Miné Salkin JRNL 502 Dec. 03/09 Final Feature Submission DJ Heroes vs. Stephen Harper It's a mashup world. Get over it. My living room is throbbing with the posthumous glory of my favourite dead music star. It's a mashup party for one. The strained and tortured sound...
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukxu8FgrW10] An eye-popping delight for the indie-experimental lover. I don't think I've seen a decent music video since the 1990s. I believe the last "good" one would either be Radiohead's "Just" (1995) or "Californication" by...
DJ Spooky, a.k.a The Subliminal Kid, a.k.a Paul D. Miller, has always been on my mind. But that's how he gets to you. Luckily for me, I'm getting a chance to interview him in the next couple of day s about his new album The Secret Song, which is largely a commentary...
I know, this is not really arts and culture in Vancouver, but I'm a huge fan of chef Gordon Ramsay's Hell's Kitchen and had to blog about it. This season's winner is David Levey, from San Diego. He will go on to be the owner at the Ramsified Araxi Restaurant in...
It's official. Legendary Seattle grunge rockers have hit No. 1 with their latest album Backspacer, released September 20th. While the quintet has acquired a following of die-hard fans across the globe, their newest work has reinstated themselves to their former glory...
The European Union is trying to reverse one of the biggest health trends today: breaking the rise of hearing loss by restricting volume controls on portable music devices. The Globe and Mail wrote today that prolonged exposure to loud music causes permanent hearing...