Just about finished reading about the The Story of Stuff: How Our Obsession with Stuff Is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health-and a Vision for Change by Annie Leonard, Ariane Conrad and I am about to start reading Slow Death by Rubber Duck: How the Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Life Affects Our Health by Rick Smith, Bruce Lourie.
So I thought I would post this hysterical but quite pointed video created by Penn and Teller for their Showtime special. It shows how potent a brand can be!
Friday, May 28, 2010
Friday, May 21, 2010
The White Pine Flotilla
Thank you Charlie for posting this recording!
The White Pine Flotilla
This is the second in a ten part radio series by Charlie Angus on northern voices. Dave McLaren on the history of the fur trade, white pine and rough timber loggers of Lake Temiskaming. The series was made for CBC Radio in 2000.
William David Ivan McLaren was born on January 9th, 1915 at the village of Notre-Dame-Du-Nord in Northwestern Quebec. He was the third child of six born to his parents Donald and Elizabeth McLaren. David is the author of 6 books The Good Old Days, Turn of the Century, The way it was, Poems from the Heart, Rhymes of a Seniors' Home, and Wonderful Memories From the Valley all published by the Highway Book Shop.
Unfortunately most of David's books are out of print but we do have a few copies of the The way it was and Turn of the Century let in stock.
The White Pine Flotilla
This is the second in a ten part radio series by Charlie Angus on northern voices. Dave McLaren on the history of the fur trade, white pine and rough timber loggers of Lake Temiskaming. The series was made for CBC Radio in 2000.
William David Ivan McLaren was born on January 9th, 1915 at the village of Notre-Dame-Du-Nord in Northwestern Quebec. He was the third child of six born to his parents Donald and Elizabeth McLaren. David is the author of 6 books The Good Old Days, Turn of the Century, The way it was, Poems from the Heart, Rhymes of a Seniors' Home, and Wonderful Memories From the Valley all published by the Highway Book Shop.
Unfortunately most of David's books are out of print but we do have a few copies of the The way it was and Turn of the Century let in stock.
Monday, May 10, 2010
Nuts and Bolts - Getting to know Music and Film in Motion and Factor
Mike Large, Director of Outreach Services at Music and Film in Motion, will be discussing all aspects of the organization including how MFM can assist those involved with the music and film industries in Northern Ontario as well as FACTOR.
Thursday, May 20th 7pm to 9pm at Chat Noir Books, 57 Whitewood Ave in New Liskeard. For more information and to register, call 1-886-674-9954 or visit MFM website at www.thinknorth.ca
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
No we do not sell it here.
Salvia divinorum (also known as Diviner's Sage, ska María Pastora, Seer's sage, and by its genus name Salvia) is a psychoactive plant which can induce dissociative effects. Its native habitat is within cloud forest in the isolated Sierra Mazateca of Oaxaca, Mexico, growing in shady and moist locations.
Not so sure why we keep on having people asking us if we sell here in the store?!
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Last Saturday Open Mic
Chat Noir Books would like to send out a big thanks to everyone who came out to our Open Mic last Saturday night. We were able to donate a big box of food and twenty dollars from our tips to the Salvation Army Food Bank.We would also like to thank all the performers who came out last Saturday; Ryan Primrose, Alec Morrison, Headframe, Jeryka & Kevin, David Brydges, Ann Margetson, Tiah Akse, Dave Paterson, Emma Laughlin, Mark Bradford, Sylvain Doucet, Jeromiah Moore Glenn Scott and Tamara Cull! Thanks Guys we could do it without you. Photos by Pamela Mae
Are you a musician or filmmaker in the Temiskaming Shores area?
Are you a musician or filmmaker in the Temiskaming Shores area looking for information about the Music and Film industries in Northern Ontario?Music and Film in Motion (MFM) will be in Temiskaming Shores on Thursday, May 20th to present an information session called “Nuts and Bolts – Getting to know Music and Film in Motion and FACTOR”.
Mike Large, Director of Outreach Services at Music and Film in Motion, will be discussing all aspects of the organization including how MFM can assist those involved with the music and film industries in Northern Ontario as well as FACTOR. The Foundation to Assist Canadian Talent on Recordings (FACTOR) offers various funding programs for independent artists and music industry personnel.
This session will be an informal event designed to acquaint persons in the music and film industries with MFM, its programs and services. Attendees will have a chance to mingle, network and talk about their latest projects.
This session, free for anyone to attend, will take place at Chat Noir Books located at 57 Whitewood Avenue in New Liskeard from 7-9 p.m. For more information or to register for this session, please call MFM at 866-674-9954. Space is limited so please book ahead to reserve a place. This session is offered in English only.
Music and Film in Motion is a non-profit organization whose mandate is to foster and promote the development of the music and film industries in Northern Ontario.
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