Tag Archive for the term: canadian

Last night I watched the documentary, Chez Schwartz (2007). It’s a film by Garry Beitel, the professor from my Canadian Documentary class at McGill, and a Montreal-based filmmaker who has worked on numerous independent documentaries (often for TeleQuebec) that narrow in on particular communities and individuals. Chez Schwartz is a film about the 75 year-old […]

After a year of playing together in venues around Montreal, friends and Fixture Records labelmates Brave Radar and Dirty Beaches are embarking on their first tour of Ontario.
We invite you to join us at their shows:
Monday June 30th - Toronto - at Rancho Relaxo with The Miles [Fresh out of highschool, The Miles mash […]

SavFaire is really excellent. The first issue (shown) arrived at my work last week. It includes articles about: VillaVillaNola: an mp3 download label (that I’ve talked about here), independent fashion design, freelance writing abroad, animating Miracle Fortress’ magnadoodle-drawn music video, Dungeons and Dragons, and more.
The idea is to make a free zine-style publication with firsthand, […]

Another brilliant and adorable act playing our Indyish Mess Showcase tonight (May 29, 2008 - Travel Mess at Off Inter Arts) is Fraser MacDougal aka FM HI LOW, coming in from Peterborough Ontario with the insanely radio-ready pop / reggae / sweet sweet boy soul.
Here’s some videos if you don’t believe me:
First a song […]

Start your Saint-Patrick’s Day (weekend) off right with Peter Katz this Friday at Club Lambi.
A CBC darling and Montreal native, Katz launched his CD More Nights at Club Lambi last June as a Montreal Fringe special event. I was there and remember the evening very fondly; Peter is a great performer and casts a […]

This video of Toronto’s Basia Bulat should cure all S.A.D.-related lethargy. Sure, winter’s been going on for a while, but look how happy everyone is! The clip was shot on Mount Royal in Montreal. There’s a certain eerieness to smiling that much in the dark, which goes along with my earlier thought that Torontonians are […]

I’m confused. I shouldn’t have liked Mainline’s staging of Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler but I really really enjoyed Mainline’s staging of Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler. Wait first off I hate regurgitating plots so go to Mainline’s website and read their blurb about the play…
so click here
Ok so you get the drift. So…where to start….ok.. lots of good […]

This is a multiple-part post on getting your CD out of your living room. Part One is about radio airplay. Part Two will be about getting reviewed and sending your CD to record labels. Part Three might be about distribution if we have some by then.

I thought of blogging this a while ago, but wasn’t […]

This post will be a bit scattered, but the general theme is Visual Tidbits. Large, small, many, few, finite, endless…artful?
Central Question: Can the world wide web act as art gallery? Insofar as we frame collections of web pages as “sites”, does the internet enable new spaces and modes of viewing?
 
Site #1 Question: Can the online […]

January in most Canadian cities is known for its high percentage of depressed persons. It’s generally the time when artists hole up and record albums or book art openings in warmer climes or schedule more shifts at their dayjobs or take interest in HBO dramas.
In January, it takes a lot to get the average person […]