At it’s best art gets us to consider ourselves and others within the world around us.  With that in mind photography is a direct medium that can be used to hold a mirror up to the world around us.

Vitaly S. Alexius photo journal about the ship breakers of Chittagong, India does just that.  The visuals and the story stop you in your tracks and make you question how a person can live like that and how our world can allow a person to live like that.  It’s an amazing combination of photos, Google maps, and journal entry. Read the rest of this entry »

As the snow melts in Whistler the equipment racks around town switch from storing skis and boards to storing mountain bikes.  And like every other action sport, mountain biking has adrenaline packed movies filled with athletes doing incredible tricks.  Of course these movies have a soundtrack and what do you know one of them had one of the best I’d ever heard - previous favorites include Robot Food’s Lame and the Moonshine Conspiracy’s Shelter.  Seasons, a movie by the Collective, premiered in Whistler this spring during the ski and snowboard festival.   It took some time to track down each track but it was well worth it.  With tracks by Damien Marley, Cat Empire, and Citizen Cope it’s been a big influenced in this months sOUNDTRACK tO mY lIFE.  Take a listen and let me know what you like, and if you’re into Mountain Biking go out and pick up Seasons.

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