Men: A Tribute

Arvo Pärt (1935~present)
Composer, teacher, philosopher, innovator.

"That is my goal: time and timelessness are connected.
This instant and eternity are struggling within us.
And this is the cause of all our contradictions...."






Lloyd Alexander (1924~2007)
Beloved author, biographer, historian, translator.







C.S. Lewis (1898~1963)
Author, essayist, academic, theologian, apologist.






Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Composer, virtuoso pianist, Polish nationalist.






Dana Andrews (1909~1992)
Actor of such films as The Best Years of Our Lives,
The Ox~Bow Incident, Laura, and Boomerang!,
president of the Screen Actors' Guild (1963~1965),
activist for the rights of female actresses.






Orson Welles (1915~1985)
Magician, director, writer, actor, genius shit disturber.






Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)
Baptist minister, civil rights activist, Nobel Peace Prize winner.






David Suzuki (1936~present)
Environmental activist, science broadcaster, author, inspiration.






Maxim Vengerov (1974~present)
Virtuoso volinist, pedagogue, ambassador for UNICEF.






Chet Baker (with former wife, Helima) (1929~1988)
Jazz trumpeter and vocalist.






Ira Glass (1959~present)
Host of public radio's "This American Life"
and gregarious teller of stunningly true tales.






Jurgen Gothe (1944~present)
CBC Radio's broadcaster~extraordinaire of now~defunct "DiscDrive,"
radio and television producer, food and wine columnist,
author, cat lover.






Danny Boyle (1956~present)
Filmmaker of such classics as Shallow Grave, 28 Days Later,
Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire, The Beach.






Radiohead (1985~present)
Musical geniuses, artists, human rights activists,
distribution pioneers, soundtrack composers.






The National (1999~present)
Poets, musicians, humanitarians.






"Swingers" (1996)
"Hey! What're you kicking me for? You want me to ask?
All right, I'll ask! Ma'am, where do the
high school girls hang out in this town?" ~ Trent




















Lumbergh.






Our Prime Minister.