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Contemporary Humoresque-Folk: Kevin Myles Wilson

by ALEXANDRA SERRANO for urbanemagazine.org
Urbane Magazine’s Editorial Director Alexandra Serrano sat down with Kevin to gain insight into the Toronto indie music scene, his musical inspiration and, most importantly, beards. [...]

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Work in Practice

by FARHAD MANOUCHEHRI for urbanemagazine.org Photography: Art Work is Hard Work To the naked eye, it was just an office space; one setup with cubicles comprised of desks, filing cabinets, plants, stationary, and printers -a conventional work area, except that it was not. When I got my admissions ticket to the Art Gallery of Ontario [...]

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Pop-Post Modernism

by JAMES WATKINS-STRAND for urbanemagazine.org

The Internet has permitted the dissemination of massive quantities of user-generated content, most of which takes the form of what could be referred to as recordings, or products, of the quotidian, including, but evidently not limited to: writing, photography, and music. The most wildly successful websites to date, such as MySpace and Facebook, have fundamentally been hubs for interconnecting, distributing, and documenting daily occurrences. The trend is a progression towards [...]

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Not Naked But Famous: A Blissful Electric Earful

Not Naked But Famous: A Blissful Electric Earful

by ALYSSA PITTAO for Urbane Magazine.

Culture contributor Alyssa Pittao gives her take on buzz band “The Naked and Famous” and their performance on the New Music Live stage.

The Naked and Famous, not to be mistaken for a jean brand of the same name, are making waves in the indie scene. But try this sound on for size. Culture Contributor Alyssa Pittao gives her take on the buzz band which is likely to make it [...]

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Beauty Report: Bringing Beauty Back Down to Earth

Beauty Report: Bringing Beauty Back Down to Earth

By Andrew Lovesey for Urbane Magazine Collagen, Botox, face-lift, nose job, and plastic: these are all terms that have crept their way into our modern-day beauty vocabulary. Why it that the sense of re-creation has been paired with such a toxic connotation? Whether it is smeared across the tabloids on the bodies of celebrities, showcased [...]

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