This latest edition is part one of a two-part series featuring Lynn Slotkin, theatre critic and publisher of the widely-read Slotkin Letter.
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NEXT EPISODE: Aug. 12, 2011
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Friday, May 06, 2011
Revisiting CKLN
Episode 51 of This Is Toronto is now available!
This latest edition is part one of a two-part series that revisits CKLN. The Ryerson-based station was forced to vacate 88.1 FM, but is still broadcasting online.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
woman knocked out [by] cold
today my cold has knocked me out. cold. i missed seeing steph and elyse and nolan today, slept through the whole day. i hear my phone ringing and i can't find it. i'm pretty sure it's in my bed.
last night my parents and daisy brought be food and treats and company. i feel right asleep and went into a time warp which dropped me off this evening.
i know i have things to do, but i can't remember them. i feel like dufferson who is currently enjoying senility.
i moved from my bed to the couch. then i walked my dogs around the block. i am quite sure i took a shower because i smell fresh. i am drinking water with a shot of apple juice to quell the unfortunate tasted in my mouth.
i had all these things i wanted to write. clever insightful things. i forgot them. my nose is running, my throat is rough, my ears are clogged. what?
for all the people i didn't get back to: what i have to offer in terms of communication for today is this picture.
(i know one doesn't wear goggles to box).
love lisa anita "sniffles" wegner
Friday, April 22, 2011
Fashion Schematics
Episode 50 of This Is Toronto is now available!
This latest edition previews Toronto Alternative Arts & Fashion Week (aka FAT); Apr 26-29.
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Next Episode: May 6, 2011
This latest edition previews Toronto Alternative Arts & Fashion Week (aka FAT); Apr 26-29.
www.thisistorontopodcast.blogspot.com
Next Episode: May 6, 2011
Friday, April 08, 2011
Blue and White Love
Episode 49 of This Is Toronto is now available!
This latest edition features WeWantACup.com, a new website that hopes to maintain the Maple Leafs' presence in Toronto. According to the site's founder, the team's lack of success hurts the city in many ways.
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NEXT EPISODE: April 22, 2011
This latest edition features WeWantACup.com, a new website that hopes to maintain the Maple Leafs' presence in Toronto. According to the site's founder, the team's lack of success hurts the city in many ways.
www.thisistorontopodcast.blogspot.com
NEXT EPISODE: April 22, 2011
Friday, March 25, 2011
Moving Images
Episode 48 of This Is Toronto is now available!
This latest edition previews the 24th annual Images Festival.
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NEXT EPISODE: April 8, 2011
This latest edition previews the 24th annual Images Festival.
www.thisistorontopodcast.blogspot.com
NEXT EPISODE: April 8, 2011
Friday, March 11, 2011
Cinefranco
Episode 47 of This Is Toronto is now available!
This latest edition previews the 14th annual Cinefranco Film Festival.
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NEXT EPISODE: Mar. 25, 2011
This latest edition previews the 14th annual Cinefranco Film Festival.
www.thisistorontopodcast.blogspot.com
NEXT EPISODE: Mar. 25, 2011
Friday, February 25, 2011
Saving CKLN
Episode 46 of This Is Toronto is now available.
This latest edition features CKLN 88.1 FM.
Since 1983, this Ryerson-based station has been an alternative voice on the Toronto airwaves. But a recent CRTC decision nearly took it off the air.
www.thisistorontopodcast.blogspot.com
NEXT EPISODE: March 11, 2011
This latest edition features CKLN 88.1 FM.
Since 1983, this Ryerson-based station has been an alternative voice on the Toronto airwaves. But a recent CRTC decision nearly took it off the air.
www.thisistorontopodcast.blogspot.com
NEXT EPISODE: March 11, 2011
Saturday, February 12, 2011
You've got me on my knees.
My iPod is a wild mix of music, most of it put there by friends. So it was interesting to hear the original Layla by Derek and the Dominos followed immediately by Layla unplugged also by Eric Clapton.
Then hearing Layla unplugged directly afterward was remarkable. It sounded like the song was out of gas. Sounds like he could take her or leave her, whichever. And when Layla has Unplugged Eric on his knees it sounds like his collapse was too tired to stand up because playing that riff so slowly was exhausting. And he just wants to nap.
The original is blood red visceral and the guitar riff sounds like it came from his guts, ripped through his heart and Layla is the electricity that runs through his veins. When Layla has him on his knees I picture him desperately in love, enchanted, electric and collapsing to his knees in humility for the power her love. He's addicted to Layla, she has affected him so much. It's exhilarating.
Then hearing Layla unplugged directly afterward was remarkable. It sounded like the song was out of gas. Sounds like he could take her or leave her, whichever. And when Layla has Unplugged Eric on his knees it sounds like his collapse was too tired to stand up because playing that riff so slowly was exhausting. And he just wants to nap.Layla, you've got me on my knees.
Layla, I'm begging, darling please.
Layla, darling won't you ease my worried mind.
I tried to give you consolation
When your old man had let you down.
Like a fool, I fell in love with you,
Turned my whole world upside down.
Chorus
Let's make the best of the situation
Before I finally go insane.
Please don't say we'll never find a way
And tell me all my love's in vain.
Layla, darling won't you ease my worried mind.
I tried to give you consolation
When your old man had let you down.
Like a fool, I fell in love with you,
Turned my whole world upside down.
Chorus
Let's make the best of the situation
Before I finally go insane.
Please don't say we'll never find a way
And tell me all my love's in vain.
Friday, February 11, 2011
Your Online Funny Pages
Episode 45 of This Is Toronto is now available!
This latest edition features Bitstrips.com, a Toronto-based website that allows users to create their own comic strips.
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Next episode: Feb. 25, 2011
This latest edition features Bitstrips.com, a Toronto-based website that allows users to create their own comic strips.
www.thisistorontopodcast.blogspot.com
Next episode: Feb. 25, 2011
Friday, January 28, 2011
Shakespeare In The City
Episode 44 of This Is Toronto is now available!
This latest edition features the Spur-of-the-Moment Shakespeare Collective, a group of Toronto actors who strive to make the works of William Shakespeare more accessible.
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NEXT EPISODE: Feb. 11, 2011
This latest edition features the Spur-of-the-Moment Shakespeare Collective, a group of Toronto actors who strive to make the works of William Shakespeare more accessible.
www.thisistorontopodcast.blogspot.com
NEXT EPISODE: Feb. 11, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Pride in the CBC: A Musical Request and Challenge
A challenge - which I'm crossposting on several net.venues today:
A friend of mine in the UK recently pointed out a song to me by a gent name of Mitch Benn, "I'm Proud of the BBC". It's been making the rounds across the anglophonic portion of the Net, and quite possibly beyond that corner for a few months now. It's even generating some spin-off merchandise of its own.
And I like listening to it.
And it got me thinking.
It's no secret I have a pro-CBC/Radio Canada bias. Have had such for a longish while now. Some of you reading this posting - wherever you're reading it - share in that bias, and rightly so.
The point: I'd like to see a fan-song extolling the historical and present virtues of the Ceeb. I don't quite know what rules to set on the thing so we don't run afoul of any laws or lawsuits. I just know I don't have the lyrical talent we need for this.
HELP!!!
A friend of mine in the UK recently pointed out a song to me by a gent name of Mitch Benn, "I'm Proud of the BBC". It's been making the rounds across the anglophonic portion of the Net, and quite possibly beyond that corner for a few months now. It's even generating some spin-off merchandise of its own.
And I like listening to it.
And it got me thinking.
It's no secret I have a pro-CBC/Radio Canada bias. Have had such for a longish while now. Some of you reading this posting - wherever you're reading it - share in that bias, and rightly so.
The point: I'd like to see a fan-song extolling the historical and present virtues of the Ceeb. I don't quite know what rules to set on the thing so we don't run afoul of any laws or lawsuits. I just know I don't have the lyrical talent we need for this.
HELP!!!
Thursday, January 20, 2011
why i live my life on facebook
i woke up with a start at 420 am (yeah) with some ideas that i wanted to write down. including some new antics for chausette, my new born stoner sock puppet. after writing furiously so i wouldn't forget anything, i am now completely buck awake.
coffee? of course. i fired up the espresso machine and made myself a tall water with lime.
i realized again why i like facebook & blogging. my days are so free form, around meetings and shooting and playing and creating, all on my schedule. when i write things down on facebook it's like an electrical journal for me. i still have paper notebooks too, mostly for drawing.
i remember writing a facebook note after a friend had said "what's it like with a job where you're not really helping anybody". my friend wasn't interested in the answer but i was. so i wrote it down... and then people commented and discussed... and i realized that storytelling can be the best way to help someone. so yeah, thanks facebook.
i love going off the grid just as much. i'm not big into rules or doing something just for the sake of doing it. right now i will live my life on facebook.
lisa anita wegner
boss lady of the dufferson herman arts umbrella/ mighty brave productions
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Libraries
One of the things keeping this particular contributor busy over the last few months has been writing small commentaries for the Spacing Ottawa weblog.
Today's instalment focuses on the state and perception of the Ottawa Public Library's Main Branch. Libraries being yet another form of civic infrastructure, that infrastructure being Spacing Magazine's main topic of interest.
All of which leads me to wonder how people across Canada view their local libraries...?
Today's instalment focuses on the state and perception of the Ottawa Public Library's Main Branch. Libraries being yet another form of civic infrastructure, that infrastructure being Spacing Magazine's main topic of interest.
All of which leads me to wonder how people across Canada view their local libraries...?
Friday, January 14, 2011
Neighbourhood Art
Episode 43 of This Is Toronto is now available!
This latest edition features MABELLEarts, an organization that uses art to bring residents of the diverse Mabelle community in Etobicoke together.
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NEXT EPISODE: Jan. 28, 2011
This latest edition features MABELLEarts, an organization that uses art to bring residents of the diverse Mabelle community in Etobicoke together.
www.thisistorontopodcast.blogspot.com
NEXT EPISODE: Jan. 28, 2011
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