Category: media
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the lord of the rings musical
What better way to commemorate the end of the short run of shows The Lord of the Rings musical had here in Toronto than a review of the one I saw in August? I went to a Sunday matinee viewing of the musical at the Princess of Wales Theatre. Even at the end of its…
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the dresden dolls concert
Saturday night was a Panic! At the Disco concert, with The Dresden Dolls as the opening act. I went and saw it with my friend Yevgeny, who runs the YListen radio show early Sunday mornings. He’s got a good review of the show up on his website, so I’ll just post these pics I managed…
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the birds in dundas square
Tuesday evenings are movie night at Yonge & Dundas Square. Every week throughout the summer, a feature monster film is played for the public gathered in the square. I had not yet had the chance to attend a screening, but I finally gathered a few friends and checked it out this week. They showed a…
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the importance of your website’s content
I’ve noticed a bit of a trend lately in many of the web pages that appear; get excited about creating a website, have it designed, and… leave it empty. This is doing your business no good. Having a website is a great idea; leaving your page to then sit without content is not a great…
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finally, a good book
Working in the book industry brings along with it some perks such as, once in a while, free books. Not all the time do these books prove to be worthwhile reads. I might gripe about them collectively, but they barely seem to be worth writing bad reviews for. I think I have enough faith in…
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amazon.com’s online reader service
Amazon.com is once again beginning to amaze (scoff!) me. I just recently started paying attention to the American giant again (I’ve been hanging out on Amazon.ca for the past few years, which is sufficiently behind its parent as to be still stuck in the late 90s – or so it feels) and I cannot believe…
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books these days
Working in the book industry, I’m exposed to more than average amounts of book articles and opinions. We also get free books from publishers every once in a while, as gifts. I don’t know whether my disappointment in the quality of books I’ve chosen to read lately is simply due to my having grown up…
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ladytron in toronto
The boy and I attempted to scalp tickets to see Ladytron. But at $60 bucks a pop, we decided we’d just walk around and see if anyone else had tickets available. It turned out they didn’t, but the experience of doing that was far greater than it would have been had we just gone in…
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Ylisten
As mentioned previously, the boy has obtained his own weekly radio show over at CKMS 100.3 FM Radio Waterloo. As a way to help promote it, I’ve designed a website for him. The content is still being written up, but the design itself is complete. I chose a masculine colour pallette of brown, cream and…
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new radio show: Ylisten
My boyfriend is starting his own radio show at Waterloo University’s campus radio station today. Listen online every Tuesday from 3:00 – 5:00 PM at http://ckmsfm.uwaterloo.ca/webcast.html. The format is two hours: the first, dedicated to electronic music; and the second, dedicated to indie rock bands. He’ll be bringing the very best of electronic and indie…