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Gang Bang(Girls night out dance party) Mix two parts alcohol, three parts sweaty sweaty dance, one part thumpin’ beats, a drop of irony and you’ve got a Gang Bang special. Plug your nose and cannonball yourself some tonight at Tribeca. (Tribeca, 1588 Granville, 10pm-2:30am, 492-4036) Informal Art Tour(Gerald Ferguson fronts his frottage) When I showed […]

Not sure how I missed this when it happened Monday, but an appeals court in the States decided that it’s OK to say “fuck” and “shit” on TV. This ruling doesn’t sit well with the Federal Communications Commission, but that fucked group of Bush-backed censors can eat shit. A great piece on the situation comes […]

This morning I brought a tin cup filled with blogger rage to work over the story about Rebecca Ekler suing Universal Studios and Judd Apatow over the alleged baby-theft of the screenplay for the popular Knocked Up. Because no one has ever slipped on sperm and become pregnant accidentally before. (Thank your lucky stars that […]

Three Months of New Paintings(Life as Laura Dawes sees it) With thunder showers on the horizon this evening, it’s hard to suggest anything besides staying inside and hibernating for summer. But if you do feel the need to venture out into the dreary dampness that is June in Halifax, head on over to One World […]

Cauda Equina, 24 Reflections in Miniature(Horse-tail hair needlepoint) You know all those first-date horror stories where the girl thinks the guy is totally perfect until she opens his closet and finds a bag full of hair? Well, it’s very possible Toronto-based artist Keith W. Bentley could be the ground zero. Although I hope he never […]

Funny or Die, the Will Ferrell-owned site that brought you internet sensation Pearl the Landlord, has highlighted two videos from local pehnomenon Picnicface. Oh, and did we mention they’re recommended by Ferrell himself? See “Powerthirst” — good enough to be an SNL ad parody, says Will — after the jump. Powerthirst How sad is it, […]

Look closely. I have for the past four years, and it’s paid off in a modest collection of Chick tracts. If you’ve never stumbled upon one or had one given to you, Chick bible tracts are the original sin of bible tracts. Most of the time, a bible tract is a small evangelical pamphlet with […]

I love Gossip–praying they play London when I’m there this summer–and I admit to having a not-so-secret girl crush on lead singer Beth Ditto, who bares all on the cover of the new NME, giving an alabaster middle finger to all those skeletor waifs crowding the stages these days. I’m saying all this as a […]

I am currently listening to Q to hear Jill Barber perform live, but in the middle they have plunked that dude who weaseled his way into the Toronto Lennon-Ono bed-in at 14 and interviewed Lennon via super 8. Ever hear that story before? I don’t know, EVERY TIME THERE IS A BEATLES ANNIVERSARY OF SOME […]

What is it about the dandelion that provokes such irrational hatred in people that they poison the environment and break the law by dousing their lawns with illegal herbicides? It is, after all, simply a flower. Not a bad looking one, at that. Like other wars we know about, getting the public roused up enough […]