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What the f#ck is a “Vancity” and why do you think...

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:54:00 -0400

What the f#ck is a “Vancity” and why do you think it’s cool?

I’m from Vancouver originally, live here now and have lived here most of my life. I love/hate this place. I love hip hop, amongst other forms/cultures of music.

But why do people use the term “Vancity” like it’s some kind of hip nickname for this town? When did this start? I remember in the 90s some hip or wannabe hip people used the name “Terminal City” and there was even a hip newspaper with that title. When did “Vancity” take over and why?

I offer the following facts/truisms:

1. Vancity is the name of the dominant credit union (bank) in town. This bank was founded in 1946. Banks are not cool. Even when they’re credit unions. Using the same name as a pre-existing bank as some kind of supposed hip name for the city is not exactly original.

2. Van-ci-ty has the exact same amount of syllables as Van-cou-ver. Again, not cool.

3. Run-DMC is one of the greatest and most influential musical groups of all time. Nowadays in Vancouver, their logo has been completely co-opted by the hipster-hop “Vancity” version. Most people sporting Vancity clothing would probably write off Run-DMC, since that would be the music their parents would have listened to, if Vancouver actually had a significant hip hop culture, which it doesn’t (no disrespect to groups like EQ who earnestly did contribute to hip hop in Vancouver).

4. Vancouver is not cool or edgy. Vancouver is one of the safest and most dorky places on the planet. Trying to make it seem cool with a weak nickname just makes it even more dorky. Don’t get me wrong. I’m a nerd. I think some things about Vancouver are cool. I would like my hometown to be a cool place overall. But I’m not gonna play pretend. That’ll get us nowhere fast.

Life is hard sometimes. Even when you’re on top.

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 14:36:08 -0400

Life is hard sometimes. Even when you’re on top.

Brittany Carnegie is the girlfriend of Milan Lucic, a Boston...

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 14:11:00 -0400

Brittany Carnegie is the girlfriend of Milan Lucic, a Boston Bruins player from Vancouver.

And Cory Schneider, not spelled Corey Snyder, is from Marblehead, a town just north of Boston.

Also, I doubt Schneider’s girlfriend actually “fingered” Carnegie in public. I think Carnegie meant to say she was given the finger. That’s a “fuck you” symbol while being “fingered” is a sexual act, technically speaking.

And what’s so bad about acting like a trucker?

Boston Bruins Milan Lucic’s church vandalized By ANDREA...

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 14:02:00 -0400

Boston Bruins Milan Lucic’s church vandalized

By ANDREA WOO, VANCOUVER SUN February 16, 2012

VANCOUVER – East Vancouver native and Boston Bruins power forward Milan Lucic’s church has been vandalized.

Lucic’s girlfriend, Brittany Carnegie, posted a photo of the graffiti to her Twitter account on Thursday.

On the side of the St. Archangel Michael Serbian Orthodox Church is large, black graffiti that reads “Fuck Lucic” and “Go Canuks (sic) Go,” along with crudely drawn genitalia.

“This is DISGUSTING!” Carnegie wrote. “Punks did this to Milan beloved church! So disgusted!”

The St. Archangel Michael Serbian Orthodox Church is located in the 7800-block of Canada Way in Burnaby.

This is not the first time vandals have gone after Lucic. Over the summer, posters of the 23-year-old were defaced at a cultural community and his mere presence at a Greek festival was enough to incite a brawl. Lucic himself was not involved in the fight.