By admin on Jan 6, 2012 in OF THE MONTH
Of the month – Issue #76
Some bored/asexual people in cyberspace decided to evaluate the mathematics on the ever-present blackboards we all ignore while watching the classic “professor” scenario throughout the history of pornography. Turns out that certain pornographers go the extra mile and work out high level calculus to bring authenticity to a scene. We can’t wait for the spin-off Is There Actually Sausage On That Pizza?
BEN SHERMAN STORE OPENING
On November 4th Ben Sherman officially opened its first Canadian flagship store at 734 Queen Street West in Toronto. The 2 600 square foot store carries the full lifestyle collection from Ben Sherman including shoes, boots, bags, belts, hats and more. The centerpiece of the new Toronto store is “The Shirt Bar” – a counter dedicated to shirting, and designed to make the task of finding the perfect shirt both easy and enjoyable.
STARSHIP TROOPERS: INVASION
Paul Verhoeven was accused of making a fascist movie when Robocop took the world over, so he thought “Okay, you want a fascist movie? I’ll give you a fascist movie!” and in 1997 we were treated with the tongue-in-cheek thriller Starship Troopers. Fourteen years and two tripe-churning sequels later, word of a new, fully animated CGI sequel is in production. There’s a production blog on Tumblr for the fourth installment, and word is Casper Van Dien will be voicing Johnny Rico. Maybe this time they’ll teach us how to be apes that live forever.
CHER TO GET HER OWN COMIC BOOK
Well, this was inevitable. Apparently Cher’s fans have devoured so many of her biographies that the only option left was to immortalize her life story in the comic medium. Official tagline: “Female Force: Cher turns back time and tells how this platinum selling signer became an award winning actress and a performer for the ages.” Now that she’s in cartoon form, and Beavis and Butthead are back on the air, they can finally have that virtual reality three-way.
FROGBOX
Moving is a giant pain in the keester. You’ve got to beg local businesses to let you rummage through their cardboard box collection, only to have those exact boxes fall apart in the rain, spilling your pristine collection of comic books all over the front steps of your new apartment. Luckily, a company like Frogbox has your best interests in mind. This company is exploding all over the continent with a near flawless business plan. For cheaper than buying cardboard boxes, Frogbox shows up at your old apartment with waterproof, easy-to-carry, reusable friendly boxes, and picks them up after you’re finished with the move. Their slogan “From One Pad To Another” sums it up, although we’d also like to propose “It’s Easy Being Green.”
INTUNE STEREO EARPHONES [by fuse]
Whatever happened to being an audiophile? Well, being that more people listen to ultra-compressed, low fi (and not in a cool Sebadoh way) youtube videos than they do practice zen and the art of turntable maintenance, it should be no surprise that our collective expectations are lowering when it comes to sound quality. The ambitious people at fuse are attempting to keep our ears above the waterline by introducing their new line of earphones. The pitch is that each set are available for four different listening experiences – Pop, Jazz/Classical, Rock/Blues/Country, and Rap. They’re fantastic for experiencing your favourite style, unless you’re listening to all the genres in random order and in that case you should stop listening to/being Girl Talk.
THE LUDVICO TREATMENT EARTHLING COVER ALBUM
When Adam Veenendaal of The Ludvico Treatment was a little guy in 1997, he discovered David Bowie’s jungle album Earthling, and realized that electronic music could be more than just 2 Unlimited or C&C Music Factory. Today, making his living as a slick record producer, he decided to pay homage to the album that changed his life by covering the entire record. “I guess it’s interesting that it was mostly recorded in the woods using unorthodox methods”, he says of the labour of love.
To coincide with their Radio Soulwax App, the hardest working musicians on the planet have recently created a Vimeo channel to overwhelm you. The videos are all hour long adventures through sight, sound and their record collections. The stand out around the ION office is “Librarian Girl” a journey through both the Soulwax collection of library records and the mind of a foxy librarian working overtime.
