Category Archives: music
The Best of 2013
In 2010 and 2011, I hastily slapped together ‘best of’ lists. Once again I find myself at the beginning of January with regrets I didn’t have more time to read more comic books, watch more movies or discover more music. (I particularly need to read more comic books; I’ve become stuck in old habits.)
So, despite [...]
Also posted in Best of 2012, comics, movies, Uncategorized
Tagged bernie, cabin in the woods, carly rae jepsen, chris samnee, daredevil, dark horse, david aja, die antwoord, django unchained, ed brubaker, fatale, grimes, hawkeye, holy motors, hunger games, imperial teen, irredeemable, jay-z, joss whedon, kanye west, leos carax, looper, magnetic fields, Manborg, mark waid, matt fraction, metric, moonrise kingdom, paul thomas anderson, quentin tarantino, richard linklater, rodney ascher, room 237, saga, scott speer, sean phillips, skrillex, sleigh bells, step up revolution, stephen chbosky, Steven Kostanski, the master, the perks of being a wallflower, The Raid, wes anderson
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Scoring The Dead Kid Detective Agency
Ever dream about the musical score for your book? Well, Aaron Chan, a Langara College student, made it so I no longer need to dream. I was astonished and flattered when this came up in my Google Alerts:
My final project for my Children’s Lit English class at Langara College. Using Evan Munday’s fantastic novel, The [...]
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Tagged Aaron Chan, langara college, score, soundtrack
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The Death of Geek Love
I’ve returned from The Hammer, where the gritLIT Festival treated me like a veritable king! Or a veritable Judy Blume! My gritLIT Festival events were amazing and the staff and volunteers were the best. I talked to about eighty students from three different classes at the Hamilton Public Library, during which I gave a short [...]
Also posted in books, Dead Kid Detective Agency, DOOM, Geek Love, reading
Tagged Dani Couture, emma woolley, Grace O'Connell, hamilton, judy blume, magnetic fields, natalie zina walschots, t&t supermarket
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The Best of 2011
I did it last year, so now I’m almost obligated to do it again this year (and every following year). But I like lists as much as the average High Fidelity record shop employee, so it’s no real burden.
As with last year, I’ve broken it into three important ‘best-of’ lists: comic books, movies and songs [...]
Also posted in Best of 2011, comics, movies, reviews
Tagged anya's ghost, attack the block, avril lavigne, axe cop, beginners, beyonce, book of mormon, bridesmaids, countdown, criminal, cults, drive, fright night, hanna, hark a vagrant, hobo with a shotgun, infinite kung fu, kavinsky, ke$ha, lady gaga, morning glories, pope hats, robyn, sleigh bells, submarine, suicide squad, the artist, the guard, the intrepids, the lonely island, the raveonettes, the sounds, walking dead
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