Before “found footage” and Paranormal Activity, there was this mysterious swinging door. Its random behaviour must have been due to some ghost that wanted to rattle everyone’s sense of security. Confound those ghosts and their mind games!
The Wall was played at the Berlin Wall at the time it fell, and it will be played from beginning to end in Toronto this Saturday when former Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters plays the Rogers Centre. The iconic album may have larger political leanings, but to Waters, it represents growing up after losing a father, which he said helped him to empathize with others. And don’t forget: you can’t have your pudding without first eating your meat.
Yep, it sure does suck when it’s your job to typeset and you let “your” stand in for “you’re.” Again. After 2,000 copies have already been printed. Remember: “your” is a possessive adjective and “you’re” means “you are.” Example: it’s your fault that we have to be stuck in this sweaty basement for another week printing out more copies. You’re such a tool.
It is time we had a leader who includes instead of excludes
The Beach Boys were in Toronto on Tuesday night, playing less the part of legendary rockers and more the role of ringleaders in an 11,000-person sing-along. The crowd on hand at the Molson Canadian Amphitheatre, most of whom had clearly grown up on the band, happily served as back-up vocalists, lending their voices to an anthology of Beach Boy classics.
With bands such as Wintersleep, Constantines and Fleet Foxes getting regular radio play, it comes as no surprise that Toronto-based folk/indie-rock band The Wooden Sky has an ever-growing fan base. With an impressive band roster, whose current and former members include musicians from Ohbijou, Timber Timbre, The Rural Alberta Advantage, Forest City Lovers and The Mars Volta, we admittedly hold The Wooden Sky to a higher standard.
Note to parents: when you work away from home too much and raise your eight kids on Alice in Wonderland and Ovaltine, you get this: an uncalled for sense of entitlement.
Live from the CenTre is a different kind of comedy troupe. Comprised of familiar faces from The Second City, this group takes on socially important and relevant issues — like teaching dogs how to read or recommending beets to cure depression — via an improvised web series.
We know all about throwing shade at political rallies, but throwing punches? That’s hardcore. And the guy on the receiving end is just so cool about it. He’s all like, “Give it to me.” Somebody probably said, “Dude, no one’s gonna to show up at the rally,” and he said, “Don’t worry about it” and then orchestrated the whole thing just to grab some attention. That’s really taking one for the team.
“Highway to the Danger Zone” was right. The latest adaptation of Top Gun! The Musical, playing at the Lower Ossington Theatre, spins out of control almost as furiously and tragically as the F-14 jet that crashed in Top Gun the movie, killing Maverick’s lovable partner, Goose.
Starting today, TIFF Bell Lightbox is screening a new series starring two of Hollywood’s buffest behemoths: Arnold “I’ll be back” Schwarzenegger and Sylvester “I’m your worst nightmare” Stallone. From Conan the Barbarian to Cliffhanger, Schwarzenegger/Stallone: The Rise of Beefcake Cinema follows the trajectory of the post-Steve McQueen, pre-CGI superhuman action hero.
Probably equally as weird as they are awesome, The Flaming Lips are playing at Yonge-Dundas Square this Saturday and will surely prove to be the highlight of this year’s NXNE festival. In the past, their psychedelic, far-out sets have included spaceships, puppets, loads of confetti and, of course, Wayne Coyne’sZorb.
