2008 Woodie Awards
Daryl Gold talks butt plugs, booze and all that jism
Have you ever used a highlighter to reach orgasm? It seems that these magical pens are not only useful for studying, but can also penetrate any orifice for pleasure. One must be careful, however, when employing such an object as a sexual toy.According to a young woman interviewed in Kat-I's Sex Toy Stories, using highlighters for sexual gratification can be quite dangerous, especially because when the highlighter is finally removed, the cap will most likely be stuck inside.
"Anybody who really likes music likes more than just one style," said Dennis W. Lee, drummer and composer of the new Montreal band Kids Eat Crayons. In Lee's case his musical loves were jazz and metal, a pairing that seem like they would mix about as well as pickles and peanut butter, but Kids Eat Crayons are quick to demonstrate that they're more like PB&J.
You can't look, read or watch anything pertaining to the entertainment industry these days without constantly being reminded of the Writers Guild of America strike that is currently taking its toll on New York City and L.A. I don't know about you, but other than knowing that Ellen DeGeneres made the controversial decision to cross the picket line, and that (sadly) I will not be seeing any new late night TV in the foreseeable future, I really didn't think about what this strike means for us Canadians.
Techno wizardry casts a hex on Beowulf
How do you translate one of the first works in English-an epic poem, no less-into a major Hollywood film? Doing it in CGI and 3D is apparently the answer. Opening this weekend is Robert Zemeckis's Beowulf, Hollywood's version of the epic Anglo-Saxon poem, starring Anthony Hopkins, Angelina Jolie and Ray Winstone.
Hatchet hacks at horror renaissance
There has been somewhat of a renaissance in horror filmmaking in the past few years. Disillusioned by the doldrums of PG-13 and Japanese remake horror films, a handful of enterprising filmmakers have worked to take the genre back to its bloodiest, goriest, pretty-girl-in-a-wet-tank-top-screaming-for-help-iest roots.
See what all the frakking fuss is about
Battlestar Galactica has become a bona-fide pop culture phenomena, Cylon having entered our vocabulary alongside such classic sci-fi terminology as "Borg," and "Luke, I am your father"-which is quite a feat, considering the original 1978 version was cancelled because of low-ratings and tepid reviews.
Chinese food north of he pagoda
There's something about Wing Fa that inspires intense devotion among its die-hard patrons (of which there are few). The great Chinese cuisine, friendly service, and cozy atmosphere all play a role, but the best way to describe the restaurant is this: it's got great vibes.
Coheed and Cambria. No World For Tomorrow. Even though I stopped listening to emo around the same time I found out what emo meant, I`ve always nurtured a soft spot for Co and Ca. Maybe it was the overextended, prog-rock song structure, Claudio Sanchez`s teenage Geddy Lee vocals or the charmingly geeky sci-fi themed album concepts, but something about the wounds this band bore always seemed fresh.
Film Festival. Image+Nation. Until Nov. 25. Celebrating its 20th anniversary, Montreal's celebrated international LGBT film festival presents a vast array of fictional and documentary works by filmmakers from around the globe. Visit www.image-nation.org for more info.
Paula Spencer's fantastically banal voyage
What. Is the effect. Of a book. Written. Like this? Reading through Paula Spencer, a novel with fragmented and laconic sentence structure, numbs the mind and causes a temporary disability to think in more than short, monotonous sentences. In other words, it could be the equivalent of receiving a minor head injury.
