Swell Season at the Malkin Bowl is Strict Joy

Friday, 08. 27. 2010  –  Jesse Donaldson  –  The Good Life

Sunday night, just three days after a 32-year-old fan committed suicide at their Saratoga, CA performance, the Irish-based folk/rock duo played to an appreciative crowd at Vancouver’s Malkin Bowl.

Vancouver Zombie Walk

Wednesday, 08. 25. 2010  –  Jesse Donaldson  –  Entertainment

The Dependent’s latest “serious” newscast, featuring the Vancouver 2010 Zombie Walk.
Video Feature

BathHouse Confidential

Friday, 08. 6. 2010  –  Jesse Donaldson  –  The Good Life

In what must certainly be an all-time low-point for the current state of the press, The Dependent was recently granted media passes to the final performance of Vancouver’s Celebration of Light.

“IT’S A FILTHY, PERVERTED PAPER”: A History of The Georgia Straight

Tuesday, 07. 13. 2010  –  Jesse Donaldson  –  Featured, News and Features

“As any advertising executive knows, any publicity is good publicity.”

Anything is Possible for Five Alarm Funk

Monday, 07. 12. 2010  –  Jesse Donaldson  –  Culture & Life

Vancouver’s soul supergroup Five Alarm Funk didn’t let a grim and gloomy sky stop them from entertaining an enthusiastic crowd at Yaletown’s David Lam Park Sunday, July 4.

Welcome to The Lifestyle

Friday, 05. 21. 2010  –  Jesse Donaldson  –  News and Features

A look beneath the sheets at the hidden, and often misunderstood world of the Lower Mainland’s Swinger Community.

Bar Ministry and Genital Blessings

Tuesday, 04. 27. 2010  –  Jesse Donaldson  –  Opinion

I suppose it’s only fitting that one of my first forays into the world of online journalism should end by spending an afternoon with a trio of gay nuns.

East-Van Taggers Get Creative

Monday, 04. 12. 2010  –  Jesse Donaldson  –  BLAHG

So, for a brief time, I worked for Vancouver’s foremost Graffiti-Removal company.
It was a fascinating little place, where the pay was good, the workload was light, the bosses were incompetent, and my coworkers included a gambling addict, a holocaust denier, and an enchanting chap who once worked at a traveling carnival, getting paid good money [...]

Mel Tuck

Monday, 04. 5. 2010  –  Jesse Donaldson  –  People You Should Know

Actor, educator, and the director of more than 200 pieces of theatre from coast to coast, The Dependent presents: Mel Tuck.

My Favourite Pic of the 2010 Olympics

Thursday, 03. 25. 2010  –  Jesse Donaldson  –  BLAHG

Ah, memories…