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SXSW Review: Perfect Pussy, Fat White Family, March 15, Holy Mountain

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Paul in South By Southwest | Leave a comment

What’s in a name? In the case of a band, their chosen name really can mean a lot. Take Perfect Pussy for example. The band obviously knows the power of a memorable name, even though it makes it difficult to do a Google image search on them. A name like that sends a message before you’ve even heard a note played. Fat White Family is another example. When I first saw the band’s name in print, I imagined a horrible … →


Best of 2011: Top 5 Shows I Saw But Didn’t Bother Writing About At The Time

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Paul in Concerts, Year End Reviews | Leave a comment

Much of my 2011 was dedicated to travelling to various locations around the world and seeing as much music as I could.  As a result, I saw a lot of music, and tried to write about as much of it as possible, but of course a number of great shows fell through the cracks for various reasons – laziness, distraction, or simply not knowing what to say at the time.  The end of the year is a perfect time to … →


Concert Review: Midlake, Rogue Wave, September 24, The Opera House

Posted on September 26, 2010 by Paul in Concerts, Everything | 2 Comments

Toronto – In our preview of this show, I mentioned my hopes that Midlake would have a flute onstage.  As the photo above indicates, they not only utilized the flute on several songs, but even featured two flautists on occasion.  Thus I was satisfied with the show.  What can I say, I’m a fan of flutes.  Jethro Tull totally rules by the way. Midlake have been compared to Grandaddy in the past and while there are some similarities, they have certainly … →


Hot Docs review: Bhutto [2010, Duane Baughman]

Posted on April 30, 2010 by Gary in Everything, Hot Docs | Leave a comment

Toronto – I SWEAR: Hotdocs was watching me. My accreditation with them came through mere 5 seconds after I began typing out this preview. It is actually a bit surreal and will probably set off some paranoid reflections. But as it stands now, I came away from this film with two mathematical notions. 1. The more you shout, the more people remember. 2. courage is probably independent of the reasons not to be (in fact it probably scales inversely to … →


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