After Losing 12 Years of Content, What is Left of MySpace?
After a monumental misstep, the former pioneer of social media has erased 12 years of archived media, including over 50 million songs.
Category Archives: Culture
Voices from the Glossy Page
Four former Island Girls look back on their experiences in the Newfoundland Buy&Sell.
The Big Dig: 100 Found Photos of Water Street, St. John’s Circa 1984
Step back 35 years and take a stroll down Water Street in St. John’s with 100 found photos from 1984 in the latest edition of the Secret East archival series.
The Parting Glass: R.I.P. Chuck Lewis of the Masterless Men
There will be a notable absence of a powerful voice in the Newfoundland music community from here on out. After a brave battle with leukemia, Chuck Lewis of the Masterless Men has passed away this weekend at the age of 44.
A Doctor From St. John’s Just Had a 3 Hour Pot Debate on Joe Rogan’s Podcast
A cannabis physician originally from St. John’s just debated the medicinal benefits of weed with a former New York Time’s reporter on one of the biggest podcasts in the world.
There is an Instagram Account Dedicated to Things Shaped Like Newfoundland
From icebergs, chicken strips and hummus, to garbage juice, cat litter and chops of cocaine, the cartographic shape of Newfoundland haunts our everyday life. @TheShapeofNewfoundland is finally tracking the phenomenon on Instagram.
The Legend of the St. John’s Meter Bandits
The question is, what urban legends might we create next to distract us from our own accountability in a city which loves to talk about issues of parking, but remains silent on those larger issues of poverty in our own community?
The Dance and Its Disappearance
On Friday of last week as you no doubt have heard, there was a bus crash that killed fifteen people. Many of them were teenagers. Hockey players on their way out of town for a road trip. The entire nation has felt this loss because so many of us have been on the same bus making the same trip to the same out of town game.
Film and Death On Ice: The Viking (1931)
The Viking (1931) is a story which stretches from Hollywood to the coast of Labrador; however, it has largely been forgotten despite accomplishing a notable first in the Hollywood film industry, and holding a disastrous record which stands to this day.