Interview #2 on Champions of the Local Scene tonight at 6pm! Professional volunteer and doer-of-good Dana Flynn joins Abby S in the studio... Dana dedicates all of her time to two West Island based organizations that help women who have been victimized by sexual abuse. She will be discussing how the topic is still very taboo, especially in suburban-esque towns like Kirkland and Pierrefonds. We will be mostly talking to her about her stint at Concertation en matière de violence sexuelle dans l'Ouest-de-l'Île.

‘Roar! Yeah Baby ooh Baby yeah!’

As many of you know, last night a Sports happened. The annual event, known colloquially as the ‘Super-Bowl’ involves a contraindicated mixture of homemade nachos of questionable quality to be guzzled down with what I am assuming is micro brewed beer. It’s the one thing we all do collectively as North Americans so I hoped you watch because who’s side are you on? Seriously, 120 million people watched this thing last year, making it the most watched television event of all time, topping the MASH finale. Fun facts, right? Does anyone even remember MASH? It doesn’t matter.

Behind the Counter will be interviewing Gonzo Nieto this Sunday at 1pm. We’ll be chatting with Gonzo and delving deeper into the topics discussed in his column Turning Inward for The Link and on his blog. Touching on subjects from the mind and consciousness to psychedelic drug research.

Michael Mann’s Blackhat opens with a heavily computer generated map of the internal workings of a city nuclear power plant. Shifting perspectives, rushing along power lines and electrical circuits we are thrust into a complex interior system. As we rush into the final moments of the sequence, the lines finally run a blood red before exploding: this sets the scene for an international hacker thriller in which technology becomes a mirror for the human body as well as society itself.The incredible digital landscape of the opening sequence soars like the Beyond the Infinite sequence in 2001: A Space Odyssey - but tactile, mechanical and fragile.