The New iMac: Futurism Is So Passé

The new iMac may not be the fastest desktop machine on the block, but it's a real good dancer.

"...TimeCanada.com, causing some "kerfuffle," in the words of TIME Toronto Bureau Chief Steven Frank). Enthusiasts have dubbed it the..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Screens Feature by Michael Connor

Dancing About Architecture

Our resident Marshmallow Peep relates the news and hearsay in and around the Live Music Capital...

"...of Dead! Just as an example, at a recent Toronto show, a midget jumped onstage and was accidentally struck..."

Jan. 18, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Season's Grazings

Giving the gift of food this Christmas

"...needed on my quest for dessert competency. Written by Toronto pastry chef Regan Daley, it won the 2001 International..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Food Feature by MM Pack

Imagine

The music business in a post-911 world

"...in Canada when they came across a review in Toronto, and, as Gellar tells it, "The first line of..."

Nov. 30, 2001 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Postmarks

Urban planning and noise in the Hood

"...Toronto, Ontario..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Column

Mr. Smarty Pants

"...In 1874, Henry Woodward, a medical student from Toronto, patented the first incandescent lamp. He later sold a..."

July 27, 2001 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Not Your Mother's Hockey Puck

Austin's Women's Hockey Team, the Roadrunners, Face Off Against the Gender Gap.

"...year even made it all the way up to Toronto. (Albeit in the relatively less intense Class C division,..."

June 29, 2001 Sports Feature by Emily Pyle

The Next Step

They've made their films. They've done the festivals. Now, four filmmakers share stories about finding -- and losing -- distribution.

"...fest in the states. It had premiered internationally at Toronto in September, which was when most of the major..."

April 20, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...RON SEXSMITH: Toronto's Ron Sexsmith is perhaps the most critically acclaimed songwriter..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...THE CASH BROTHERS: Toronto's Cash brothers, Andrew and Peter, sound like a couple..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

Fighting Words

David Gordon Green Slams Indie Filmmakers and Snubs Cannes. Who Is This Kid, Anyway?

"...the Berlin Film Festival and won prizes at the Toronto and Newport festivals. New York Times critic Elvis Mitchell..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

As Max Schreck, Willem Dafoe Sinks His Teeth In

Dafoe has given some of the most riveting performances of the last couple of decades. With Shadow of the Vampire, he adds one mre to the list.

"...opportunity to talk with him last September at the Toronto International Film Festival after the film's first public screenings...."

Jan. 19, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Final Flowering

With Cold Sassy Tree, distinguished composer Carlisle Floyd crafts an opera to crown his lengthy career.

"...evening." "One must recognize Floyd's musical genius," wrote the Toronto Globe and Mail's Philip Anson. "His composing is richly..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Jailbird

The Prison Diaries of the Fabulous Thunderbirds' Preston Hubbard

"...for a Grammy. I met my future ex-wife in Toronto, beginning another long-distance romance. My heroin habit was fast..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Music Feature by Preston Hubbard

Out of Left Field

Tim Walker looks at this abysmal year in Texas baseball.

"...with his inconsistency until he was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays in July...."

Oct. 6, 2000 Sports Feature by Tim Walker

Prophet for Our Times

For 10 years, Lisa Crystal Carver has been writing about sex and doing sex-drenched performance pieces under the name Suckdog. But her lifestyle is born of a profound quest for an uncompromised life, a search for truth and adventure that makes her a prophet for our time.

"...star interviews for iCast, and book reviews for the Toronto Globe. A couple of years back, Feral House published..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

Page Two

"...same story to another friend, Michael Hollett at NOW, Toronto's alternative weekly. The piece made total sense to us..."

May 19, 2000 Column by Louis Black

Short Cuts

Upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community.

"...what with the wealth of studio productions fixating on Toronto and Vancouver and so on, but I swear I..."

May 19, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Dancing About Architecture

Aqua Fest seems unlikely, but there's plenty of other summer fun to be had; the Austin Music Network is a bit of a mess.

"...that an arrest warrant had been issued for former Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Kelly Gruber. The warrant affidavit..."

April 14, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

The Sound of One Psycho Cracking

John Cale talks abut composing the original soundtrack for American Psycho

"...the violin -- and they took it up to Toronto and when it came back there was a flashback..."

April 14, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

All the Gory Details

The Maestro of movie make-up Tom Savini talks about George Romero, the increasing popularity of CGI, and what it felt like to shoot a crotch-gun.

"...TS: Lots of promises, no contracts. I was in Toronto doing this movie called Slice, for Mark Pavia, the..."

March 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Coach's Corner

Part 3 of the Coach's trilogy on girls' high school basketball.

"...Blue and Gold. Farwell wears sport's coolest colors ... Toronto Maple Leaf satin white with royal blue trim. On..."

March 10, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Short Cuts

Upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community.

"...Pig Poke will end up hitting the Cannes and Toronto fests, as well as the IFFM and perhaps even..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

Upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community.

"...course, already garnered similar wins and nominations at the Toronto International Film Festival and from the Director's Guild of..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Top 10 1999/National

"...Margaret Moser 1. Loreena McKennitt, Live in Toronto (Quinlan Road/Warner Bros.)..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature

Page Two

Austin owes Clifford Antone.

"...a beach in Cape Cod, a smoky bar in Toronto, a coffee shop in Portland, and on a plane..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Column by Louis Black

Coach's Corner

The American propensity to forgive its athletic heroes is both distressing and lamentable.

"...TV for a long time ... Vince Carter of Toronto is a flat-out superstar. This is what Jordan must..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Austin International Poetry Festival

"...Six, 1999 Austin Poetry Slam Team member Vicky Charleston, Toronto's very loud Rob Siciliano, and local hip-hop poet and..."

April 16, 1999 Books Feature

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, but also think Toronto's Sadies. (Maggie Mae's West, Midnight) -- Jerry Renshaw..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...JOHN SOUTHWORTH: Although this London-to-Toronto transplant's album for Bar-None, Mars, Pennsylvania, plays like a..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

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