February 16th, 2012
When I heard that the mighty Johnny Otis had passed away at the ripe old age of 90, it had occurred to me that here in the year 2012, the name Johnny Otis would very likely be unfamiliar to many and known only peripherally (like they know they…
February 9th, 2012
Neighborhoods that seem forgotten, slowly reveal the modern urban culture of Athens. Through the narrow streets, in the shadow of the Acropolis’ homeless people, immigrants, refugees and addicts find shelter in abandoned buildings, but also give home to movements of alternative Athenian culture. One of those neighborhoods is…
January 26th, 2012
Years ago, at the first Nuit Blanche all-night art expo in Toronto, I found myself wandering toward the exhibit “One Garden One Night One Wish”. A light rain was falling, and I followed a large umbrella-wielding herd down the muddy, unlit path of the University of Toronto’s Philosopher’s…
January 13th, 2012
Ok, let’s face it; 6 grades of myopia since the age of 6 makes a bookworm out of a person, but certainly not a skate expert. I’m not the right person to write about half pipes and ramps; I have always been the nerdy observer, secretly admiring the…
January 4th, 2012
Photography comes from the Greek words: “φως” (which means light) and “γραφή” (which means drawing) – but you probably already knew that. Nikos Papadopoulos Gogas is a master at drawing with light, with the help of his camera, of course, and he’s also the artistic genius who captured…