A Couple New Blogs From Toronto Life

Spectator - Local media commentary and gossip
City State - Urban issues, rants and recommendations

Hey, where's my beer?

Interesting news from Brandweek; apparently the good folks at Miller and Anheuser-Busch plan to introduce a new "camo can" by RealTree to attract sporting enthusiasts. Starting in October their flagship brews, Miller High Life and Busch, will be available with a stylish new forest themed paint job. If only they could devise a paintjob to disguise my Miller Lite in a park full of young professionals with small dogs and Korean nannies with white babies in huge strollers.

In Vage Stylee’s Dream World - Emily Gould To Reinvent Sassy Magazine with Dave Carnie

What could be sweeter than the oft imaged (at least by me) relaunch of Sassy with former Gawker Editor Emily Gould and jackass Godfather Dave Carnie as co-editors? The Answer: The real life, most unexpected and super magical res-erection of Big Brother Magazine!

Related news for readers living under a rock (or not hopelessly addicted to lunch hour gossip site perusal). Emily Gould's New York Times Magazine Cover Story is not the expose I was expecting. The pictures, sadly, are also not revealing enough.

World Music, The Series, Pt. 1 - Palestinians Do It Better - Ramallah Underground

My boy Rich Poplak's been touring the Muslim world doing research for his new book The Sheik's Batmobile (due out in January). He's found some fucking amazing shit. Peep these crazy mofo's from Palestine, the Ramallah Underground;

Thriller Praise, The Round Robin Death Match, Round 1

1.
Genius. . . on par with
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Worthy successor to





2.
Non-stop thrill ride
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Unputdownable



3.
… has done it again
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… has solidified his reputation as

4.
surprisingly / thought provoking / nuanced / thoughtful / compelling / sophisticated (any combination of)
VS
dizzying / nail-biting / spell-binding / edge of your seat / cliff hanger (any combination of)


5.
readable
VS
breathtaking





6.
New breed of thriller writer
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Indisputably joined the ranks of….







7.
Doesn't get any better than this
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Chockablock with thrills








8.
Brainy
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Electrifying



Please cast your ballots in the comments section!!!

Jesus Christ WTF, Fangoria, The Series: Pt. 1: Meth

So this is what arteurs get up to when they're not making amazing movies about junkies. But seriously, this is one of the most amazing PR campaigns I've ever seen.

Amazing Amazingness, The Series, Pt. 4: ESL-USA A.O.K.!!!

More amazing amazingness from this weekend's Dupont and Dufferin bar crawl. Uncle Ryan kicking out the patriotic jams at O Patio's spanish language karaoke throw down.

Amazing Things Said Today: Honey, Fingerprints

Pt. 1 - At This Month Only, 1540 Dupont Street

Scary crackhead giving me the stinkeye at the bar:
I'm just wiping my fingerprints off this bottle so that when I smash it in your face the cops won't know it was me.... and an interesting sidebar; review from Toronto Restaurant Guide

Pt. 2 - At Ricoh Coliseum during first period of Marlies game

Frat dude to his underage girlfriend;
When I lived at Yonge and Eglinton there was this awesome bar that had K.Y. wrestling

Underage girlfriend to frat dude;
Yeah, I guess I'd do that, but imagine how slippery it would be; it's kinda gross. I'd totally do honey though.

.... And Now, Here's Something I Like - The Series, Pt. 1 - Mothers

Postcardsfromyomomma - Hilarious... and so true. Pretty Like a Movie Star should make a sister blog with notes from Greg Burns.