2004

SPECIAL EDITIONS & GUIDES

NOISEMAKERS 2004
WINTER ARTS PREVIEW
Sex Survey 2004
8th Annual Alternative Academy Awards
CLUBLAND '04
BEST OF MONTREAL: Readers Poll 2004
HOT SUMMER GUIDE
Divers/Cité Guide
Annual Student SURVIVAL GUIDE 2004
Fall Arts Preview
NIGHT LIFE
Soundcheck 2004: The Montreal Music Directory
WINTER SPORTS
Holiday Gift & CD Buying Guide
2004 Year in Review
New Year's Eve Party Guide

Dec 23, 2004-Jan 5, 2005 Vol. 20 No. 27 : 2004 YEAR IN REVIEW | Inside
New Year's Eve Party Guide

Dec 16-22, 2004 Vol. 20 No. 26 : TAUTOU YOU | Inside
COVER: France's Audrey Tautou on Jean-Pierre Jeunet's A Very Long Engagement and life after Amélie >> Looking for Reynols >> Montag >> Stars >> Charity round-up >> Supernova01 >> A Christmas Carol >> FASHION: Inside Quebec's first transvestite boutique!

Dec 9-15, 2004 Vol. 20 No. 25 : Merry @#$%& Xmas! | Inside
COVER:The Trailer Park Boys on smokes, booze, kitties and their holiday TV special >> Linda McQuaig on Big Oil >> Zhang Yimou on House of Flying Daggers >> Prison radio >> THEATRE: Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Dec 2-8, 2004 Vol. 20 No. 24 : Present Arms | Inside
COVER: Our annual Holiday Gift & CD Buying Guide >> Pine-Parc art >> Los Straitjackets >> Stripping school >> Stander

NOVEMBER

Nov 25-Dec 1, 2004 Vol. 20 No. 23 : RETURN OF THE QUEEN | Inside
COVER: Rah Digga is out to claim her crown as hip hop's reigning female MC >> Holly Golightly >> Fur fury >> Time travel in Primer >> Reporters Without Borders >> THEATRE: Madd Harold's The Tempest

Nov 18-24, 2004 Vol. 20 No. 22 : WINTER SPORTS | Inside
COVER: Benji Ritchie >> City Snowboarding >> Winter Safety >> Ninja Tune Hockey >> Synchronized Skating >> The Machinist >> Joe Coleman on Rest in Pieces >> Bye Bye Baby >> Punkusraucous Rex!

Nov 11-17, 2004 Vol. 20 No. 21 : DRAWN OUT | Inside
COVER: Gay comic artist Phil Jimenez on sex and the superhero >> Canadian soldiers abroad >> Psychic TV >> Documentary film fest >> Groove Arabica!

Nov 4-10, 2004 Vol. 20 No. 20 : ROAD TO RUIN | Inside
COVER: Pathos, pugnacity and pinhead power in End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones >> Mix Master Mike >> Devendra Banhart >> Festival du Monde Arabe >> MONTREAL MUSIC DIRECTORY

OCTOBER

Oct 28-Nov 3, 2004 Vol. 20 No. 19 : ELECTORAL CARNAGE | Inside
COVER: GWAR don't rock the vote, they hack it into bloody little pieces >> Nick Nolte >> Festival du Monde Arabe >> Dresden Dolls >> Harry Houdini >> HALLOWEEN PARTY GUIDE

Oct 21-27, 2004 Vol. 20 No. 18 : EIGHT-BIT BITE | Inside
COVER: NIGHT LIFE: Teamtendo bring their sonic Gameboy wallop to MEG >> PLUS: New spaces, Wet & Hard, Stéphanie Cocke, Ukula, Never Surrender & more >> CMJ report >> Festival du nouveau cinéma >> Spasm >> Rasputina >> Ratatat

Oct 14-20, 2004 Vol. 20 No. 17 : NEW VIEWS | Inside
COVER: Crazed Tarnation, hellish Breillat, Ryan Larkin's animation & more at the 33rd Festival du Nouveau Cinéma >> Octet & MEG >> The Stranglers >> Montreal in the '60s >> Swearing in French!

Oct 7-13, 2004 Vol. 20 No. 16 : PUPPET POWER | Inside
COVER: South Park's Trey Parker and Matt Stone attack the War on Terror with Team America: World Police >> Black & Blue >> The Yes Men >> Interpol >> Honest John >> Pot psychosis?

SEPTEMBER

Sep 30-Oct 6, 2004 Vol. 20 No. 15 : Wired Kingdom | Inside
COVER: Montreal's disco Dada kinderpunks Les Georges Leningrad launch a new CD at Pop Montreal Wanda Jackson >> Dr. Robot >> The Gods of Times Square >> Leftist politics!

Sep 23-29, 2004 Vol. 20 No. 14 : COCK UP YOUR SONS! | Inside
COVER: Gay trailblazer Bruce LaBruce comes to Image + Nation for a retrospective of his work and to premiere his new film The Raspberry Reich >> Johnny Knoxville >> Gay slasher HellBent >> Médecins Sans Frontières in Darfur >> MUSIC: Franz Ferdinand at Pop Montreal

Sep 16-22, 2004 Vol. 20 No. 13 : Rhapsody in black | Inside
COVER: Montreal's the Arcade Fire fan the flames with Funeral >> Running the Montreal Marathon >> Larry Blackmon's Cameo >> Chris Whitley >> FILM: Documenting the booze bard Bukowski

Sep 9-15, 2004 Vol. 20 No. 12 : TESTICULAR DANCER | Inside
COVER: Matthew Barney on the athletics, aesthetics and anatomy of The Cremaster Cycle >> Fall Arts Preview: MUSIC >> FILM >> VISUAL ARTS >> THEATRE >> DANCE >> BOOKS >> SPOKEN WORD

Sep 2-8, 2004 Vol. 20 No. 11 : TRUTH ON DARE | Inside
COVER: Veteran Montreal DJ Jordan Dare hits hard with his new EP Day In Day Out >> Baadasssss! >> Bike courier games >> Report from the anti-Republican protests >> The Mirror's Annual Student SURVIVAL GUIDE 2004

AUGUST

Aug 26-Sep 1, 2004 Vol. 20 No. 10 : HOLDING OUT FOR HERO | Inside
COVER: Chinese action star Donnie Yen on the long-delayed and masterful kung fu epic >> Viger Square >> Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator >> István a Király >> Riff Rock Festival >> FILM: World Film Festival roundup

Aug 19-25, 2004 Vol. 20 No. 9 : SPARE SOME SPERM? | Inside
COVER: Canada's ban on payment to donors has Canada's fertility clinics running dry >> Bebel Gilberto >> Oasis >> Alex Skolnick Trio >> Dextre in space >> FILM: In deep trouble with Open Water

Aug 12-18, 2004 Vol. 20 No. 8 : PRIMO SCREAMO | Inside
COVER: The infernal racket of Alexisonfire heats up the Vans Warped Tour >> General Rudie >> Freecycling >> Under Pressure and hip hop unity >> FILM: Remembering The Battle of Algiers

Aug 5-11, 2004 Vol. 20 No. 7 : WORDS OF A FEATHER | Inside
COVER: A night à la taverne with Québécois icon Plume Latraverse >> Wolf Parade >> Psychological harassment at work >> Laurentian roller coaster controversy >> FILM: Jehane Noujaim on Control Room

JULY

Jul 29-Aug 4, 2004 Vol. 20 No. 6 : FOXY LADY | Inside
COVER: Pop pin-up Sam Fox on Dusty Springfield, the Bionic Woman and life as a 21st-century lesbian >> PLUS: Cruising hot spots >>Dykes after dark >>Black Moustache & Tommie Sunshine >>How to bring your kids up queer >>Michael Hendricks on gay marriage >> Amp Fiddler >> Manny Lehman >> Panthères roses >> FrancoFolies >> Showgirls >> DIVERS/CITÉ

Jul 22-28, 2004 Vol. 20 No. 5 : CAT POWER | Inside
COVER: Turntable temptress Miss Kittin lets the music out of the bag at the Rialto >> JUST FOR LAUGHS: Lewis Black >>Bobcat Goldthwait >>Family Guy's Seth McFarlane >>Colin Hay >> Bad seed Patty McCormack >> Sasha's Top 10 sex books >> Students against Wal-Mart >> DIVERS/CITÉ PREVIEW

Jul 15-21, 2004 Vol. 20 No. 4 : HEAVY METAL MANIA | Inside
COVER: How group therapy saved a band and resulted in a first-rate rock documentary, Metallica: Some Kind of Monster >> Hair High >> John Holmstrom on punk >> Lederhosen Lucil's Soiro Bizarro >> Stewardesses in 3D >> BARKING BAD: Robert Smigel on Triumph the Insult Comic Dog

Jul 8-14, 2004 Vol. 20 No. 3 : CREEPS & CUTIES | Inside
COVER: The weird, the warped and the what-the-hell-was-that at Fantasia '04 >> Wyclef Jean >> Benoît Charest >> Rooftop gardens >> Googlewhacking >> MUSIC: Nuits d'Afrique

Jul 1-7, 2004 Vol. 20 No. 2 : Hell to play | Inside
COVER: Evil Dead: The Musical promises to kick ash at Just For Laughs >> Carifiesta >> Spider-Man 2 >> Transhumanists >> Talmud Torah pyrotechnics >> JAZZ FEST: Picks and previews

JUNE

Jun 24-30, 2004 Vol. 20 No. 1 : FAVOURITE DISTRACTIONS | Inside
COVER: Montreal's Coral Egan on jazz, pop, soul and beach volleyball >> Fahrenheit 9/11 >> Wholistic sex >> The Streets >> Michael Connelly on The Narrows >> NEWS: Bad landlords and what to do about them

Jun 17-23, 2004 Vol. 19 No. 52 : PUNK'N'GRIND | Inside
COVER: The Suicide Girls add a tattooed twist to burlesque >> The Darkness >> Jazz bagpiper Rufus Hurley >> Noemi LoPinto's campaign diary >> THEATRE: Fringe Reviews

Jun 10-16, 2004 Vol. 19 No. 51 : Fringe element | Inside
COVER: Controversy, beer, brilliance and trash at the 14th annual Montreal Fringe Festival >> HOT SUMMER GUIDE: Ballwaxing, scooters, vegetables, fruit, music, movies, arts & more >> ELECTION: Mirror writer runs for Greens

Jun 3-9, 2004 Vol. 19 No. 50 : Dancehall days, natty nights | Inside
COVER: Jamaican diva Ce'Cile heats up the first Montreal International Reggae Festival >> 1967 Spider-Man >> Sun City Girls >> Andrew Weatherall >> Election notebook >> NEWS: DIY technology

MAY

May 27-Jun 2, 2004 Vol. 19 No. 49 : STRANGE ATTRACTORS | Inside
COVER: Techno mutants gather for MUTEK's fifth year >> Anti-Anti-Ballistic >> Missile Shield >> Being Osama >> Stink Mitt on Masturbation Month >> NEWS: Needle exchange trials and tribulations

May 20-26, 2004 Vol. 19 No. 48 : SQUEEZING THE LEMONS | Inside
COVER: Consumer watchdog George Iny wants to make sure the auto industry doesn't take you for a ride >> Studio XX >> Starvin' Hungry >> Mountie open house >> Cypress Hill >> Dr. Draw >> FILM: Morgan Spurlock gets fat in Super Size Me

May 13-19, 2004 Vol. 19 No. 47 : FAR OUT FAR EAST | Inside
COVER: Japan's Acid Mothers Temple get their freak on at FIMAV >> The Lara Roxx Foundation >> Île sans fil >> Anarchist bookfair >> The World Provider >> FILM: Jacob Tierney on his junkie saga Twist

May 6-12, 2004 Vol. 19 No. 46 : BEST OF MONTREAL | Inside
COVER: Readers Poll 2004

APRIL

Apr 29-May 5, 2004 Vol. 19 No. 45 : THE A TO Z OF MONTREAL PORN | Inside
Lara Roxx HIV scandal >> Lhasa de Sela >> Mayor of the Sunset Strip >> Gelée >> MUSIC: Peaches and her potty mouth

Apr 22-28, 2004 Vol. 19 No. 44 : CLUBLAND '04 | Inside
COVER: Seripop posters >>New spaces >>Topless breakfasts • B-Movies >>Mossman >>Comedy/Strippers & more >> PLUS: Pete Rock & CL Smooth >> College sports & dope >> Internet radio >> Afropunk

Apr 15-21, 2004 Vol. 19 No. 43 : CHILDHOOD CHILLS | Inside
COVER: The Italian-made I'm Not Scared is a superb edge-of-your-seat thriller >> Tricky Woo >> Dalai Lama >> Vues d'Afrique >> Juan Carranza >> Ustad Dawood Khan >> Sports & Leisure

Apr 8-14, 2004 Vol. 19 No. 42 : OH, LOGO! | Inside
COVER: The award-winning documentary The Corporation explores the depths of multinational malfeasance >> Bal en Blanc >> Métal Urbain >> United against Charest >> Rock & Rights

Apr 1-7, 2004 Vol. 19 No. 41 : APRIL FOOLS | Inside
COVER: For Steve-O, Wee-Man and Party Boy, stupid isn't just a job - it's a mission >> Comix at Blue Met >> Clothar the Frank >> Plastic Bertrand >> Jesus Hopped the A Train

Mar 25-31, 2004 Vol. 19 No. 40 : Been there, done that | Inside
COVER: Montreal's oldest living hipster, Harry Mayerovitch, 93, talks about life and art at Blue Metropolis >> Tiga >> Canada on Mars >> Barnacle Wood >> !!! >> The Dew Breaker >> NEWS: Where to buy a cop car, cheap

Mar 18-24, 2004 Vol. 19 No. 39 : TECHNO EXHIBITIONIST | Inside
COVER: Visionary DJ Jeff Mills takes his music around the world and beyond >> Sanctuary for refugees >> Pardons for criminals >> Cats at Habitat/04 >> FILM: Director Erroll Morris on The Fog of War

Mar 11-18, 2004 Vol. 19 No. 38 : SWITCHED-ON SHOCK | Inside
COVER: Sparks fly when Montreal's new prince of pop Stefie Shock hits the stage >> St. Paddy's piss-ups >> Festival of Films on Art >> The Drawer Boy >> Liars >> NEWS: Griffintown's last stand

Mar 4-10, 2004 Vol. 19 No. 37 : BLACK LIKE WHO? | Inside
COVER: Scott C explores the racial makeup of discrimination in Montreal >> Human Serviette >> Goodbye, Lenin! >> Number Eleven Theatre >> NEWS: Remembering slain ISM activist Rachel Corrie

FEBRUARY

Feb 26-Mar 3, 2004 Vol. 19 No. 36 : Shake it up! | Inside
COVER: Getting the scoop on flavour-flipping singer Kelis >> TV on the Radio >> Darryl Gray >> Delores Chew on Gujarat >> The Sin-Tones >> FILM: Defying death in Touching the Void

Feb 19-25, 2004 Vol. 19 No. 35 : Butta days ahead | Inside
COVER: Big steps for Montreal's hip hop ambassadors Butta Babees >> Von Bondies >> Dominique Blain >> Marlowe >> Cop call codes >> Festival Franglais >> NEWS: Ethnic minorities fight for satellite TV

Feb 12-18, 2004 Vol. 19 No. 34 : HOT DATE | Inside
COVER: Our annual Valentine's Day special: Anne-Marie Losique reveals her empire » Sasha's Sex Survey » Musicians on romance » Rick Tremble's Valentine cards » Mr. Chief on BDSM >> William Hurt >> Glowing Fish >> Anne Waldman >> DJ Spooky

Feb 5-11, 2004 Vol. 19 No. 33 : MOVE ON UP | Inside
COVER: Sudden stars the Stills pick up the pace and live down the hype >> Les Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois >> Monsterism >> Everybody Else Is Wrong >> NEWS: Inside Lebanon's Palestinian refugee camps

JANUARY

Jan 29-Feb 4, 2004 Vol. 19 No. 32 : EXTREME MAKEOVER | Inside
COVER: Charlize Theron on her transformation into serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Monster >> Richie Hawtin >> Faith Nolan >> Please Don't Kill the Freshman >> Klezmatics >> Discordia >> Sports Rage: Gabriel Morency at the Super Bowl!

Jan 22-28, 2004 Vol. 19 No. 31 : CHILLER THEATRE | Inside
COVER: Imago delivers the shivers with the horror-comedy Snowman >> White Cowbell >> Claude Fournier's Je n'aime que toi >> April March >> Sunday Night Live >> NEWS: The science of fingernail fashion

Jan 15-21, 2004 Vol. 19 No. 30 : WINTER ARTS PREVIEW | Inside
COVER: MUSIC >>FILM >>VISUAL ARTS >>SPOKEN WORD >>THEATRE >>BOOKS >>DANCE >> Common >> Drummer Kombat >> John L'Ecuyer >> Adam Green >> Linux

Jan 8-14, 2004 Vol. 19 No. 29 : NOISEMAKERS 2004 | Inside
COVER: Pop band Pony Up! burst out of the gate >>Afrodizz >>Snowman >>Sub-V >>Eric Amber >>Umsteigen >>Leni Parker >>Jerk Appeal >>Manuel Verreydt >>Mariouche Gagné >>Cheryl Sim >>Jimmy Beaulieu >>Milan Miletic >>Viola Blanca >>Specifics >>Mila Aung-Thwin >>Diane Rodrigue >>François Miron >>Drew Nener >>Bully Records >>Chris DiRaddo >>The Genie >>Vircom >>Philomène Longpré >>Joseph Gallaccio >>Dave St-Pierre >>ICP Global Technologies >>IDJ Crew >>Joey Dubuc >>Studio Plateau >>Jamieson Boulanger >>Nathaniel G. Moore >>Onlinetel >>Guido and Mary >>Natasha St. Michael