Arts & Culture
Sex, drugs and silk screens
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The iconic images of the Campbell’s soup can and Marilyn Monroe brought to you by Andy Warhol could only be done by the technique of silk screen printing. But printmaking as a celebrated art...
Monotonix Madness
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Monotonix are best known for their epic performances. Crowd-surfing while playing guitar or even drums, jumping off and around the stage, stealing audience members’ drinks to pour on themselves, wearing next to nothing, or...
Films. 2010. Damn.
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Hey there, Know-It-All. What's better than knowing it all? The answer (which you know, of course) is “nothing.” There is nothing better than being the biggest, baddest brain in the room. Nothing better than...
Something that can’t be said any other way
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“As a musician, I identify more with the writing world than with the musician world,” explains Amelia Curran, in an interview with the Manitoban. “That’s my craft, so I’ve just got to keep on...
Everybody in the theatre getting tipsy
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The costumes are outlandish, the cast even more so — welcome to the 1920s and the case of The Drowsy Chaperone. It’s about the corniest thing you’ll ever likely experience — which means, in...
CD Review : Kids on Fire “Kids on Fire”
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Putting out a down-and-dirty, old-school rock record in this day and age is a risky proposition. Not only do the songs have to be good in and of themselves, but they also have to...
CD Review : Rise Ashen & Stephane Lefrancois “Venenosa”
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The last time these two Canadian boys collaborated was on the excellent Mr. Tran Travels in Sound and now they step it up again with a Brazilian twist of “dubby” and “techy” house.
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