Contributor

Michael Kissinger

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  A Guide to Vampire Fashion

  Really, we would have run this piece on vampire fashion even if New Moon, the biggest movie of the fall season, wasn’t opening this week. You believe us, don’t you?

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  Review – Yacht Rock Night at the Biltmore

  ‘Smooth Sailing Hits a Few Snags, But Sea of Booze Calms the Storm,’ Michael Kissinger writes. His fascination for ‘yacht-rock’ gets put to the test as 12 (!) local bands vy for the title of most smoothiest.

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  Review – Burnaby Blues and Roots Festival, Aug. 9

  In ‘Lawnchairs in Paradise’, Jimmy Buffett fan Michael Kissinger finds the 10th Burnaby Blues and Roots Festival satisfies his yacht-rock-loving soul.

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  Mr. Fashion Advice Man answers your questions!

  ‘Is it okay to rock more than one eye-popping accessory?’ Plus: when are beanies OK, coordinating outfits with your BFF or just BF, white socks + khaki shorts and more!

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  Review – Brüno

  Despite picking some easy targets, i.e. Christians and Paula Abdul, Sacha Baron Cohen’s cock-friendly follow-up to Borat succeeds in showing up the ridiculousness of homophobia.

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  Review – Cut Off Your Hands at the Media Club, Vancouver, June 22 2009

  Cut Off Your Hands played to a small but appreciative audience, including a group of girls who must be writing for a blog called IGoToShowsToBeSeenNotToWatchBands.com.

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  Like a Sandal in the Wind – guttersnipe’s Guide to Summer Fashion

  From Crocs to cargo shorts to beekeeper outfits, Michael Kissinger on what (and what not) to wear to Margaritaville.

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  The Fashions of Star Trek

  Michael Kissinger surveys over 40 years of Star Trek fashion do’s and don’ts, from the original series to the 2009 model. And no, he doesn’t forget the Orion Slave Girl.

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  Men’s Underwear

  In ‘Let’s Do Gaunch – Tracking and Testing the Evolution of Men’s Underwear, our fashion correspondent Michael Kissinger lets it all hang out.

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  Western Canadian Shoe Association’s Footwear Buying Market

  In his thought-provoking essay Foot Soldier—One Man’s Journey of Self-Discovery and Greater Shoe Awareness, our Fashion writer goes undercover at a shoe show.

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  Let’s Get It On — A Guide to Hump Music

  Michael Kissinger, evolutionary biologist and pop music fan, traces the development of music to sex you up.

• Review – Scott Weiland, “Happy” in Galoshes

  “Beautiful Day.” This is a light pop ditty, written in the sober morning. Things aren’t so bad. There’s a naked porn star in Weiland’s bed and the police haven’t showed up. In a word: hope.