Happy Canada Day!

Here is The Hidden Cameras’ “Golden Streams” to start your morning off right (included more for the song than the video itself, heh): . This weekend a lot of big things are happening: It’s Pride in Toronto! The final Euro Cup game is on – and if Italy wins, my intersection near Corso Italia is […]

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MONSTER JAM 2012

Do you remember those commercials for monster truck rallies in which the announcer is yelling “SEE IT LIVE ONLY ON SUNDAY, SUNDAY, SUNDAY!!!!!!!” as if missing this monster truck rally is equivalent to missing out on the fire-and-brimstone-and-totally-badass apocalypse happening right in your backyard while you play video games in your moldy and poorly-lit basement […]

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Bonjour, Janvier

Happy 2012, everyone! Here is “Lonely Boy” by The Black Keys to start the year off right (actually, listen to all of their new album, El Camino, and learn some dance moves from this guy if you really want to do it right). . I suppose this is the part where I should get all […]

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Dwayne

Here is DeVotchKa’s “How It Ends”: . One grey afternoon, I am wandering around Toronto and taking photos. I head east along Queen Street West and turn north onto Bathurst, camera hanging heavily from a strap around my neck and swinging like a pendulum to the beat of my stride. Right on the corner, there […]

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Karaoke in Greektown

Last week, I saw an ad on Craigslist for a karaoke host at a random restaurant/bar along the Danforth in Greektown. I sent it to Mink as a joke, and she applied on a whim. When she got the call for an audition, she decided to check it out. What doesn’t sound awesome about being […]

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