From Buzzfeed Paul Verhoeven, the controversial director of Showgirls and Basic Instinct, brought his crowd-sourced film Tricked to the Tribeca Film Festival. Even though it’s strung together from online submissions, it’s not nearly as out there Continue reading
From The Toronto Review of Books Like the Mint Julep, the Gin and Tonic is of unusual provenance. Similarly born out of a unique historical conjuncture of East and West, the seemingly timeless Continue reading
The Toronto Comic Arts Festival (2013) was not your average convention. People weren’t dressed in carefully considered costumes or walking around in character stockpiling freebies indiscriminately. Set in the Toronto Reference Continue reading
From Flavorwire Most fans of literature and free speech will be well aware that censorship (or at least attempted censorship) is alive and well in the United States. Recently, a parent Continue reading
Thank you, graffiti artists, for making our streets a little bit smarter. How many of these literary references do you recognize? 1. Kurt Vonnegut, “Slaughterhouse Five.” 2. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, “The Little Prince.” Continue reading
From Blank on Blank The late, great David Foster Wallace interviewed by Leonard Lopate on May 4, 1996.
Founded in 1976 with a focus on soul music and mod subculture, Kops Records (229 Queen St. West) is Toronto’s oldest independent record store. It’s known for housing the largest selection of seven Continue reading
A cell phone exchanges hands. Tom: “Hello, Gwen. How you doing?” “Ok. Is it really…?” Tom: “Yeah, I really am.” “I’m excited about your movie.” Tom: “I hope you enjoy it.” Continue reading
1. This Harry Potter wrapping paper. “Any Harry Potter fan would be delighted to receive a gift wrapped in the corpse of their childhood.” 2. This pumpkin. “Pro: no gloopy pumpkin seed Continue reading
From The Toronto Review of Books Ah, business language. It is a concept that gets more interesting the longer you consider it. Native to the office environment, it is a Continue reading
Suppose there’s a company that Offers you a product you can’t refuse: A well-dressed employee sees you Looking at Z. She says that Z is a Lifestyle enhancer. Remove the Continue reading
From Huffington Post Canada Years ago my friend and colleague was fortunate enough to take classes with queer poet Allen Ginsberg at Brooklyn College, where he was a student in Continue reading
