The sun has gone down on a Wednesday night in Toronto. What was a bright and sunny May day after what has been a rather miserable spring has turned into a rather chilly night. I’m not usually the sort to hang out on a rooftop drinking beer when the temperature drops down to single digits,…
Listening to the the emotional confessions that make up PROJECT NIM, I found one question repeating in my head: With how emotionally involved all the scientists were getting in the experiment, how could they possibly have counted on purely quantifiable mathematic results? You might set out to prove that it’s possible to create a drug…
Wednesday night found me in a slightly louder environment – namely a brisk rooftop patio where I was introduced to this guy… He’s the subject of BEAUTY DAY, an awesome documentary by director (and fellow blogger / podcaster) Jay Cheel. Jay is very much in demand around Hot Docs so this episode will be short…
Elton John once said that some musicians are born into the wrong era; that there are many artists on the scene right now (and more from the past) that would have done immensely better commercially had they been playing to an audience with a different sensibility. While Sir Elton might not have named him specifically,…
There’s that old story that we all think we know so well: the woman who successfully sued McDonald’s for serving her coffee that was too hot. Her actions, which got a jury to rule in her favour to the tune of $2.7M seemed to be a shining example of a “frivolous lawsuit” that was making…
Rock & roll can be absurd. Thousands upon thousands will gather, stand around for hours on end in sun, rain, cold, or in dank cement rooms. They will clap, chant, and devote massive adoration to a prophet on a platform who will feed on that energy and turn it into entertainment for the gathered. Somewhere…
“What’s a talent wasted?” This question is posed by a parent in JIG. Specifically, it’s posed by a woman whose daughter has the potential to be a world champion Irish dancer. What she asks, is what good is it to know that someone is gifted and not do everything you can to nurture that gift.…
