Spring Break
Kate Andres-Toal has a different meaning for 'cut-and-paste' than most. She knows it to be much more than a few clicks of a mouse, but associated with hours spent gluing together her latest issue of self-publication and a meaningful alternative to the ever-invasive world of mass media.
For the 26th consecutive year, Canadian Music Week will be heating up the streets of Toronto from March 5-8. Combining award shows, informative business conferences and hundreds of live bands from around the world performing at more than 40 different venues, it is unmistakably Canada's biggest and most important music and media event.
The beginning of each year is filled with a certain level of anticipation for music fanatics like myself. This time last year, those of us in the know were eagerly awaiting new records from the likes of Bloc Party, Modest Mouse and Radiohead. However, 2008 seems less filled with fans foaming at the mouth for new releases, and more like a bunch of people trying to decide if they will even have to try and find a record store.
On Mar. 2, BUFS' winter season resumes with The Walker, "a fine-tuned little thriller" according to John Monaghan, about murder, corruption and artifice in Washington D.C. Director Paul Schrader (American Gigolo) also wrote the film, adding to a long list of writing credits that also includes Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and The Last Temptation of Christ.
This week's Brock Boy and Girl are polar opposites, and that's why we love them. Joe, our Brock Boy, screams personal fashion because of his total disregard for traditional fashion rules. The fact that he boldly wears no-no colour combinations like black and navy blue impressed us.
City and Colour Bring Me Your Love This record is heavy and Dallas Green is too young to be making it. Five years ago, Warren Zevon released The Wind, a record he wrote knowing he was about to die from cancer. City and Colour's newest release, Bring Me Your Love, rivals that record in terms of weight.
Vantage Point is a film that tells the story of a major anti-terrorist summit that goes wrong. There are a number of well-liked actors in this film, including Dennis Quaid as a heroic Secret Service guard whose job is to safeguard the President. Last year's Oscar winner for Best Actor for The Last King of Scotland, Forest Whitaker, appears as a tourist who is enjoying the summit until terrorism strikes.
