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  History

  Love Sweet Love

  PUBLISHED May 24, 2008

  The nostalgia for British director Tony Palmer’s work continues with the astounding five-DVD set, All You Need is Love, rescued from obscur...

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  Comic

  Keeping It Real

  PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2008

  With vibrant colours and detailed drawings, Song of Songs is nice to look at, but what really sets this indie comic apart from all the rest...

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  Book

  Sabbath Mountain

  PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2008

  With his short stories masquerading as songs, John Darnielle — founding member of the Mountain Goats — has crafted a wide range of off-kilt...

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  History

  Remains of the Day

  PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2008

  So much of hip-hop’s "back in the day” talk revolves around what happened in New York and L.A, but so many more regional scenes need to be...

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  Website

  Muxing It Up

  PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2008

  There’s nothing like making a mix-tape for that special someone, but when was the last time you actually bought a blank cassette and put in...

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  Hip-hop Opera

  The Collaborators

  PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2008

  Hip-hop and opera aren’t obvious bedfellows, but an Urban Music Series being produced by the Canadian Opera Company in conjunction with the...

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  Novel

  Ibi Dreams of Riots

  PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2008

  While The Angel Riots is a fictional novel about a dysfunctional, Canadian art-rock collective, Toronto author Ibi Kaslik’s Broken Social S...

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  Comic

  Hook, Line and Thinker

  PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2008

  Acclaimed Quebecois cartoonist Michel Rabagliati returns with his fourth graphic novel about the life of Paul, a thoughtful, tentative man-...