The Toronto Feminist Art Conference’s collaborative art exhibition “You’re Not Here” had a launch party worth venturing out for, despite the last vestiges of dreadful cold.
The exhibit is a collision of the bright plastics of consumer culture, insights on the internet brain/age, and what seem like the artist’s humourous asides to himself.
Read more "Douglas Coupland at the ROM"First: pitch black stage. A blinding light shone directly into the audience, and a commanding woman with a long braid strode towards us, banging her drum…
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Read more "Mink’s Birthday Concert: Christina Perri & Birdy". Who: Barcelona DJ John Talabot What: Deep genius dark house music Where: The Hoxton, 69 Bathurst Street Price: $20 Bonus: Two new concert friends! On Friday night, I headed to The Hoxton to catch the set of a DJ I have only recently started listening to (best part of my job: listening to music like this, […]
Read more "Solo Concert-Going: John Talabot Shakes My Brain Stem at The Hoxton". Who: The Bloody Beetroots What: Italian electro-DJ madness Where: Phoenix Concert Theatre, 410 Sherbourne St. Price: $31.50 Bonus: Venom masks with eyes that light up! Here’s the official music video for The Bloody Beetroots’ “Spank,” which was just released a couple of weeks ago: . That sums up their sound pretty accurately. (I may be […]
Read more "The Bloody Beetroots Will Melt Your Face Off"Finally, finally – after years of listening to this random guy who started fiddling around on some DJ stuff one day and has continuously reinvented himself and his sound ever since – I get to see him in the flesh, spinning gold seemingly from thin air.
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