Check out these latest releases
while they’re still warm!

Album: In Between Evolution,
The Tragically Hip
Release Date: June 27

 
   

Over the last few years, exces-
sive musical experimentation
and a penchant for lyrical
indulgence has cost the Hip a
fair chunk of their fanbase.
Thankfully, on this latest
release, Gord Downie and co.
put down the pretention and
get back to doing what they do
best: namely banging out some
good ol’ verse/chorus/verse
Canuck anthems. The album
does still lean toward arty con-
tent, but from a musical per-
spective, unlike their other
recent albums, these songs
maintain a strong groove and
keep the listener interested.

 

   

  

When all is said and done, this
is the first Hip album in several
years that will see more than a
few cursery spins on the CD
player. Easily worth the money
and good to have one of
Canada’s greatest bands back on
point.

 

Souvenir of Canada 2

 

 

 

 

Book: Souvenir Of Canada 2,
by Douglas Coupland

Release Date: July, 2004
Douglas Coupland’s career
started off with a bang. His
first release Generation X was
immediately adopted by every
lazy twenty-something slacker
across North America. The
myriad of hip terms he name

dropped throughout the book

Arts

          
       
       
      
 
       
    
 
       
 
     
 
   
   
 
  
   
   
  
   
   
  
  
  
     
   
   
  

were immediately adopted into
the lexicon of popular culture.
Several books later Coupland
released the first volume of
Souvinir Of Canada, an iconic
journey into the forgotten past
of the uniquely Canadian.
What made this book so origi-
nal was the fact that the content
focused on mundane, offbeat
images of industry, fashion and
culture, establishing an
obscure, yet truely unique side
of Canada.

With the release of Souvenir
Of Canada 2, Coupland con-
tinues to mine the forgotten
wastelands of Canadiana. With
this new sequel, Coupland
dwells heavily in the sociologi-
cal elements of his found
objects. Much of the focus is
on man-made objects that have
been removed from their origi-
nal purpose and adapted for
kitch-sake. He displays lamps
made of old fishing floaters,
and an igloo made of antifreeze
jugs. These striking images
seem to suggest an implied rela-
tionship with the harsh
Canadian nature that at once
shows our adaptive qualities,
yet points out our vulnerability.

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