Back to the ’80s: Culture Club, Berlin, and Howard Jones Rock the Night Away

On a balmy Toronto summer night, music enthusiasts from all walks of life gathered at the Budweiser Stage for a nostalgic journey back to the ’80s. The stage was set, and the atmosphere was electric, as three iconic bands – Berlin, Howard Jones, and Culture Club – took the stage to deliver a night of […]

ABC in concert at El Mocambo

No matter how much time moves on, the 80s refuse to die. As I arrived for ABC’s concert at El Mocambo, the last time they visited Toronto was in 2009 when they played Pride, I saw two punk twentysomethings hanging out on the corner of College and Spadina. Siouxsie and the Banshees aren’t on the […]

Q&Autogramm

Autogramm n (genitive Autogramms, plural Autogramme) 1. (signature of a celebrity given to a fan) autograph Jiffy Marx, C.C. Voltage and The Silo n 1. (rejected names for members of the band Poison) No…wait…Poison had a C.C. Nix that and pencil on in “accepted names for members of Vancouver’s Autogramm”. Now, I don’t know how […]