Some of you will already be aware of the troubles we’ve faced in Ottawa in the course of expanding OC Transpo‘s light rail component. We’ve had at least one proposal get right up to the point of putting shovels in the ground…and then we got a sort of whiplash thanks to the election of Larry…
Will CBC Axe Radio 3?
In a Canadian Press article yesterday a CBC “spokesman” mentioned Radio 3 as a possible source of funding cuts. A CBC spokesman said such a plan could mean anything from unloading Radio 3 to putting a website up for sale. Lacroix refused to delve into specifics, noting the drastic step was just one option as…
Phog Lounge Voted Best Live Venue in Canada
Congrats to the Phog Lounge of Windsor! They were voted, by CBC Radio 3, listeners the Best Live Venue in Canada. I personally might argue that point, but I have never been to the Phog so I couldn’t argue it very well.
Coming Up in Toronto
Thursday Feb. 26 Reel Artists Film FestivalFacebook Event Page Gravity Wave + Boys Who Say No + Great BloomersFacebook Event Page BRADBURN BIRTHDAY FETE & ADOPT A MISSION FUND RAISERFacebook Event Page Megan Hamilton Tranzac ResidencyFacebook Event Page DanceLikeYouFuck THURSDAY @ STRANGELOVE FEB.26TH Ft. SECRET GUEST DJ!!Facebook Event Page Friday, Feb. 27JUSTIN MARTIN | DIRTYBIRD…
Barenaked Ladies and Stephen Page Part Ways
The Barenaked Ladies have announced by a statement on their website that after 20 years frontman Stephen Page is leaving the band: “By mutual agreement, Steven Page will be parting company with the remaining members of Barenaked Ladies. Jim Creeggan, Kevin Hearn, Ed Robertson, and Tyler Stewart will continue recording and touring together as Barenaked…
Comics and Canada: the Gene Day Award
Some among you already know about the Joe Shuster Awards, our own counterparts to the like of the Harveys and Eisners south of the border. They’ve added a new category: the Gene Day Award for Canadian Self-Publishing. I refer you to the Shuster Awards’ own page on the subject in the second link above. What…
More Journalists Need Media Literacy
CBC Radio 3 points to a study by the American Journal of Preventative Medicine and picked up by the Canadian Press that says that there is an association between lyrics with degrading sex and early sexual experience. First of all there are so many flaws with this study that I hardly know where to start.…
There Are No Shortcuts Kids
I remember when Rock Star INXS was on people were all giddy because the winner, J.D. Fortune, was from Mississauga. There was a story this past weekend in the Toronto Star and it turns out that the tour is over, Fortune is out of the band and was (at the time of the story) unemployed…
Most Serene Republic Wants to Play (PS3) With You
Nick, Sean, Ryan and Simon from The Most Serene Republic have posted their user names on their Myspace blog so that they can hook up with you (and vice versa) on the Playstation 3 – they have invited friends and fans to comment and leave their usernames as well. Nick: themostnickever Sean: footlong09 Ryan: AwesomeKing…
If You Only See One Live Graphic Novel Bike Opera This Year
Exclaim has called Le Cyc “An interactive coupling of indie-rock and graphic art, Le Cyc, is an earnest, theatrical production, exploring social imbalances from a unique perspective” . The story of Le Cyc is told in 350 projected illustrations by Dave Willekes accompanied by an 8-piece orchestra made up of Guelph musicians from a variety…