Point of View

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  Innocent Or Criminal?

  Asian-American Idols Represent

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2004

  One is a dexterous street poet; the other, an adorable nerd. They are, respectively, New York City's Jin and Berkeley's William Hung, two m...

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  Return of the Foot Fetish

  Things Are Not Looking Up For Shoegazer Revival

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2003

  In a parallel universe, far out of range of electroclash and garage rawk, there's a vibrant renaissance going on. For the past two years, s...

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  Crunk In the Trunk

  New South Simplicity Skewers Lit-Hop

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2003

  The encroachment of white artists has led observers to argue that African-Americans will eventually leave hip-hop behind — as in the case o...

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  The Liz Phair Conundrum

  What Do You Call A Sell-Out Without Sales?

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2003

  "It's nice to be liked, but it's better by far to get paid." So sang Liz Phair on 1998's "Shitloads of Money," but with her eponymous new a...

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  Dancehall Days

  Sounds of Jamaica Dominate Summer

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2003

  Cottage country and Caribbean festivals. If you had to define Canada at midsummer, you could do worse than start with those two institution...

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  The Outer Reaches of the Blogosphere

  Online Diaries Are Vain, Silly and Essential

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2003

  The revolution is not being televised, nor is it being printed in magazines or newspapers. The revolution is appearing at the edge of the w...

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  MUTEK Melds Montreal

  Anglo and Franco Are One Nation Under A Groove

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2003

  By dint of our modesty (or our inferiority complex), Canadians have a hard time patting ourselves on the back for anything besides hockey p...

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  Reaction Radio

  Protest Songs Get What They Deserve

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2003

  "I was born with the voice of a riot," rasps Zack de la Rocha on the recent "March of Death," a raucous track that puts the rest of today's...