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Pride Toronto: Five Questions with Saturn Alien

posted Monday, June 22, 2015

by: in Events, Featured Events, Lesbian, Music, Outdoors, Pride, Queer, Toronto

While Toronto has many great local artists that will be performing in this year’s Pride Toronto festivities, I’m also excited to discover talent from the many other regions across the country who will be joining us between June 26th and 28th. Today, I have Louis Butterfield of the Montreal-based band, Saturn Alien joining me.  Described […]

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Pride Toronto: Five Questions with Brighid Fry

posted Saturday, June 20, 2015

by: in Events, Featured Events, Music, Pride, Queer, Toronto

One of my favourite aspects of Pride Toronto is how it unites us and transcends generations, bringing together everyone, both old and young.  As we make great strides toward equality in recent times, I have always been impressed with the efforts of today’s youth to bring forth a more inclusive society. Today on The Sonic […]

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Drag On! – Getting down to it with Jada Hudson

posted Saturday, June 20, 2015

by: in Drag, Events, Featured Events, Pride, Queer, Toronto

As the drag spectacular that will be “Drag ON!” approaches on June 27 at Yonge-Dundas Square from 2:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m., I chatted with Ms. Jada Hudson to find out just what goes on behind the make up, to make up one of Toronto’s newer, yet impressive queens. What is your best/favourite Pride memory? […]

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Drag ON! – Live with Miss Conception

posted Saturday, June 20, 2015

by: in Drag, Events, Featured Events, Pride, Queer, Toronto

Miss Conception, or Miss C to those who know and love her, is one of Toronto’s better known drag artists and specializes in performing live vocals with costumes which are apropos and imaginative.  As the drag-a-thon which will be “Drag ON!” approaches on Saturday, June 27 from 2:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. at Yonge-Dundas Square, […]

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Micah Barnes “New York Stories” Summer Tour

posted Thursday, June 11, 2015

by: in Celebrity, Events, Featured Events, Theatre

The better something is, the more challenging it is to write a fitting description.  This has been the case for me and the recent CD launch concert of Micah Barnes’ “New York Stories” at Glenn Gould Studios, Toronto.  With thesaurus laid out beside me, I have battled to find the words that will do justice.  […]

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CMW: Interview with Cairo’s Caitlin Grieve

posted Friday, May 8, 2015

by: in Events, Music, Queer

Casey: Today, I have Caitlin Grieve, violinist of the Toronto band, Cairo.  Welcome Caitlin, great to have joining me on The Sonic City! There’s a lot to discuss today, but to begin, tell our readers a little bit about how you came to develop your eclectic sound, and how the band decided on the name […]

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And the winner is…Miss Crews and Tango, Scarlett Bobo!

posted Sunday, April 26, 2015

by: in Activism, Bar/Club, Celebrity, Drag, Fashion, Music, Trans

After my performance as American Horror Story’s Elsa Mars at the Great Hall with Illuminair Entertainment on Sunday April 19, I trucked across town to legendary drag bar Crews and Tangos to witness one of the most turnt out drag pageants Toronto has seen for a while. Organiser Matteo Cassano ( aka Heroine Marks) showed […]

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Review: The Muffs return to Toronto

posted Monday, March 30, 2015

by: in Events, Music, Queer

When I had the opportunity to see Los Angeles based band The Muffs this past weekend, I was rather excited.  The band had their heyday during the 1990s, and as someone who was born in 1984 and lived though a 1998-2003 era of music during high school, I always felt that I grew up through […]

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