D-Sisive plays a cafeteria
Awhile back I tracked down musical road warriors Ian Blurton, The Pack A.D., D-Sisive, BA Johnston, The Dirty Nil, Greys and Geoff Berner and asked them about the most pathetic shows they had ever done.
There answers were tragic spectacular.
To read about their full adventures head over to AUX TV by clicking here.
The scene at a previous Dudebox event
With the NBA All-Star Game/cultural circus dominating Toronto right now there are parties everywhere.
One of the few noble, affordable and super-cool ones happening tonight is the Dudebox party featuring DJ Windows 98, better known as Win Butler from Arcade Fire.
As cool as that sounds, the best part is probably the fact that 100 per cent of the profits from this party will go to the Kanpe charity.
I spoke to Dudebox organizer Daniel Tal about this for Samaritan mag.
To read the full story go here.
Filed under Booze, Concerts, Music, Shameless Promotion
MusiCounts concert
MusiCounts, the music education charity that’s run by Juno Awards overseers CARAS, has been around for 19 years.
In all this time, though, the organization has never put on its own charity show.
Until now.
I wrote about this new venture for Samaritan Mag.
To read the full story go here.
Filed under Concerts, Music, Shameless Promotion
Broken Social Scene at Pemberton Music Festival
The organizers of the massive Pemberton Music Festival in the scenic mountain community of Pemberton, British Columbia recently gave $100,000 to local arts and community groups.
I spoke to Evan Harrison, the CEO of Huka Entertainment, the company behind the festival, to find out what motivated them to give back.
To read the full interview head over to Samaritan Mag by clicking here.
Filed under Concerts, Environment, Music, Shameless Promotion
Beyonce
Perhaps as a response to Taylor Swift’s uncomfortably vampiric need to bring famous women onstage as part of her concerts, the Queen B Beyonce recently shared a bit of gal power from the stage in Philadelphia with another strong woman — MMA fighter Ronda Rousey.
Now, Rousey didn’t actually appear on stage with Beyonce. But Beyonce used Rousey’s increasingly iconic “Do Nothing Bitch” speech to introduce her song “Diva.”
Sarah wrote about this natural coming together of elemental forces for Fightland.
Filed under Concerts, Jock Stuff, Music, Shameless Promotion
I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
Risky Fuel 