Sure, there have been the late night talk show appearances, the Emmy Nominations and the sweep of the Juno Awards but nothing quite says “you’ve made it” like a guest appearance on Sesame Street. So, although I normally ignore what goes on Stateside on this blog, even when it involves Canadians I have to tip…
New Spiral Beach Comic
Click to Enlarge New comic from Spiral Beach’s Maddy Wise which I shamelessly ripped off from their blog.
Suprise New Release From Woodpigeon
Apparently while Woodpigeon was in the studio making Die Stadt Muzikanten they were also quietly recording something else. From their blog: “14 songs completed during the recording of die stad, some of which date back to 2005, and others which were recorded the day they were written in 2008. every copy’s been hand-built, and we’ve…
RVT Caribou
Accoring to their Myspace Blog the polaris nominated Caribou are about to take off for some international dates in “playing in the United States, Switzerland, Taiwan, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Germany, France, Belgium, England and Wales”. After these dates Caribou will reportedly go on hiatus to write and record new music. But, before all of that…
Imponderables: History’s Greatest Pervs Continued
Awhile back I posted the first three episodes of History’s Greatest Pervs from Toronto sketch comedy troup the Imponderables – just to complete the set here are episodes 4 and 5. History’s Greatest Pervs [Ep4]: Catherine the Great History’s Greatest Pervs [Ep5]: Mahatma Ghandi
Remix Album from You Say Party! We Say Die! August 26
You Say Party We Say Die has posted a brief and cryptic message on their Myspace Blog. It reads simply: ” Remik’s Cube = Remix Recordmore info coming before the august 26 2008 release date. isn’t that nice of us!” Now, if my secret decoder ring is working properly that means that on August 26, 2008 You…
Allison Crowe Comes to Toronto July 26
Long time friend of publicbroadcasting.ca Allison Crowe is finally coming to Toronto. Allison, if you don’t know or have forgotten is an incredibly brave and forward looking singer songwriter who has fully taken control over her own career. She has started her own label to produce her music, sells her own CDs and still makes…
Vancouver Film Race 2008
Vancouver Film Race 2008Nick Pannu On June 25, 2008 29 films short films screened at the Ridge theatre for the Vancouver Film Race. Lights, camera, action. Movie sets, flashing strobe lights and roadblocks have become almost as permanent fixture in Vancouver as the mountains surrounding the city. On Saturday, June 21st 30 local Filmmakers committed…
Young People F###ing VS Bill C-10
Martin Garo, writer and director of the recently released film Young People Fucking, says his film is a perfect example of the type of films that will have no chance of receiving funding and ultimately cease to reach the production stage if Bill C-10 is passed in Canadian law. Bill C-10 is an amendment to…
Henrix of the Eggshaker
Yesterday, at the Ottawa Bluesfest during Jim Bryson’s performance of “Sleeping in Toronto”, Jim was joined onstage by the Jimi Hendrix of the egg shaker Amanda Putz (host of CBC Radio 1’s Fuse and CBC Radio 3‘s ‘Waking Up With A. Putz’) and Alan Neal (Host of CBC Radio 1’s Bandwidth). With the addition of…