... Lakeside Terrace was the setting for a roundtable discussion about 'This Book is Broken' -- Pitchfork scribe Stuart Berman's oral history of Canadian indie-rock collective Broken Social Scene -- that featured bandleaders Brendan Canning and Kevin Drew ... the party, their version becomes the truth," said Newfeld, who has produced much of Broken Social Scene's released music.

The International Festival Of Authors at Harbourfront in Toronto continues this evening with a couple of music related events. Stuart Berman, author of This Book Is Broken, (the Broken Social Scene biography) will be chatting with BSS members Brendan Canning and Kevin Drew, producer Dave Newfeld and Arts & Crafts co-founder Jeffery ...

... always work Emily: You mean as a hit? Kevin: No as in just work in general Emily: Oh ... cause you're Superman? Kevin: You're damn right Mary Jane Emily: You mean Lois Kevin: The same thing Broken Social Scene - Anthems for a Seventeen Year-Old Girl (from You Forgot It In People)

More structured than simple impromptu jam sessions, in transitioning from a solid unit to a collective Broken Social Scene really helped to redefine what it means to be a band. Although every member doesn’t play on every song (and really, how could they?), post You Forgot It In People, it suddenly seemed like maybe having a ...

... conservative won't matter so much in 2010. Why? Excerpt: It takes quite a bit for Americans to say that the social contract is broken, or look upon concentrated wealth as anything except a virtue. But we may have reached that breach. Our politics are not simply left and right, conservative and liberal. Never have been. Every once in a ...

... AT THE DRAKE Director: George Vale, 2009  Brendan Canning of Broken Social Scene has witnessed the transformation of the Drake first hand. In December, ... from dubious dive to chic hotspot, and saw its profile rise globally right while Canning was getting his own share of worldwide attention with his new band, Broken Social Scene. What forces shaped these two cultural success stories? The singer/ ...