The Oka Crisis was a land dispute between the Mohawk nation and the town of Oka, Quebec which began on July 11, 1990, and lasted until September 26, 1990. It resulted in one direct death, and was the first of a number of well-publicized violent conflicts between First Nations and the Canadian government in the late 20th century.
The crisis developed from a dispute between the town of Oka and the Mohawk community of Kanesatake. The Mohawk nation had been pursuing a land claim that included a burial ground and a sacred grove of pine trees near Kanesatake. This brought them into conflict with the town of Oka, which was developing plans to expand a golf course onto the land.
Both Richard Nicholas, who stood atop the overturned car, and Tom Hanson, the Canadian Press photographer who took his picture, died on the same day in March 10, 2009 in separate incidents. Both were 41 years of age.
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Only a real man could endure this… and still move forward. We need more people like Ken Green on this planet to propel the species.
Thanks to NiceBallz for bringing Ken Green’s story to my attention. It deserves more exposure…
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Hey Assworth… is this where youth meets experience.
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Influential men, have influential friends…
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Rogue Status has dropped the Fall Line. Great collabs from Mighty Healthy as well as the typical RS type treatment, in your face shirts. Working with Rogue Status has been a pleasure from the start. They are great bunch of creative individuals who just live life to the fullest.
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Photo & Font by Johan Esbensen
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We have members infiltrated everywhere. Every course, every clubhouse. They wait for the signal.
Don’t order the cream of mushroom soup…
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Triple Bogey got the red carpet treatment at the Ottawa Hunt Club. Billiard table fairways and moonscape greens. The architecture reminded me of Pointe Du Hoc in Normandy.
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We recently received an email pointing us in the direction of a new golf apparel company. When we landed on the web page of this company we were shocked at what we saw. We’ve seen imitation and we’ve seen coincidences, but this company has taken the cake. We’ve discovered a golf apparel brand that is the exact opposite of Triple Bogey…Quiet Please Golf. They’re an “eco-friendly” golf apparel company that screens designs on golf shirts. “Finally a brand that embraces Urban Chic”.
Here is some of their “opposite” copy:
QUIET PLEASE shares these core values. Infact, our iconic logo is used at tournaments everywhere to request patrons to respect the etiquette of the game by being still and quiet while a competitor makes their shot. Add to our appreciation for the game and the course our enormous respect for this planet we live on. Our ecologically friendly selection of materials used to make our products demonstrates how we cherish our environment.
As you all well know, we don’t feel the same about the environment, well at least not the horseshit marketing or the fraudulent statements made by companies claiming to be “eco-friendly”. We’re not knocking this company, we’re just having a laugh at the fact that this golf apparel company is the complete opposite of ours.
Here is more of their opposite copy:
Respect and Individuality are among the core virtues of the game of golf. It is the world’s only sport where the player acts as their own referee, responsible for calling violations on themselves. It also is the only game where “etiquette” is integrated into the rules. Players and fans are expected to remain quiet and still while another player is making their stroke, in respect for their need to focus and concentrate on the task at hand. Golfers are also expected to respect the golf course by repairing their ball marks, replacing their divots and raking the bunkers after their play. While many golf games involve a competition between players, the true competitor is the course itself, making golf the ultimate in individual sport.
Triple Bogey truly believes in the cause of “Saving the Planet”. Only so it can keep killing us en masse via: earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, floods, droughts, tornadoes and volcanic eruptions. To us, Earth Day is just a celebration for the appreciation that the earth can just shake us off this floating blue marble like a dog shakes off fleas.
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We share the same sentiment towards signage as Jim Jefferies…
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This is what Crusha eats for breakfast… so pay your bills.
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Somewhere between childhood and adolescence, reality sets in and effectively bitch-slaps the inherent sense of wonder that most children possess. Before long, the things we loved as kids are either impractical or simply pushed aside for the monotony of adult life. Case in point: toys. Once an integral part of any self-respecting childhood, all too soon our Star Wars action figures, Barbie dolls and Easy-Bake Ovens are packed away, sold off at garage sales or forgotten entirely.
Fortunately, Ottawa-based collectible store Lost Marbles is hoping to reinvent the notion of toys for a decidedly older audience, and they’re doing it with a designer twist pulled straight from the world of fine art. Because Lost Marbles, as it turns out, is one of the city’s few purveyors of designer toys; colourful plastic figures that walk a fine line between being works of art and nostalgic collectibles.
Inspired largely by the hip-hop, graffiti and graphic art scenes of New York, Los Angeles and Tokyo, designer toys (also known as vinyl toys) have gone from being simple underground curios in the early ’90s to a full-fledged artistic movement. The toys, however, are a far cry from the mass-produced collectibles crammed into bargain bins at Wal-Mart. Instead, they’re produced in limited numbers, are created by a number of top-tier urban artists and designers and are sold almost exclusively at specialty shops.
For Lost Marbles owner Simon Anisman, creating a store dedicated almost entirely to designer toys wasn’t so much a business decision as it was a labour of love. “When I was in New York a few years ago I saw the whole vinyl toy thing for the first time and I loved it immediately,” says Anisman. “Over the past couple of years it’s just kind of exploded. People want to collect things and if you can collect something that’s also a work of art, then you feel like you’ve got something really special.”
Indeed, designer toys have become the perfect medium for a number of already established artists, including American album cover designer Frank Kozik, Hong Kong artist Michael Lau and British creator Huck Gee, all of whom have gone from more traditional artistic endeavours to creating limited edition vinyl toys, with dedicated collectors dropping hundreds, and even thousands, of dollars for a single one of their pieces. More and more designer toys are also finding their way into the hands of avant-garde galleries, with the New York Museum of Modern Art even adding several vinyl toys to their permanent collection in 2007.
One of the most popular items among the designer toy collecting community, according to Anisman, is the Munny. Created by the New York-based Kidrobot store – the mecca of vinyl toys – Munnys are faceless, featureless, anthropomorphic rubber dolls that are part of a new movement known as DIY designer toys. “The basic idea is for artists to create their own unique Munny by using them as a kind of canvas,” says Anisman. “You can use crayons, markers, spray paint, whatever you want. Some artists even use clay.”
Next week, Lost Marbles is hoping to generate buzz for the local designer toy movement by hosting the second-annual Art of Making Munny, an event that welcomes both novice and veteran artists alike to showcase their own original Munny masterpieces. And while Lost Marbles’ unique display of designer toys is likely to generate a great deal of raised eyebrows from Ottawa’s artistic community, it also raises some interesting questions about the nature of art itself. After all, despite being given the culturally unflattering moniker of “toy,” there’s no denying that vinyl collectibles are also crafted by talented, internationally renowned artists who are pushing the boundaries of creativity, perhaps even more so by working in a medium that has yet to be entirely embraced by the art world.
For Anisman, however, the vinyl toy movement is clearly something that appeals not only to collectors but to art lovers as well. “Everything in vinyl toys is artist driven,” he says. “Without the artists creating these works, they’d just be funny-looking toys. The respect you garner from being an artist is what sells them.”
In the final analysis there may never be a clear consensus on where exactly vinyl toys fit on the spectrum between art and toy, or indeed, if the two need be mutually exclusive. But if nothing else, for those of us looking to recapture those lost moments of childhood, designer toys may just be the perfect motivation to reopen that old toy box. You never know what might be waiting inside.
This is what last September’s show looked like
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The following is a text message I received late Friday night from Yo at Rogue Status:
“Tossed an off road golf cart into a ravine in Malibu. Jump…then got bumped and tossed out, went over a cliff. Broke some ribs. Pics and footy coming soon”
Los Angeles has gangs, wild fires and Yo… nuff said.
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“Seals were applied to letters and parcels to indicate whether or not the item had been opened since the seal was applied. Seals were used both to seal the item to prevent tampering, as well as to provide proof that the item was actually from the sender and was not a forgery. Governments would often send letters to citizens under the governmental seal for their eyes only. These were called letters secret. ” – 16th century encryption.
Thanks to Chris Moxon for his exceptional knowledge and use of CNC machines. Just like old times…
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