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Encyclopedia > Caroline Azar

Caroline Azar is an actor, playwright and the lead singer, keyboardist and co-lyricist of the band Fifth Column. Fifth Column is an all-girl experimental post punk band from Toronto, which came about during the early 1980s. ...


This experimental all-girl punk band began in the mid 1980s in Toronto, Ontario. The band has released three albums, a cassette and several singles, the best known being "All Women Are Bitches", released on the independent record label K Records. Despite the controversy surrounding the song, it was named 'Single of the Week' in the U.K. music magazine Melody Maker. The song was also included on the bands' last full-length recording, 36-C. Their previous albums were To Sir With Hate and All-Time Queen Of The World, put out by the band themselves. Their latest recording was released in 2002 on the Kill Rock Stars label. Experimental music is any music that challenges the commonly accepted notions of what music is. ... hey u want 2 play come and play lets go over the insruecions oh wat the heck just register now or login and just have a little fun or alot of fun. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Diversity Our Strength Image:Toronto, Ontario Location. ... An independent record label is variously described as a record label operating without the funding (or outside the organizations) of the major record labels, and/or a label that subscribes to indie philosophies such as DIY and anti-corporate art. ... K Records logo K Records is an independent record label in Olympia, Washington, co-founded, owned, and operated by Calvin Johnson, formerly of the bands Cool Rays, Beat Happening, The Go Team, The Halo Benders and, at present, in the band Dub Narcotic Sound System. ... The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and a member of the European Union. ... Melody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was (until its closure) the worlds oldest weekly music newspaper. ... The new KRS logo by Sarah Utter on a KRS sweatshirt. ...


With G.B. Jones, Jena von Brucker, Johnny, Rex Boy and others, Caroline Azar was one of the editors of Double Bill, a zine that was sometimes referred to as an "anti-zine" and provoked much commentary from its inception in 1991 until 2000, when it ceased publication. G.B. Jones is an influential artist, filmmaker, and musician from Toronto. ... A zine—an abbreviation of the word magazine—is most commonly a small circulation, non-commercial publication of original or appropriated texts and images. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Caroline has also recorded with several other bands including Kickstand from New York , Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet , Greek Buck, and The Hidden Cameras from Toronto. State nickname: The Empire State Official languages English Capital Albany Largest city New York City Governor George Pataki (R) Senators Charles Schumer (D) Hillary Clinton (D) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 27th 141,205 km² 13. ... Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet was a Canadian instrumental surf rock band, formed in 1984. ... The Hidden Cameras are a Canadian indie pop band. ...


She has acted in a number of films and stage productions, such as the performance of Cut by Kevin Killian, and has written several plays, including Satan's Mistress, The Surreal Detective and Man-O-Rexic. Man-O-Rexic featured songs written in collaboration with Joel Gibb of The Hidden Cameras and Don Pyle of Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet. Joel Gibb (born 1977 in Kincardine, Ontario) is an artist and singer/songwriter, who leads the gay church folk group The Hidden Cameras. ... Don Pyle is a Canadian musician, who has been a member of a number of bands. ...


Films

  • Fifth Column directed by John Porter (1985)
  • The Troublemakers directed by G.B. Jones (1990)
  • No Skin Off My Ass directed by Bruce LaBruce (1991)
  • The Yo-Yo Gang directed by G.B. Jones (1992)
  • Evelyn Be My Valentine directed by Virginia Rankin (1995)
  • She's Real, Worse Than Queer directed by Lucy Thane (1997)
  • Touch directed by Jeremy Podeswa (2001)

G.B. Jones is an influential artist, filmmaker, and musician from Toronto. ... Bruce LaBruce (born 3 January 1964) is a Canadian writer, film-maker, and photographer based in Toronto. ... The Yo-Yo Gang is a thirty minute movie released in 1992 that has become a cult film. ... Shes Real, Worse Than Queer is a seminal documentary film of the mid 1990s period of the queerpunk movement. ... Jeremy Podeswa (born 1962) is a Canadian/American film and television director. ...

External links

  • Reviews for Caroline Azar's play Man-O-Rexic
  • Caroline Azar talks about the play The Surreal Detective
  • Caroline Azar at Internet Movie Database

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Encyclopedia: Caroline Azar (798 words)
Caroline Azar is an actor, playwright and the lead singer, keyboardist and co-lyricist of the band Fifth Column.
A fifth column is a group of people which clandestinely undermines from within a larger group to which it is expected to be loyal, such as a nation.
With G.B. Jones, Jena von Brucker, Johnny, Rex Boy and others, Caroline Azar was one of the editors of Double Bill, a zine that was sometimes referred to as an "anti-zine" and provoked much commentary from its inception in 1991 until 2000, when it ceased publication.
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