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Ron Wall
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Based in Calgary, Alberta, Ron Wall writes about music, film, books and culture. Most of all, he wonders whatever happened to Rocko’s Modern Life and why it isn’t out on DVD yet.
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RE: HBO's The Wire: Dignity or Despair?
No Yale street cred here either. I too think The Wire is nothing short of brilliant and I'm totally on Simon's side. The only real hope - in fact, grace - in the fifth season is to be found in Bubbles and the people who surround him. Everyone is else is caught in the big lie and looking for the scapegoat in the Girardian sense.

RE: The Weakerthans’ Liturgy of the Other Hours
One of my favourite songs by the Weakerthans is "The Reasons" from Reconstruction Site. It's the last line that always gets me and reminds me how important it is to accept love from others. " I know you might roll your eyes at this, but I'm so glad that you exist." And you are so right to say that there is something irresistable about the…

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A mad, wonderful adventure

In her first book, Parched, Heather King documents twenty years of worshipping alcohol to the point, as she says, she was “willing to sacrifice everything: career, family, money, health, reputation, my life, and what is far worse than any of those, my soul, for alcohol.” Her second book Redeemed – A Spiritual Misfit Stumbles toward God,… READ MORE >

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