Don Cherry wearing plaid
If you noticed more-than-normal numbers of folks geared up in plaid leading up to Father’s Day there’s an explanation.
Prostate Cancer Canada kicked off a new campaign called Wear Plaid For Dad to coincide with the day. Like the title suggests, it mostly involves the act of wearing plaid. For a good cause.
In an article for Samaritan Mag I spoke to Prostate Cancer Canada’s Rocco Rossi who explained what the whole campaign was about.
Filed under Health, Shameless Promotion
Speed Of Light, Jonathan Demme’s Made In Texas
Jonathan Demme’s Made In Texas is a collection of six short films he made while in Austin, Texas in 1980.
First the first time in decades the collection is being toured around to various film festivals.
Sarah reviewed Made In Texas for Consequence Of Sound.
Filed under Films, Shameless Promotion
Matthew McConaughey
In Sarah’s ongoing analysis of various Hollywood stars’ fight pedigree her most recent target was True Detective Matthew McConaughey.
It turns out Mr. Alright Alright Alright knows a wee bit about boxing and as apparently tried his hand at mma.
The full details of which are in an article Sarah wrote for Fightland.
Filed under Films, Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion, Television
Diamond Tongues
Back when I was working on George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight they used the live set for a scene in Diamond Tongues featuring July Talk’s Leah Fay.
The higher ups didn’t really tell most of the staff they were doing this so when she appeared on set there was very much a “Who the fuck is this chick and why is she being so annoying?”
It turns out there was a very… enthusiastic… reason why Fay’s appearance with Strombo played out the way it did.
Sarah wrote a review about Diamond Tongues for Consequence Of Sound.
Filed under Films, Music, Shameless Promotion
Polaris Music Prize Long List announcement
The 2015 Polaris Music Prize Long List was revealed recently in Halifax.
I did a bit of reporting and surface-level analysis on the 40 albums that made the Long List for the official Polaris site.
By the way, only two the five acts I voted for on my Polaris ballot made the Long List — Alvvays and Frazey Ford.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
