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"It basically started as a way to hopefully get free CDs." In what seems like a dream to those of us yet to turn our internet noise into an escape from day jobs and a licence to sleep in, Dan Wolovick has, in a few short years, turned his reviews-based music blog Two Way Monologues into a full-time job. "I became inspired [to put on live shows] by a friend from a band who challenged me for never doing anything [besides] criticizing bands in reviews, and I've never looked back."

THEATRE: Tony Award–winning rock musical Spring Awakening starts its month-long run tonight at the Canon Theatre. Adapted from the 1891 play by Frank Wedekind, the decidedly alternative musical (with a score by Duncan Sheik and lyrics by Steven Sater) follows the sexual discoveries of formerly oppressed teenagers living at the turn of the nineteeth century in Berlin. The play, when it was first released, was initially banned in Germany because its not-so-feel-good topics include abortion, suicide, and rape. Parents all across the province are sure to grimace as their puberty-stricken daughters and sexually ambiguous sons announce they simply have to go see a bunch of former child actors take their clothes off on stage. But seriously, this musical is supposed to be really good. Canon Theatre (244 Victoria Street), 8 p.m., $28–$89.

SPORTS: It's Labour Day weekend, and you know what that means! It's time for the annual three-day soundtrack of the pending apocalypse. In layman's terms, it's the Canadian International Air Show, a celebration of flight and scared looks on tourists' faces as planes fly a little too close to the Toronto skyline. This year's performers include the Canadian Harvard Aerobatic Team, the Canadian Snowbirds Demonstration Team, and the Royal Canadian Air Cadets. Admission to the show is included when you visit either Ontario Place or the CNE. Until Monday. Exhibition Place (200 Princes' Boulevard), 1 p.m.