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"I’m going to Pakistan in November to share Q&A with young theatre artists during a festival celebrating Punjabi culture. I arrive on November 17. Look for more posts then."

. The featured performers for the evening are Alexander Toradze on piano and Andrew McCandless on trumpet. If you happen to be between the ages of 15 and 29, you can purchase a ticket for TSO performances (including this evening’s 8pm event) for the meager sum of $12 from the tsoundcheck website. If you are under 15 or over 29, tickets range from moderately expensive to more expensive. Tomorrow evening’s performance will be slightly altered as the TSO will play Shostakovich’s second piano concerto followed by the eighth symphony.

There is a beautiful quote about Myfawny Ashmore's art installation, Mario Battle No. 1. You may or may not be familiar with the piece. The first level of Super Mario Brothers is hacked to remove all game objects other than Mario, leaving nothing but the ground he walks on. You, as the player, are left to interact with his almost completely featureless world and take Mario for a walk. The beauty lies here -

We're just going to come right out and say it - we don't get podcasting. Yes, we know what it is and how it works, and what mp3 player du jour it takes its name from. But it's really just taking a pretaped file and putting it on your player to listen to a later time, no? Taping for the digital age. Why does that warrant a fancy name? And do people actually listen to podcasts on a regular basis? They must, because everyone and their mother has a podcast, or an impending attempt at one in the works. Even Metro Morning, who hopes "CBC Radio listeners will be able to grab up-to-date local stories and information from Toronto's No. 1 morning show according to their own schedule." We find it hard to believe that people are going to pick up Andy Barrie's all-important morning musings to listen to them over lunch, but perhaps they will. Perhaps we're just lazier and less inclined to listen to old news than the rest of the world.