Morning Brew, June 19: Six Feet Under

Alright, I wasn't planning on doing a Brew this morning, but how can I resist with the latest development in "THE CASES OF THE DISARTICULATED FEET"? Shit has gotten so weird Boing Boing is covering it. But seriously, I hope the police are just pretending that they haven't already firmly established an extensive investigation into potential foul play...

With those nicely outsourced Olympics and now the possibility of another iniquitous serial killer (and ohh, the food!), the word 'high-profile' only begins to describe our epitome of, um, 'livability'.

There'll be a major police crackdown, as Vancouver criminals are going straight to jail after... 30 convictions? I guess it's not that surprising:

Vancouver police inspector Rob Rothwell says for an addict to support a three quarter a day crack cocaine habit, they have to steal one-point -two-million dollars in property a year.

Beggars Group, Europe's largest collective of independent music labels marked 2008 as it's strongest in thirty years; "worries about online piracy are nearly non-existent." How surprising: fans of good music actually hold respect for the artists. If the majors started releasing music that mattered, I'm sure people would start paying for it.

Those recommendations on Taser use have finally been made. Solicitor John van Dongen is staying positive: "I think it's important that it also uh, confirms, uh that it is a useful tool for police."

This article about the infiltration of Russian salmon into BC only barely offers an excuse to link to these insane Ukrainian mafia tombstones... but you'll forgive me.

Popmatters begins its ode to the used book store, a long series devoted to a personal love... and something that's abundant in Vancouver. Do you have a local favorite? I think a BR bookstore rundown(s) is in order.

from blown speakers' awesome coverage of Waste leaves me kind of achin' that I missed out... though I'm honestly pretty scared of anything edging towards 'noise'. Should I just leave Vancity?

Neal Pollack describes his 'salvia routine' for Salon.com.

Why Eat! Vancouver was a bit of a shit sandwich.

Obviously, it lacked this.

photo by gumbylives of the Vancouver flickr group