CC Mixed & Ready presents: The Sheepdogs @ Echo Beach Sept 2012

CC Mixed & Ready presents: The Sheepdogs @ Echo Beach Sept 2012

The Sheepdogs first flew onto my radar last March when I ducked into a room they were playing in at the Royal York Hotel during registration at Canadian Music Week 2012.  I was told that there would be free beer in said room, but it Read more

Locals Only Fest – Summer 2012

Locals Only Fest – Summer 2012

A dusty gravel pit outside the Amsterdam brewery corralled by gourmet food trucks served as a soundstage for dj/producers at Toronto’s very first Locals Only festival, a concept that combined up-and-coming promoters, dj/producers and bands, backed up by visual arts from the Everyone Is An Read more

Museum Secrets – Season 2

Museum Secrets – Season 2

I’m not gonna lie, I’m pretty excited about Museum Secrets – Season 2.  Being an ancient history geek and Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations studies grad from U of T has its benefits when it comes to specialty TV these days.  One of the great Read more

Take Me With You Fest @ Kensington Market

Take Me With You Fest @ Kensington Market

  NOW TUBE Q&A with Brazilian garbage artists PADO AND RODRIGO MACHADO TALK TRASH BY GRAEME PHILLIPS & JESSE SHIP An Interview with Rodrigo and Pado Machado of Brazil’s Urban Trash Art, two brothers whose mission is to make art sculptures and installations from things Read more

DJ Nu-Mark & His Million Dollar Toy Show

DJ Nu-Mark & His Million Dollar Toy Show

(Don’t forget to click on Part 2 of the set!) The last time I remember seeing DJ Nu-Mark was maybe five years ago at the Jurassic 5 show and he pulled out a PlaySkool mini turntable which he used to scratch on 45s with. The Read more