Our good friend The Awesome Australian, Tim Kelly, has brought us into the eyes and mind of a Montreal local musician known simply as Beaver.  An enigmatic performer and story teller reminiscent of my imaginary 4 year old nephew,  Beaver has tapped into that smushy place in our chests called ‘the heart’ and convinced us [...]

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Sept 22, 2009 is the seventh edition of the “In town without my car” day in Montreal. Part of Downtown will be closed off for cars.
On the plus side, there is a printable coupon available for free transit rides, click here (link is to a .pdf file).

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Montreal’s OldGoldBoutique.com has finally opened for online sales. It’s been a long wait but the shop is up and the selection is interesting. If you’ve ever been curious to understand the inspiration for this unique space these videos that were found on the site’s ‘video’ section might help, but I doubt it.
Check out [...]

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Montreal’s Music Guru, Kilroy, has released a long awaited version Nø3 of his infamous mixtape / playlist.
quoted from the Guru Energy blog:
“Check out this week’s work vibe – dubbed “DiscoConditioned Stell’R Rock Mix” – here. It’s an upbeat blend of everyone from M.I.A. to Metric to Iggy Pop plus some high-energy remixes of artists like [...]

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A self explanatory video promoting the city-dubbed “Quartier des Spectacles”

check out their Facebook page here:
Quartier des spectacles, Montréal
Facebook event for the Grand Opening of Place des Festivals:
LE GRAND BAISER
INAUGURATION DE LA PLACE DES FESTIVALS | OFFICIAL OPENING

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Nice new Video by TourismeMontreal / Side Lee about the Belgo Art complex:

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There’s a new Bofinger restaurant opening on Parc Ave.
I asked @ChefDeck what he thinks about this and here’s what he said:
“The biggest thing to hit Montreal since sliced bread.”

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Somehow I missed this one till now.  Marilis Cardinal, a.k.a. the sweetest person ever, mentioned me in a blog post on NightlifeMagazine.ca,
Montreal Fashion Week Diary Part I
“We end the evening with the Godmother of Quebec Fashion: Marie St-Pierre. The room is packed and yours truly has to stand. Everyone is taller then me, I’m tired [...]

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A very nice girl named SaraSophie Drouin-Siebes has posted this video, it’s a short documentary / party video featuring Montreal local DJ Mary Hell, who’s life is a kind of docu-party video in itself. The cirlce is complete.  Check it out here:

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La Fee Verte, Montreal’s newest lingerie manufacturer, is taking a young new approach to an old industry, the Shmata trade (aka. Fashion).  Adam Sakara, the company’s founder, wants to see women’s wear with fresh looks on “classic technical garments.”  
P.S. La Fee Verte translates to: The Green Fairy… It’s an absinth thing.
For a behind the scenes view of a [...]

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The folks over at Pavilion Projects released this lovely map of Montreal’s hot art spots; is that a cool abbreviation coming on: HARTS?
Download the PDF map here: http://www.pavilionprojects.com/map

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Miss Kitten & the Hacker spoke to us about their music and inspirations.

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Local boy geniuses over at Moment Factory have outdone themselves once again in their collaboration with Nine Inch Nails‘ Trent Reznor on the NIN: Lights in The Sky tour, which is currently ongoing across North America
Moment Factory is well known in Montreal for their custom lighting design capabilities.  The company grew it’s roots in the VJ world [...]

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Thanks to the lovely folks at MEG and GEG, Sebastien Tellier, the uber-sexy singer-songwriter from France, blessed a crowd of horny Montrealers with gonad exciting rhythms off his latest release, Sexuality.  Sebastien talked to LiveMtl about his love affair with, music, fruit, and ‘everybody.’  So please snuggle up to someone tonight and kiss and caress [...]

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