For anyone in or around Montreal this weekend, be sure to hit-up Concordia’s 5th Annual International Symposium on Hiphop Culture. While hip hop heads will feel at home here, I would particularly urge those of you who are naive about the history and significance of the art form to attend. If you think that hip [...]
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 October 30th, 2009 |  Tags: alternative media, Art, beats, Canada, hip hop, Montreal, Music | Leave a comment Classic Canadiana I used to love this NFB short—still do! Danced around my living room dreaming of one day marrying a log driver. Only in Canada would the Prime Minister himself go on a PR expedition to the U.S. to explain how misunderstood his poor country is. Riding on the coattails of Obama’s sensational coverage in Ottawa, Stephen Harper flew to New York yesterday to keep Canada in the spotlight by appearing on…Fox News? Right…. [vodpod id=ExternalVideo.787553&w=425&h=350&fv=playerId%3Dvideolandingpage%26playerTemplateId%3DfullPlayer%26categoryTitle%3DLatest+Video%26referralObject%3D3695543%26referralPlaylistId%3D1292d14d0e3afdcf0b31500afefb92724c08f046] [vodpod id=ExternalVideo.787554&w=425&h=350&fv=playerId%3Dvideolandingpage%26playerTemplateId%3DfullPlayer%26categoryTitle%3DLatest+Video%26referralObject%3D3695543%26referralPlaylistId%3D1292d14d0e3afdcf0b31500afefb92724c08f046] In all [...] President Obama and Prime Minister Harper (Photo:Charles Dharapak, Associated Press) Watching the coverage of Obama in Canada yesterday, I couldn’t help but feel that something strange and new was happening. The 2500 odd supporters that stood on Parliament Hill hoped to get a glimpse of the President. Fans rolled giant snow boulders to stand on [...] |
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