4TheRcrd Mag.

Hmmm.
Call me paranoid, but is it me or has there been a steady flux of Super-American-Heroe s invading the silver screen since 9-11?
Pop-cultural-wise, what does this mean to us the hapless consumers? When we are current laid seige by a barrage of Alien red caped wonders, Home-grown genetic mutants, the spider-bittens and the human-tech augmented […]

A little over two years ago, ForestEthics was delighted to share one of the biggest moments in our history with the world — the announcement of the Great Bear Rainforest Agreements in British Columbia. After a decade-long struggle to save the Great Bear Rainforest, BC Premier Gordon Campbell and his government agreed to protect 5 […]

Here’s a roundup of gender issues going down this week:
In Ghana, around 200 Liberian women refugees were arrested at the Buduburam Refugee Settlement for protesting against their forced return to Liberia by stripping themselves naked. The UNHCR is planning to send the refugees back with a paltry amount of $100. The women are asking for […]

“It’s 7 am: do you know where your toast came from? Eating breakfast toast: a simple ritual to start the day. The bread probably came from a bakery or grocery store, but beyond that who knows where the wheat came from – never mind the seeds that grew the wheat. Do we need to know?

A […]

If you’re twenty-something, a college student, live in an urban city, or any combination of the three, you’ve probably seen keffiyehs adorned by countless young hipsters, activists and fashion-minded folk in the last couple of years.
The keffiyeh began its career as a political statement in Occupied Palestine in the 1930’s, as a symbol of Palestinian […]

Z-Day has come and gone. March 15th was the official date for world wide events, based around the viewing of the movie Zeitgeist. Multiple venues around Vancouver were involved in housing viewings. If you haven’t watched this monumental think-piece of a movie, you are missing out. Whether you decide to take […]

I was reading the papers as I do every morning and I think I should put that little tradition aside. Reading of climate change, global financial bailouts, trans-national alliances, the expanding Oil industries, and “our” complacency with all of that because are too busy trying to survive.
It is indeed remarkable. The Toronto star calls […]

Unfortunately not all International Women’s Day celebrations were as fun-filled as the ones here on 4TheRcrd. In Iran, the containment of women’s gatherings in the past kept women from celebrating publicly and this year, many women confined themselves to gatherings in their private homes. Last year, 10 women were arrested on International Women’s Day at […]

The SSRIs are driven post-hardcore punk. Taking the Radiohead model for In Rainbows and replicating it, the band Vancouver the SSRIs have put their entire first album online for free (www.thessris.com). They will be following that up with new material soon, and have acquired a new third member after having lost their original drummer, […]

Vancouver’s becoming like NYC: I’m deeply troubled with this — when are the robins coming, check these lines. (1) In the wake of another targeted shooting this weekend, Vancouver police are admitting their solve rate is low; and then this on: (2) The force is solving half as many gang hits as other murders; […]