Author Archives: davin
r.i.p. nigel haze
Yesterday, Nigel Haze passed away. I don’t know the details of his death, but I do know some important details about his life. So indulge me for a moment, I’m going to get into them. Nigel Woodward AKA Nigel Haze was not just a fantastic person, but also the first person to show me how […]
a remarkable year for the canucks
A good friend of mine once said that if you’re good enough at what you do, people start doing your marketing for you. Certainly that is true in the case of the Vancouver Canucks. Their regular season was full of hard work, gelling, out-skilling and out-working their opponents. Their game has consisted of their own […]
lost in technology
I’m not sure what I’m going to do with this yet, but here’s a preview of something. made the image through my usual capture and visual trickery methods. I like how dwarfed the girl is by the cell phone tower, and how the tree seems to reach out to her with its “posture.” I did […]
so long, old friends
I haven’t used my Technics 1200 MKIIIs in quite a while. Not more than a handful of times since I moved back to Victoria. A few factors have been involved: Shopping for vinyl had gotten expensive long ago Shopping for vinyl I liked had become impossible except online Living in a wooden framed building meant […]
impedance to expression
I took the above photo of my good friend Casey Jo, just before she was about to say .. — As time goes by, and I create more and more through many different platforms, programs, and processes, I’m beginning to notice which are most successful and why. At one point I believed I just “wasn’t […]
Benz & MD – Signals (AFK remixes)
alzu’s on bay
As the Times Colonist duly noted, Alzu’s has closed it’s doors for good. For better or worse, I knew what Alzu’s was. It was a 24 hour restaurant on Bay Street. Lets get one thing out of the way to begin with: Alzu’s was not fine dining. Are we good with that? Let’s proceed. Victoria’s […]
John Morgan & Kevin Shiu – 8 Feet Under (AFK remix)
botanical beach, juan de fuca provincial park
Botanical Beach is located in Juan De Fuca Provincial Park on Vancouver Island, really close to Port Renfrew. Port Renfrew is one of the first places I remember going camping with my family, and I remember buying some really terrible Gatorade Gum while I was there – it was called “Gator Gum” and I discovered […]