Thursday, March 5International Women’s Day CelebrationFacebook Event Page CONFIDENTIAL RECORDS SHOWCASEFacebook Event Page Boat LoadFacebook Event Page One Hit Wonders Night w/ 10 mazing acts covering awesome/hilarious songs!Facebook Event Page A Rust Belt Requiem?Facebook Event Page CD Preview Party – Kollage/The Rhythm Section with Michael DansoFacebook Event Page FOX JAWS Show for the Deaf and…
Jacques Godbout’s impassioned plea for the NFB
This was passed on to me by lyn at the Edmonton Small Press Association who I believe got it from CUPE Filmmaker and writer warns unique institution “on the road to extinction” Prolific writer and filmmaker Jacques Godbout has added his voice to the urgent appeals to save the National Film Board, an institution unique…
Canadian Film Festival on Hiatus
The Canadian Film Festival, which exists to exhibit the best in Canadian Film and only Canadian film is, for the time being, shut down due to the economic downturn according to the National Post: “Bern Euler, founder and festival director, said he just couldn’t find enough sponsorship dollars to go ahead. “I have movies, I…
The Weakerthans: Touring Canada on Foot
The Weakerthans Rolling Tundra Revue Webisode! Tour Dates: March19 Thu: St. John s, NL – Club One [ ticket info ]20 Fri: Halifax, NS – The Palace [ ticket info ]21 Sat: Chalottetown, PEI – The Wave – UPEI Campus [ ticket info ]22 Sun: Sackville, NB – Georges Fabulous Roadhouse [ ticket info ]23…
If You Download the Terrorists Win
Jennifer Van Evra at Radio 3 has a talent for finding laughably ridiculous studies that people actually paid for and devoted part of their professional lives to. Last week it was the one about sexy music leading to promiscuity, this week she’s found a study from the Motion Picture Association and the RAND corporation that…
Boost: Canadian Comedy
I thought that Boost New Media would be the last of the Boost groups but I was wrong. It’s fitting that I kinda forgot about comedy. Everyone seems to forget about comedy. But Boost: Canadian Comedy is go. The description reads: For decades now comedy has been something that Canadians have consistently excelled at. Saturday…
Renegade Book Promoter Interview With Book Ninja
Just a quick note to point out the excellent (and short) interview with outlaw serial book promoter Julie Wilson of Seen Reading over at Bookninja. “”Publishing is a crazy gig. It’s akin to sending a message in a bottle out to sea. We have an idea of when it’s plucked from the waters, but not…
Spiral Beach: New Album, Tour and Blog
Toronto’s Spiral Beach has announced that they’ve finished their new album, launced a a new blog and a long, long list of tour dates. The release date for the album hasn’t been set yet but, after a final 14 hour session yesterday they finally called it done. Check out the list of tour dates after…
Some rambling on space exploration
Something else to thank Doug Drexler’s blogging in recent weeks for here. By way of introduction: Drexler’s been an award-winning makeup artist, scenic artist and now CGI designer/animator – please forgive me for not getting the titles precisely, Doug? – on shows from Star Trek: All the Modern TV Series from Next Generation to Enterprise…
Indigo: Copyright is More Important than Literacy
Julie Wilson runs the brilliant blog Seen Reading in which she catches people reading books around Toronto, takes a good guess as to what page they are on and then reports it on her blog along with a short exceprt from the book. Because Julie cannot actually buy hundreds of books a year she does…