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The End of Something
Georgia Straight - Year in Review.
Walking in a Winter WTF-Land
Taken this morning at Vancouver's English Bay. Great, not only do we have unheard of low temperatures and snow to contend with, but now we have a polar bear problem. Here in Canada it's our worst fear realized - polar bears in the streets. This afternoon we fortified the igloo and hid all of our walrus meat. I hope we survive the winter.
Happy Holidays.
Just in Time for Christmas: Uptight Seattleite T-shirts
Available now through the Seattle Weekly.
Bettie Page Expires
I actually have an original of this postcard, unknowingly inherited from my grandfather, found at the bottom of a box beneath some ancient match books, a pair of cufflinks, a pocketknife, a watch chain, a business card for a magician, and other sundry gentlemanly bric-a-brac. On the back - "Greetings From Dutton, Ontario" and underneath, "A Saucy Cutie Waits for You." There's no credit for Page, but there is a tiny "Photo by Bunny Yeager" line.
Is there any possible way my grandfather could have imagined that this then anonymous bit of crumpet would go on to become an enduring pop-cult icon, the subject of biography and film, and on top of everything else, a "you couldn't make this up" mystery - all with a mostly happy ending?
Surely the postcard is now worth at least a million dollars. At least. I promise I won't change.
More Holiday Giggin'
Could there be a more uninspired name for a band than that of the headliners here? Jesus H. - there's no escape.
