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Exploring The Life Aquatic Soundtrack Without Mention of Bill Murray
With New Order’s “Ceremony” featured prominently in the The Life Aquatic trailer, one might assume that Wes Anderson had updated his soundtrack cuts from the late 60′s pop gems of Bottle Rocket,...
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O’Donnell to Toronto Theatre: Sssooorrrrrryyyy!
Local playwright Darren O’Donnell got himself in a bit of trouble the other day, when he told Eye’s Paul Isaac that the Toronto theatre scene was, by and large, “worthless.” That’s just not something...
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Da Vinci’s Ingest
Last night, before catching the opening night of Darren O’Donnell’s A Suicide-Site Guide to the City at Buddies in Bad Times, Torontoist stopped in Kathmandu (417 Yonge St., 416 924 5787) for a little...
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High School Confidential
Perhaps sampling Rockapella (Where in the World is Carmen San Diego? fame) and referencing Jonathan Swift and his Modest Proposal in your lyrics doesn’t seem like the best way to develop one of...
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It’s Better to Burn Out Than Be Unreleased
By virtue of the world wide web, Neil Young’s famous 1973 concert recording, Time Fades Away, is now available in digital format. Online petitions abound, the classic Young performance has been...
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Live Baby Live – Week of Oct. 9
Hoooo boy! Looks like somebody fed us way too much turkey this weekend. We’ve just come out of our tryptophan-induced comas and realized we lost an entire day. Not only do we have to deal with our...
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TTC Kills the Radio Star
Photo by David Topping/Torontoist. You know what’s hilarious? Ads that make fun of suicide. Why, they’re right up there with the ones that make light of rape. You know what else is hilarious? When a...
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Yes, Virgin, There is a Sanity Clause
Photo taken at Trethewey Dr. and Todd Baylis Blvd. on the evening of Wednesday, May 6, by Rami Tabello. Astral Media Outdoor uses Geotargeting Exclusive Solution—a proprietary GIS program mashing up...
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Subway Suicide Statistics Released
Photo by tomms from the Torontoist Flickr pool. Suicide by subway train has always been an issue kept under wraps by the TTC. At the risk of spawning copycat attempts, even the mainstream media have...
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Graphic Novella The Next Day Takes on Suicide
A page from The Next Day. Tina Kardassis, 34, has had a lot of rebuilding to do. As one of four interview subjects for The Next Day, a new graphic novella and interactive animated documentary based on...
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Toronto Police Suicides Spark Call for Investigation
Chief Bill Blair has been asked to report to the police board after two recent officer suicides. Within the past four months two Toronto police officers have hanged themselves, and the chair of the...
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Subway Suicides and the Case for Platform Barriers on the TTC
Platform barriers improve reliability and save lives—so why aren't we building them?Photo by Melina. from the Torontoist Flickr pool. Two Toronto subway lines came to a halt around dinnertime Monday...
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