I love hearing about laughable crimes gone awry - the guy that robbed a bank at gunpoint then returned later that day to deposit the money into his account, for instance. So imagine my delight when I read this morning about a theft at local office space WorkSpace. Some computers were stolen with Flickrbooth installed on them and some time after the theft the photo above appeared in the WorkSpace flickr stream!

Of course I'm sorry to hear that Workspace was broken into, but the hilarity of the thief taking photos of himself with their computers and not realizing they were being uploaded to the internet more than makes up for it.

Sherman, set the WABAC machine for the University of Alberta in the year 2000. Here we find one Medina Hahn, young, ambitious, and industrious. Looking for a way to showcase her studied talents post-ed, she and fellow student/pal Daniel Arnold figure hey, maybe we should sit down and write something for ourselves. Novel idea, that. The result of their efforts was Tuesdays and Sundays (based on a true story), a lovely play about two souls lost in the ether who reunite and piece together their relationship and the eventual tragedy that befalls them. Meant for a one-off Edmonton run after they finished school, Medina and Daniel ended up touring the production for the last seven years, in festivals as far away as New York and Edinburgh, and it had its most recent run at the Waterfront in August. The pair have a busy production company together, and have both recently made Vancouver their home. Medina was good enough to sound off on her new city, which is richer for having her.

1.) Describe your present condition.

Up, down and all around.

2.) What are your thoughts on the current state of Vancouver theatre, as compared to Edmonton?

I've heard that theatre in Vancouver doesn't really exist. I've heard that theatre in Edmonton is on a slippery slope. I hear that theatre is making a comeback in Vancouver. I hear people are bored in Edmonton.

Bartending is the lowest rung of celebrity. It doesn't matter which bar you work at, be it a night club or a restaurant lounge, there's a bunch of people who want other people to know that you know them, and everyone, on some level, wishes that they had your job. It has a weird rock star sheen to it, maybe because we're the last legal pushers. As such, and because of the "good help is hard to find" maxim, it seems anyone with a minor celebrity jones and a little personality can get a job behind a bar in Vancouver, as long as they know about seven cocktail recipes and someone who already works there.

In this climate of cynical performances and scientifically produced pop-music, Rob Fillo is a rare musical creature. The heartfelt music of this folk-rock underdog cuts through the fog of the typical boy-meets-girl song to the true complexities of love and living in the real world.

While possessing all the experience one would expect in a brash, balls-out rocker, Fillo prefers to infuse his music with equal parts mystery, passion, and wit. The raw acoustic arrangement of his songs highlights both the depth of the songs (and the lived experience behind them) but also the fervor with which he sings them. From the break-out "Not Ready to Leave Yet" to his Stimulants & Depressants song-cycle (including "Rainy Day Coffee", "Cocaine took her, Blues", and "Cigarette Woman"), Fillo's songs slip past the listener's defenses, touching the heart before becoming the mind's soundtrack. In this interview we're going to try to touch your heart...

We fired off notes to each other back and forth and, in the mids of these notes, we gathered some great material for what you might call a delightful issue of "Cityphile" -- Beyond Robson's showcase of spectacular folk in this gorgeous city. Mostly through cyberspace, here are our ramblings. But first, a disclaimer, the views in this interview (as well as the swearing) don't represent those of Beyond Robson:

So, Rob, tell the others what you do, exactly?
I'm a musician and music producer in Vancouver Canada. I record, print, and publish music of my own, as well as many other musicians around town. You could make work like this sound fluffy and colorful but at the heart and soul of it that's basically what we do.

A little while ago, I asked Sean Heather if he would do a CityPhile profile for us, because as the proprietor of Gastown gastropub The Irish Heather and secret Scotch house, The Shebeen, he has indirectly been the source of much inspiration, fun, education and comfort for me and my friends and I wanted to get a feeling for the force behind it all. Not to mention his thoughts on my new favorite neighbourhood - Gastown.

I hope you will enjoy the interview that follows. Just this morning, however, I learned from Urban Diner that the whole operation is picking up and moving across the street. So now of course, I have many more questions for him, but he is a master of his environment and mostly I just can't wait to see what he comes up with.

What inspired you to open your first restaurant - a gastropub - The Irish Heather?

I am a work-a-holic, and there came a time in my life when I asked myself the question..." is it better to work like a dog for myself or for somebody else?" That is why I opened my first restaurant, as to why it was an Irish gastropub? I felt that at the time there wasn't a true Irish establishment in the city and having traveled the world and experienced fantastic, authentic Irish Pubs in places like Prague & Budapest, I felt that this was a niche that I could fill.

We all know women are all about the chocolate and men are all about the sex, but now we have the science to prove it. Apparently the masterminds at Aero have commissioned a poll that will prove, once and for all, just how great the divide between the sexes really is.

The "Guys Just Don't Get It Survey" asked Canadians about a range of preferences and traits - shoes, multi-tasking, shopping, packing and more - but the the point that sticks (and the point that the PR people at the chocolate company are clearly trying to get across) is that "women love chocolate, men prefer sex". According to the survey, 46% - almost half the women polled - said that there were times they could just not live without chocolate.