Archive for August, 2009

Sad Mag’s Cre­ative Direc­tor, Bran­don Gaukel, was fea­tured this week by Xtra West as “one to watch.” Con­grat­u­la­tions, BG!

Check out Brandon’s inter­view with man-about-town Sean Hor­lor, on mak­ing it as a pho­tog­ra­pher, his cre­ative phi­los­o­phy for Sad Mag, and nudie dance par­ties here.

Cas­ca­dia Defied. Illus­tra­tion by Kristina Fiedrich

As the Sad Mag fam­ily excit­edly moves closer to our launch date on Sep­tem­ber 17, we’ll be giv­ing sadmag.ca vis­i­tors exclu­sive sneak peeks into our pre­mier issue. Check back in the com­ing weeks as we pre­view orig­i­nal con­tent right here.

“Victoria’s tran­si­tion from the com­mer­cial and cul­tural cap­i­tal of British Colum­bia to an idyl­lic tourist town can be traced back to a fate­ful deci­sion by the direc­tors of the Cana­dian Pacific Rail­way to select Van­cou­ver as the line’s west­ern terminus.”

— Racan Souiedan
FALL 2009, ISSUE ONE

Sim­ple and clas­sic. Pho­to­graph by Dan Elstone.

As the Sad Mag fam­ily excit­edly moves closer to our launch date on Sep­tem­ber 17, we’ll be giv­ing sadmag.ca vis­i­tors exclu­sive sneak peeks into our pre­mier issue. Check back in the com­ing weeks as we pre­view orig­i­nal con­tent right here.

“This is espresso, yet also honey, a rich, vel­vet shot sud­denly melts into a luke­warm cup in twin columns, falling, flow­ing; it is sweet in taste and deeper in com­plex­ity. The adorable lit­tle doppio espresso in your palm hums with caf­feine, caked with the pollen of its blonde foam, its crema; alive, fresh, and born from the cocoon of a bean.”

— Adam Cristo­bal
ISSUE ONE, FALL 2009

Cory Weeds in his office. Pho­to­graph by Eric Thompson.

As the Sad Mag fam­ily excit­edly moves closer to our launch date on Sep­tem­ber 17, we’ll be giv­ing sadmag.ca vis­i­tors exclu­sive sneak peeks into our pre­mier issue. Check back in the com­ing weeks as we pre­view orig­i­nal con­tent right here.

“Jazz is a live event punc­tu­ated by a pall of heavy tobacco smoke, the strong bite of a cock­tail over­laden with gin, the sight of men and women hunched over their instru­ments, work­ing fre­net­i­cally to pro­duce gal­lop­ing melodies, and the excited buzz of con­ver­sa­tion and applause in a dimly lit base­ment bar.”

— Tom Cullen
ISSUE ONE, FALL 2009

Sad Mag­a­zine makes its smash­ing debut on Thurs­day, Sep­tem­ber 17 at the ANZA club in Van­cou­ver, BC. Join us for a night of drag, great music, and cheap drinks!

Thurs­day, Sep­tem­ber 17, 2009
ANZA Club, #3 West 8th Avenue (@Ontario)
8:00 p.m. to late!
$5—$10 sug­gested donation

The event fea­tures musi­cal per­for­mances by our cover star and fea­ture story, Isolde N. Bar­ron, DJ sets by Jef Lep­pard and DJBJ vs. Lonny Gaga, and art instal­la­tions from Vancouver’s best emerg­ing visual artists.

The event is a fundraiser, so come early, stay late, and bring your friends. Sad Mag loves you.

RSVP on Face­book.

Makeup artist Ghas­san Shanti and cov­er­star Isolde N. Bar­ron. Pho­to­graph by Bran­don Gaukel

Sad Mag­a­zine is proud to be launch­ing its first issue in Sep­tem­ber, 2009. Our pre­mier edi­tion is brim­ming with alter­na­tive accounts of Vancouver’s art and cul­ture, as wit­nessed by our city’s most tal­ented writ­ers, illus­tra­tors, and pho­tog­ra­phers under 40.

Look for Sad Mag in pop­u­lar book, cloth­ing, music retail­ers and salons for free start­ing Sep­tem­ber 18, or attend our launch party on Sep­tem­ber 17 to get the first look.