Shawn Conner is the publisher/founder/editor/complaint department of guttersnipe, and also a contributor. He has been writing reviews and features on just about everything since the dawn of man, and once had his interview recording device taken from him by the actor Jared Leto, which might explain his obsession.

Adrian Mack is a freelance fiend with an impressive number of so-so achievements under his belt. He plays drums for Rich Hope and his Blue Rich Rangers every last Thursday of the month at the Railway Club in Vancouver, and likes hanging with the kid (3 1/2 years old) in his off hours. He also had an uncomfortable interview with Jared Leto! Adrian Mack is partly from England.

eugene osudar [in his own words] “born, august 16, 1963. i’m 45, and yes, i’m getting too old for this. bring out the rocking chair. my first concert, november 1978, elvis costello and the attractions. i was 15. their blisteringly brilliant 65 minute set only served somebody to affirm my new direction in the musical parallel universes, new wave punk alternative, oh sanctity oh celebration (!Freedom!) college radio! i’m old, i’m used up and i’m free. i see 50something Full sets of music every month and dance most of them. and when i dance, i mean to say, I Dance and Celebrate, 2/3/4 hours a night. The Gaslight Anthem. The Boss. The Weber Brothers. The Wind Ups. i’ll dance with Los Campesinos. i’ll move to The Long Winters. The Replacements. Husker Du. The Pogues. oh elvis costello, oh Clash! i could go/go/go Gogol Bordello forever. L(eonard) Cohen. come, Dance With Me (Old 97s) wherever you may be, sincerely, eugene <osudar>

Ailsa Dyson - Ailsa studied art theory at the Alberta College of Art and Design for three years before moving to Winnipeg  where she received her diploma in professional photography from PrairieView School of Photography. She is presently 1/4 of a Winnipeg photography collective called f/action and sings the part of June Carter in a Johnny Cash tribute called that Damn Cash Band. She draws her inspiration from the essence of what occurs naturally in her surroundings. Ailsa is invariably fascinated with irony, synchronicity and certain truths being stranger than fiction and finds great satisfaction in documenting such occurrences. Shooting live music is Ailsa’s favourite photographic endeavour. The ever changing flow of energy helps keep her fleeting attention span satisfied. View Ailsa’s website.

Monet Lucki is a 19-year-old Chicago resident, formerly of Seattle and bound for New York this fall to attend Parsons School of Design for fashion photography. Writes Monet, “Some of my interests are philosophy, reading, photography, writing, astrology, watching movies, going to concerts, and being with friends. I’ve been doing photography for about six years now.”

Julia Brown is a Vancouver native who enjoys reading, writing, long walks on the beach, and attending film screenings on behalf of Guttersniped News at 10 a.m. on weekdays. Her measurements are 36-24ish-36, and yes, she does own a cat. She spent most of her youth hiding out in academia, writing dozens of English papers about the only two topics that really matter: Sex and Death. Following that, she launched her career as a a cubicle-dweller, where she honed her office supply ordering skills to a fine point (double-fine, to those in the know). Most recently, Julia has been enjoying her EI benefits while laying on the couch and watching daytime TV. All of this obviously uniquely qualifies her to be a movie reviewer. If you want to get on her good side, be sure to leave some witty comments in the Comments section.

Amber Anne Dawkins has been fighting dragons since the young age of 3… months old. she also enjoys lemon yogurt, hula dancing,  and robots. She lives in Toronto.

Ria Nevada is a self-proclaimed pop culture junkie who can quote any early ’90s sitcom or made-for-TV movie, from Parker Lewis Can’t Lose to Frogs.  You can catch her at Pacific Cinematheque on Wednesday nights serving out popcorn and singing Martin Scorsese’s praises, or merely singing off-key while listening to her ipod on the Canada Line. ”

Born in Van and raised in Seven Potatoes (aka Nanaimo), Jenn Laidlaw is one-part urban arts & culture junkie, one-part hippie islander and two-parts nerdy librarian. She can be found scribbling must-see concerts onto brightly coloured post-its, dreaming up adventure travel itineraries and practicing her patented cross-country ski dance on local sidewalks. Her first ‘career’ job entailed flying above the city in a Cessna for six terrifying months as a radio traffic reporter, in which one flight came much too close to a helicopter (if you can see the other pilot’s sunglasses, you should probably put on your parachute and find the nearest exit). To this day she still has to take drugs to fly.

Michael Caswell – With a widely varied background in the technology community, Michael has been working his way through Vancouver’s Video Game and Web Development industries for the past 3 years and has since found himself passionately engaged in the world of image creation. Michael’s photography focuses in on local live performance art, events, nightlife and personal portraiture. He is at heart a Designer, and this perspective has instinctually shaped his approach to photography. Melding the creative energies of the moment with an innate drive for precision and boundary pushing, Michael strives to capture the most inspiring of images, to share with others.

Robyn Hanson

Lana Maytak

Stephanie MacDonald

Ben Shulman

Evan Larson did the guttersnipe cartoon above. We found him through his hilarious story “Cupid’s Day Off”, which Lynda Barry selected for the 2008 Best American Comics anthology.