I recently watched Flicker a short film on the Canadian network Bravo. The film was about The Dream Machine which was created by Brion Gysin. Gysin was an artist, poet, and visionary. He was a member of The Beat Generation. He was a person whom I admire greatly. However, I did not know that he spent the early years of his life in Edmonton Alberta. Living close to Edmonton for the past five years I have not heard one person even utter his name. I find this a little concerning, since he shaped Post Modern culture in so many ways. Had Gysin not lived the world would be a completely different place. Edmonton can name a street after a hockey player that settled here, yet Gysin gets nothing. Here is my initial reaction to this realization.