TJ Dawe
TJ is a Vancouver based writer, performer and director of new theatre pieces. He's participated in ninety or so theatre and comedy festivals in Canada, the US, Australia and the UK. He has six published plays and a humour book. He's also interested in movies, literature, television, comic books, history, science, spirituality, tai chi, technology, food and the Enneagram. He generally juggles a dozen projects at a time. He thinks more people should read the books of Barbara Ehrenreich, Gabor Mate, David Mitchell, Dan Savage, Mark Kurlansky, Miriam Toews and Brian Michael Bendis.
Website URL: http://www.tjdawe.ca
Monday, 09 July 2012 14:19
Andy Griffith: Stand-up Comedian
Check out this brilliant routine about football.Â
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Monday, 02 July 2012 17:14
Should Visual Artists Get a Cut of Resales of Their Work?
There's already legislation in place in sixty countries for this, but not Canada or the US. Why not?
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Sunday, 01 July 2012 22:57
Enneagram Nines and Holy Love
Enneagram Nines come into this world at one with a certain aspect of Being, and then separate from it.Â
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Tuesday, 26 June 2012 18:41
Totem Figures Interview with Steve Dawson
Steve Dawson is an award winning musician and producer. His totems include Ry Cooder, The Band, Daniel Lanois, Leo Kottke and Bill Frisell.Â
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Monday, 25 June 2012 02:09
You Got that True Blood is About Gay Integration, Right?
This is obvious and known to everyone who's watched the show, isn't it?
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Monday, 18 June 2012 16:23
More Reasons Vampires and Zombies Keep Showing Up in Our Imaginations
Alzheimer's, eternal youth, and more: a theory proposed by a Beams reader.
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Monday, 11 June 2012 17:07
Six Perspectives on Why the Zombie Apocalypse Is So Popular
What six bloggers think...
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Sunday, 10 June 2012 20:16
What's With All the Vampires, Wizards and Zombies All of a Sudden?
This could actually mean that we're climbing up the evolutionary ladder.
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Sunday, 10 June 2012 00:23
William Gibson on Steely Dan
What the author of Neuromancer has to say about the Two Against Nature
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Sunday, 03 June 2012 20:59
The Montreal Student Protests: the Argument For, the Argument Against
From the Huffington Post and the National Post.Â
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Sunday, 03 June 2012 18:58
Deepak Chopra on Superheroes
A review of his book The Seven Spiritual Laws of Superheroes.
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Monday, 28 May 2012 13:18
The Odds Against Any of Us Existing At All
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For life - much less human life - to have emerged on Earth, a number of unlikely factors had to be in place.Â
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Monday, 21 May 2012 02:33
Why Women Have to Pee So Often
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The physiology of the need, not the psychology.
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Monday, 14 May 2012 14:16
Was Reagan Really a Dumbass, or Did He Have a Sly Intelligence the Whole Time?
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Nope. He was made of straw.
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Wednesday, 09 May 2012 01:08
Underappreciated Podcast: CR Avery on Sonny Boy Williamson and graffiti
This is a first in a new series of podcasts, exploring the ignored and underestimated.
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Sunday, 06 May 2012 20:47
The Common Food Ingredient That Comes From a Beaver's Anus
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You've probably had some, if you're partial to raspberry flavour.
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Sunday, 29 April 2012 23:11
A Massive Stash of Free Indie Rock Live Recordings
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NPR's All Songs Considered website is a treasure trove for audiophiles.
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Sunday, 29 April 2012 17:13
Pictures of Cherry Blossoms
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A short photo essay of Springtime flowers and colours.
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Friday, 27 April 2012 02:57
Totem Figures Interview with Corin Raymond
Singer/songwriter and Beams and Struts contributor Corin Raymond talks about Tom Waits, Sam Cooke, the Rolling Stones, Howlin' Wolf and The Band.
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Monday, 23 April 2012 01:31
8 Reasons Why Alan Moore Is the Reincarnation of Shakespeare
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In short: collaborators, language, sex, violence, poetry, adapters, prolific, Central England, underappreciated.
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