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Monkey Warfare
''Monkey Warfare'' is a 2006 Canadian Drama (film and television), drama film written and directed by Reginald Harkema, starring Don McKellar, Tracy Wright, and Nadia Litz. The film received multiple awards at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2006, and received an honorable mention from the Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Film, Best Canadian Feature Film jury at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival. Cast *Don McKellar as Dan *Tracy Wright as Linda *Nadia Litz as Susan *Earl Pastko as Ted *Rob Stefaniuk as real estate agent *Brenda Robbins as figurine lady *Marya Delver as bike girl *Sarah Manninen as bike girl *Rachel Wilson as bike girl *Erin McMurtry as bike girl *Marnie Robinson as bike girl *Jayne Eastwood as garage sales lady *Caroline Gillis as female cop *Lee Rumohr and Melissa Veszi as young couple *Isabel and Jason Knight as husband and wife Soundtrack #"The Black Poodle" - performed by Comets on Fire #"Nuclear War" - written and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reginald Harkema
Reginald Harkema (born 1967) is a Canadian film editor and director. He is a three-time Genie Award nominee for Best Editing at the 17th Genie Awards in 1996 for ''Hard Core Logo'', at the 19th Genie Awards in 1998 for '' Last Night'' and at the 25th Genie Awards in 2004 for '' Childstar''. The 2014 film '' Super Duper Alice Cooper'', which he codirected with Sam Dunn and Scot McFadyen, won a Canadian Screen Award for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards in 2015. His other editing credits include the films '' The Grocer's Wife'', '' Twilight of the Ice Nymphs'', '' Tail Lights Fade'', '' Falling Angels'', '' Kitchen Party'', '' Partition'', '' Fubar 2'' and '' Goon'', and the television series ''Metal Evolution''. He has directed the films ''A Girl Is a Girl'', '' Monkey Warfare'', ''Leslie, My Name Is Evil'', ''Better Off in Bed'', and '' The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks''.Rachel Ho"Hot Docs Review: 'The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks' Is the Trib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Manninen
Sarah Manninen (born November 6, 1976) is a Canadian film, television and stage actress, better known for her appearances on film ''The Prince and Me'' and series '' The Line''. Career A Finnish Canadian, Manninen graduated from Resurrection Catholic Secondary School in Kitchener, Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, in 1995, and from George Brown Theatre School. She has a degree in political science and belongs to the Liberal Party of Canada. She was nominated for a Gemini Award for the BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current sta .../ CTV film ''Aka Albert Walker''. Select theatre credits include, Amiel Gladstone's ''The Wedding Pool'' ( Belfry Theatre) and (Atelier du Rhin Théâtre de la Manufacture). George F. Walker's '' Better Living'' and ''Escape From ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pink Mountaintops
Pink Mountaintops is a Canadian rock and roll band from Vancouver led by Stephen McBean. The band's first album, ''The Pink Mountaintops'', featured Amber Webber and Joshua Wells. The tracks varied from alt-country to indie rock. The band's recording ''Outside Love'' included contributions from members of several other bands. It was number one on the Canadian campus radio top 50 chart in May and again in June, 2009. Pink Mountaintop's fourth album, ''Get Back'', was released in 2014. Musicians included Annie Hardy, Greg Foremann, and Rob Barbato. The album was recorded in Los Angeles and produced by Joe Cardamone. Band members * Stephen McBean Live: * Stephen McBean * Emily Rose * Kliph Scurlock * Tygh Runyan Discography Albums *'' Pink Mountaintops'' (Jagjaguwar, 2004) *'' Axis of Evol'' (Jagjaguwar, 2006) *'' Outside Love'' (Jagjaguwar, 2009) *''Get Back'' (Jagjaguwar, 2014) *'' Peacock Pools'' (ATO Records, 2022) Singles *"The Ones I Love" / "Erected" (Jagjaguwar, 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Make-Up (American Band)
The Make-Up is an American post-punk band from Washington, D.C. formed in 1995, consisting of ex-Nation of Ulysses frontman Ian Svenonius on vocals, James Canty on guitar and organ, Steve Gamboa on drums, and Michelle Mae on bass guitar. The Make-Up were joined in late 1999 by a fifth member, Alex Minoff (of the groups Golden (band), Golden and Extra Golden), who played guitar with the group until the band's dissolution in early 2000. The Make-Up combined garage rock, soul music, soul, and a self-styled liberation theology to make a new genre they called "Gospel Yeh-Yeh". This style led to an emphasis on live performances and interaction between the band and their audience, incorporating the audience into the performances as a "fifth member", creating what one reviewer described as ""highly energetic and participatory live shows". Parallel to the band's gospel musical stylings, the Make-Up produced music under a communism-influenced political philosophy that they saw as counter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Refused
Refused (also known as the Refused) is a Swedish hardcore punk band originating from Umeå and formed in 1991. Refused is composed of vocalist Dennis Lyxzén, guitarist Kristofer Steen, drummer David Sandström, and bassist Magnus Flagge. Guitarist Jon Brännström was a member from 1994, through reunions, until he was fired in late-2014. Their lyrics are often of a non-conformist and politically Far-left politics, far-left nature and were for a time associated with the Straight edge, straight edge subculture. The band released their debut album ''This Just Might Be... the Truth'' in 1994. They followed this up with ''Songs to Fan the Flames of Discontent'' (1996) and five EPs. In 1998, the band released ''The Shape of Punk to Come'', which expanded their sound with jazz and Electronic music, electronic influences, but was initially poorly received commercially and critically. The group shortly after disbanded during their subsequent tour. Despite limited contemporary success, R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fugs
The Fugs are an American rock band formed in New York City in late 1964, by the poets Ed Sanders and Tuli Kupferberg, with Ken Weaver (musician), Ken Weaver on drums. Soon afterward, they were joined by Peter Stampfel and Steve Weber of the Holy Modal Rounders. Kupferberg named the band from a euphemism for ''fuck'' used in Norman Mailer's novel ''The Naked and the Dead''. The band was one of the leaders of the Underground culture, underground scene of the 1960s and became an important part of the American counterculture of the 1960s, counterculture of that decade. The group is known for its comedic, even lewd, nature but also earned fame through its persistent anti-Vietnam War sentiment during the 1960s. A famous song of theirs was "Kill for Peace", on their 1966 album The Fugs (album), The Fugs. Some 1969 correspondence, found inside an FBI file on the rock group the Doors, called the Fugs the "most vulgar thing the human mind could possibly conceive". They have been derided f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outrageous Cherry
Outrageous Cherry was an American psychedelic pop / power pop and punk band from Detroit, Michigan, United States. Outrageous Cherry formed in 1991, and soon expanded to a four-piece after performing live in 1993. The group has released 13 albums, including 2014's ''The Digital Age''. Larry Ray, the band's guitarist, died at the age of 63 from lung cancer on October 24, 2017. Former members * Matthew Smith - vocals, guitar * Colleen Burke - bass * Maria Nuccilli - drums * Larry Ray - guitar * Chad Gilchrist - bass * Deb Agolli - drums * Suzanna Mroz - drums Discography Albums * ''Outrageous Cherry'' ( Bar/None, 1994) (vinyl in 2010 via Microfiche Records) * ''X-Rays in the Cloudnine'' (Mind Expansion, 1996) (ME-016) * ''Stereo Action Rent Party'' (Third Gear Records, 1996) * ''Nothing's Gonna Cheer You Up'' (Third Gear, 1997) * ''Out There in the Dark'' (Del-Fi Records, 1999) * ''The Book of Spectral Projections'' (Rainbow Quartz Records, 2001) * ''Supernatural Equinox'' (Rainb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weird War
Weird War, briefly known as Scene Creamers, is an indie rock band based out of Washington, D.C. The current lineup consists of Ian Svenonius on vocals, Michelle Mae on bass guitar, Alex Minoff on guitar, and Sebastian Thomson on drums. Weird War was initially formed as an umbrella organization in 2001 to encompass disparate anti-authoritarian groups and to "challenge the idiocy of the new epoch." While the current lineup appears on the group's first release ''I'll Never Forget What's His Name,'' the group's first full length, self-titled release featured Neil Hagerty (of Royal Trux) and Jessica Espeleta (formerly of Love as Laughter) on guitars, and Steve McCarty (later of Dead Meadow) on drums. These collaborators soon left to pursue other programs, and the band became known as The Scene Creamers, with Ian Svenonius on vocals, Michelle Mae on bass, Alex Minoff (of Golden) on guitar, and Blake Brunner on drums. In this incarnation, the band released ''I Suck on that E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings were an American funk and soul music, soul band signed to Daptone Records. They were part of a Retro-soul, revival movement of mid-1960s to mid-1970s style funk and soul music. They released their debut album Dap Dippin' with Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, ''Dap Dippin in 2002, the first of seven studio albums. Their 2014 album ''Give the People What They Want (Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings album), Give the People What They Want'' was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album. AfterSharon Jones' death in 2016, the band released the posthumous album ''Soul of a Woman (Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings album), Soul of a Woman'' in 2017 and a compilation of cover songs in 2020. The Dap-Kings, the Daptone house band, are notable for their collaborations with Mark Ronson, including their contributions to Amy Winehouse's ''Back to Black''. The band continued to work and perform together through 2018. History 1996–2000: The early years with Desco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonard Cohen
Leonard Norman Cohen (September 21, 1934November 7, 2016) was a Canadian songwriter, singer, poet, and novelist. Themes commonly explored throughout his work include faith and mortality, isolation and depression, betrayal and redemption, social and political conflict, and sexual and romantic love, desire, regret, and loss. He was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was invested as a Companion of the Order of Canada, the nation's highest civilian honour. In 2011, he received one of the Princess of Asturias Awards, Prince of Asturias Awards for literature and the ninth Glenn Gould Prize. In 2023, ''Rolling Stone'' named Cohen the 103rd-greatest singer. Cohen pursued a career as a poet and novelist during the 1950s and early 1960s, and did not begin a music career until 1966. His first album, ''Songs of Leonard Cohen'' (1967), was followed by three more albums of Contemporary folk music, fol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ultimate Spinach
Ultimate Spinach was a short-lived American psychedelic rock musical ensemble, band from Boston, Massachusetts which was formed in 1967. In terms of style and national recognition, the band was one of the most prominent musical acts to emerge from the "Bosstown Sound", which was a marketing campaign posing as a regional attempt to compete with the San Francisco Sound. During the group's existence, they released three albums, with their self-titled debut the most commercially successful. History "Bosstown Sound" and Naming of Band The band originated as a group called the Underground Cinema, with a line-up consisting of Ian Bruce-Douglas as a multi-instrumentalist, Barbara Hudson as vocalist, Keith Lahteinen on drums, Geoff Winthrop on rhythm guitar, and Richard Nese on bass guitar. As Underground Cinema, the group served as house band in a club called the Unicorn and recorded demos which later appeared on ''New England Teen Scene: Unreleased! 1965-1968'', in 1966. The name of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sun Ra
Le Sony'r Ra (born Herman Poole Blount, May 22, 1914 – May 30, 1993), better known as Sun Ra, was an American jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, and poet known for his experimental music, "cosmic" philosophy, prolific output, and theatrical performances. For much of his career, Ra led The Arkestra, an ensemble with an ever-changing name and flexible line-up. Born and raised in Alabama, Blount became involved in the Music of Chicago, Chicago jazz scene during the late 1940s. He soon abandoned his birth name, taking the name Le Sony'r Ra, shortened to Sun Ra (after Ra, the Egyptian god of the Sun). Claiming to be an alien from Saturn on a mission to preach peace, he developed a mythical persona and an idiosyncratic credo that made him a pioneer of Afrofuturism. Throughout his life he denied ties to his prior identity saying, "Any name that I use other than Ra is a pseudonym." His widely eclectic and avant-garde music echoed the entire history of jazz, from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
