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  Who the Fuck are the Arctic Monkeys?

  DVD

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2006

  While new bands struggle to keep their egos and nerves in check, it only figures that the biggest of them all are playing it cool. Having a...

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  One Second of Fame

  FILM

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2006

  Been waiting for that elusive IMDB listing that will up your cool ante with your film school buddies? Point yourself to www.the1secondfilm....

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  Jaws of Life

  DOCUMENTARY

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2006

  The influence of Jawbreaker on modern punk and emo can’t be understated. The band’s break-up ten years ago was a shame, following their poo...

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  If I Only Had a Brain

  VIDEO GAME

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2006

  Sigh. My Nintendo DS thinks I’m 46. I think it has something to do with, um, er, my, uh… memory. Yeah, that’s it. After years of being told...

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  Adults Gotta Rock Too

  KIDS ROCK

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2006

  Children are all the rage these days. When they're not making their own music (Smoosh) or Devo's music (Devo 2.0), adults are writing songs...

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  Goodbye Boredom

  LIBRARY

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2006

  Like YouTube's nerdier, more comprehensive inter-cousin, the Internet Archive (www.archive.org) brings together an astonishing amount of in...

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  Sounds Like Celluoid

  FILM FESTIVAL

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2006

  Kudos are due to anyone willing to tackle creating a music-oriented film festival, but the organisers of Vancouver's Big Smash, which takes...

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  Canadian Pundit

  COMIC

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2006

  Guelph cartoonist Gareth Lind's weekly strip Weltschmerz, which appears in various Southern Ontario papers, is a politically current, left-...