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Good advice, David Lee Roth. I wrote this week's Pop Eye column in the Georgia Straight. Just for fun. Owoo.
Click the link for the enjoyment.
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The Georgia Straight - Originally I wanted this to be more of a waterfront setting, reflecting Vancouver's blatant "wide open for nefarious business" status, but quite sanely decided that maybe this wasn't the time or place, so I toned it down. Glad I was able to editorialize just a leetle beet though... And with the garbage, managed to sneak in a reference to our ongoing city workers' strike that's made our city such a sparkling jewel this summer.
(And gee, I wonder if Vancouver readers picked Starbucks for best coffee - again.)
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A Chinese market in Japantown. Except that Japantown is pretty much gone, virtually obliterated by urban blight. (Oblighterated?) I've been through some stinking shit-holes in my day, but nothing I've seen compares to Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
But this alley behind the market was a rather colourful sight amid the filth and chaos.
Beer and tires and rock and roll!