Filmmaker Zhuoyun Chen gets abstract at Antimatter

It’s October, and here in Victoria that means it’s time for the Antimatter [media art] film and media art festival. One of the movies screening at the fest this year is from Los Angeles-based filmmaker Zhuoyun Chen; Only If You Could See a View Above the Clouds is inspired from a difficult period of transition […]

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Nature Tongue: Timeline edit

In the book I’m currently reading about time travel, there are rules around timeline editing so that no one can edit another timeline to sway the evolution of history. In one scene, a group of time travelers hand out zines, trying to seed a concept into consciousness to make a ripple effect. I like to […]

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Fellas, Let’s Figure It Out: Let’s talk about testosterone

Testosterone plays a key role in reproductive function and regulates fat distribution, strength, muscle growth, and red blood cell production. The importance of testosterone for males can’t be overstated.  Unfortunately, testosterone levels have been steadily decreasing for the last 50 years. Many young males today have half the test levels their grandfathers did at the […]

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New Music Revue: Lightheaded pretty good on Good Good Great!

Lightheaded Good Good Great! (Slumberland) 3.5/5 Good Good Great!, the debut album from New Jersey indie rockers Lightheaded, is a unique blending of mostly ‘80s- and ‘90s-era indie-pop sounds, with some Phil Spector and Curt Boettcher production influences sprinkled in for good measure, in a similar schtick to other retro-inspired indie groups like Paramount or […]

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Victoria loses with closure of Pic-A-Flic

For some, video rental stores are a foggy memory. The weekend rituals of two-day rentals were able to fill entire nights with an on-couch cinema experience crowding living rooms. Physical media brought the advent of the modern home entertainment system; the abundant amount of tape and disc options provided lovers of film with genre-spanning variety. […]

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