Archive for October, 2009

Bottled Faces

Sunday, October 4th, 2009

Meghan Paterson - Empty Bottles Broken Hearts
Meghan Paterson has brought new meaning to portrait artistry: painting faces on to glass bottles. The daughter of a pirate and art teacher, and one of the co-curators behind Vancouver’s most anticipated art show, The Cheaper Show (an annual one-night art sale), Paterson celebrated her opening reception – Empty Bottles Broken Hearts – Thursday night at Gravity Pope Tailor Goods in Vancouver, and The Block was there to support.

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Our Hearts Need A Love Dance

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

You Say Party! We Say Die! - XXXX
You Say Party! We Say Die! are infamously known for “playing anything, anywhere, anytime.” With lead vocalist Becky Ninkovic being thrown out of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Herberge hostel after a performance in Berlin, to bassist Stephen O’Shea’s ban in the U.S, the Canadian quintet were able to find plenty of bad-kid inspiration for the aptly-named third album XXXX.

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