It’s wild outside, huh? So wild that it allows us to segue into talking about Strange Wilderness first, for some reason. It surprises us that the last Happy Madison film that we saw was (the quite sweet, really) 50 First Dates. Strange Wilderness is only of interest to us because it has quite possibly the [...]

Even though Moss Park dance punk duo MSTRKRFT believe that, as dance music artists, “there’s much better places for us to be,” (this is said right at the 4:16 mark, of all times) Toronto’s other homegrown house producers have taken the entire electro world by storm in the last few months. One needs only to [...]

While last weekend saw a number of free, outdoor parties in various legal and quasi-legal locations in the city, the springtime rain has washed out similar aspirations this weekend. No matter, for on these next nights Toronto’s underground has prepared a number of special treats for our ears: Tonight at Crosstown, Montrealer Akufen brings his [...]

Jim Jones was not your typical self-proclaimed messiah. The man preached love for all races and classes, freedom of speech and socialism through Christianity. In 1978, Jones and more than 900 followers, known as Peoples Temple, moved from California to Guyana. They were going to build the ideal society. Dubbed Jonestown, after Jones himself, it [...]

This week our attention is almost completely owned by Cinematheque Ontario’s offerings, even with the thought of Christina Ricci chained to a radiator in Black Snake Moan grasping at us. Not only are Cinematheque Ontario hosting the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, they’re also showing From the Tsars to the Stars, a series of [...]

Back in March, we told you about the launch of MTV Canada. Yesterday we were noticing how they’ve spent their budget on adding fancy lights to give the Masonic Temple, where they film MTV Canada, more prominence. Strangely, it reminds us of the Chum City building, home of Much Music, without all the foot traffic [...]

The year is 5766. Davenport M.P.P. Tony Ruprecht issues free calendars to his constituents. Torontoist decides to use its calendar because wasting paper is bad— worse even than the dismal layout of Mr. Ruprecht’s calendar. Besides, that spot on the wall has been bare ever since the frolicking Daschunds of 2005 went out of style. [...]

Frank Yang. Is there anything you can say about the guy that hasn’t already been said? Well, how about this: He does a damn fine weekly gig guide. Let’s see if we can pick up where he usually picks up… Thursday September 15: At Lee’s 13 & God might turn into a more Notwist crowd, [...]