Apologies, Dear Canvas Readers
I’m sure you will have noticed the lack of daily posts in the last week. It’s not common practice here at Canvas, and you all have my sincerest apologies, but in all fairness I think I have a fairly valid excuse: I was getting married. I had the best of intentions for fashion write-ups pre-wedding but it turned out more time-consuming (and stressful) than I imagined, even though ours was an attempt to make it as stress-free as possible. Plus, I also made a deal with my husband that our honeymoon would be a no-computer affair. No excuses now I’m back on home ground. Still in holiday mode though, but ready for some write-ups.
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Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
Yay!
Did you hear The Pains of Being Pure At Heart are touring? Could summer seriously get any better? This is one of our favourite new bands. They are always on high rotation at home and in the office and their debut, self-titled album cover is permanently etched into my retinas from staring at it so often . I even said to my friend Evie that if I was in a band I’d be channeling some of Peggy Wang’s quasi-Yoko, nostalgic, hair-in-the-eyes look. Now we just have to wait until February…
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Thursday, November 5th, 2009
Where The Wild Things Are
As soon as the first trailer was released for this movie blogs everywhere went ga-ga. Countdown’s on for the October 16 release. It’s a great book and we’re really excited and it’s going to be directed by one of our favourites (Spike Jonze) but we’re far more interested in the soundtrack. Do we even need to explain why? Karen O, who really needs no introduction, has teamed up with her “kids” to match the music to the movie. So this list of kids includes Bradford Cox, Aaron Hemphill and Greg Kurstin, among a long list of other musical greats. Can’t wait hear. Can’t wait to see it.
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Friday, September 11th, 2009
Sydney Dance Company
Sydney Dance Company’s Overture Series will continue in 2009 in a season of new creations. Selecting some of Australia’s most innovative coreographers, each piece in the series comes together to create a distinct aesthetic, a new voice in Australian dance.
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Tuesday, January 13th, 2009
Greenspaces
Greenspaces is an organisation providing space and support for green businesses. They are currently running a competition and calling for all green entrepreneurs to submit ideas in any given field. The winner will be given a year’s free office space in Brooklyn, cash prizes and consulting advice during the beginning of the tenure. For further information visit Greenspaces New York and start thinking of ways to reduce our carbon footprint!
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Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
Goodbye To One Of The Last Decent Live Music Venues in Brisbane
We’re steering away a little from our usual content with this post, but it’s an important one which I’m sure all Brisbane indie-lovers will appreciate. Ric’s Bar, one of the stalwart live music venues, closed down on Sunday night. Boooooo! Actually, it’s been bought out which is a fate far worse because, if local forums are to be believed, neighbouring bar RGs have taken on the lease . Noooooo! RGs is the antithesis of Rics. They play the worst techno and R&B. And I don’t want to make disparraging remarks about the patrons but their behaviour is often less than savoury, shall we say. God, I had so many good times at Rics in my younger years, especially when Abby used to host her Love & Roxy electro/clash nights. The place was dingy but it had character. The staff were fun, the drinks were cheap, and everybody knew how to have a good time (sans violence, unlike most other bars in the Valley). What’s happening to our live music venues? First they tore down Festival Hall to build apartments, The Arena seems to have died a slow death and now we say goodbye to Rics. Thank god for The Zoo. It may be 10am in the morning but I say let’s have a farewell toast to one of the last great live music venues in Brisbane.
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Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
St. Jerome’s Laneway
You know summer is just around the corner by the number of music festivals that have just been announced. We may be in a downturn, or at least coming out of one, but I don’t think festival organisers are feeling the fiscal pinch. And you know why? Because nothing beats a live show. I have to say the team at Canvas, myself included, had a small conniption at the announcement of St. Jerome’s Laneway. Listen to this lineup: Echo & The Bunnymen, The XX, Wild Beasts, The Very Best, Florence And The Machines, and can you believe the Black Lips are touring Australia again? This is like the best ever early Christmas present!
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Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
Vivian Girls
One of our favourite new bands, garage-girl group Vivian Girls, are making their way to our city. They’ll be guests of honour at Spring Tones in late September and will play the more intimate clubs on their six-date tour. If you haven’t heard of these girls they’re what you must. Their debut album is one of the shortest, sharpest albums you will hear. Ten songs, only 25 minutes. A kind of burst of surf-punk frenzy. For more on their Australian tour talk to the guys at Mistletone Records.
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Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
UNICEF
UNICEF have collaborated with some of the worlds most luxurious fashion labels to create a range of super-cute dolls, known as the Frimousses de Createurs, as part of a new exhibition at the Petit Palais in Paris. Running from November 18 to 23 the event is designed to raise charity for UNICEF’s vaccination programmes in the Darfur region.
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Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
Saison
Saison is an exclusive distributer of some of the most exclusive fragrances and bath and luxury lifestyle collections, including Mathias Paris, Voluspa, Geodesis and Designers Guild.
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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
