Book of the Month Club: La politique dans la peau by John Parisella
Part autobiography, part memoir, John Parisella’s latest book takes a retrospective look about Quebec politics from the 1970s to the 1990s.
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Top Five Demos of Montreal from 2015
Assault your ears for the new year (or rock out with yer…) . Chris Aitkens picks his top five demos from Montreal’s punk and thrash scene.
Mas Ysa: Nomadic Answer to the Electronic Genre
Moody Mas Ysa won’t tell us about his name (mysterious!), but he does talk about living as a nomadic musician.
Musings on the Day of Fête Nationale & Other Quebec Curios
“Gens du pays, c’est votre tour De vous laisser parler d’amour.“ (Gilles Vigneault and Gaston Rochon, “Gens du pays”) Anglos and religious [read on]
Review of Pique: What Happens in Vegas…
Quebecois theatre darling Robert Lepage brings mechanically spectacular soap opera to the TOHU
Metafiction for Fun: Kafka’s Hat
This book about books is loosely based on Kafka’s The Castle and highly self aware.
Miraculum : Dramatic But Formulaic
Podz’ new film Miraculum overuses music and intensity, resulting in a bland film.
Photolog: Monogrenade Launches Composite at La Tulipe
Monogrenade releases Composite at La Tulipe. This is Andres Roget’s photo journal of the event.
Meet Mark Lavorato. The World of Serafim and Claire
Serafim and Clare follows two artists, a photographer and a dancer, who come together as lovers despite their different backgrounds in Quebec of the 1920s.