Month: June 2013

15th Annual Powerball

15th Annual Powerball

A lackluster, art lacking, rained out, 15th Powerball anniversary doesn’t mean it should fall short of a few trainwrecks and babely motor cycle wipe outs. Feast your pretty eyes.  

Mutahdi Drum Festival & Cherry Beach Promise Event

Mutahdi Drum Festival & Cherry Beach Promise Event

Sunday funday in the parks with the Mutahdi Drum Fest, now at Woodbine (no longer in Queens Park) with the Capoeristas to T-DOT Batú and  and a happy hoopin’ good time at Cherry Beach.

TRENTEMØLLER PENS ‘ABSTRACT SOUND CLASH’ SOUNDTRACK TO 15TH CENTURY PAINTING – AOL Spinner

TRENTEMØLLER PENS ‘ABSTRACT SOUND CLASH’ SOUNDTRACK TO 15TH CENTURY PAINTING – AOL Spinner

Danish electronic DJ/producer Trentemøller is currently working on a soundtrack to an apocalyptic painting hanging in the Danish National Gallery. The 15th century piece of unknown Spanish origin depicts a scene from the book of Revelations where the angels of God follow Lucifer, rather than the archangel 

JOHN DIGWEED’S NEW MIX WILL HAVE YOU ‘MASHING YOUR HEAD INTO THE GROUND’ – AOL Spinner

JOHN DIGWEED’S NEW MIX WILL HAVE YOU ‘MASHING YOUR HEAD INTO THE GROUND’ – AOL Spinner

After more than two decades as a DJ and 12 years as the label manager of Bedrock Records, it can said that John Digweed is a constant over-achiever. He’s persistently pushing himself, and crowds, with his signature progressive house and techno sound, which you can check out 

NIN + DFA = WTF? – The Hand That Feeds remixes

NIN + DFA = WTF? – The Hand That Feeds remixes

In anticipation of the new NIN album ‘Hesitation Marks’, I did some digging around for new tracks and instead came across this obscurity from 2008.  It makes me feel like there might have been a time when Trent Reznor and James Murphy hit it off 

Sensation Global Party Map!

Sensation Global Party Map!

  The task was to highlight some of the world’s biggest parties and compare them to the insanity that was Bud Light Sensation in Toronto. While Sensation may have been just one night, what we have below is timeless! Click to expand.

James Perse Boutique – Yorkville “Launch”

James Perse Boutique – Yorkville “Launch”

James Perse has been steadily building his brand of ultra-comfortable LA-styled pima cotton chic basics across North America since 2003, but his presence is fairly new in Canada.  I was at the Toronto store “launch” last month. I say “launch” because it has actually been