http://www.forgetthebox.net More than a Montrea Blog, Better than you think Sun, 19 May 2013 17:34:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.forgetthebox.net/an-ocean-liner-to-boost-montreal-casino-revenue/ http://www.forgetthebox.net/an-ocean-liner-to-boost-montreal-casino-revenue/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 20:20:40 +0000 Taylor Noakes http://www.forgetthebox.net/?p=50647 So Loto-Québec is planning on introducing drinking on the floors of the province’s four casinos as part of a broader effort to update and modernize the casinos to increase revenue]]> http://www.forgetthebox.net/an-ocean-liner-to-boost-montreal-casino-revenue/feed/ 0 http://www.forgetthebox.net/graffiti-in-the-streets-of-montreal/ http://www.forgetthebox.net/graffiti-in-the-streets-of-montreal/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 00:17:50 +0000 Melanie Renaud http://www.forgetthebox.net/?p=50633 The streets of Montreal are filled with art and graffiti, the line between the two often being blurry at best and non-existent to many. Graffiti has been around for a long time, we can find examples of it in Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece and the Roman Empire. The grandfather of modern graffiti was Kyselak, from ]]> http://www.forgetthebox.net/graffiti-in-the-streets-of-montreal/feed/ 0 http://www.forgetthebox.net/p-6-power-trip-how-the-spvm-may-be-ignoring-their-own-script/ http://www.forgetthebox.net/p-6-power-trip-how-the-spvm-may-be-ignoring-their-own-script/#comments Sat, 04 May 2013 18:04:17 +0000 Jason C. McLean http://www.forgetthebox.net/?p=50472 447 people detained at a May Day march Wednesday, some for as long as six hours without food, water or access to a bathroom. Elementary school parents hassled Thursday morning for not providing the route they and their children would take to educate the public about road safety at a dangerous intersection. The SPVM has ]]> http://www.forgetthebox.net/p-6-power-trip-how-the-spvm-may-be-ignoring-their-own-script/feed/ 0 http://www.forgetthebox.net/a-scottish-baronial-opportunity-to-re-purpose-the-royal-victoria-hospital/ http://www.forgetthebox.net/a-scottish-baronial-opportunity-to-re-purpose-the-royal-victoria-hospital/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 01:24:16 +0000 Taylor Noakes http://www.forgetthebox.net/?p=50390 The MUHC (McGill University Health Centre) intends to sell several major properties, including the Montreal Children’s Hospital, the Montreal Thoracic Institute and Royal Victoria Hospital, as a means to offset the cost of constructing the new super-hospital. This strikes me as an unfortunately negligent action on the part of a once well- respected public healthcare organization. It’s a terrible irony ]]> http://www.forgetthebox.net/a-scottish-baronial-opportunity-to-re-purpose-the-royal-victoria-hospital/feed/ 0 http://www.forgetthebox.net/come-together-at-the-masturbate-a-thon/ http://www.forgetthebox.net/come-together-at-the-masturbate-a-thon/#comments Sat, 27 Apr 2013 23:45:16 +0000 Jessica Klein http://www.forgetthebox.net/?p=50354 I think we can all agree that one of the reasons masturbation is so wonderful is that it feels so good. But on Saturday May 4th you can masturbate not just for those good feelings but for a good cause as well]]> http://www.forgetthebox.net/come-together-at-the-masturbate-a-thon/feed/ 0 http://www.forgetthebox.net/cite-des-familles-how-montreal-needs-action-not-studies-and-condos-to-stop-exodus-to-the-suburbs/ http://www.forgetthebox.net/cite-des-familles-how-montreal-needs-action-not-studies-and-condos-to-stop-exodus-to-the-suburbs/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 03:28:55 +0000 Taylor Noakes http://www.forgetthebox.net/?p=50306 The Tremblay and Applebaum administrations have both done the exact same thing – nothing – to actually facilitate family living in the city, or even the actual establishment of the bare services to make the city a place where one lives a more interactive existence. Current city living is capsule living, sanitized and overtly corporate]]> http://www.forgetthebox.net/cite-des-familles-how-montreal-needs-action-not-studies-and-condos-to-stop-exodus-to-the-suburbs/feed/ 0 http://www.forgetthebox.net/the-forgetthebox-food-truck-wish-list/ http://www.forgetthebox.net/the-forgetthebox-food-truck-wish-list/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:03:20 +0000 Keltie Larter http://www.forgetthebox.net/?p=50208 In honour of Montreal finally getting with the times and allowing some food trucks to roll out onto city streets this summer, we thought it was high time we share our food truck wish list with the rest of you. Here you go. You’re welcome. The Brunch Truck Yep, we want it. Forget waiting in ]]> http://www.forgetthebox.net/the-forgetthebox-food-truck-wish-list/feed/ 0 http://www.forgetthebox.net/political-profiling-the-habs-instagram-and-the-spvm/ http://www.forgetthebox.net/political-profiling-the-habs-instagram-and-the-spvm/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:33:33 +0000 Jason C. McLean http://www.forgetthebox.net/?p=50198 They’re not even trying to hide it anymore. Montreal’s police force, the SPVM, is now openly engaging in political profiling. Over the past few months, the cops have been enforcing municipal bylaw P-6, which outlaws any demonstration where no route has been provided and makes it illegal to wear a mask at a protest, every ]]> http://www.forgetthebox.net/political-profiling-the-habs-instagram-and-the-spvm/feed/ 0 http://www.forgetthebox.net/montreal-hip-hop-festival-turns-2/ http://www.forgetthebox.net/montreal-hip-hop-festival-turns-2/#comments Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:41:05 +0000 Keltie Larter http://www.forgetthebox.net/?p=49982 The Festival Hip Hop de Montreal celebrated it’s second birthday last weekend and it was… well, it was just ok. There were some great shows, some not so great shows and quite a few cancellations. Not a total shit show, but not a screaming success either. To be fair, the Montreal Hip Hop festival is ]]> http://www.forgetthebox.net/montreal-hip-hop-festival-turns-2/feed/ 0 http://www.forgetthebox.net/good-times-at-bad-religion-age-is-a-state-of-mind/ http://www.forgetthebox.net/good-times-at-bad-religion-age-is-a-state-of-mind/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2013 03:24:18 +0000 Dawn McSweeney http://www.forgetthebox.net/?p=49996 “Too old” is a state of mind. I am certain of this as I wake up fairly bright and reasonably early, my eye makeup still quite intact (thank you, Rimmel; sorry, bunnies) after my first legit punk show. And if there is a punk band that can be called legit, it’s Bad Religion. They’ve been ]]> http://www.forgetthebox.net/good-times-at-bad-religion-age-is-a-state-of-mind/feed/ 0 http://www.forgetthebox.net/book-review-sherwin-tijas-serial-villain/ http://www.forgetthebox.net/book-review-sherwin-tijas-serial-villain/#comments Wed, 03 Apr 2013 22:29:52 +0000 Pamela Fillion http://www.forgetthebox.net/?p=49792 A few weeks later than expected, I finally got my hands on a much anticipated short story collection Serial Villain by local writer Sherwin Tija. It took a little longer since the book caught the attention of my editor, who got sucked into the dark, sexy, and mysterious world of the illustrated tales crafted by ]]> http://www.forgetthebox.net/book-review-sherwin-tijas-serial-villain/feed/ 0 http://www.forgetthebox.net/misteur-valaire-ponctuation-cmw/ http://www.forgetthebox.net/misteur-valaire-ponctuation-cmw/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 19:05:25 +0000 Heidy Pinet http://www.forgetthebox.net/?p=49864 After two years covering Canadian Music Week, I’m tempted to say that Montrealers do it better. Either it’s the way they play music or the way they throw parties. Here are my thoughts on this year’s M for Montreal showcase at Canadian Music week. The great thing about music festivals is that people are fighting ]]> http://www.forgetthebox.net/misteur-valaire-ponctuation-cmw/feed/ 0 http://www.forgetthebox.net/bylaw-p-6-protest/ http://www.forgetthebox.net/bylaw-p-6-protest/#comments Tue, 26 Mar 2013 21:38:08 +0000 Ethan Cox http://www.forgetthebox.net/?p=49844 "This is approaching absurdist comedy," tweeted Montreal Gazette reporter Christopher Curtis Friday night, trapped in a police kettle]]> http://www.forgetthebox.net/bylaw-p-6-protest/feed/ 1 http://www.forgetthebox.net/still-musing-on-abstraction/ http://www.forgetthebox.net/still-musing-on-abstraction/#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:54:21 +0000 Naakita Feldman-Kiss http://www.forgetthebox.net/?p=49516 As a fine arts student I have constantly whined and complained about the endless studies on abstract expressionists and minimalists that arise in my course material. I have whispered to myself numerous times “I hate you Pollock”. When it comes to abstraction in art, I have seen my opinion shift through the development of my ]]> http://www.forgetthebox.net/still-musing-on-abstraction/feed/ 1 http://www.forgetthebox.net/busking-in-montreal-a-how-to-guide/ http://www.forgetthebox.net/busking-in-montreal-a-how-to-guide/#comments Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:38:54 +0000 Bashu Naimi-Roy http://www.forgetthebox.net/?p=49456 So how does one make money busking in Montreal? How do you become a busker? What's it like? How much money can you make playing music in the street? Find out!]]> http://www.forgetthebox.net/busking-in-montreal-a-how-to-guide/feed/ 0 http://www.forgetthebox.net/sugar-rushes-lightning-bolts-ruff-talons/ http://www.forgetthebox.net/sugar-rushes-lightning-bolts-ruff-talons/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:45:46 +0000 Pamela Fillion http://www.forgetthebox.net/?p=49487 A few weekends ago, I trekked all the way to Parc Extension to Café Artère to meet with spunky rockers Zinta Avens Auzins and Kate Bass of Ruff Talons, a local band topping the charts at CKUT 90.3 FM. “If there was a zombie apocalypse,” Zinta says, “I’d put together a bike army with a base ]]> http://www.forgetthebox.net/sugar-rushes-lightning-bolts-ruff-talons/feed/ 0