Ripe

I went into Pulp Fiction today to trade some old Taschen art books for some quick cash only to turn around and spend it on the new issue of Ripe. The cover is beautiful; a photo by Danny Singer of some anonymous small town in the winter. The theme is "And", although some of the photographs inside don't really seem to capture such an ambiguous topic. After quickly flipping through pictures by Dan Siney, Shawn Records, Tim Barber, Mike grill, Heidi Johansen, Eamon MacMahon, Brian Howell, Gary Hubbs, and many others I noticed a very familiar name. Degan Beley! From Beyond Robson!

And her story is lovely. Simply lovely. Clever, dramatic, linguistic...lovely. Of course she's too humble to post it on BR, so it's up to me to spread the gospel. I got mine at Pulp Fiction, but you can get yours at

-Beau Photo 1520 West 6th Ave.
-Blackberry Books 1663 Duranleau St.
-Charles H. Scott Gallery 1399 Johnston St.
-Does Your Mother Know? 2139 West 4th Ave.
-Duthie Books 2239 West 4th Ave.
-Gallery Jones 1725 West 3rd Ave.
-Lugz Coffee Lounge 2525 Main St.
-Magpie Magazine 1319 Commercial Dr.
-Opus Framing & Art Supplies 1360 Johnston St.
-Oscar's Art Books 1533 West Broadway St.
-People's Co-op Bookstore 1391 Commercial Dr.
-Pulp Fiction 2422 Main St.
-Soma 2528 Main St.
-Sophia Books 492 West Hastings St.
-The Petri Dish 2406 Main St.
-Vancouver Art Gallery 750 Hornby St.