Live Music: Montreal-via-Cape Breton singer/songwriter Angela Desveaux will play an intimate show at The Artel; introspective folk with hints of country and folk.  “Relationships can be the stuff of tawdry art but Desveaux is a skilled expressionist, crafting heavy tunes with poise.” (EYE Weekly) Opening performance from Kingston’s Great Danes (featuring Apple Crisp’s own food [...]

This just in… we’ve booked headlining performers for the January and February 2009 Apple Crisp Concerts: Gentlemen Reg (Jan 27) Pete Samples (Feb 24) Arts and Crafts: The gift-giving season is approaching, so we see 2 special art and/or craft events this weekend. Made 4 You is celebrating its one-year anniversary with hot cider and [...]

Tuesday February 24, 7PM @ The Next Church, 89 Colborne Street $5 door, All Ages, homemade dessert for sale! Pete Samples, a multi-instrumentalist and a one-of-a-kind creative force constructs an electronic sound heavily influenced by rock and roll. Combining unique instrumentation with magic tricks and an engaging persona, this solo artist’s musical creations are an [...]

Tuesday January 27, 7PM @ The Next Church on 89 Colborne Street (NOTE: different venue!) $5 door, All Ages, homemade dessert for sale! Gentleman Reg has been performing in Canada since the turn of the millennium, garnering attention for his two acclaimed full-lengths, 2002’s Make Me Pretty and 2004’s Darby & Joan. With a voice [...]

Jared Mackay explains the emotional masochism of the open microphone.

Kaitlin Schwan responds to “Hipster: The Dead End of Western Civilization” by Douglas Haddow, from adbusters #79.

I GOT NO TIME TO ROLL AROUND IN THE MUD! VICTORY WILL BE HAD!

Anyone Can Book a Gig Part I: Where do I start? From setting a date to booking a band By Greg Tilson (of Little Joe Management)

Notes about Pasta Genova by Annie Clifford Last Thursday, Tilser and I hopped on the 2:30 train to Ottawa.  It was a weirdly balmy day, and we were wearing tshirts on the platform tanning and watching a lady smoke.  Fortunately, we had lunch from Pasta Genova.  It’s the little place with the red awning on [...]

Exposures Opening Reception @ Agnes Etherington Art Centre (Friday Nov 14) “In a stunning array of images, nineteen photographers explore the changing urban environment and evolving economies in the City of Kingston and the surrounding area.”  Nineteen photographers! Thunderheist w/ DJ Haircut @ The Grad Club (Friday Nov 14) Bob Dylan @ K-Rock Centre (Saturday [...]