Readers of Utne magazine will be familiar with their Independent Press Awards, which they’ve been running now for 16 years. They’re perfectly suited to administer such an award, since their digest-style has been highlighting the best of the independent press for 20 years. This Magazine has been nominated for TWO awards this year, in the […] More »
hip-hop genius k-os is all over the alt-weeklies today because of his show tonight at that docks. i am sad because i don’t have a ticket. post your reviews here tomorrow and tell me what i missed! More »
Toronto-based art/politics magazine Fuse is having an election party. ELECTION PARTY We’d rather be with friends than with Republicans Tuesday November 2nd, 8pm The Beaver Café 1192 Queen St W Toronto ON, Canada $5 or PWYC … because Fuse Magazine feels your pain. www.fusemagazine.org More »
Just to let everyone know, today we are finishing off our song-by-song discussion of 2067, the new album by The Rheostatics. Click here to go directly to fun without passing go. More »
Well, if he hadn’t been such a boozehound, he’d be 90 today. Here’s a poem he wrote on his 30th birthday. Grief-inducing. Thanks to Marginal Revolution for the link More »
An editorial by Nicholas D. Kristof in the New York Times today directs our attention to a documented incident when President Bush stretched the truth to make a compelling point. That the incident involved his daughter Barbara and a stuffed toy matters little. He got the date, the animal, the outcome and a bunch of […] More »
I can’t wait for the new Saturday Night. Saw a television (television!) ad for the upcoming issue, featuring a cover story on a topic near and dear to the This Magazine bloggers, Lord and Lady Black. An interesting opening parry from new editor, Gary Ross. It’s an excerpt from Shades of Black: Conrad Black – […] More »
Our new issue hits the streets November 1. Check out the story on Jason Sherman’s latest project, The Wrecking Ball, and then make plans to head down to the Factory Theatre on the eve of the US Election (that’s November 1 for those of you who haven’t been paying attention in class). It’s a PWYC […] More »
CanWest News Service OTTAWA – Former prime minister Brian Mulroney and wife, Mila, are grandparents. Daughter Caroline, 30, gave birth early Tuesday morning to a baby boy. More »