Category Archives: The Mad Ones

The only ones for me are the mad ones…

Mad Pride – The Great Escape 2005 – Bradford to Manchester

Posted on July 8, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

The  Great Escape Bedpush 2005: Bradford to Manchester  Mad Pride is international – here’s an event a few years ago in England, trekking  40miles across the Pennines: from Bradford to Madchester and featuring, amonst others: a giant syringe, a porter’s trolley, Rufus … Continue reading →

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mind games – Kwame McKenzie

Posted on July 4, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Wonderful article by Kwame McKenzie in Walrus Magazine,  March 2013. In Mind Games, Kwame McKenzie takes us on a brief tour through the history of attempts to regularize and standardize diagnosis in psychiatry, encoded in three major systems of diagnosis – … Continue reading →

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is this the real thing…?

Posted on July 3, 2013 by dave umbongo

Is this the real thing or is this just fantasy? What is “real”? Is it just the crap on TV? If so, is it only real if it’s called “reality TV”? And  if it is reality TV whose reality is it … Continue reading →

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the mad ones – Jack Kerouac

Posted on July 2, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

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groove is in the heart – Deee-lite

Posted on July 1, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

ooo laa- laa! Deee-lite-full ! We’re going to dance, We’re going to dance, We’re going to dance Andhave some fun The chills that you Spill up my back Keep me filledwith Satisfaction when we’re done Satisfaction of what’s to come … Continue reading →

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Mars Project – at Mad Pride Toronto

Posted on June 28, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Mars Project “A decade ago rapper Khari “Conspiracy” Stewart was diagnosed with a psychological disorder, but he has rejected the label and is pursuing a spiritual path. For half of his life, Khari “Conspiracy” Stewart has fought a spiritual war … Continue reading →

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The Defuckulator – Billy Connolly

Posted on June 19, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Billy Connolly invents The Defuckulator Continue reading →

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how medicines are marketed

Posted on June 10, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

A wonderful look back in time -from io9.com -to the days when marketing pharmaceuticals was much more innocent. Travelling snake oil salesmen criss-crossed the land twixt town and city, peddling their wares to  convince you and me  that their poisons were worth … Continue reading →

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Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now – The Smiths

Posted on June 9, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

I found this tree in the back of my pants But heaven knows I’m miserable now… .   .. I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour But heaven knows I’m miserable now I was looking for a … Continue reading →

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my way – Nina Hagen

Posted on June 8, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Whatever “it” is, if anyone does, then Nina Hagen does “it” no other way but Her Way . . . . I know the end is near And so I face the final curtain My friend, I’ll hope it’s clear I’ll state … Continue reading →

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