PinnedAlex TothTaylor Swift’s folklore: Genteel indie from the world’s biggest pop starTaylor Swift isn’t great at hiding her hand. Each album rollout, at least for her last three albums, essentially started in a different…Jul 31, 20201Jul 31, 20201
Alex TothA Reflection on Multiliteracies PedagogyHello everyone. I am currently finishing the second year of my Bachelor of Education, and that requires me to complete various reflections…Feb 7, 2021Feb 7, 2021
Alex TothReviewing my 2020: Disillusionment, quarantine, and WaxahatcheeI’m back! Although it’s highly unnecessary to regale you all with tales of my hiatus, I’m going to do it anyway. Between my last article…Jan 4, 2021Jan 4, 2021
Alex TothPeter Gilgan, SickKids, and the self-serving philanthropy of the ultra-richAlthough we’ve seen the coronavirus pandemic wane somewhat in Ontario, mostly due to the overwhelming, and somewhat surprising, ability of…Sep 17, 2020Sep 17, 2020
Alex TothThe Songs: The Radio Dept.’s Heaven’s On Fire“People see rock ‘n’ roll as, as youth culture and when youth culture becomes monopolized by big business what are the youth to do? Do you…Aug 7, 2020Aug 7, 2020
Alex TothThe Songs: Little Feat’s Willin’Instead of focusing on a full album this week, I wanted to keep it short and talk about a favourite song. This week, that song is…Jul 3, 20203Jul 3, 20203
Alex TothThe Moon & Antarctica: Still prescient at 20Isaac Brock can see the future. There’s no other explanation as to how he created two successive albums that were visions of wildly…Jun 19, 2020Jun 19, 2020
Alex TothAcid Rap: Levity and gravity when we need bothIt’s been a rough few weeks for everyone. Besides the ongoing protests against police brutality and racism, not to mention further killing…Jun 11, 2020Jun 11, 2020
Alex TothGolden Hour: A communal album for a solitary timeIt’s the first bit of nice weather we’ve had in Southern Ontario since about October, which in normal times is a reason to rejoice. But…May 29, 2020May 29, 2020
Alex TothPrince & the Revolution — Purple RainIt sounds so very dumb now, but for years and years I just couldn’t get into quote-unquote older music (music released prior to like……May 26, 2020May 26, 2020