May 2012
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The Party Politic. I'm throwing a party. Sort of. →
This week, in The Grid, it’s me talking about how and why we (don’t) feel safe on the streets or in bars, and the process of what it was like organizing an afterparty for a nu-wave gurl movement. And how I relate. And why it’s important. It’s tomorrow. Come. Dance. (But please ignore the column title. It makes me cringe.)
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Friday Night Lights & The House Party. Part II. →
Let’s play “Where’s Paul?” These rad kids opened up their mansion of a flophouse to host an alternative light source party thing. This is what happened. For The Grid.
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I have been thinking about HIV since the age of... →
The Canadian Association for AIDS Research held its second annual gala to raise awareness for the HIV/AIDS cause among younger people. There are more words and experiences that, one day, I will find a way to say. In The Grid.
April 2012
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“Thanks for coming out. I hope you all by condos. I’m sure there’s enough for...”
– And that’s how Eight and a Half’s frontman, Dave Hamelin, sells you condos, kids. In neighbourhoods that… probably don’t need it? Anyway, see pretty renderings and my two-bit iPhone photos. Oh, and meet the Wizard of Oz. In The Grid.
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Is fashion's face really changing? →
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Toronto's rave child lives in The Promise Land →
…and other scenes from the city’s best-kept party series. This week’s column for The Grid.
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NEW BAR ALERT + is West Queen West dead? →
This owner gave me the melodramz because he didn’t want me to write about his new bar. Fair enough; I made my concessions. There was this whole bit about resurrection - anyway the whole tone of the story was fucked as a result. And it ran anyway. (If you care, but you probably don’t.)
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WatchActually the best scene ever on any television show.
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Where to put a red-light district in Toronto? →
Not sure if you’d hate me for (sort of) doing what I say we shouldn’t be, but the conversation about this terrible idea has been missing the point entirely. For The Grid.
March 2012
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The new Tupperware party →
Women renting dresses. Buying jewellery. Buying chocolate. Whatever. With cocktail service. This week’s column, in The Grid.
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“Of course, the act of hair removal on every piece of bodily real estate is...”
– “At the Root of Beauty.” Being neurotic about losing my hair and being a man and why it’s the one cross-cultural thing that is supposed to makes us feel beautiful/confident/powerful/rich. For The Genteel.
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Whiskory: A history lesson: Prohibition x Canadian... →
…also known as “What I did in Windsor for 24 Hours.” I toured a mansion. Drank enough to fuel a country album. Click for pics, word play, etc etc etc.
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“The writer learns to write, in the last resort, only by writing. He must get...”
– Paul Johnson. Another Paul, same story. About how to write, and why I write, and keeping writing, and never stop, not even for online commenters.
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Up & Coming: A new art/sex/etc mag →
More photos in the gallery. Click the link. By Becca Lemire. For The Grid.
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The curious case of being a "white" "non-white" →
A guest contribution I did for the Ethnic Aisle. About being from two different races, and growing from two different places.
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“Indeed, this is what Fashion Week in Toronto is, or what it has always been, and...”
– From The Night Shift: Dear “fashion” kids, please return to Earth. Same shit, different day.
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“The reality is that these places don’t do much to quell a growing city-wide...”
– Me, on beautiful bars in now-more-beautiful Toronto, and the reality of it all. In The Grid this week.
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Q+A: Denise Cronenberg, costume designer →
Yes, that Cronenberg. The #RPatz fans went nuts with this because, well, she dressed him in his next movie, Cosmopolis, and we talked about that + other serious costume designer-y things. For The Genteel.
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The Night Shift: Meet Dudebox →
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I'm recapping this show for Toronto Life →
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February 2012
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The Night Shift: Toronto's douchebag divide →
Probably the most level-headed - or depressing - thing I’ve written about nightlife in Toronto so far. Us and our empty fucking labels. For The Grid.
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Toronto's square club scene gets Cube'd →
CUBE is the shiny new club in town with a concept and capital behind it. Tour the space. Go for yourself. Photos by favourite Irina Luca.
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A D.I.Y. Life & The Maker Movement →
Discussing the future of all the do-it-yourself types + the big $$$ infusion that’s ruining the very spirit of the thing.
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Songs: a dance party where local bands are invited... →
It’s monthly, and super spaß. In The Grid.
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Q+A with L.A. artist Steven Harrington →
…chatting about the intersection of art and fashion, the nature of craft and inspiration, and his new collaboration (below) with footwear brand Generic Surplus. For The Genteel.
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The Night Shift: Welcome to Chroma →
There’s a new club den in town for the young kids with little money but big dreams. In a deep dark corner of the city that holds the final days of ’90s Toronto rave culture within its rooms. Rife with futurisms, probably a metaphor for all we have left in the night, or ever: to dance/party/smoke/drink/laugh/sweat until the end. And makes me think of this song. Always. Kelis, yo.
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I went to hear DJ Pauly D spin →
…and all I got was this article. Yes, Jersey Shore. Bedazzled headphones and laptops. The people who paid money. Young girls, old dudes. Ok, I know you’re curious. For The Grid.
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A brief history of love →
…from one lover to another
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“The outrage is tiresome and deeply hypocritical, in all the tiresome ways you’ve...”
– Sasha Frere-Jones — M.I.A. Shouldn’t Have Apologized (via annaetc)
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The Night Shift: Into the Comfort Zone →
Inside Toronto’s most notorious [public] after-hours club. Consider this Part 2. For The Grid. All of my drug references were cut, though, and shit got so heated comments were shut down. Still, it might not have been snowing on the patio, but there was a blizzard inside. Another truth: Despite how much fun everyone seems to be having, watching people mount the white horse right front of...
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“Yes. Writing is always a way, for me, of coming to some sort of understanding...”
– Abridged excerpt from Believer mag interviews Joan Didion. If you write, or want to, read this. Add to: “People who inspire the fuck out of me.” Not even for who she is, or how she writes, but because of the way she approaches her craft.
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The Night List: things to do in Toronto this... →
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How do we feel about men in high-heeled shoes? →
History + power v. oppression + women + gender expression + sexuality + fashion + homophobia + etc
The concepts that intersect when it comes to the high-heeled shoe. Thoughts on this, the disservice of the fleeting ‘men in heels’ trends + more for latest Life, etc. at The Genteel. Also, two completely different approaches to men in heels circa now. Which one do you think is less...
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The Night Shift: The anonymity of after-hours →
Inside the clandestine, not exactly legal places that keep the party going long after last call. Part 1. For The Grid.
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January 2012
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