In the weeks leading up to Vancouver鈥檚 municipal election, we鈥檝e taken it upon ourselves to sift through the countless hours (OK, minutes) of campaign videos for candidates running for mayor.
One candidate, Vision鈥檚 Ian Campbell, withdrew from the race mere minutes after we dissected his eerie, online.
Coincidence?
Probably.
This time out, we examine not one, but two, campaign vids for NPA candidate Ken Sim.
And immediately a few things are apparent.
The guy is ripped.
Not in a roid-monkey kind of way, but in a 鈥淚鈥檓 a middle age dude who takes care of himself and regularly works out and probably looks damn fine without a shirt鈥� kind of way.
The other thing we gleaned is that Sim has a heavy metal past. At least superficially.
One childhood photo featured in a video shows Sim sporting a Judas Priest T-shirt for the 1982 album Screaming for Vengeance.
Although Sim always struck us as more of a Stryper or Krokus man, he鈥檇 be wise to exploit that photo more and use Judas Priest song titles in his campaign. For instance, 鈥淒elivering the Goods鈥� from 1979鈥檚 Hell Bent for Leather or 鈥淪ome Heads are Gonna Roll鈥� from 1984鈥檚 Defenders of the Faith or even 鈥淗ard as Iron鈥� from 1988鈥檚 Ram it Down. Is it getting hot in here?
Will Sim鈥檚 heavy metal pedigree resonate with West Side voters who don鈥檛 want duplexes, bike lanes or reefer cigarettes in their pristine neighbourhoods? Probably not. But to quote Judas Priest鈥檚 leather-clad frontman Rob Halford, 鈥淥ut there is a fortune waiting to be had/ If you think I'll let it go you're mad/You've got another thing comin'/You鈥檝e got another thing comin鈥�/You鈥檝e got another thing comin鈥�.鈥�
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