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Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell – An Oz Studio show

Brians — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 23:48:38 +0000

The Cardboard Brains - by Vincent Carlucci

Vince Carlucci is a long-time Toronto musician, having co-founded the band Cardboard Brains back in 1976. Back then he was also taking pictures of his favourite bands, Iggy Pop, The Ugly, The Ramones, Blondie and others. Toronto, along with New York and London, was pivotal in the late 70s punk movement and many of the best musicians the the time came and played.

There are shots from Patti Smith’s show at Seneca College in 1976, (price of entry: $7.50) as well as Lou Reed playing Massey Hall.

Recently Joe Fuda connected with Vince and put together an expo of some of the shots he took which went up recently at the Oz Studios at 134 Ossington. It’s a cool little show to walk around and remember the era.

The Ossington BlackOut Street Party

Brians — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 06:09:41 +0000

Ossington broke out into song and dance tonight with the Ossington Blackout Street Party. It was quiet to start, with bars turning off their lights and just having candles and acoustic music. We stopped in the Crooked Star for a pint, and while it was hot inside, the atmosphere was fun and people were enjoying themselves. Along the street, in parking spots there were games of musical chairs, foozball, and jugglers.

Then right around 10 the party broke out. Fire jugglers, samba drummers, and all sorts of musicians, including the organizer, Michael J. and Richard Underhill, of the shuffle demons.

Here’s a set of the pictures with music accompaniment:

If you have more, let me know and I’ll add them into the mix. Keep an eye on the facebook and yelp pages, for more pics.