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Math Pop for the Masses
These days it seems like pop music has become an increasingly effortless affair. But it doesn’t have to be that way, necessarily.
Sacramento’s Tera Melos started out playing schizophrenic math rock, a genre named after the careful counting required for its polyrhythmic sound -
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Why Trans Art Matters
Religious symbolism, art space and the curating process in Concordia’s student-led Art Matters Festival are some core questions at the centre of recent speculation following a decision to deny local trans artist Johnston Newfield’s installation “Embark” into the exposition “Enter the Foam & Achieve Second Sight.”
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Art, Splattered
Today marks the official first day of the Art Matters Festival 2011. Now in its 11th year, the festival runs for a mere three weeks and involves the work of more than 200 Concordia students.
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Konyves’ Version
“I can write bad shit and get paid for it.”
That was screenwriter Michael Konyves’ motivation for getting into the film industry. -
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Poetry Deciphered
Rare is the person who hasn’t, by now, at least heard of Shawn Carter, alias Jay-Z, let alone downloaded a song or two to bump from their speaker system of choice, be it auto or iPod, when in need of a good aural pick-me-up.
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Art Matters Is Retro and Innovative
Art Matters has evolved into the biggest student-run art show in Canada, a renowned two-week long festival showcasing and celebrating student art.
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Pseudo-Doc Punishment Park Takes Place Tomorow, Yesterday Or Five Years From Now
One of the benefits of the “DVD revolution” has been the chance it’s given us to view obscure movies—Punishment Park, for instance.
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Cyborg Poets
Pssst! Want to know a secret? There’s a new Facebook going around—a cooler Facebook. There’s only one catch: you have to be a famous historical poet to get it.
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All You Need Is Joie
Maybe they aren’t pounding out tribal rhythms anymore, but Akron/Family’s freak-folk roots are still intact.