Mermaids

The 2023 Coney Island Mermaid Parade in (NSFW) pics

Thousands of attendees donned sequins, body paint, shells, pasties, scales, flowers, headpieces (and in many cases, very little else) to celebrate creativity, nautical mythology, fertility, the start of summer, and letting one’s freak flag fly.

RELIVE IT: The 2019 Coney Island Mermaid Parade in pics

The Mermaid Parade — which couldn’t happen in 2020 for obvious reasons — is a celebration of the season, creativity, nautical mythology, fertility, and letting ones freak flag fly. Around 3000 people took part in 2019, including 12 marching bands & lots of scantily clad sea creatures.

Pop Montreal reveals full 2016 lineup

The 2016 edition of Pop Montreal happens September 21 – 25 at venues all over the city. It’s the 15th anniversary of the festival and they’ve just announced the finalized lineup…

The Organ reunite...to say goodbye

I know I wasn’t the only one to get veklempt when Vancouver quartet The Organ decided to call it a day in December of 2006. Their debut album, 2004’s Grab That Gun, was an embracing collection of songs that has received heavy play at my pad from it’s release to this day…