Link of the Day: Bandcamp
“So what’s Bandcamp then? We’re a publishing platform for bands, or, anthropomorphically/arthropodically-speaking, your fifth, fully geeked-out Beatle – the one who keeps your very own website humming and lets you get back to making great music and building your fan base. “If this all sounds as highly satisfactory to you as we hope, we invite […]
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The day leading up to Everyone’s a DJ is always a hectic one
I’ve had a number of people sign on for tonight’s edition of Everyone’s a DJ within the past twenty-four hours or so. Unfortunately, I’ve also had a couple of cancellations, mainly due to the weather and various unforeseen circumstances. That’s the way it goes, I’m afraid. When you’ve got sixteen people on a bill, there’s […]
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Democratic malaise and the professional political class
We’ve looked at voter frustration and the structure of our democratic institutions as reasons why people all over the world have lost interest and faith in democracy. So far, many of these ideas have been drawn from the pages of Richard Swift’s book The No-Nonsense Guide to Democracy. “But democracy’s malaise,” Swift says, “goes deeper […]
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Link of the Day: Allrecipes.com
It doesn’t get much more thorough than this. Have a look, run some searches, read some articles, and see what you can take away from it.
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“Marriage is the ultimate right”
Tonight the Metropolitan Community Church will celebrate the tenth anniversary of Canada’s first same-sex marriages, which were performed at the MCC on this day in 2001 by the Reverend Brent Hawkes. The Star has the story. Joe Varnell and his husband Kevin Bourassa, as well as Anne and Elaine Vautour, were married in a highly […]
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I’d love to fill the last of these Everyone’s a DJ spots tonight (plus some updates!)
With the clock ticking, I still have a few of the later spots to fill at Everyone’s a DJ tomorrow night. I’ve updated the schedule on our website, as well as our event listing on Facebook, and I’ll keep on doing so as the spaces get filled. Have a look, see what’s available, and grab […]
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Link of the Day: Back to the World
Today’s link is Back to the World, “a group blog about the works of art and culture that happen to be on our minds. It’s made in Toronto by Chris Randle, Margaux Williamson and Carl Wilson, with occasional guests.”
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I’ve still got a number of spots to fill at Everyone’s a DJ this Saturday
Saturday’s edition of Everyone’s a DJ is coming up fast, and we’ve still got some early and late spots to fill. If you’d like one, then I invite you to sign up. If you know of anyone else who might, please encourage them to do the same. The schedule will be updates as the spots […]
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Strong Words returns to the Free Times Cafe tonight
Strong Words, the reading series I co-founded in 2005 and left in June, returns to the Free Times Cafe tonight at 7:30 PM with what’s sure to be another great reading. Darren Bifford, Michael Lista, Paul Vermeersch and Natalie Zina Walschots will be featured. Do check it out if you can, guys. It’ll be the […]
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