The Classifieds – Soundtrack

I looked through the Classified section of the North Shore News and picked 6 ads that seemed to stand out for one reason or another.  I then thought of the first song that came to mind for each of the 6 ads and put a link for them under the “album cover” below.  Turn up your speakers and enjoy (hopefully)!  See if you can guess which track matches which listed ad if you feel like being craaaaazy.

The Classifieds - the soundtrack

Tracks:

1.  Teriyaki Boyz – Tokyo Drift http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p07GQhBdIPQ

2.  Snoop Dogg – Who Am I (What’s My Name) Doggystyle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_TcszezOVE

3.  Venga Boys – BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P4-7qa8SQU

4.  Right Said Fred – I’m too Sexy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q75gREOjyFI

5.  Celine Dion – All by Myself http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq28UQmxDnw&feature=related

6.  Peter Bjorn and John – Young Folks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51V1VMkuyx0&feature=related

by Erin Carolan

Ill natured warnings

Salome Fornier-Hanlon

After reading “Digital pillories read like bathroom grafitti”

Green spite

I just finished watching a few shows on television, each having the oh so predictable breakup scene…. guy ends the hitch, and girl throws a screaming, radical, over the top tantrum, broken ceramics galore. Then, as always, revenge is in order…. a super scheme that is sure to make him sorry (does Carrie Underwood’s hit strike a bell here?). In any case, it is too hysterical to actually be real life, right? Unfortunately internet sites have forced me to be slightly embarassed by the discovery of women’s immaturity around relationships and their, shall we say, tragic ends. Though they might not be shattering china, the use of sites such as dontdatehimgirl.com are a lot more damaging. These sites not only let women rip their exes to shreds, but they are able to do it on a mass public scale. It can’t be all that bad though, right…. I mean, warning women to steer clear of Ben is all for their protection. Right….

It is safe to say that the use of these websites are purely for vengeful reasons. I mean, when was the last time you sincerely wanted to protect some stranger on the internet for the pure rewarding feeling? It is obvious that the pain and embarassment of being turned down by that slimy scumbag was more than one could bear. Its too bad that these people could not prove that they were the higher person by being mature…. unfortunately the sheer pettiness and vicious jealousy that leads to trying to destroy the future lovelife of the ex, just makes the title change roles. Next thing we know we will be back in the 19th century’s gossip groups.

It’s funny too how I never see my guy friends trying to get back at an ex girlfriend. Rare is it also that I see them on any hatemygirlfriends  sites. It just makes me think that, on a wild but somewat relavent tangent, that we make our support for women as oppressive against men. How would we like it if they had their own sites like dontdatehimgirl? Obviously it would be sexism… but why can we do the same?

In any case, all of these warning sites to “protect fellow women” are just an excuse to be immature and nasty in an indirect way. The words are just streams of green spite flowing from their fingers. Rather than wasting their time on these blogs making sure their ex bfs never find a new love, maybe they make better use of it scouring lavalife…. Just a tip.

The Sky is Falling!

Injuries from the incident include: scalp indentation, concussion, blurred vision and muscle spasms

“Former NV MP sues Zellers” …I knew I had stuck literary gold.  I read on to learn that the former mayor of the District of North Vancouver, Don Bell, is suing Zellers for an unfortunate incident involving: his head and a falling heavy metal contraption.  In February 2007 Bell was struck by a “heavy metal closure device” that fell from a door of a local Zellers.  Suffering from “a scalp indentation, concussion, blurred vision and muscle spasms”, Bell claims that the effects of these injuries are continuous.  Though the writ filed by te B.C. Supreme Court said that Bell’s incident caused him ”loss of income, worklife expectancy and enjoyment of work,” he could not stress enough times that these factors would not hinder his abilities to perform his political duties.  Despite the lingering effects of his injuries, Bell will press on and continue with plans to run in May’s provincial election.

The lawyer, John Elswick, representing the Zellers company states that Bell’s situation is not at all uncommon.  He mentions that “most major retailers . . . get claims like this”, estimating that 90 per cent of these situations are settled outside of court.  They say that people want a leader who is relatable…well Don Bell I believe this might be your golden ticket

 

Mini Mix – “Tripod Triggered School Lockdown”

I thought it would be fun to make three haikus in celebration of a tripod theme. Enjoy!

TriPoetry

~ Erin Carolan

 

 

 

Headlines without context? How punny.

In this remix I used people’s imaginations (and MS Paint) to illustrate headlines taken from the North Shore News without any context from the article the headline was announcing. I would read the headline aloud to people (including one child) and ask for their literal translation; without knowledge of the attached story, the responses were pretty amusing.

As you can see, they sort of turned into visual puns, if such a thing exists.

While this project is pretty silly, I do think the idea of context, or lack of it, is important to consider when analyzing modern and digitilized media. In the age of franken-bites and streaming updates, information can be misconstrued through basic human error, or even manipulated for more sinister purposes, such as gaining profit and garnering public support. While exaggerated in this remix project, the truth still remains that basing conclusions, opinions and beliefs on soundbites is like only reading the headlines and ignoring the articles.

We may be swiftly informed in the digital age, but are we well informed?

 

Jordan Harbord

http://www2.canada.com/northshorenews/news/story.html?id=c1cbd626-f05b-435d-adc8-b74c560063d6

http://www2.canada.com/northshorenews/news/story.html?id=3b5d1a3f-ac0c-4e6d-9d30-8c740c705219

http://www2.canada.com/northshorenews/news/story.html?id=83c9c1bb-d5eb-43a1-94d1-e1bf3baf8f00

http://www2.canada.com/northshorenews/news/sundayfocus/story.html?id=77cb6544-68c7-4a63-97fe-863f42411ae6

http://www2.canada.com/northshorenews/news/sports/story.html?id=ec36907d-28f1-4784-aa62-f02b581c1f4b