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…12 min read·Jul 31, 2020--1--1
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…3 min read·Feb 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…11 min read·Jan 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…14 min read·Sep 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…4 min read·Aug 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…5 min read·Jul 3, 2020--3--3
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…7 min read·Jun 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…8 min read·Jun 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…8 min read·May 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……3 min read·May 26, 2020----