Danai Gurira
Danai Gurira’s character Michonne in zombie apocalypse television show The Walking Dead is a sword-wielding badass.
In real life Guira had to put in the training to be able to look good doing the undead slick ‘n’ dice on the show.
Sarah wrote about this training for Asian World Of Martial Arts.
To read the story go here.
Filed under Shameless Promotion, Television
Jiu-Jitsu
At UFC 196 two of the biggest wins — by Nate Diaz over Conor McGregor and Miesha Tate over Holly Holm — were capped off with jiu-jitsu finishing moves.
This was affirmation that jiu-jitsu, one of the most important elements to mixed martial arts, though one of the least flashy, was still vital to success in the sport.
Sarah wrote about this for Asian World Of Martial Arts.
To read the full story go here.
Filed under Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
Beck’s Odelay
Beck’s breakout album Odelay turns 20 in the next couple days so I felt it was a good reason to take a trip down to Hot Take City about it.
Marvel as I reference Jeff Buckley and Fatboy Slim and contemplate Beck sex faces.
Read the whole thing by clicking over to AUX TV here.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
Olivier Aubin-Mercier
Olivier Aubin-Mercier is one of the UFC’s fastest rising young fighters.
Aubin-Mercier told Sarah about the time he politely asked the guy throwing punches at him in the middle of a house party to stop.
To read the full story click here.
Filed under Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
Ghostface Killah
NXNE is a whole lot smaller and a little bit stranger this year.
The reason’s pretty obvious: if you’ve been paying attention at all there’s a music festival war going on in Ontario and sometimes you need to pull back to survive. So now there are less bands at NXNE, less venues and the whole concept of hopping from club to club has been mostly dismantled.
There is, however, still good music to be seen.
Below is my prospective where-to-go list (and yes, I’m aware this post is going up on a Friday and is therefore half obsolete, but screw you):
Monday, June 13
11 pm Eagulls @ Horseshoe Tavern
Tuesday, June 14
9 pm LOLAA @ Horseshoe Tavern
10 pm Peers @ Silver Dollar
11 pm Moving Units @ Silver Dollar
11 pm MSTRKRFT @ Horseshoe Tavern
Wednesday, June 15
8:30 pm Kiwi Jr @ Garrison
9:30 pm Only Yours @ Garrison
10 pm Shy Kids @ Silver Dollar
10:45 pm DJ Grouch & Remix Project @ Rivoli
Thursday, June 16
9:30 pm The Yardlets @ Garrison
9:30 pm Billy Moon @ Silver Dollar
10:30 pm King Khan & The Shrines @ Horseshoe Tavern
11:30 pm Bionic @ Garrison
11:30 pm SATE @ Bovine
12 am Walrus @ Sneaky Dee’s
Friday, June 17
1:20 pm Tasha the Amazon @ Port Lands
7 pm Ghostface Killah @Port Lands
8:20 pm Daniel Caesar @ Port Lands
9:15 pm Dig It Up @ Hard Luck
9:30 pm Schoolboy Q @ Port Lands
9:30 pm Escondido @ Lee’s Palace
10:15 pm Kevin Morby @ Great Hall
10:30 Duotang @ Horseshoe Tavern
11 pm Bad Sports @ Silver Dollar
Saturday, June 18
2:20 pm Land of Talk @ Port Lands
8 pm Laura Sauvage @ Lee’s Palace
9:30 pm Father John Misty @ Port Lands
11 pm Big Ups @ Smiling Buddha
11:15 pm Acid Dad @ Great Hall
12:30 am Kandle and The Krooks @ Horseshoe Tavern
Sunday, June 19
9:15 pm A-WA @ Mod Club
10:20 pm Nails @ Hard Luck
I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
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