MAISONNEUVE NEWS
- Our Fall 2010 Issue
- Maisonneuve's Fall Launch: September 21 at Drawn & Quarterly
- 'The Music We Hate' Issue Launch: July 8 at Cagibi
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- Intelligent Reactions to 'The Intelligent Universe'
- Lip Dubs, Camp and Common Ground in the Digital Age
- When the Streets Were Swept by Hand
- Santropol Roulant's Iron Chef Cook-Off
- Water Calligraphy
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POLITICS
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- The Music We Hate: Ariel Pink
- Issue 36 Launch: Interview With Pat Jordache
- Issue 36 Launch: Interview With Carl Spidla
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My Brother’s Keeper
December 13, 2009 Your country emerges from a civil war of mind-numbing brutality. You can fix the roads, but how do you heal an entire population?
In 1998, during Liberia’s civil war, teenage rebels surrounded a family and, at gunpoint, ordered the husband and wife to dig a pit. Clawing at the hard ground, the couple eventually managed a waist-high hole. The fighters became furious, threatening to kill the husband if the wife didn’t work faster, and she began digging more frantically. Without warning, the rebels shot her husband dead. Then they ordered her and the four children to cover him up. Before they could finish, rebels shot the two boys. Terrified for her two daughters, the mother fought back against the armed men …
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ISSUE 36 Summer 2010
online content:
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Where Have All the Monologues Gone?
Once, all that stood between you and the part you wanted was the right monologue. [full text] -
The Eh-List
You’ve heard of grindhouse, blaxploitation and kung fu flicks. But Canada has its own unique B-movie tradition—Canuxploitation—and new directors are catching on. [full text] -
Things That Make Us Muslim
At the height of Michaelmania, everyone moonwalked—even Muslim kids in Hamilton, Ontario. [full text] -
The Intelligent Universe
The next stage in evolution—a machine consciousness able to manipulate time and space—is just around the corner. The catch: humans will no longer be in charge. [full text] -
Mud and Butterflies
Why do Swallowtails and Sulphurs swarm Alberta’s oil rigs? [full text] -
Adult Language
The internet has changed the way porn writers depict sex. How one man nearly became a scribe of smut. [full text] -
The Music We Hate: Online Supplement
Online companion essays to our print-only "The Music We Hate" feature: Daniel Johnston, Destroyer, Belle and Sebastian, Lady Gaga, Timber Timbre, the xx and more. [full text] -
Dear Maisonneuve
Letters from our readers. [full text]
also in this issue:
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The Music We Hate
Seven top music critics take on the worst bands in the world. -
The Music We Hate: Broken Social Scene
"There is more to Toronto’s music than a mediocre band with one good album." -
The Music We Hate: Radiohead
"Radiohead's Intelligent Musicianship is always up in my face. It’s like being distracted, mid-act, by the fine detailing of a partner’s high-end labial cosmetic surgery." - [see full issue contents]