A sneak preview.

It's been a while since I've written an article for the National Post. I haven't really pitched them anything and I've been busy writing stuff here.
Recently I proposed something and was given the go-ahead. An article on postering. You know those flyers, posters and hydro pole decorations?

I will be sending it in today but I thought I'd give you HH dot com people an early look at the bit.
I'm never sure if they will be accepted so if it's not I'll release the full text later.

Paper On Poles.

Like a lot of people I go through life blissfully unaware of how most things work.
Construction cranes, ticket scanning machines, spicy tuna rolls, GPS systems, how to make a Woman happy, what is Paula Abdul really saying and why is Aerosmith still so popular?
I drive through the city streets and see posters or flyers on a hydro pole and never really know much about them.
Apparently, there’s a lot more to all of this than just a bunch of paper on poles. Actually that would be a great name for a postering company.
Thanks for calling “Paper on Poles.”
Yes I’d like to do that please.
I spoke with one very colorful dude named Reg Hartt, a postering legend who’s been using the street to promote events for 40 years. He did nothing but talk. He called postering “cut throat”, “decadent”, a “lifeline to the city,”! I thought it was just a bunch of folks running around the city with some posters and a staple gun.
He then talked about how culture isn’t something imported but rather culture rises up from the bowels. Yes our city has bowels. He said the real culture is the garage bands, the underground movement and the kids that put up posters to promote them. He’s a cool guy and as I hung up he was talking about the bowels of Berlin or something but I had to move on.