Links (with a little of the human touch)

The Links page is usually the coldest page. I surfed countless hours on the web and here are my sincere and heartfelt recommendations.

Let me start off by saying what a bummer it is that a lot of my favourite artists are represented by big galleries who have boring websites.(who are not listed here)

http://www.autourdubloc.com/ (mapping of artist and friend Geneviève Guénette’s intimate art world)

http://howtobuyart.blogspot.com/ (writer Lisa Hunter on much more than buying art)

www.burningman.com (a crazy but beautiful idea if you like to fry under a killer sun)

http://www.forbidden-places.net/ (photographs from urban wastelands)

http://ratsdeville.typepad.com/ratsdeville/ (Montreal visual arts webzine)

http://patwhite.com/ (independent Quebec cultural journalist)

http://www.webbyawards.com/ (website design awards)

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player ( for a change from Youtube)

http://mediumphobic.com/ (Nicholas Genova’s beautifully intricate animal drawings)

http://arcticmonkeys.com/ (British garage band and what a drummer!)

http://www.saboteurmusique.com/ (virtual home to DJ Champion. Keep on Riding!)

http://www.blocparty.com/ (so their recent stuff is not as good as their first CD "Silent Alarm"but mark my words: they’ll be back!)

http://www.arianemoffatt.com/ (Quebec singer, song writer, one woman band who knows how to entertain a crowd)

http://www.roiponpon.com/bienvenue.html (Jean Leclerc’s album "Mexico" is so good it makes up for his less than friendly attitude. He’s totally off his rocker so I’m not responsible for what will come next but I’m hoping.

http://www.johnralstonsaul.com/ (insightful writer on questions of ethics. He won tons of awards but I don’t care. Just read his book "On Equilibrium: Six Qualities of the New Humanism " and make up your own mind.

http://www.iep.utm.edu (the Internet Encyclopaedia of Philosophy : a little dry but tons of information)

http://www.metacritic.com (cause everybody’s a critic!)

www.utne.com (alternative coverage of politics, culture and new ideas)

www.Greenpeace.ca (you can call yourself an activist and never leave your desk)

http://www.atsa.qc.ca/pages/home.asp (Artists doing something to help others)