Sunday. Usually, a quiet, contemplative day in the Blogosphere. But not here in the Ist-a-Verse. Nonono! Just look below and see all of the wild and crazy stuff our staffs are up to. In Austin, bands are beginning to confirm for SXSW and the rumor mill is up and running. Good thing, too, because we all know how much Austinites love live performances. Austin also found itself in the national spotlight, with Longhorn Legend......

Well, though he’s been away, this Torontoist certainly missed Toronto. And his feet are a size 11 Ron but nice try. But honestly folks, what has happened to our town since we’ve been gone? The Royal, the Revue, and the Kingsway closing down? Are you kidding us? This is a serious problem. Not only is it probably going to kill off (or at least make it difficult for) many of the small festivals that make......

Our regular Film Friday writer Mathew Kumar is absent so I'll be filling in for his very big (size 13, right Mathew?) shoes. We're still not sure why anyone would remake 1972's the Poseidon Adventure, but they gone and done it. Director Wolfgang Petersen must really making movies with a lot of water in it and we agree with Now in thinking that it's way too soon for a movie with big waves. Insensitive Holywood......

How do you further depress already morose Morrissey fans? Don't show up. Yep, Moz will not be booking Canadian dates for his latest tour in protest of the seal hunt. Morrissey's histrionic statement is here. This feels like a hoax but British music paper NME picked up the story so we won't be alone on this one if it turns out some cheeky Morrissey fan has pulled the wool over our eyes. We're not taking......

A friend of a friend of a second cousin of TOist, a Canadian in Japan, sends us this dispatch following the Cancontent mini-tour that shook up Tokyo last week. Note how capital letters are used to express disatisfaction over the show's early start time : WE MISSED METRIC LAST NIGHT! ARRRRRGGGGH. THE GUY WHO ARRANGED OUR TICKETS THOUGHT THE SHOW STARTED AT 1900H -- AND IT DID, THE NIGHT BEFORE IN OSAKA, WHEN METRIC WASN'T......