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ISSUE 36 Summer 2010

online content:

• The Eh-List

  by JOHN SEMLEY 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

  by RAHAT KURD At the height of Michaelmania, everyone moonwalked—even Muslim kids in Hamilton, Ontario. [full text]

• The Intelligent Universe

  by ABOU FARMAN 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

  by MARK MANN Why do Swallowtails and Sulphurs swarm Alberta’s oil rigs? [full text]

• Adult Language

  by SALVATORE CIOLFI 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

  by VARIOUS 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

  by VARIOUS Letters from our readers. [full text]

also in this issue:

• The Music We Hate

  by THE EDITORS Seven top music critics take on the worst bands in the world.

• The Music We Hate: Broken Social Scene

  by CHANDLER LEVACK "There is more to Toronto’s music than a mediocre band with one good album."

• The Music We Hate: Radiohead

  by CARL WILSON "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]