Sylvie Hill

The Ottawa XPress– May 17, 2007 Roller Girl, See Her Go! Some men like ’em quiet, some men like ’em shy, but give me a girl with some bruises on her butt and that killer look in her eye. ~ Uncle Leon and the Alibis Roller derby’s resurgence almost skips Ottawa — almost. Forget cheerleaders […]

CBC-Radio Host Jian Ghomeshi‘s “Q” starts now! In Ottawa, listen to this new arts & culture radio show weekdays on CBC Radio One (91.5 FM) from 2:00-3:00 pm, with an encore presentation at 10:00 pm.

BAM ~ eXplosion As part of Quebec Scene, April 20-May 5, BAM!, the trio of comedic and talented percussion performers, were stunning with their amazing drumming! The Ottawa XPress (April 26, 2007) featured my article and interview with Jean-Sebastien Dallaire (below, left). Friday, April 27, 2007 at 10:15 PM National Arts Centre, Fourth Stage $5 […]

I’ve fallen in love with a Rebecca Gilman screen-print, and all I want is more! Ottawa artist, Rebecca Gilman will be indeed showing more of her art — two colourful abstract pieces this time at Abstractions II, the second of Gallery 7A’s three-part series of abstract art. Since featuring her art in a group show […]

Ottawa’s fabulously talented Jim Bryson just released his third amazing album, Where the Bungalows Roam, and performed Saturday, April 14 (w/ The Soiree) and on Sunday, April15 (w/ Male Nurse) at The Black Sheep Inn, Wakefield, PQ. Jim played with a full band that included Jake Bryce, Peter von Althen, Dave Draves, Jeremy Gara (from […]

The Ottawa XPress – April 5, 2007 Jenn Farr is a hot wax mamma In the April 5, 2007 issue of The Ottawa XPress, Sylvie boasted the buzz around Jenn Farr’s beeswax encaustic paintings. You can see them at The Manx Pub (370 Elgin Street, Ottawa) from April 3 to May 3, 2007 XXX After […]

The Ottawa XPress– March 8, 2007 Anvil’s power tools: Lips, licks and live shows What do a sober woman and Toronto’s heavy metal legends Anvil have in common? Both turned down Lemmy from Motörhead! Mid-tour in Toronto, 1983, Motörhead’s guitarist Eddie Clarke quit the band and Lemmy asked Lips (Steve Kudlow), Anvil’s frontman, to fill […]

Ottawa XPress – Shotgun – March 1, 2007 I scream, you scream, we all go to extremes to score the one we want to tease and please. Well, okay, some more than others, and the rest of us only sometimes. Folks trek vast physical distances or make large leaps in logic to win the ones […]

The Ottawa XPress – January 18, 2007 The Setbacks’ nod to rock gods If male rockers pushing 40 could get pregnant, I’d believe that Ottawa’s The Setbacks were the product of a three-way shag in the back of a van between Tricky Woo, C’mon and Maximum RNR. Baptized with Labatt’s 50 and weaned on MC5 […]

The Ottawa XPress, November 6, 2006 BOOK REVIEW Matthew Firth’s Suburban Pornography (Anvil Press, 207 pp.) Matthew Firth’s tales of degenerate one-night stands “Relax, girl. It’s just like taking a big shit. Only in reverse.” These are the lines I recite readily and adoringly when I’m asked about the best in contemporary Canadian pornographic writing. […]