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THe QueeR ReVOLuTION 

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FALLdOwN... 

GeT BACK uP 

By Sanita Fejzic 

Sebastien Provost took a two-month vacation after the closing Flamingo. “I 

worked on average 80 hours a week,” he says. “So creatively, I had nothing 

left.” He needed that space to become Sebastievn Provost again and not just 

“Mr. Flamingo.” With his GhettoFag monthly, Provost is back in the game... 

That’s not to say he’s been completely out of the game. In fact, two days 

after Flamingo’s closure the Chairman of the Tulip Festival approached him 

with a special request. “I was hired to do their opening ceremony,” explains 

Provost. “That was a really good experience because it was a big budget. 

It was also a big challenge because it was 10 days from start to finish to 

execute.” 

The experience set the tone for the kind of work Provost wants to do, 

which is to get back to production work. The ball started to roll from that 

moment on and he’s once again become a multifaceted and talented 

production coordinator with a few projects on the go. 

“I started to get inspired again,” he says. “I didn’t want to be stuck in 

a job that was repetitive. I excel and do my best when I get to do various 

events. Whether that’s a special event party, corporate work, my own 

production — I need to have that constant change in my life to keep me 

happy.” 

The idea of doing a limited amount of parties was something that he was 

feeling strongly about. GhettoFag, a monthly event, was something he’s 

had in the works for a few years. “What I want to do is something that’s 

really interesting, solid and fabulous,” he says. “And have some time in 

between for people to really get excited and miss it, instead of just taking it 

for granted. Which I felt the city did a little bit, and does.” 

He’s making an allusion to Flamingo, which closed its doors about two 

months ago partly due to lack of business. “This is cheeky, but I almost 

had a point to prove,” he says. “This is what happened because you didn’t 

support and now you’re going to go back to your old ways and you’re 

going to have those same conversations about how Ottawa has nothing.” 


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TwO BOYS, ONe GARdeN 

By Jordan Arseneault 

Celebrating the gallerist’s 50th birthday and a year-long collaboration on their touring exhibit, La Petite Mort’s Guy Bérubé and Chilean curator Felipe Bracelis will 

host the summer’s gayest art show opening, Flesh Garden, on Friday, July 6. 

Santiago has been in the news lately for many of the same reasons 

Montréal has. Gigantic student and unionist demonstrations have 

repeatedly taken to the streets of the Chilean capital, with many of 

the same struggles for access to education at the centre of the social 

debate. From his apartment overlooking Santiago’s Plaza de Armas 

(the equivalent of Place Émilie-Gamelin for protests), editor and curator 

Felipe Bracelis has been busy working on a different cause, that of queer 

representation and emerging talent in the visual arts in Latin America. 

“My apartment is right on the main square of the capital, I have seen 

protests, riots, and the whole thing. The main issues that people are 

confronting is education and the price of tuition,” Bracelis explains. 

Activists in Chile are painfully aware of how state and economic 

oppression intersect, having survived American meddling, dictatorship, 

and the impacts of globalization. “Since the Pinochet coup, the neoliberal 

system was tried here, and now 40 years after, today’s generation is 

aware that the model has failed. The poor are getting poorer, the rich 

are getting richer. People are dumber, there is less education. I think 

it’s more like a global awakening to the issue,” the young bearded 

curator tells me. While there are a lot of queer artists doing performance 


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jam and anti-religious statement that underground artists are often 

compelled to make when they live in Catholic countries; though he 

is now based in Spain, Noria’s work takes on hybrid elements of 

the two Americas: the European art tradition and the total rejection 

thereof. 

“The first time I saw the show together, with Guy’s selections 

and mine, I wanted to abstract myself from the show, and try not to 

label certain artists as Canadian or Latin American,” Bracelis says 

after Flesh Garden had shown in Buenos Aires and most recently, in 

Santiago. “It’s a very global show. The histories of North and South 

America are very similar, with the European background and [that 

they are] similarly young countries. The public will enjoy the show 

because there are very good painters, but they also have something 

to say, which makes it very contemporary.” 

Known for its smashing opening parties, La Petite Mort is pulling 

out all the stops for the Flesh Garden vernissage. Performance 

artist Theo Pelmus promises to venture into the realm of playfulness 

“where martyrs are made from candy, and blood is made from 

caramel,” and Toronto “apocalyptically gay” dance-rock band Kids 

on TV will somehow also fit into the gallery to play songs from their 

forthcoming album Pantheon. That’s a lot of flesh for one room, and 

a lot of wild and colourful flowers for one big, queer garden. 


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GeTTING IT RIGHT 

CC Trubiak’s They Say I’m Different 

By Jordan Arseneault 

When you go to C.C. Trubiak’s website, the first thing you see is a Joe Dallessandro/Peter Berlin-inspired photographer of the musician’s lower torso and crotch. 

The “Enter” icon wittily appears as your cursor hovers over the fly in his jeans. What you see when you enter – as 2B did when we visited his charming apartment in 

Ottawa’s Gliebe for a private concert in his living room – is an artist living a trunk-full of paradoxes: the sensitive diva, the exhibitionist introvert, and perhaps the most 

contradictory of all: the gay folk musician... 

When I arrive at C.C. Trubiak’s charming home 

in Ottawa’s historic Gliebe neighbourhood, it’s 

the morning after a big show with collaborator 

Danniel Oickle at the Mercury Lounge. Dressed 

as satyrs in vintage fur pants with ornamental 

horns, the sprightly Trubiak had sung and read 

in Oickle’s song cycle Corruption of the Flesh. 

Readers may recall Oickle and Trubiak as 

coverboys for the Capital Pride special issue 

in a sexy series shot by Dan Ziemkiewicz. Over 

the past year, the two have evolved in tandem, 

each singing on the other’s albums – Oickle 

sings on the track “Blue” – and supporting 

their live shows. Though their styles may differ, 

their drive to create is their common ground. 

While Oickle seeks inspiration in Kate Bush et 

al, Trubiak workships at the altar of one great 

diva: Dolly Parton. 

From Fags to Bitches 

For the folkster and photographer, Dolly 

represents the contradiction “between 

something glittery and shiny to look at, but 

underneath there is so much more depth.” On 

this, he picks up a copy of Dolly’s autobiography, 

My Life and Other Unfinished Business, and 

reads a passage about her rags to riches story. 

“Materially lacking but more than rich in spirit,” 

is the mantra that Trubiak returns to when he’s 

mustering up the fire needed to make it as a 

queer musician. (We decide that our shared 

middle class semi-rural stories aren’t so much 

rags to riches as fags to bitches, possible title 

to a memoir, depending on who writes theirs 

first!). Icons like Dolly, mixed in with some Joni 

Mitchell and Peter Berlin, were the inspirations 

that helped the pensive songster overcome his 

emotionally difficult childhood in remote Flin 

Flon, Manitoba. 

“The primary message that I learned 

from growing up in Flin Flon was ‘you’re 

different, you’re not welcome, you make 

us uncomfortable,’” Trubiak recalls. “What 

I learned from that was ‘don’t express 

yourself.’ That was where the birth of my art 

and writing started in high school, soaking 

in books and film, alone.” Trubiak describes 

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growing up in the 80s in rural Manitoba as 

“living amongst the cultural detritus of the 

end of the Seventies,” which may be why so 

much of his music is imbued with a deliberate 

anachronism. Trubiak’s preoccupation with the 

analogue past is reminiscent of the nostalgia 

and eccentricity of certain other Prairie visual 

artists with tendencies toward the pre-digital. 

Is it about reclaiming the tough times? 

“Back then, my influence musically was 

with folk and country: Joni Mitchell, Dylan, 

the confessional aspect of their music.” The 

otherwise mild-mannered empath says he 

sticks to folk because he loves the idea of being 

able to tell a story. “I’m in pain, are you in pain?” 

he asks in his plaintive but rich tenor. The pain 

of being a queer boy in an unforgiving rural 

place could have made Trubiak into a statistic: 

in high school, like so many who feel different, 

he struggled with feeling suicidal. “Prairie Boy” 

was written for the occasion of Victims’ Voices 

Matter, a conference he was invited to perform 

at by the GLBTTQ Community Centre and the 

Department of Justice. The pun on “fairy boy” 

is a part of healing his teenage self, much as 

his photographer side expunges any thoughts 

of shame around his sexuality. (Seriously, folks: 

check out his photos.) 

The transition from loner to performer was a 

decade-long process, and one that paralleled 

Trubiak completing a social work degree, 

which may take him back to Flin Flon some 

day. The country influence on his music stays 

low-fi, including a Tammy Wynette cover - “Till I 

Get it Right” – that he sang to me live, finishing 

with the wet eyes of someone who lives the 

emotions of the song every single time. “One 

of the toughest things about performing live is 

that I feel like I could cry every time I sing,” he 

says as I wipe my own eyes. 

Check out CC Trubiak’s “Lonely Blue Waves 

(I Want You)” on Youtube. They Say I’m Different 

is available on iTunes or at www.cctrubiak.com


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ACCM 25TH ANNIVeRSARY PICNIC 

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Celebrating 25 years of support for people 

living with HIV and AIDS, AIDS Community 

Care Montréal is hosting a “Southern Carnival 

Picnic” in Parc Lafontaine. With a delicious 

menu of BBQ, sweet potatoes, coleslaw, 

sangria, lemonade and “sweet tea”, the 

picnic will also feature a strawberry dessert 

competition, dirty bingo and “foolery.” Enjoy 

a slice of watermelon with the lovely staff and 

volunteers of this crucial organization. 

RSVP to 25@accmontreal.org 

1-6pm in Parc Lafontaine (near corner of 

Calixa-Lavalée and Sherbrooke Est) 

HuMP OF THE WEEK FOR 2BOYS.TV 

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After an acclaimed 2-week run at Toronto’s 

Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, then at the 

Musée d’art contemporain, and a magical 

performance of their Tightrope drag + music 

elegy at Mexico City’s Museo de Bellas Artes, 

Montréal performance duo 2boys.tv are back, 

and they’re broke! Collaborator Alexis O’Hara 

(aka Guizo La Nuit, who will be hocking 

some of his kingly duds for the cause) has 

summoned all of Stephen Lawson and Aaron 

Pollard’s favourite collaborators for a benefit 

cabaret that should be one of the highlights of 

your queer calendar. 

@ La Sala Rossa, 4848 boul. St-Laurent. $10- 

15 PWYC 

MYKKI BLANCO 

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On the cutting (and cunty) edge of New 

York’s explosive queer hip-hop scene, Mykki 

Blanco is perhaps the most gender-outlaw 

of them all. Often performing with fellow 

Brooklynite Zebra Katz (“Ima Read”), Blanco 

(aka Mikey Quattlebaum Jr.) casts spells with 

club-focused hip-hop in songs like “Wavvy” 

and “Join my Militia”. He’s a self-proclaimed 

“flower child soaked in gasoline and burning 

wild.” Not 2B missed. 

10pm @ The Royal Phoenix Bar, 5788 boul 

St-Laurent. BTYB Rough Diamond Collective 

MeC PLuS uLTRA “MIRAGe” 

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Reuniting for a one-off killer club night 

with Torontonian synth-pop band Parallels, 

MPU is going all out for an illusion-themed 

dance night that will let you sample the 

sweet beats from this New-Order-esque act 

fronted by the dreamy-voiced Holly Dodson. 

Often referencing the work of synth master 

Giorgio Moroder, Parallels will find a bevy of 

new Montréal fans after this dance night with 

Antoine Bédard and DJ François Guimond 

Doors 10pm @ Le Belmont, 4483 boul. St- 

Laurent. $7 before 11pm, $10 after. 

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It’s what everyone always said Ottawa was 

missing: a dirty dance party for the queers 

and rejetés, with a lot of 90’s glamour thrown 

in. Seb Provost is bringing int Montréal cuties 

DJ Alain Jackinsky + “Chicky Boom” remixer 

Nico Concerto for this sweatfest at the skater 

+ graffiti artist haunt in the heart of Ottawa’s 

newly minted Village. With the motto “So 

wrong it’s right”, this could be the closest thing 

the Capital has to a homosexual loft party as in 

the days of old. (Tip: early is the new late) 

10:30pm @ Falldown gallery, 288 Bank 

Street, Ottawa, $8 

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YOGA IN STeReO 

by Boísin Murphy 

Photos by edson emilio Garcia aka el Negro 

“As we age, and become adults in the grey banal world, how did it happen that we suddenly rely on 12 coffees just to feel ‘on’?” Line Trepanier asks as we talk about her 

fabulous new project, the Yoga Jam at Stereo. Like many yoga instructors, Trepanier’s new venture is a second career and altogether different from her first path, as a 

high-powered metallurgical engineering consultant. When she asks why we rely on so much coffee just to feel ‘on’, I feel like she is staring into my soul... 

Standing in the centre of the Stereo dance floor, with a group over thirty 

students around her, the beautiful 30-something instructor looks right at 

home, even though the contrast of the ancient practice with the afterhours 

surroundings seems a little jarring at first. “Spirituality is getting 

involved in life, not fleeing from it,” Trepanier explains. “Calling one thing 

yoga and another not, as the purists do, subscribes to the duality that is 

contradictory to the unifying aspect of yoga.” And that unifying aspect 

is exactly what she has done in her personal and career life, combining 

the best parts of her party past with the grounding influence of yoga. 

“Maybe there was an exploratory aspect to my earlier life – I saw the 

limits of the other way of being,” she admits, with a honestly and without 

judgement, as a yogi should be. 

The monthly Wednesday night Yoga Jam Trepanier hosts 

at Stereo is meant to explore the invigorating aspects of yoga, 

rather than the meditative side. “The original meaning of Hatha 

Yoga is ‘sun-moon position’,” Trepanier says, explaining that the 

club music and lighting are meant to work the participants up 

and expand their energy. “With Stereo’s state-of-the-art lighting 

and sound system, [we] can make it a party, but without the 

consumption,” she says, suggesting that this is yoga truly geared 

to recovering party people. In a Yoga Jam, you don’t need to deal 

with the traditional chimes and chanting that can sometimes make 

one cringe: just feel the deep base thumping through the floor, and 

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When I attended the April Yoga Jam, Montréal DJ guru Robert de la 

Gauthier was at the decks, spinning some truly beautiful mixes, while 

Trepanier called the poses into a Madonna-like head-set. This is the real 

thing: the sun salutations, standing poses, and lunges were at times 

challenging, leaving room for more intermediate practitioners to “go 

deeper” as they like to say. A delightful assistant weaved through the 

class during the 1.5-hour session, giving tips and helping translate as 

necessary. Although the class is taught in French, Trepanier is totally 

bilingual and the sequences are easy to follow if you have done any 

yoga in the past. 

Line Trepanier will take her Yoga Jam to an even bigger venue during 

Pride this August 18, when her Pop Yoga project will summon all of 

the queer yogis of Montréal and the world to Place Émilie-Gamelin. 

She hopes it will surpass Toronto Pride as the biggest outdoor yoga 

gathering in North America. 

“If health is the most important thing in life, we should devote 

ourselves to our bodies, to deal with our emotions and train our mind,” 

she concludes. So perhaps the secret to not relying on those 12 coffees 

may some day be revealed? 

Yoga Jam 

@ Stereo Montréal, 858 Ste-Catherine Est 

+ Sat. August 18, 3pm @ Place Émilie-Gamelin for Fierté Montréal Pride 

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Photos by Olivier Boivin-Carrier 

For the forth instalment of DYDH’s Mews events at Royal Phoenix bar, fashion 

took a back seat to accessories, and new jewelry was the order of the day. Stylist and 

photographer Danik Yopp and PINK28’s Nina Habib selected a stunning team of models 

to show off sculptor Jeff Alarie’s new collection, with a “less is more” approach. 

Using found materials, feathers, stones and beads, Alarie’s line of 

necklaces, earrings, nose-rings and assorted headgear was displayed 

using the models’ bare bodies as canvas. Familiar faces – such as Glam 

Gam’s Julie Paquet and Tristan Harris – mixed with newer ones, like 

Aman Ahluwalia (on the recent Être cover for their Québec City edition), 

along with fashion student and blogger Kim Ninkuru. 

Generally taking place the third Thursday of the month at the Royal 

Phoenix Bar, the goal of DYDH’s Mews events is to provide a platform 

of visibility for young artists and designers. From the models to the 

make-up and seductive presentation, Mews and Jeff Alarie made for a 

symbiotic experience of accessories based on natural forms and a chic, 

witchy sensibility. Alarie’s designs, currently available online – and more 

prestigiously at the Patricia Field boutique in New York City – were a 

perfect fit for their Spring edition. 

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e legally married in New York state last year, 

and Cyndi Lauper, whose True Colors Fund 

supports LGBT youth initiatives and advocates 

for equality nationally. 

“The organization always likes to concentrate 

on the community... there are so many creative 

minds and leaders in the city!” Frederick emotes. 

But the real news this year is the big change in 

venue for the post-march Dance on the Pier. 

After 20 years of partying outdoors on Pier 

54 on the Hudson River, safety concerns have 

obliged the organizers to move to a larger indoor 

venue, Pier 57 at the end of 15th Street. “Every 

year we lose about 100 feet off the end of the 

Pier,” Frederick admitted, and when this year’s 

environmental review threw them lemons, 

they decided to make pink lemonade. Pier 57 

is almost twice as large as its predecessor, 

“which will help with the number one complaint 

from previous years, that it was too crowded.” 

As an indoor space, not only can the gigantic 

structure accommodate up to 7,000 people, it 

can also stay open until 2am, unlike the outdoor 

venue which had to close at 10:30pm due to 

noise regulations. 

“It’ll be great for visitors, and for keep everyone 

together,” Frederick adds, assured that the 

extra time and space will mean people won’t 

have to disperse into other smaller venues. You 

can stay and really get your money’s worth – 

and save $25 if you purchase your ticket by 

May 31. The big-name DJ’s for the event are a 

play in contrast, with real-life brothers the Perry 

Twins (LA) playing to a daytime upbeat crowd, 

while DJ Eddie Baez and DJ Boris finish off the 

night with harder House beats. This year’s NYC 

Pride continues to prove that different is good! 

dance on the Pier @ New York City Pride 

Sunday, June 24. 5pm-2am 

Pier 57, Hudson River Park 

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Montréal novelist daniel Allen Cox is back 

By Michael Hawrysh 

You may remember Montréal queer novelist Daniel Allex Cox from his last novel, Krakow Melt, about a 

pyromaniac Polish rebel re-enacting the great fires of history. That is, if you’re not still lingering on the image of 

him on the cover of Inches magazine. Well, get ready for some more Cox, but without all that pesky burning… 

Daniel’s third novel, Basement of Wolves has just been released by Arsenal Pulp Press. 2B caught up with the 

writer on the eve of his Montréal book launch. 

His new novel is about a Hollywood actor, 

Michael-David, stuck in the no-man’s land 

of being between the ages of 40 and 45, 

on the verge of becoming a has-been. He 

gets hopelessly caught up in a terrible film 

about a man being raised by wolves (and no, 

this is not some gay slang metaphor) and 

sequesters himself in a hotel room to hide from 

his seemingly inevitable fall from stardom. A 

chance encounter with a young skater earns 

him a Kato-style roommate whose pseudorelationship 

provides him with a glimpse of 

human connection, amidst all the paranoia. 

Cox confessed to us that he “wanted to use a 

profession where it would be believable that 

someone so loved could be so lonely.” 

Throughout his three novels, Cox’s main 

characters have consistently grown in age, 

paralleling his own ageing process. We couldn’t 

help but ask if this novel was a reflection of the 

author’s own identity crisis. “Writing always 

throws me into identity crisis,” the charismatic 

author admits. “I think it’s because I use writing 

to break the shells I’ve made for myself to 

inhabit. I think many people, including artists 

working in the public eye, realize at some point 

that the persona they present to the world is 

an outdated construction in need of renovation. 

The renovation can never come soon enough, 

because we are constantly changing. That’s the 

crisis.” 

As with all of his novels, his characters 

carry an articulate cynicism that is one of 

Cox’s trademarks. It is reminiscent of another 

Canadian author who also happens to be 

gay, Douglas Copeland, (who popularized the 

phrase “Generation X” with his first novel). Cox’s 

characters display that same kind of sarcastic wit 

and charming cynicism that are characteristic of 

generations X and Y. To this, Cox concedes: “I’m 

not sure what my generation is! I think younger 

generations get cynical sooner. Though we all 

have to work hard to keep our hearts open, it is 

a constant battle. One way to do that is to allow 

ourselves to be surprised -- letting our kinks out in 

bed, cooking with unfamiliar vegetables, seeing 

the poetry in the everyday. Not only can surprise 

help us fight the conservatism inside us, it also 

destabilizes the enemy.” 

Though Cox calls Montréal his home, his 

novels have so far taken place in New York, 

Poland and Los Angeles, but he has hinted that 

this might change... “I would not be surprised 

if Montréal eventually made an appearance. It 

has enough change and urgency to keep me 

interested.” Basement of Wolves (Arsenal Pulp 

Press) is now available in bookstores. 

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THeRe GOeS THe NeIGHBOuRHOOd 

Donald W. Hinrichs’s Montréal’s Gay Village, reviewed by Jason B. Crawford, PhD and Julie Podmore, PhD 

As researchers who study Montreal’s gay 

and lesbian history, culture and geography, 

we were excited to discover Donald Hinrichs’s 

Montréal’s Gay Village. Surprisingly, the 

Village– a district that has played such an 

important role in the city’s queer geographies – 

remains relatively under-researched. Written by 

a former US professor of urban sociology, this 

book promised a refreshing new interpretation 

of our “gay” district. However, as we dove into 

this particular “story” of the Village, we grew 

more and more perplexed by this self-published 

book. 

Hinrichs’s objective is to provide a sociological 

study of the Village that is accessible to readers 

less accustomed to academic books. This is 

a very laudable objective. The text is written 

so that a wide audience can understand his 

findings and Hinrichs offers a breadth of topics 

from demographic data to different ways that 

people use the Village. One welcome item in 

the book is a discussion about Saint-Pierre- 

Apôtre parish in the Village and the spiritual 

services it provides to gay men, an issue rarely 

discussed in research on the Village 

However, as academic research, the book 

has some serious problems. First there is the 

quality of the source materials. Much of the 

“story” is told through newspaper accounts 

rather than archival materials or existing 

research. Then, there is the problem of context. 

The research does not integrate perspectives 

from Montréal-based research on sexuality and 

urban space. This is especially problematic in 

the section that seeks to frame the development 

of the Village within the framework of the 

US gay rights movement. While Hinrichs is 

careful to point out that he is not attempting 

to provide “a history of gay life in Montreal”, 

the exclusion of a historically-grounded and 

contextual approach to studying the Village 

limits what kind of story can be told. Grounding 

one’s research in the historical developments, 

social movements, and cultural politics of our 

communities is essential to understanding the 

realities of people’s experiences of the Village. 

For these reasons, we hope that it will not 

become the seminal text on Montréal’s Village. 

For those who wish to learn more about the 

development of the Village, we suggest the 

collection Sortir de l’ombre. There are also a 

number of very reputable research projects that 

have been published on the Village such as Julie 

Podmore’s 2006 article “Gone Underground” 

and Brian Ray’s 2004 paper “The Diversity 

Paradox: Montréal’s Gay Village.” We also urge 

readers to pick up Viviane Namaste’s 2005 

book C’était d’un spectacle about transsexual 

performers of “la Main” which is necessary to 

understanding trans women’s work and life in 

Montreal’s history. These are all well-written 

texts by bilingual Montréalers and are widely 

respected. 

Montreal’s Gay Village: The Story of a Unique 

Urban Neighborhood through the Sociological 

Lens by Donald W. Hinrichs. Published by 

iUniverse, 2011, 232 pages.

edM’S SeARCH FOR SONIC BALANCe 

Club music album reviews:‘genre-defying’ vs ‘genre-defining’ 

By danny Légaré 

Kaskade – Fire & Ice 

(Ultra) 

Let’s cut Kaskade some slack for surviving 

through his own transition of going from being 

a deep house impresario for the OM record 

label to now designing house music built for 

a stadium. “Fire & Ice” comes equipped as a 

double cd: “Fire” – the up-tempo counterpart to 

the chilled “Ice”; both illicit Kaskade’s mastery 

as songwriter and dance-floor filler. While his 

nods to his past are present, F&I remains to 

be a testament to his evolution (there’s that 

buzz word again) as a DJ and producer. Songs 

like ‘Lick It’, with subtle wobs-wobs courtesy 

of Skrillex, the fun ‘ICE’ with Dada Life and 

‘How Long” with Inpetto and Late Night Alumni 

(Kaskade’s moniker side-project) fit nicely at 

the dance dens and after-hours, while it’s the 

gorgeous “Ice Mix” of “Room for Happiness” 

(featuring the sultry vox of Skylar Grey), that 

reminds us that electronic music can be just as 

effective sitting down. 

Kaskade plays the Olympia on June 16 


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SONIC NudITY: 

Montag bares all with PHASES 

By Mark Ambrose Harris 

For anyone interested in the methodologies behind a musician’s process, Montag’s PHASES project is an engaging documentary and a growing roster of fantastic 

singles. Each month, Montag sets up musical parameters and then writes, records, and releases a song accompanied by a “making-of” audio doc, in addition to a music 

video. Montag is otherwise known as Antoine Bédard, who along with Julien Repentigny and François Guimond, created Mec Plus Ultra, the hugely successful but now 

extinct hors-village dance night. Montag’s most recent single, “P.I.E.C.E.S.,” features a lyrical contribution from Pierre Lapointe. We spoke to Montag about his practice, 

stylistic comfort zones, and collaboration. 

2B: On your website, you’re transparent about your 

creative process. why is this level of documentation 

important? 

Antoine Bédard: I got the idea after watching a 

documentary about the recording of Blondie’s 

“Heart of Glass.” I thought it was fascinating, 

not just because I make music, but because 

I love music enough to be interested in the 

“how» of music making. The process is more 

exposed in the visual arts or in cinema, so I 

thought it would be interesting to talk about how 

the songs of PHASES were put together. The 

audio documentaries for each single require 

quite a bit of time to produce but I’m happy with 

them so far. I’ve been getting positive feedback 

because it’s unusual for musicians to talk about 

how they work, and there are music fans out 

there who crave that kind of information. 

2B: How did come to collaborate with Pierre 

Lapointe? 

AB: Pierre and I have some friends in common 

and many of them told me that we should 

meet. Eventually we met and we got along 

amazingly well right from the beginning. Pierre 

plays a role when he’s on stage, the arrogant 

singer, borderline pretentious—people find the 

character really entertaining—but in reality he’s 

one of the most humble people I’ve ever met. It 


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BRewING GOOd TIMeS IN GATINeAu 

By Antoine Aubert 


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CuPCAKeS PeRFeCTed 

By Boísin Murphy 

If you asked anyone who attended 2B’s 10th anniversary party, one of the stars of the night was definitely the scrumptious cupcakes made lovingly by Robert Plante and Ken Lee 

at d-liche. Be careful, though, one bite and you’re hooked! 

When I bit into the Triple Chocolate cupcake 

by D-liche, I was transported back to my 

childhood, to Sarah Campbell’s 6th birthday 

party in 1986. The moist cake and powerful 

cocoa icing brought me back to the origins 

of my love of this supremely sought-after 

confection: the kind of cupcake only someone 

else’s mother can make. 

Or in the case of D-liche, that only a 

perfectionist gay couple could make. Before 

opening their gleaming white storefront 

confectionary on rue St-Denis in June of last 

year, Ken and Robert were known for bringing 

their cupcakes to friends’ parties and events. 

Both halves of the couple had successful 

careers in marketing already, but the desire to 

branch out and do something on their own took 

over, and D-liche was born. “We decided to 

pursue the sweeter side of life and help bring a 

little more joy to everyone,” Ken explains. After 


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