Tag: Toronto
-
Shiv and the Carvers – Physical Capital
Ripping fun Toronto ‘roller skate punk’ band set to open for Lambrini Girls.
-
Warburton – Sad Songs for Happy People
It sure is titled accurately. This EP should come with a content warning.
-
Killshot by Elmore Leonard
Second-tier (still great!) Elmore Leonard with a guest appearance by a dive I used to frequent.
-
Denison Avenue by Christina Wong, Illustrated by Daniel Innes
Moving and beautiful. It belongs in the Toronto Starter Kit. It’s one of the best things I’ve read in years.
-
Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures by Vincent Lam
This was a sensation in Canada when it was published in 2005. It’s easy to see why.
-
“There were a lot of people there with strange philosophies. I met someone who told me they were a time traveller and that their father was a pharaoh of Egypt.”
Toronto Life: The wildest stories from the legendary 888 Dupont art squat. I once worked with a photographer that lived there, and their stories were wilder than anything in this article. Still a fun read. It’s pretty sad that we’re losing all of these places. With the crazy vacancy rates for commercial real estate right…
-
The Ward: The Life and Loss of Toronto’s First Immigrant Neighbourhood by John Lorinc (ed.)
Bite-sized Toronto history that will send you on a scavenger hunt.
-
Missing from the Village by Justin Ling
The true story of Bruce McArthur, a serial killer who found his victims in Toronto’s Gay Village. I have a whole bunch of connections to this story. I lived in the neighbourhood while this was going on, and sat next to McArthur at brunch a couple times at O’Grady’s, I’m loosely related to one of…
-
Scarborough by Catherine Hernandez
Go buy this book and the biggest box of Kleenex you can find. It is stunning, beautiful and heartbreaking. I wish I could un-read this book and read it again. Easily the best book I have read this year.