online content:
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by SHEILA HETI
Once, all that stood between you and the part you wanted was the right monologue.
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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.
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by RAHAT KURD
At the height of Michaelmania, everyone moonwalked—even Muslim kids in Hamilton, Ontario.
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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.
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by MARK MANN
Why do Swallowtails and Sulphurs swarm Alberta’s oil rigs?
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by SALVATORE CIOLFI
The internet has changed the way porn writers depict sex. How one man nearly became a scribe of smut.
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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.
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Letters from our readers.
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by THE EDITORS
Seven top music critics take on the worst bands in the world.
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by CHANDLER LEVACK
"There is more to Toronto’s music than a mediocre band with one good album."
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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."
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