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The Modern Covers

hi handsome! Another weekend, another cover show? I’m not complaining, especially when the show in question features a Modern Lovers tribute band. Remember the Modern Lovers? Remember sitting with your stupid friends laughing at the line “Pablo Picasso never got called an asshole,” and wondering why no one else thought it was funny? Well, you can sing your heart out with like-minded souls to the tribute band at the Seahorse this Saturday (10:30pm, $6), along with Iggy and the Stooges and Blondie. We asked the responsible musicians to share their favorite tribute songs with us and tell us why their

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The Coast does NXNE: A preview

This ain’t Toronto, or at least not the Toronto I remember. There’s a chain link fence cordoning off a large swath of the downtown core. Kites and radio-controlled aircraft, I’m told, are strictly forbidden. Poorly-marked CCTV cameras track every movement south of bustling Queen Street. Two-week summer condo sublets cost roughly $8,400. And there are […]

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