the whole world in his hands: Canning throws for glory (photo: Phil Ogynist)
The Rockers team, including Broken Social Scene’s Brendan Canning (above), may have ended up on the shy side of a 3-2 scoreline in the 4th annual Put The Boot In soccer match. But everybody won in Sunday afternoon’s charity kickaround at BMO Field, which also featured a rousing kids’ game, a killer raffle, and much media attention – especially the beneficiaries of Right to Play’s ongoing sport-related global outreach. PTBI more than tripled its previous best fundraising effort by pulling in a whopping $12,000.
Big NXNE thanks to Sonicbids, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd., BMO Field, the Queen & Beaver Public House, Umbro – and fans & others who donated generously to Right to Play.
vital vinyl: a slammed record show (photo: Andrija Dimitrijevic)
…was a big success in its inaugural year, on Saturday June 19 at the Hyatt Regency. Inveterate collectors, neophyte fans, and visiting celebs (like X’s Exene Cervenka) came, conquered, and went home happy. The Show was organized by The Record Guys as part of the NXNE Conference.
The NXNE 2010 app for BlackBerry connects you to the coolest bands, films and events at NXNE.
With up-to-the-minute music, conference, and film schedules, the NXNE 2010 app for BlackBerry is your portal to everything NXNE.
- Twitter integration allows you to monitor and participate in this year’s #NXNE Twitter community.
- Built-in BlackBerry(r) smartphone calendar synchronization with custom schedules makes it easy to ensure you don’t miss any part of the action.
You can link to http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/11648 or search for it in app world.
Pop Winds blow through the Aux TV Daystage
Looking for something to do in the afternoon before hitting the clubs? Drop by our downtown liar where NXNE besties Aux TV will host this year’s daystage. Located on the Mezzanine level of the festival’s host hotel The Hyatt @ 370 King St West, the daystage will feature free NXNE shows, a licensed bar and on air Aux TV programming with Alan Cross Exploring Music etc.
Thursday June 17:
1PM Explore music with Alan Cross
2PM Pop Winds
3PM Chris Velan
Friday June 18:
12PM Explore Music with Alan Cross
1PM The Wheat Pool
2PM Spaceships are Cool
Who you callin' a bocce player, bargeman?
Broken Social Scene’s Brendan Canning (above) and Canadian Olympic kayaking gold medallist Adam van Koeverden are both passionate about their football. So passionate that they’re not just content to root for their fave teams in the World Cup – they’re also hitting the pitch themselves at BMO Field as part of NXNE’s annual Put the Boot In charity soccer match this Sunday June 20. Read here as Canning and van Koeverden trash-talk each other in this hilarious, footie-friendly exchange. And then come on down to watch them walk the talk at BMO this Sunday afternoon – full details here.
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