“You can learn a lot playing on Queen Street and I know plenty of musicians who have. Some musicians never want to get off Queen Street, others can’t.”
NOW tackled Toronto’s geographic divide with a buzzy cover story, but 11 years later Toronto feels totally different
In our series of 40 memorable NOW covers from the past 40 years, we revisit a 1982 report on a hot new trend called rap music
I’d love to meet the new PM in a legalized pot joint for a celebratory toke six months from now, after he fulfills his many promises
Fear of Harper sends us yet again to vote not for what we are for, but to save us from what we are against
Hosts Torquil Campbell and Dave Bidini impress Feist, The Sadies, Luke Doucet and more rally Harper’s opponents at pre-election show
Update: After a change of heart, Joe Bowen and Jim Ralph are allowed to travel with the Leafs once more. New Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Lou Lamoriellos reputation for
Series backed by Feist, The Sadies, David Usher and more plays into embattled PM Stephen Harper’s hands by promoting “anyone but Harper” message
Simon and Garfunkel, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen and Johnny Cash producer’s death has largely gone unnoted
Language around the attack on CBC reporter Megan Batchelor last weekend “only perpetuates male advantage and female oppression”
If the Ikea monkey had shown up in todays Stephen Harper-fuelled, terror-crazed environment, the paranoia-pushing PM would have tried to convince us that that cute li’l shearling jacket was a
