Point of View

More Gore: An Immodest Proposal

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

There simply is not enough extreme violence in video games. I implore the public, the Canadian government, and the video game industry to w...

Misogyny Goes Pop

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

Eminem's duet with Elton John at the Grammys last March proved two things: 1. That Mr. Mathers is no longer on speaking terms with any semb...

Welcome to Fantasy Island

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

Television critics gripe a lot about reality TV — that it's crass, demeaning, just plain dumb and not really real. But reality TV is the mo...

Trapped In My T-Shirt

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

It started innocently enough, as these types of things most often do, with a Nirvana T-shirt. You know the one, it has that big, blissful,...

Real Life is Stranger Than Fiction

"Get a life!"

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

Every music-obsessed geek has been susceptible to this belittling phrase, meant to imply that to be lost in song is to be a lost soul, remo...

The Late, Late Show

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

I turn 30 years old in October. I have trouble staying awake for more than the first 30 minutes of CBC Radio's "Brave New Waves." My previo...

New Tunes, Classic Problems

Both Sides of the Reissue Dilemma

PUBLISHED Dec 20, 2007

A reissue is a double-edged sword: old tracks or entire CDs are unearthed and given them new life by putting them in a contemporary context...

Reggaeton Exchange Program

Island Sounds Outfox Colonials

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

You could call it cultural opportunism or you could call it a cynical marketing manoeuvre — and you'd be right on both counts — but when th...