Web Review: Comics212.net
The comics blog of Christopher Butcher, the manager of comic shop The Beguiling and co-founder of TCAF. Both critical and […]
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Web Review: MethinksPresents.org
METHINKS is a Toronto-based art collective/arena for community development, social networking and the advancement of emergent artists. Lists many events, […]
Web Review: Craftster.org
THE crafting/DIY resource. Forums include projects people are working on, questions on techniques, sections for different parts of the world […]
Music Review: Zodiac — Murderworld
Industrial music has been on life support since about 1995, particularly in Canada, whence some of the most innovative stuff […]
Music Review: Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains — American Names EP
This is the first serious release by Sebastien Grainger, ex-drummer and vocalist of defunct duo Death From Above 1979. There […]
Music Review: Friendly Rich & The Lollipop People — Dinosaur Power
Imagine a small orchestra (banjo, double bass, clarinets, accordion, trombone, bassoon, and the list goes on) all crammed into a […]
Music Review: Disguises — Post-Mortem Depression
Noise/avant-garde terrorisers Disguises’ new disc Post-Mortem Depression conjures visions of tortured souls in empty factory warehouses or haunted mansions filled […]
Music Review: Braintoy — Vehicles
If you’ve never heard Braintoy’s stuff or witnessed them live, they more or less sound like Ænema-era Tool, with their […]
Book Review: The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You’ll Ever Need
As far as I know, this is the first ever career guide in manga format, and just for that conceit […]
Book Review: The Customer is Always Wrong, Retail Chronicles
It’s sort of like the history of the world when you get right down to it. What? This book. Like […]
Listen Again: A Momentary History of Pop Music
Nietzsche once said, without music, life would be a mistake, and without it, Listen Again’s entire mental landscape would not […]
Book Review: Imperfect Penance
Georg Büchner’s strange and harrowing 1837 play Woyzeck introduced me to the world of weird Germanic writers. The recent Broadway […]