The Toronto After Dark Film Festival,  now in it’s 5th year running, is the only festival in Toronto dedicated solely to the horror camp genre of film. First off, I must admit I’m not a huge horror fan. I find this to be the one genre that recycles the same plot over and over again and [...]

Okay, so many of you probably think it is vain to care about lashes enough to try and find a product to make them grow, and maybe it is – but if you have barely there lashes even with mascara on and use of a heated lash curler doesn’t help – then you might understand [...]

I was introduced to the work of Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy (also known as Will Oldham, Palace Brothers, Palace Music and so on) around the year this album was released, and the majority of music he has produced did not stick with me nearly as much as Superwolf has. Guitarist Matt Sweeney somehow managed to take [...]

So the 2010 Vancouver Olympics are over. It all ended Sunday night in a blaze of glory on the ice followed by a shamefully embarrassing closing ceremony. I am not usually a sports fan, and in general the Olympics are not really an exception to that rule. I enjoy the figure skating during the winter [...]

No not my room, get your mind out of the gutter. The Queen West hot spot hotel known as the Gladstone houses the rooms I’m talking about. In their seventh year running, this alternative design show never fails to impress. This is the show where the curators give the artists and designers free reign on [...]