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Please excuse this interruption in programming, The Publics will return with a new site in early February. IN THE MEANTIME, check the PBLKS tumblr for a fresh dose, daily.
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Eek-A-Mouse: Triple Love
Dert Floyd: Untitled (from the west-side of the moon beattape)
Scotty Coats & Wes the Mes: Double Fisted (Prins Thomas Disko Miks)
Drums of Death: Dodfucksupanescorttune

The election of Vancouver’s first Gen-X mayor comes at an auspicious moment, as the luxury condos that have come to define our skyline are now knee-deep in a great tide of misery that’s spilling in through the peace arch. While Hawaii’n-punch profiteers like Gordon Campbell seek to reassure us that we’re all snowflakes, the creeping proliferation of for-sale signs and the deserted holes of aborted mega-developments are harder to ignore than a pregnant ex-girlfriend.

Classic pre-riots Cube with production from Boogiemen, samples courtesy of BB-King, James Brown, Parliament and The Five Stairsteps.
Documentary about men who have made life partners out of sex dolls. Amazing collection of ultimate weirdos.
From the Dirty Handz Productions site:
The other specifically European aspect of the graffiti scene is the voyage. Thanks to the InterRail pass in particular, international exchange among the communities of passionate train writers occur frequently. This allows them to benefit from the concentration and and exceptional diversity of the different urban, regional and national transportation networks, with the hope of being able to collect rolling trophies.

When I’m not eating neon chickenwings in Koreatown, drinking americanos on Main, or having a pint in Gastown, I can generally be found lounging in one of the countless pho spots in Vancouver’s discreet and relatively unknown Vietnamtown district. Here are some snaps of the neighbourhood I took a while back.


