Remembering The Police Picnic, 40 years on
Not too far from where I live now, there’s an Esso gas station in front of a field that will soon be developed into housing and condos. But in 1981, that intersection on
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Police Picnic
Concert History: Remembering the Police Picnics
[Intern-in-residence Dorothy Lee is a young’un who wasn’t around for the Police Picnics. Her assignment was to research and write about the first one. Yes, I gave her an essay project.- AC] Back
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10 Pioneering Canadian Music Festivals
With only a few short months of adequate weather, Canadians go nuts for the outdoors between the May long weekend and Labour Day. If we’re lucky and not too locked down with work
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Finally! A History of Toronto’s Post-Punk Underground
After decades of looking at everyone else’s shiny things, it’s good to see that Canada is finally decided to document its own music history. One of the latest efforts is Nick Smash’s Alone
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