MYSTERION
A long-time fan of '50s garage rock and scary B-movies, the Parkdale mentalist throws his name into the ring of psychobilly revivalists with this new band, a collaboration with local Mexican wrestling fanatics The Blue Demons.
A long-time fan of '50s garage rock and scary B-movies, the Parkdale mentalist throws his name into the ring of psychobilly revivalists with this new band, a collaboration with local Mexican wrestling fanatics The Blue Demons.
Recently, Spacing magazine and Live With Culture solicited submissions for a contest asking applicants to shoot a 30-second video using the theme "My Toronto." EYE WEEKLY city editor Edward Keenan is not very handy with a camera, but couldn't resist gathering some notes for his own video.
Oh yes, there will be blood. And zombies. And Vietnamese martial artists. And an axe-murderer in a Ronald Reagan mask. And New Yorkers who turn into man-eating rat creatures. And Uwe Boll. All this can only mean one thing: the return of Toronto After Dark, the genre-film fest that made a successful launch last year
Whether it's spying a pair of old-school kicks as you walk by Eglinton West station or being blinded by the club kids waiting behind the velvet rope, we regard Torontonians as the true pioneers of the autumn season. We asked six movers and shakers to serve up the latest redefinition of our pastiche-cosmopolitan aesthetic.
