Shepard Fairey in Toronto: five things to know – Toronto Star
Shepard Fairey is a designer, political activist and artist best known in the last decade for creating the iconic “Hope” poster for Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign. In the late 1980s, he became an underground sensation, traveling across America with his…
The Art Of The Wind Rises – Miyazaki
I’ve not yet seen Miyazaki’s supposed grand finale and animation masterpiece “The Wind Rises” but VIZ Media has proudly released the art book to accompany the acclaimed fictional biopic of Jiro Horikoshi, the designer of Japan’s Zero fighter plane….
How To Drink Snake Blood in Vietnam And 101 Other Things Every Interesting Man Should Know
Having grown up in Paris, traveled the Middle East a number of times, and even lived in Taipei for a year, I’d like to think that I’m a fairly well-rounded worldly person — an “interesting man” as the book…
Brangelina x Palladium Boots x Shipwrecked Seafood Bar & Grill
It’s moments like these that confirm that my life is on the right track. Brad Pitt was spotted in some of my favourite Palladium kicks (Pallabrouse baggy), at THE SHIPWRECKED SEAFOOD BAR & GRILL in Airlie Beach. Hell to the…
Mastodon – Black Tongue – Double Black IPA
Mmmmm. Never tried their last brew but looking forwards to snagging one of these somehow. Call your LCBO in the name of the all mighty MASTODONNNNNN. MASTODON, which released a limited-run lager in 2009, is once again retuning to one…
Natasha Kudashkina “DOTS” show @ Cabal
Natasha Kudashkina is an award winning visonary artist/body painter/tattoo artist and doer of many things! Check out some shots from last Friday night’s art show. In 2011 she placed second at the North American Body Painting Awards in Dallas,…
Rewind: Toronto’s Jungle Scene In the Late 90s – BlogTO
Summer 1998 was a time in Toronto’s history when our town was a mecca on the North American party map. Hordes of loved-up music fans would flock from all over the continent to experience up to 5,000-strong warehouse parties…
Mist – Tilt – Alëxone @ Gallerie AtDown
I first met street artists Mist and brother from another mother, Tilt, back in 2009 at Toronto’s Circa club opening in collaboration with Kid Robot. They were both running around airbrushing babes with their signature bubble letter styles. It’s…
Blue Cat Crap – Gary Taxali
As if there weren’t enough cats on the internet, now you can frame them on your walls too with Gary Taxali’s Blue Cat Crap. Comes with a free box of fries… and kitty litter. Ok, not really. If you’re…
Nuit Blanche Toronto 2012 and the Post-Modernist Revolution
Highlights of Toronto’s Nuit Blanche 2012 – Being featured in Vice’s scathing critique of post-modernist art and e-tard exploitation. – Douglas Coupland’s Museum for the End Of the World. Maybe I missed a few things but it would have been…