Zombies have nearly run their course. They, along with vampires, wizards and the ‘supernatural’ in general have had a good run for the past few decades but we’re quickly reaching the point where we’ve had every possible variation of every story, for now anyway. NBC’s Dracula, which was actually pretty good, portrayed the Transylvanian bloodsucker…
The official trailer for Terry Gilliam’s “the Zero Theorum” has arrived
Terry Gilliam is a director who you either love or hate, often alternating between the two over the course of a film. Gilliam is, to me the master of the dark fairy tale and loves characters with abnormal psychological makeups. The director of the Monty Python Films, Time Bandits, Brazil, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen,…
Trudeau Stories: An Open Letter to the Author-Performer
Brooke, I went to see your show at the National Arts Centre tonight while it was in town as part of the Magnetic North Festival. Wanted very much to stick around for the Q & A session afterwards, but misunderstood what time it was by the time the show itself ended. Thus, my hasty –…
Oh No Forest Fires in Exclaim
Toronto’s Oh No Forest Fires would like to point out that they got a really excellent review in Exclaim!. “Canada continues to dish out quality pop rock acts frosted with idiosyncrasies bred in the touch of winter seclusion. The War On Geometry is an apt title for this hefty EP rife with bullet blasts of…
Give the Gift of Omnichord
If you need a last minute gift idea for the children (of any age) on your Xmas list check out Jenni Omnichord‘s ‘Charlotte or Otis: Duets for Children, Their Parents and Other People Too’. If you don’t know Jenni Omnichord you probably know Jenny Mitchell (or at least the Barmitzvah Brothers. Jenny’s new album of…
Reviews are in for the Woodhands ‘Heart Attack’
From the Woodhands Myspace Blog: The reviews for ‘Heart Attack’ are in – well some of them anyway. http://www.ffwdweekly.com/article/music/music-previews/very-good-dancers/ http://www.nowtoronto.com/music/discs.cfm?content=162394 http://www.chartattack.com/DAMN/2008/04/0101.cfm http://www.montrealmirror.com/2008/040308/disc.html http://www.eyeweekly.com/music/ondisc/article/22916