The People Who Made Issue#57 Happen

A much needed boost for our contributors’ self-esteem

PHOTOGRAPHER [GEOFFREY KNOTT]
Geoffrey Knott shot the covers for our last two issues. He is an artist and photographer from Toronto who got into more commercial work after graduating from the OCAD a little while back. More recently he’s been developing his nascent agency, The Business In The Front, shooting for an upcoming book of personal work, and exhibiting here and there. Pictured here aboard a Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 49, Geoffrey often immerses himself in sailing, cycling and competitive tennis as reprieve from his long workdays, his trainwreck of a personal life and his residency in a building “not technically” zoned for residential use situated directly across from the most active fire station in the city.
www.geoffreyknott.com

[Model] Slim Twig
Slim Twig was a model in our fashion editorial this issue. He’s a primitive songsculptor and reclusive cave dweller. Perpetually obsessed with capturing gasps from drum machines, or wheezes from his Sixties farfisa, he has been cultivating a personal top 40 for a half-decade. Armed with little else but a sampler and a silver sheath, he has fashioned a Wu-Tang worshipping, Elvis impressing, howler of an LP on Contempt!, his latest collection. Fond of burning barns, raising roofs and generally tearing houses down (not always literally), you may catch him preaching junk gospel live in a town near you. Other stuff this demon-exorcizer digs: pointy shoes, Camus, Camembert, chuckin’ rocks, David Lynch, the Neptunes and makin’ yer mama shuffle.
www.slimtwig.com

[WRITER] JULES MOORE
Jules Moore interviewed Lou Barlow in this issue. She’s a recurring album reviewer for Ion, where she places the bulk, if not all, of her hate mail to Lady Gaga. In addition to being a regular freelancer, Jules is an Associate Editor at Hobo magazine and the owner/operator of a 24-hour cereal bar laundromat (opening of locations outside Jules’ melon TBA). She also works at OB1 Enterprises, so whiskey and sandwiches if you’re ever in the Railtown neighbourood of Vancouver. Jules is hard to locate on land, but can always be found on SPIN Earth, where she posts video nuggets dug up from Vancouver’s bounteous music scene. If you get references to McNally Robinson, Portage and Main, and Bar Italia, you might be from Jules’ hometown. And, psst-Jules likes Bob Dylan. Pass it on.

ILLUSTRATOR [NATALINA PERCIVAL]
Natalina Percival did the illustration for Dinosaur Jr. She’s a communication designer and illustrator from Vancouver. She is available—and excited—to take on more freelance projects. Natalina currently volunteers for the Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art and Beauty Night Society. You will find her this summer lurking at the beach, hiking up mountains and exploring new ways to save money for her upcoming six-month romp through Asia and India.
natalinapercival@gmail.com