Results tagged “nodynamics”

FESTIVAL: A two-day tribute to cult film The Big Lebowski is going down this weekend. LollapaDUDEza kicks off tonight with a screening of the film at Rancho Relaxo, and a Lebowski-themed costume contest. Following the screening, there will be a Lebowski trivia competition, as well as karaoke. Your ticket also gets you a free drink at the bar! If you can't make it out this evening, LollapaDUDEza has booked the Bathurst Bowlerama for three hours of (what else?) bowling tomorrow, from 4–7 p.m. After that, there will be a tribute night back over at the Rancho where local bands will be covering CCR songs and other Big Lebowski soundtrack gems. Rancho Relaxo (300 College Street), 9 p.m., $15 (or $25 for a two-day pass, which includes admission to bowling).

¡Prospero año! Perhaps the only party "weekend" that Torontonians take more seriously than Halloween weekend, New Year's starts days before the calendar ends and terminates in a hangover, often in strange settings. We have rounded up what this Torontoist considers the best parties at which to get your groove on and completely forget the year 2006. When the glitter settles, the real question will be, "Where's the afterparty?"

Torontoist wants to make sure we don't forget to send e-cards and presents to the lovely folks at Wavelength. The weekly indie music showcase is turning six and doing its best to top last year's excellent birthday festivities. Concerts start tommorow night with an ear blistering lineup at the Speakeasy (120 Church St.) that includes Anagram and Republic of Safety. But before all that rockin' out you can pick the brains of indie scenesters/stalwarts like Boat booker Trevor Coleman, eye editor Stuart Berman and more on a three part panel about the state of the indie scene in Toronto.

Some would argue that in this city, there are too many open jams with too many hack musicians showing up from every corner of the earth to make god-awful noise until no one can take it anymore. With this Torontoist disagrees, and wishes for more.

Lately, Toronto audiences have been no strangers to the diverse talents in Japanese alternative music. The appearance of Damo Suzuki a couple of years back at Wavelength was a nice surprise, and the "melodic instrumental noise unit " known as Mono put on a fantastic display of intensity this past summer at Harbourfront during a set at the Beats, Breaks and Culture Festival. And of course, there's Ron Burd, director of the music department at CIUT 89.5FM, whose close connection to the Japanese underground scene has kept the radio shelves stocked with such artists as Chiaki Kato, Kei and the Chitan Go Kings.

Over the past few weeks on Le Mercredi Mixtape, Torontoist has constructed several successful straw-man arguments, made a few ad-hominem attacks, and may have actually thought up some valid criticisms. But since there's too much free music and disparaging remarks to speak of this week, Torontoist abandons our essay format in favour of a more economical point form: