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THE OTTAWA FREEDOM CONVOY OCCUPATION: A LOCAL ANARCHIST PERSPECTIVE

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted February 24, 2022 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, International, Interviews, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

Protestors at the Ottawa Freedom Convoy Occupation. Photo by Ana Krach, Ottawa Graphics via Pixabay. Standard Pixabay License. Free for commercial use. No attribution required.

Interview with the Punch Up Collective

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, International, Interviews, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: anarchism, anarchist, Apparent Horizon, blockade, Canada, Column, convoy, Democracy, Democratic Party, Emergencies Act, far-right, fascism, Freedom Convoy, hard right, insurrection, international, Interview, Jan 6, Jason Pramas, left wing, Liberal Party, military, occupation, Ottawa, Police, Politics, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Protest, Punch Up Collective, racism, racist, right wing, truck, trucker, United States, usa, white supremacy

EDITORIAL: MAJOR NEWSPAPERS SHOULD GIVE BACK FACEBOOK GRANTS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted May 12, 2020 Filed Under: Analysis, COVID, Editorial, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Money should go to the local independent news outlets the digital giant has hurt worst

Filed Under: Analysis, COVID, Editorial, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: business, Canada, Chris Faraone, conglomerate, corporation, criticism, data, DigBoston, Digital, editorial, funding, grant, greed, Guam, Jason Pramas, John Loftus, Journalism, media, multinational, national, news, newspapers, nonprofit, PR, public relations, Puerto Rico, slider, social media, usa

SCOTT THOMPSON: KID IN THE HALL, OUT TO THE WORLD

Written by DENNIS MALER Posted March 29, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Comedy

"[The school shooting] was 40 years ago for me, and I can tell you that when things like that happen to you they never really leave you. You can patch it over, but it’s like patching up an old sofa: Occasionally the stuffing will continue to come out. That’s how I feel now, like the stuffing is coming out."

Filed Under: A+E, Comedy Tagged With: Buddy Cole, Canada, Kids in the Hall, ONCE Somerville, Parkland, school shootings, SNL

IGLOOFEST: THE ONLY OUTDOOR FESTIVAL WORTH ATTENDING IN WINTER

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted February 6, 2017 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC, Reviews

By name alone, Igloofest seems like a bad idea. But peek inside its icy walls and you realize not only is it worth the trip, but it’s the best outdoor festival you’ll go to all winter.

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC, Reviews Tagged With: 2017, Boston, Canada, Ciara, Claptone, Da-P, Depeche Mode, Dig, DigBoston, Eats Everything, Igloofest, Interview, Interviews, J.Philp, Jagermeister, Lauren Lane, Laurent Garnier, Marie-Laure Saidani, Montreal, Music Festival, Planet Giza, Reviews, Truncate

NO OBLIGATIONS: THE GROWING PAINS AND TONAL LANES OF OUGHT

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted September 24, 2015 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC

Canadian post-punk group Ought talk about stressful tension, Life Without Buildings influences, and their rapid rise to fame.

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC Tagged With: 2015, Allston, Boston, Canada, Diet Cig, Dig, DigBoston, Forth Wanderers, great scott, Interview, Life Without Buildings, LVL UP, Ought, Post-Punk, Sheer Mag

HYPE MAN: WHY MAC DEMARCO’S APPEAL IS THE WORST BEST THING

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted August 10, 2015 Filed Under: MUSIC, Notes from the Scene

When we accept a musician as the image they’ve designed, intentionally or not, we tell them they’re good enough.

Filed Under: MUSIC, Notes from the Scene Tagged With: 2015, Boston, Canada, Dig, DigBoston, Indie Rock, Jerry Paper, John Lennon, Mac DeMarco, royale

CELTIC ESCAPE: SOUL STIRRING TRADITIONAL MUSIC IN NOVA SCOTIA

Written by SPONSORED POST Posted July 30, 2015 Filed Under: LIFESTYLE

If you’ve had enough of the Boston scene and are craving an aural adventure with mettle (not metal, ahem) and authenticity, Nova Scotia has it going on.

Filed Under: LIFESTYLE Tagged With: Canada, cape breton, Celtic, craft beer, halifax, kitchen party boat, Music, Nova Scotia, rum, travel

POST-NEWS POST-PUNK: VIET CONG’S LONG-AWAITED RISE TO THE TOP

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted June 16, 2015 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC

Canadian post-punk act Viet Cong talk expectations, let downs, and the best ways to die.

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC Tagged With: 2015, Boston, Canada, Canadian, Dig, DigBoston, Girl Band, Interview, Music, Palehound, Post-Punk, The Sinclair, Viet Cong, Vietnam

DANCING AT THE DISCOTHEQUE WITH STARS

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted November 7, 2014 Filed Under: MUSIC

"People who fell in love with Funeral and You Forgot It In People were having sex for the first time and getting stoned for the first time and wanting to move out of their house and realizing that life sucks -- aka growing up. We happened to be lucky enough to be there."

Filed Under: MUSIC Tagged With: 2000, 2000s, 2004, 2014, arcade fire, Boston, Broken Social Scene, Canada, Canadian, Caribou, Chromeo, Dig, DigBoston, Discotheque, Emily Haines, Fables of the Reconstruction, Funeral, Guitar Rock, Indie Pop, Interview, Metric, Music, Nina Corcoran, No One Is Lost, Nostalgia, Ontario, Our Love, Play-Doh, pop, R.E.M., Reflektor, rock, Set Yourself on Fire, Stars, teenagers, Toronto, Torquil Campbell, White Women, You Forgot It In People

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