Because we’d be liars if we said this wasn’t a great show…
When I was younger I stayed up all night finishing my grade 5 American history assignment. It took my hours of cutting, pasting, typing and glitter glue but I had finally finished it 2 hours past my...
View ArticleWednesday’s Best Bets – NXNE 2013
NXNE 2013 is a tough year for the average music enthusiast. There are over 1,000 bands and barely any of them are recognizable. Last year’s headliners were The Flaming Lips, this year it’s The...
View ArticleThursday’s Best Bets – NXNE 2013
Thursday is the night during NXNE when shit really picks up. (DIANA plays the Horseshoe tonight. It’s the most recommended show of the festival. You probably won’t get in. – Photo by Yuli Sheidt) Top...
View ArticlePics From Last Night – Days 1 & 2
Choice photos from NXNE this past Wednesday and Thursday nights by W.S. Rivera in no particular order.
View ArticleSaturday’s Best Bets – NXNE 2013
(Photo by Yuli Scheidt) Top Picks By Penguin… Yuli - Chad Valley, Majical Cloudz W.S. Rivera - Dinosaur Bones, Fucked Up Matt (Worst acts of the night) - Walter Sickert & The Army Of Broken Toys...
View ArticlePics From Last Night – Days 3 & 4
Choice photos from NXNE this past Friday and Satursday nights by W.S. Rivera in no particular order.
View ArticleFor The Love of Sound
The streets were alive with the sounds of music; and myself, late as usual biking hard towards downtown to get my pass. I’ve never been part of the press before. Not officially. I’ve sort of just had a...
View ArticleWords by the Wordsmith
SHINY BLACK ADULT SHOES 6 O’clock and the black shoes are out. Released from their pens, holding pens, pending a raise. Decompression loosed with a quarter inch slip of the knot On a noose Tied...
View ArticleAlien Nation
Alien Nation. Yes, like the show, but when I was watching it as a child I didn’t put its totally valid social commentary into perspective. I, like the show, made it’s North American debut in 1989/90....
View ArticlePärty at Koerner Hall: The Music of Arvo Pärt
Upon my arrival at Koerner Hall I was immediately entranced by the aesthetics of the concert hall. Not that I am completely out of place in the more refined venues of Toronto, I just happen to usually...
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