Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'bigprimpin'
January 3, 2008
Photo from Plexifilm. For lovers of Detroit techno, the new year keeps on giving. This Saturday, legendary DJ Derrick May hits up Footwork. He will be joined by local favourites Greg Gow, Derrick Ramirez and Gerald Matrix. With his high school friends, Juan Atkins and Kevin Saunderson, May became known as one of the Belleville Three. The trio invigorated the 1980s Detroit house music scene and are credited with pioneering techno. May continues to......
Continue Reading "The Rump Shaker: January 3–9"April 12, 2007
Since April is Earth Month, it seems like a good time to take a look at the world of second-hand shopping. After all, buying used consumer goods does help reduce, reuse, and recycle. We visited almost every Value Village, Goodwill, and Salvation Army in the GTA to find out which locations had the best merchandise. Here's what we discovered: Is thrift store shopping really green? While it's great that gently used clothing and housewares aren't......
Continue Reading "I Might Be Able To Help You With A Song About Thrift"June 26, 2006
Yonge Street below Dundas... A group of hot young guys are walking home after a night of Big Primpin'... Man in Speeding Car: Faggots! Hot Young Boy #4: We're also dancers and hairstylists! And this is why we still need Pride.........
Continue Reading "Streeter Post-Pride Edition"November 2, 2005
Two major art fairs in town this week mean that it'll be hard to wander around Toronto without hitting an artist, critic, art dealer, patron or hanger on of some sort. First there's the Toronto International Art Fair (Nov. 3-7, $16), which is arguably the best use of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre that we've seen (sorry comic book fans and sci-fi geeks). It sure beats all those car shows and dentists' conventions. Torontoist highly......
Continue Reading "Toronto Art Explosion"June 1, 2005
New night, new venue, and all kinds of pop - "Regional Hip-Hop, Mashups, Grime, 80s, Bubblegum, French, Funk, Dancehall, Reggaeton, Disco, Rock, Baile, Glitch." The DJs (Random Play and Big Primpin) request that you send them mixtapes and mashups, and TOist requests that you send us your definition of 'glitch' music. We don't get out much.......
Continue Reading "Pop Wednesdays"