When thinking outside the box just isn't enough
Like many, Laurence Tenenbaum isn’t pleased with how the 1% have ruined the economy, bought off politicians, ruined the lives of many people and continue to do so. He heads down to Occupy Montreal to deliver this video rant, which he sees as a warning to those who continue to rip off ordinary people like him…
Laurence went to the 2011 Montreal ComicCon and wasn’t impressed to say the least. There was no free stuff and the security, costumed as soldiers were way more agressive and militaristic then they needed to be. In this week’s Video Rant, he tells us why he didn’t even go back the second day with his two-day pass…
My first video rant is about being ripped off at a fast food chain. The food was terrible, the portions to small, the quality not there, the fries stale and cold and oversalted and the fish was overcooked. I could’ve gotten something a lot better for a lot less money. It’s also about my financial situation, job prospects and the state of the economy in Montreal…
2011: year in review 2011 was a very turbulent year for me. the year started out at a party, and there were many more that followed. I had a room in my apartment that I used for painting, and a studio to practice and play music in. I had a car for most of it […]
The 2012 Otakuthon convention has it all for fans of manga, anime, video games, cosplay, and other Japanese pop culture products, like music and film. This year will feature many events, including a LARP (Live Action Role Playing), a fashion show, a masquerade, a Sunday-morning brunch, and more.
Rosh Hashana is here again, so It’s time for Laurence Rants: Year in review. So here it is. The bottom of the barrel has dropped out. I’ve crashed and burned.
This was also a year of being sick for about a month or so, off and on, with various ailments.
However, as it is a new year, it is time for a new beginning. It is time to attempt to let go of the pains and the debts of the past and try to build myself back up, yet again!
I’d like to interrupt our regularly scheduled flow of news, arts and culture coverage and commentary to bring you an important announcement. Well, maybe not so important for you, to be honest, but for us here at FTB it’s kind of a mini-milestone. You see, the post which you are reading is the thousandth to appear on this site. Think about that for a second. We’re a small group. No one’s being paid, from administrators and editors to writers and photographers, we’re doing this because we love it. We’ve all got other things going on in our lives and have other ways to pay the bills. Despite this, in roughly two years’ time, we’ve managed to produce 1000 pieces of content…
Will and Kate: Who cares? I’m not going to protest their visit. In fact, I kind of like the fact that they’ve picked Canada out of all the Commonwealth for their honeymoon. However, it seems lately that Will and Kate’s Royal visit has dominated the news channels coverage since their arrival in Canada. It’s been non-stop Will & Kate this, the Prince and his wife that! I have to get my actual news from the Internet!
Is it over already? Twelve months down and we’re (officially) into the second decade of the 21st century. With just four more years to go until we get those flying cars we were promised (holding you to this one, Mr. Zemeckis), it’s probably a good time to sit back and nurse that hangover (if you’ve still got one three days later, that is) and reflect on the year that was. While we can’t tell you how 2010 was for you, we can say that for us here at FTB it was a helluva year. Think about it, a year ago we had just started out with a handful of regular writers, some political and arts coverage and big ambitions. Now, we have over 500 posts and eleven regular columns covering everything from sex to the environment to things Laurence doesn’t like. We’ve also started covering a good portion of the independent music and arts scenes in Montreal and recently Brooklyn, New York, including artists you might not have heard of and festivals you probably have.
I just got a phone call from one of those horrible telemarketing scam artists known as a collection agent over a bill that I paid last year. Apparently, Bell Canada isn’t satisfied to have their bill paid only one time. Now I’m supposed to pay again? I faxed the only receipt I could find to the collection agency. Strange how their fax number included 666 and even though it was “toll-free,” I found out quickly that it was a local number.
While our writers have already filed their reports talking about the year (and in some cases the decade) in news, film, theatre, environmental issues, video games and rants, we have asked them to pick their favorite posts by themselves and by others on the site from 2009. So here, in no particular order (think pulled out of a hat), are some of the popular ones
