Ari Up!

One of my very favourite singers of the whole punk 'thing', Ari Up of The Slits died this week. I loved her in The Punk Rock Movie - mad respect to a performer with incredible style and spirit - I think of her every time I rock onstage from side to side.

The Uschi Digard File!

About a week ago, "the first book tribute to Uschi Digard", shipped from Creation Books' latest sub-press Wet Angel. Entitled "The Uschi Digard File", and limited to just 100 copies, this salute to everybody's favourite Swedish sexbomb looks like a sure bet for my Christmas wish list -- but why wasn't I asked to write it?

Do The Colonel Williams!

The trial of Col. Russell Williams is near ubiquitous in the media this week, and with it, there has been much self-reflexive discussion of media's role in handling repellent subject matter.

John Cruickshank of the Toronto Star speaks to the matter with the CBC, and I thought his description of Williams as, "both enormously frightening and tremendously pathetic", was unusually astute -- a rare bit of insight into how media plays out its self-serving, bent-over-backwards dance of bad news.

Eyesore Cinema Show & Poster!

No No Zero will be playing a special performance at Eyesore Cinema (801 Queen St. W., above Rotate This) at 9PM this coming Saturday October 30th. It's a free show and starting early -- so come on up, get a few crazy movies, and start your Devil's Night with some psychotronic rock'n'roll!

In the meantime, enjoy this sexy poster from Mr. Ryan Halpenny...

Majewski Streaming!

Anagram's entire musical catalogue - including their brand-new record, Majewski - is now available to hear in streaming format, or to download as digital files (MP3, FLAC, or Apple Lossless), at their label Dead Astronaut's website.

Majewski release shows will follow on Friday October 22nd at The Shop under Parts & Labour (1566 Queen St. W., Toronto), and Saturday November 6th at The Polish Hall (219 Olive Avenue, Oshawa); the Oshawa show will also feature a display of titular inspiration Michal Majewski's artwork.

Come celebrate this awesome new album, as well as the life and work of one of Oshawa's great talents.

Sexmap!

Here's the neatest website idea I've seen in a while: an interactive map of sexuality wherein four different-coloured pins (which the user applies) delineate whether a given fetish or activity has been tried and liked, tried and not liked, is something one would like to try, or something to keep in the realm of "strictly fantasy only".

The map was designed by Franklin Veaux of SymToys, an individual with a great deal of varied credits to his name, particularly in the area of polyamory and BDSM.

I must note also that a large (24x36") print version of the map is available to order (WANT). Get some darts and you've got yourself the craziest party game ever!