Nov 02
I’m gonna file this one under – when it’s not evil to blog straight off a press release . . . November 1, 2011 (Toronto) – Robots of all shapes, sizes and skills will take over the Ontario Science Centre November 12 and 13 for the annual Robots Rule extravaganza. Some 20 of Canada’s top …
Oct 24
Having my book launch and doing my first reading was a lot like losing my virginity. Except I was sober, did not ejaculate in my pants and no one cried. But both experiences were discombobulating. So far, every authorial moment has been very different than advertised. I’ve received the acceptance letter and signed the contract, gone through the edits, …
Oct 19
If you’re in Toronto this Saturday, I’m launching my novel, Technicolor Ultra Mall. Here’s the details: When: Saturday, Oct. 22, 3pm Where: Bakka Books. 84 Harbord St. What: You’ll get to meet and chat with me, buy a book, have it signed, hear me give a short talk, then after, we’ll all head down the …
Oct 02
I never turn down an opportunity to travel to the suburbs. While quite a few of my urban cohorts view the regions outside Toronto with disdain, I see them as exotic foreign climes. Perhaps because, unlike a lot of people in Toronto, I’ve never been native to one. I grew up in a village and moved to …
May 06
It feels like I’ve been attending and complaining about FAT (Toronto’s Alternative Fashion Week) for years. Double checking that feeling against my blog archives, I’m surprised to learn that my memory is correct. My first mention of it is back in 2006 and now it’s, um, a different year. Also: Holy shit, I’ve kept this blog for …
Apr 12
On my days off I enjoy a pleasant sit, followed by a nice little nap and then, maybe, a jolly lay down. If I’m feeling particularly active, I might play some video-game baseball. This past week, however, I had plenty of stuff to do. And some of it might be of interest to you so …
Jan 13
Long time Grumpy Owl friends and popular Toronto blues/punk outfit, CATL are having a record release party at The Silver Dollar Room, 486 Spadina Avenue, Toronto (at College) on Friday, January 15, 2010, 9 pm. And I thought the cops shut The Silver Dollar Room down for drugs. And that wasn’t even The Silver Dollar …
Oct 06
Scotiabank hardly knows how to bank. It should come as no surprise that they can’t throw an artshow. I tried to attend this year’s Nuit Blanche. I put on a black suit, towed along my infernal device and a couple of infernal friends, thinking that there might be something to do or, at least, something …
Although Ryan Oakley began his career as a simple rake (drunk) he has since become Toronto’s most renowned flaneur (no car) and notorious dandy (overdresses). A misanthropic composer of psycho-geographical fictions (sci-fi), he is also a server of food, a tender of bar and a washer of dishes. While performing all these functions with efficiency and elegance (disdain and malice), he somehow finds the time to publicly criticize friends, strangers and cultural crap.
