By Neale Van Fleet on May 30th, 2023
Been listening to Braids new album Euphoric Recall on repeat the last few days.
Aquatic Picnic Table
By Neale Van Fleet on May 30th, 2023
Taken May 26, 2023
Mystery in the Metro, a Serialized Story by Heather O'Neill
By Neale Van Fleet on May 30th, 2023
Montreal author Heather O’Neill has just launched a serialized, 50-part mystery story set in one of my favourite places, the Montréal Metro. Launched in partnership with the Montreal Gazette, where you can read more about the project.
Rosemont Street Art
By Neale Van Fleet on May 29th, 2023
Orcas Sinking Boats?
By Neale Van Fleet on May 29th, 2023
Scientists think a traumatized orca initiated the assault on boats after a “critical moment of agony” and that the behavior is spreading among the population through social learning.
Via One Foot Tsunami
El Niño is Coming, and It's Going to Get Hot
By Neale Van Fleet on May 29th, 2023
That one-two punch from El Niño and climate change is expected to “push global temperatures into uncharted territory,” WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas said in a press release today. “This will have far-reaching repercussions for health, food security, water management and the environment. We need to be prepared.”
Torn Metal
By Neale Van Fleet on May 28th, 2023
Trees seen through torn metal. Taken in Montréal in Rosemont on May 16, 2023.
Cavern of Lost Souls
By Neale Van Fleet on May 28th, 2023
Reading through Robert MacFarlane’s Underland (a book I’ll write about more once I’ve finished it) I stumbled on ‘The Cavern of Lost Souls’. The cavern is an abandoned Welsh mine, which at one point became a popular way for the locals to dispose themselves of old cars.
The locals would reportedly take cars they no longer wanted to a certain point above the mine shaft, put them in neutral, and let them roll to their doom. The result was hundreds of broken cars creating this nightmarish, but eerily beautiful underground space.
Junji Ito's Cat Diary
By Neale Van Fleet on May 27th, 2023
The master of unnerving horror manga, Junji Ito, brings us the story of his own pet cats, told in an endearing personal style not unlike Chi’s Sweet Home. Ito’s drawing style is still very much in the horror genre, creating a nice juxtaposition with the banal, everyday love he obviously has for his pets.
This was a nice light read which any animal lover will relate to, with some slight goofy horror vibes.
Rating: B
Commentary in Denim
By Neale Van Fleet on May 27th, 2023
This message was tied to the fence around a beautiful park building that burned down, and which someone apparently thought the municipal government was being overly slow to fix.