Wanda Waterman is a poet, spoken word artist, blogger, cultural journalist, and digital nomad. She’s been writing regularly for The Voice Magazine since 2004, not long after she began studying psychology at Athabasca. Her poetry has been published in Descant, The Talking Leaves, Chizine, Our Times, The Best of Tigertail, and Pottersfield Portfolio and her articles in Design is Political, Rawckus Magazine, Coastal Life, The New Internationalist, This Magazine, and in her blog, The Mindful Bard. She grew up in Nova Scotia, but after having lived in New Hampshire and North Africa she’s now settled in Montreal.
Film: Citizenfour Director: Laura Poitras “First of all, Americans? justification for everything since the September 11 attacks is terrorism. Everything is in the name of national security, to protect our population. In reality It’s the opposite. A lot of the documents have nothing to do with terrorism or national security, but with competition between countries,… Read more »
“There’s a certain type of character that you can’t help but come in contact with growing up and living in Brooklyn and Long Island. A certain mixture of moxie, heart, and a wise guy sense of humor.” – Steve Buscemi Daniel Tortoledo (vocals/bass), Ted MacInnes (drums/backing vocals), Adam Douglass (guitar/backing vocals), and Griffin McMahon (keys/backing… Read more »
“All the pages have been read, And all the words were clearly said. There’s nothing left to be discussed …” – from “Circles” by The Highway Daniel Tortoledo (vocals/bass), Ted MacInnes (drums/backing vocals), Adam Douglass (guitar/backing vocals), and Griffin McMahon (keys/backing vocals) form The Highway, a New York rock quartet that explores the best of… Read more »
Film: Birdman (or “The Unexpected Virtue Of Ignorance”) Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu “And did you get what you wanted from this life, even so?” “I did.” “And what did you want? “To call myself beloved, to feel myself beloved on the earth.” – Raymond Carver in Late Fragment. What you hear at the start of… Read more »
“Take your time. Make things right. All you do is who you are.” – from the song “All You Do” by The Highway Daniel Tortoledo (bass), Ted MacInnes (drums), Adam Douglass (guitar), and Griffin McMahon (keys) make up The Highway, a New York rock quartet that dives deep into the best of rock’s roots to… Read more »
Film: Urban Fruit Director: Roman Zenz Mistress Mary, Quite Contrary, How Does Your Urban Farm Grow? “Hey farmer, farmer, Put away that DDT now. Give me spots on my apples, But leave me the birds and the bees? Please! don’t it always seem to go That you don’t know what you’ve got ?Til It’s gone?… Read more »
