The COMMUNITY Interrobang: “Documentary Filmmaking: Redux” (S3E8)
Posted by theashcan in Interrobang, Television on 18. Nov, 2011 | 0 Comments
Jef and Simon met in a school environment much like that of Greendale. That’s just one of the many reasons they love Community. They’ll be chatting about season three every week, and you should join them, because you’re streets ahead. Jef: Man. Simon: that was an amazing episode naturally to make us sadder Jef: It [...]
Come out to ‘Suburbs vs Downtown: the 416, the 905, and race and ethnicity’
Posted by Jef in Politics, Race, Toronto on 19. Sep, 2011 | 0 Comments
As you may have heard, there’s a heated war going on between the GTA’s downtowners and suburbanites. Or maybe there’s not. Who can say? You can – we’d like to invite you to a very, very informal talk session about the 416, the 905, and what race and ethnicity have got to do with it. [...]
Toronto Fan Expo 2011 Photos (and the Ashcan’s award for most amazing cosplay)
Posted by Jef in Seen at..., Toronto on 08. Sep, 2011 | 0 Comments
Lots of things happened at this year’s Toronto Fan Expo that will be forgotten quickly. “Djurdjegate” will become nothing but another arcane reference for comic fans, and nobody will remember that one time Hayden Panettiere got lost at the airport, not even her. But there is that one thing forever at Fan Expo: the woeful [...]
Q&A: Michael Rapaport on beefs, Nas and the controversies around Beats, Rhymes and Life
Posted by jessekg in Film, Music, Uncategorized on 28. Jul, 2011 | 1 Comment
New York actor Michael Rapaport (Boston Public, Higher Learning, among others) was 19 when A Tribe Called Quest dropped their debut album, People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm. They followed that groundbreaking album up with two of the most beloved (if not best) albums in hip hop, The Low End Theory and [...]
Red Hot Chili Peppers first new single: The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie
Posted by jessekg in Music on 18. Jul, 2011 | 1 Comment
Anticipation has been pretty high for the first taste of the new Red Hot Chili Peppers since they went on hiatus four years ago and lost guitarist John Frusciante (again). RHCP fans all remember the last time Frusciante left the band in 1992 after being an integral part to the recording of the group’s magnum [...]
