The cinematic roots of filmmaker Otto Buj By Jeff Vandusen
Lance Writer November 12, 2008 Primordial Ties and The Eternal Present are not Otto Buj’s first contributions to the Windsor film community. Otto’s contributory roots go far deeper.  In the early 90s, when Buj was in his mid-20s and well before he started making films for himself, he was an avid collector of film prints.
“That was an era before the proliferation of DVD,” he said. “In order to see any of the films I was interested in, I either had to find them on bootlegs or hunt down out of print DVD or VHS copies. At best, finding anything on VHS or DVD was difficult and if you managed to find something, let alone the quality, it’d be an awful second or third generation dub that wasn’t really worth watching.”
Buj was only a part of a larger community who collected and traded film prints. He became an avid buyer of the The Big Reel. >> | Electronic music on the rise in Windsor By Josh Kolm
Lance Writer November 12, 2008 While electronic qualities have been utilized to various extents in rock and hip hop for decades, straight electronic music has largely remained a fringe genre.  With such a rich pool of talent to draw from in Windsor, Stephen Surlin has been using it with the intention of bringing fans and newcomers alike the opportunity to fully enjoy electronic music.
Approaching the third in a string of recent shows, Surlin, who also performs under the moniker Furs, has been intent on specifically showcasing Windsor talent.
“There used to be the once and a while stuff, but it seemed like as I got older there were hardly any electronic showcases for local artists. You could still say clubs downtown play a good amount of electronic music, but as far as the local electronic artists who make their own music, there hasn’t been large-scale events where they can perform,” said Surlin. >>  | | Campus Kiss | | Idling is better than sleepwalking through life By Lindsey Rivait
Arts Editor November 12, 2008 Author Joshua Glenn, Boston-based journalist and scholar, examines the etymology and history of hundreds of terms and phrases used to describe idlers and the act of idling in his new work, The Idler’s Glossary. 
In doing this, Glenn looks to clarify the misconceptions about idling and introduce a new way of thinking about working and not working.
Glenn examines why work time—slaving away in a cubicle, factory, or elsewhere—is more valued than free time in today’s society.
Alongside Glenn is Mark Kingwell who contributes an introductory essay to the glossary.
Kingwell is a professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto and also well known for his appearance in The Corporation. His involvement in the project stemmed from a longstanding online friendship with Glenn, who had edited a magazine called Hermenaut out of Boston, MI. Kingwell became interested in the magazine and donated money when it was strapped for cash. The two became long distance friends that only met offline for the first time earlier this year. >> |
