MUSICDisplay

Meet Me at the Met

by PAUL WINNER

February 6, 2010


A philistine’s first night with Puccini’s last opera.

The Great Comeback

by DAVE BIDINI

January 28, 2010


Twenty years ago, Dave Bidini’s musical career was in a funk. Then a chance encounter with a jazz legend turned it all around.

Interview with Ryan McNutt

by JAMES COVEY

January 11, 2010


Maisonneuve's new music columnist sings like a canary.

Things Done Changed

by ALESSANDRO PORCO

October 28, 2009


A trip to South Florida reveals that hip-hop, once the subject of legal and moral reprimands, has become a major fixture in the region.

Pop Montreal: The Problem-Solver

by SARAH COLGROVE

October 1, 2009


An interview with Pop Montreal producer Patricia Boushel, who brings us an insanely busy insider’s look at the city's best festival.

Pop Montreal: Hear Tune-Yards Roar

by DREW NELLES

September 27, 2009


An interview with Merrill Garbus: singular singer, DIY feminist, keeper of secrets.

Pop Montreal: Edge of the Island

by DREW NELLES

September 27, 2009


An interview with Sister Suvi’s Patrick Gregoire and My People Sleeping’s James Irwin.

Wop Hop

by ALESSANDRO PORCO

July 18, 2009


A recent Italian exhibit of an icon of American graffiti proves, once again, that all roads lead to Rome—even hip-hop.

I Like My Beef Beefy

by ALESSANDRO PORCO

May 28, 2009


When it comes to hip hop, the best things come in big packages.

Five Great Hip-Hop Albums You've Probably Never Heard

by ALESSANDRO PORCO

May 26, 2009


Five Great Hip-Hop Albums You've Probably Never Heard

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Winter

ISSUE 34

Winter 2009


ON NEWSSTANDS

  • A More Perfect Union

    by LES HORSWILL

    The border between Canada and the United States pits two great countries against each other. Les Horswill makes the case for a greater North American federation.

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  • The Happiness Project

    by SHAUN PETT

    Endless economic growth hasn’t made us happier, so why do governments still tie well-being to wealth? Presenting a new, made-in-Canada benchmark for progress.

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  • My Choice

    by A.M. HINTON

    For A.M. Hinton, abortion was simply another issue to debate over drinks. Then she became pregnant.

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  • Generation Geek

    by JOHN SEMLEY

    At a time when comic book culture has never been more mainstream -- or more lucrative -- where’s the line between wannabe and true believer?

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  • The Not-Quite Novel

    by NATHAN WHITLOCK

    In their scramble to find the next breakthrough book, publishers are marketing awkward hybrids that are neither literary enough to last nor commercial enough to entertain.

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  • The Fox

    by KASIA JUNO VAN SCHAIK

    The prize-winning story from last year’s Quebec Writing Competition

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ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

  • Soldier's Heart

    by JOEL ELLIOTT

    You’ve returned from a traumatizing tour of duty, suicidal and haunted by images you can’t forget. Why won’t the military help?

  • Flappers

    by CHRISTOPHER MILLER

    Cute, skinny and scantily clad, flappers gave the rough-and-tumble funnies a much-needed sexual charge.

  • Kill Them All

    by STEPHEN O'SHEA

    Eight hundred years ago, crusaders slaughtered twenty thousand people in Languedoc, France. Today, fascination with the massacre has turned the region into a tourist trap.

  • Old Gays

    by JEAN-YVES GIRARD

    The generation that launched the queer-rights movement is entering its golden years. Some are still in no hurry to step out of the closet. Translated by Valerie Howes.

  • Four Seasons

    by SUSAN BRISCOE

    Four poems

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