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Guerrilla 24 – Winter 2012 Update

So, I’ve been wearing out my Guerrilla 24 jeans as much as possible since they arrived at my doorstep one balmy fall afternoon.  I’ve decided to track my progress through this photo series.  I can’t say there has been a…

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Moonrise Kingdom – Trailer 1

I hated overnight camp.  I  felt left out from everything, maybe because I wasn’t suburban enough. I don’t know, but this looks fun.  I’m excited to see what dry wit and chemistry Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola might dream up.

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Jokers Of The Scene – JOT5 EP Preview

I got snared into going to the Gladstone Hotel for New Year’s Eve the other week and the only thing that made the stupid 40$ cover charge justifiable was that I would be seeing one of my favourite Canadian Fool’s…

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The Joy Of Books

No books were harmed in the filming of this video. (Source: Type Books Toronto.)

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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…

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Glerups: Warm and Woolly, Especially When Wet

Glerups are an exciting product from the Scandinavian land of warm and fuzzies, a.k.a. Denmark. I quite like the vibrant, earthy, woolly tones that they’re available in. But what are they exactly? It’s a sock, it’s a shoe, it’s a…

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Pingu’s THE THING

  As a horror/gore buff I’m ashamed to admit that I don’t remember watching John Carpenter’s The Thing,  or the shoddy remake of recent years, but I have reconnected with my favourite Swiss penguin mime, Pingu.  This claymation remake is…

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Active Child – High Priestess (CFCF Remix)

My favourite Montreal slo-disco producer CFCF has recently released this remix for Active Child, one of the more interesting groups on the post-dubstep/chillwave/borderline witch house groups to emerge from the Vagrant Records roster. Ok, he’s probably the only one. Listen…

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Palladium Winter 2012

I scored my first pair of Palladium boots at Lavish & Squalor maybe 4 years ago. I loved them because they were leather, winter proof and looked like a really upscale and rugged Chuck Taylor.  Sadly, my cat pissed on…