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Just over a month ago, I was reminiscing about TV Desserts, a fantastic series produced for the Apple Crisp Musical Video Club featuring local talent including P.S. I Love You, The Gertrudes, and Sheesham and Lotus, just to name a few. As the folks behind the popular video series have
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In my ongoing quest to discover new online tidbits of information concerning the Limestone City, I search for terms such as “Kingston, Ontario”, and I am often surprised by results such as the latest from KGH Food Services’ foodfight.ca. Lately though I’ve noticed a really terrible trend on YouTube of
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The Skeleton Park Music Festival officially kicks off tomorrow night, with three consecutive evenings of fantastic entertainment prior to the main event this Saturday in McBurney Park. Due to the popularity of last year’s festival guide received, we thought that it would be beneficial to outline SKMP 2010, specifically the
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As a part of the Apple Crisp Music Festival 2010 (ACMF2010) which went down over the March Break, Josh Lyon and Lenny Epstein put on a fantastic animation workshop for kids. I must admit that I am really interested in trying my hand at this sort of thing, but I
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Last night I ventured over to 108 Charles Street to check out The Happiness Project, which is a multidisciplinary exhibition that is based on Charles Spearin’s record of the same name. A stellar cast of Kingston, Toronto and Montreal-based artists including Josh Lyon, Annie Clifford, Marney McDiarmid, Don Maynard, Jon
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The Toronto-based band Rock Plaza Central is self-described as Canada’s best alt-not-country-orchestra. I recently caught wind of the band after stumbling across a new video for their song titled (Don’t You Believe the Words of) Handsome Men, which was created by Josh Lyon and Lenny Epstein. These local creative types
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In this edition of Six Questions, we spoke with local folk duo, Kyra and Tully. It has been three years since their debut self titled EP garnered acclaim as a Critic’s Pick Best of 2006 in Toronto’s Now Magazine and positive vibes from Exclaim! and CBC Radio as they charted
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Clean off your favourite dessert spoons, because today we’re serving up the latest batch of Apple Crisp, featuring Irina Skvortsova’s music video for TimKnightUs’ Kansas. Despite my best efforts to hunt down a proper biography for the group, the best I could come up with is as follows: TimKnightUs is
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After the 4th Apple Crisp mixtape made it onto my playlist last week, I soon realised I needed to spread the word. This fantastic offering spans the indie spectrum, with tracks contributed by performers located all over the place. Although the double-sided mixtape and accompanying zine are available for purchase
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Gather around the campfire as we prepare to enjoy yet another generous helping of Lenny Epstein’s TV Desserts. Today’s tasty treat features local singer, songwriter, and big red hat wearin’ truck driver, Rueben DeGroot. Rueben and his band are just coming off of a 10-day tour of Ontario, which included
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The Skeleton Park Music Festival officially kicks off this evening, with a few nights of entertainment prior to the main event this Saturday in McBurney (aka Skeleton) Park. While my attention is primarily focused on this Saturday’s outdoor festival, I thought it would be beneficial to produce a helpful festival
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By now, your belt buckle should be on it’s last notch thanks to the generous portions of Lenny Epstein’s TV Desserts, which have featured the likes of Simon Borer of Entire Cities, and Nich Worby. In case you’re new to the whole idea, TV Desserts is a part of the
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