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Fatalities
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Yet
you
first
see
Garry
Geddes,
il
is
very
IWhen
J
to
match
him
up
with
his
work.
He
is
a
very
calm,
A,
and
distinguished
looking
man,
hardly
one
to
,J
out
in
a.
crowd.
His
poems,
however,
arc
far
from
ordinary.
In
his
poetry,
Geddes
deals
with
political
historical
events
in
the
real
world
and
how
they
ike
an
emotional
chord
holh
with
him
and
his
readers.
April
third,
Geddes
was
kind
enough
to
share
his
ks
with
the
students
and
staff
of
the
College
of
New
Jonia
as
part
of
the
series
of
poetry
readings
this
Geddes
provides
an
interesting
rhetoric
into
the
!
rat
ions
of
his
work
and
how
it
affects
him.
He
says
he
is
greatly
touched
by
media
events
and
uses
poet-
Is
a
tool
to
help
himself
and
show
the
world
the
ema
il
side
of
the
otherwise
distant
world
that
we
see
on
news.
J'oems
like
lower
and
the
very
touching
jra
Lee
Slum'
are
based
on
real
events
where
guns
re
used
on
the
innocent
with
horrifying
effects.
Manv
.le
poems
he
writes
were
based
on
the
happenings
of
nail
island
in
the
north
of
Scotland
during
World
War
ueh
as
Subtext
and
How
I
was
Launched.
Geddes'
story-telling
abilitv
easily
matches
his
:iie
Hair,
giving
his
audience
a
peek
into
his
own
life
inspirations.
lie
tells
of
a
woman
tortured
during
a
and
of
putting
his
animals
to
sleep,
but
he
also
tells
Ihe
people
he
has
met
on
some
rather
drunken
misad-iiurcs
in
Scotland,
keeping
the
attention
of
the
audi-i
throughout
the
entire
presentation.
He
will
release
cw
book
called
Flying
Blind
soon
and
many
of
his
ix
works
are
available
in
the
libraries
and
bookstores
Vince
George.
I
highly
recommend
his
works
to
one
who
is
interested
in
poetry
or
who
just
wants
a
ipse
into
the
more
personal
side
of
world
history.
1
Chris
Last
ntertainment
Rough
Draft
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So
a
semester
draws
to
an
end.
Summer
break
begins,
and
with
every
summer
comes
yet
another
deluge
of
one-hit
wonders.
The
first
of
which
appears
to
be
Semisonic
with
their
hit
song
'Closing
Time'.
Not
quite
the
jaded,
aging
commentary
on
the
mystery
and
point-lessness
of
the
'club'
scene
other
songwriters
have
done
(Iggy
Pop's
'Nightclubbing',
Pulp's
'Party
Hard',
the
Cures's
'One
Hundred
Years'
and
'Open',
along
with
Leonard
Cohen's
own
'Closing
Time')
It
is
yet
another
little
infectious
pop
gem
that
shimmers
for
a
few
months
until
radio
stations
pummel
it
to
death
and
reveal
it's
soul-less
little
mundane
heart.
However
not
all
is
lost!
The
Verve
is
still
out
there,
and
touring
this
summer,
which
means
a
Vancouver
trip
should
be
planned
for
everyone.
Ani
DiFranco
is
always
on
tour
and
plays
more
Canadian
stops
than
any
other
American.
Now
that
we
have
a
University,
they
should
pull
together
and
get
her
up
here
for
a
show!
But
the
one
thing
I
implore
all
of
you
to
do
this
summer
is
keep
your
bullshit
detectors
on.
Try
and
see
the
crap
coming
and
push
it
away.
Don't
allow
yourself
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r"r-
0r0
Circa
1997
another
summer
dominated
by
the
likes
of
No
Doubt
and
(shiver)
Third
Eye
Blind.
Go
against
the
grain
for
once
and
only
buy
the
real
stuff.
That
way
you
won't
get
caught
up
in
this
whole
summer
mess
(And
who
really
cares
whether
or
not
he's
fking
Jimmy
Ray?!)
Of
course
sometimes
this
kind
of
discipline
gets
too
much.
This
summer
is
gonna
be
filled
with
all
sorts
of
slop.
Sometimes
you'll
think
you're
drowning
in
all
the
glitzy,
poorly
written
songs.
For
this
there
is
only
one
real
solution:
write
your
own!
Go
get
an
instrument.
Who
cares
if
you
can't
play?
Lots
of
musicians
can't
actually
play.
Go
solo
or
convince
your
friends
to
make
music
with
you.
Swing
by
the
Urban
Coffeehouse
and
play
open
stage,
get
some
gigs
happening.
Hit
the
parks
and
just
play.
Just
don't
waste
your
summer
singing
'Closing
Time'
or
next
months
flavour.
Remember,
if
you're
careful
you
can
see
the
BS
coming.
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