In a story in today’s NP on the almost exclusively Canadian trend toward big, big bands (Broken Social Scene, the Hidden Cameras etc.) writer Jake Bogoch asks: “So why have the bands’ individual contributions been examined but the greater movement ignored? Why has the music press snoozed on one of the most creative musical movements […] More »
Those of you who were intrigued by Andrew Potter’s post of some while back about the Slap Shot-style league play in Quebec that’s taken hold of his heart thanks to the NHL players strike won’t want to miss “The Chiefs” — opening today. And remember the precepts of our Film Club. Tell everyone you know. […] More »
Call me nationalist. Call me sentimental. Call me angry-as-hell! Reading articles like this one at the Weekly Standard (the feature story of the issue), gets my Canadian pride burning. More »
This Magazine’s Mar/Apr issue is spotlighted in today’s Sunday Toronto Star in the Ideas section. If you live in the GTA, go buy a copy and check it out! I would also like to take this opportunity to mention how much I love the new Sunday Star. The in-depth features are great — high quality […] More »
The other day, at a lovely historic hall in downtown Toronto I attended the annual general meeting of Access Copyright, Canada’s English language copyright licensing agency. What’s that you say? Access who? Licensing what? And the fact that 90% of Canadians would ask the same questions just means that, in a sense, Access Copyright is […] More »
But look closer, and in their eyes there is pride. Look closer, and on one, even the hint of a smile. How could they not have been proud? They were members of our national police force. They were Mounties. Paul Martin gave a great speech yesterday. Watching the ceremony on TV, I wanted to be […] More »
It’s been around for a few months now, so maybe you’ve seen it, but if you haven’t you really should check it out. Regret the error is a daily compilation of corrections and clarifications from Canadian and US newspapers and magazines and even TV and radio stations. Some, like this one from the Toronto Star, […] More »
Utne.com has picked up on This Magazine’s January/February cover story, Nightmare neurosurgery: The curious comeback of psychiatry’s scariest procedure. Full content of the January/February issue will soon be online, but keen-eyed thismagazine.ca readers may already have found the cover story, by Danielle Egan. Here’s an excerpt from the Utne story: In an article published by […] More »
All things Rheostatic: 1. For those of you following Jian Ghomeshi and his 50 tracks crusade, it is my duty to point out that not a single Rheostatic song is on the list. Odd, considering that just last year, Whale Music was named, by DNTO, as the most essential Canadian album ever. Anyway, it is […] More »
If you subscribe to the Atlantic, then you’ve probably already seen this review essay by Marc Cooper, in which he dumps on the Democratic Party for being, well, the Democratic Party. Along the way, he namechecks George Lakoff, Thomas Frank, and Heath and Potter. If you don’t subscribe, well I hope you enjoy the first […] More »
Some of you may recall that, a while ago, there was a cabinet minister named Judy Sgro. She got into a bit of hotwater over allegations over strippers, immigration certificates, free pizza, and so on. We were told, back in 2004, that the Ethics Commissioner was looking into it. As long ago as January, we […] More »