launched!

Thanks to everyone who came out last night to celebrate with us and support LFDM magazine!

We had an awesome time and want to thank The Joy Quartet, Paddle to the Sea and Hugh Manatee Party for their awesome tunes - you really rocked! Also special thanks to Le Bisou and their friendly staff for showing us a great time, delicious food and drink specials. We hope to be able to party with all of you again some time soon!

Thanks also to all our wondrous contributors for sharing fantastic work with us. We hope you'll join us again in the future.

For those of you could couldn't make it, the magazines will be distributed around town this week so be sure to grab a copy, or check out the pdf on our home page.

The launch of the fourth issue and our website marks a new era for LFDM, it's finally time to let go of all the baggage of materialism and forgo the printed magazine to replace it with a new online version. We'll be putting out a new call for submissions in the near future, so check back later.

Missed out? Get a taste of the music and the venue:

Paddle to the Sea - http://profile.myspace.com/philipshearing
Hugh Manatee Party - http://www.myspace.com/hughmanateeparty
Le Bisou - http://www.lebisou.ca/
LFDM facebook group - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5053457047

LFDM #4 launch + new site!

It's finally happening - LFDM magazine is ready to rock the art scene once more!

All are invited to the launch party to celebrate the magazine’s fourth issue, Secret, which will take place on Sunday, March 8, 9:00 p.m. at le Bisou, 4147 Boulevard St-Laurent. Tous sont invités au lancement du 4e numéro de LFDM Secret, qui aura lieu le 8 mars 21h à 24h à le Bisou, 4147 boul. St-Laurent.

Setting the party beat will be a special debut performance by Paddle to the Sea, fronted by entrancing vocalist Philip Shearing, as well as the awesome Hugh Manatee Party and this city’s freshest jazz voice, Charlotte Joy Callender. Le Bisou, a much-needed new addition to the Plateau — featuring affordable gourmet eats, art gallery and concerts — is offering up free tapas and super drink specials for the event.

“The magazine is definitely worth the look, as it is well-curated and really an all-around fun and often insightful read. Props to Annie Briard and Edwin Janzen for editing brilliant work.” —Julien Ceccaldi, Inside the Frozen Mammoth

Les Fleurs du Mal’s Secret issue features Meg Walker’s exploration of Isabelle Pauwels’ inversions of pornography; Laura Paolini’s journey back to a unique, game-show moment featuring John Cage; Christopher Olson’s exposition on the social history of the T.V. laugh track; Michelle Lacombe’s review of Joshua Schwebel’s hiding-as-performance-art research; as well as cutting-edge work by artists Marc Peters, Aleks Bartosik, Matthew Thomson, Valérie Sangin — and much, much more.

Les Fleurs du Mal magazine finally made it online thanks to our fabulous designer Isabella Amodei and tech support by the magical Julian Gollner. Thanks guys!