Mondoville Daily Scroll: December 8

Today on the Scroll: punk rock Band Aid redux hits virtual stores; vertigo-inducing iTunes anthem makes Montreal hockey fans happier about losing to Leafs; mercurial Irish rockers try coming down to Earth; aftermath of a billboard activist victory; and last gasp for the legacy of the shoebox art house.

Fucked Up — “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” benefit single [Matador Records]: Unleashed today, the 25th anniversary remake produced with the $20,000 award from the Polaris Music Prize, geared to raising money for organizations dedicated to the cause of missing and murdered Native women, one download at a time. Guest chorus includes David Cross, Tegan & Sara and the GZA — no Bono. [Previously on Mondoville]

Leafs 3, Habs 0: The upside of getting blanked by the NHL equivalent of the Charlestown Chiefs [Hour]: Best thing about the Montreal Canadiens not scoring a goal is not being barraged by the U2 song “Vertigo,” which accompanies every home team goal scored at their Bell Centre this season. The associated nausea has even inspired a Facebook group: “EQUEURRÉ D’ENTENDRE VERTIGO DE U2 KAN LES CANADIENS SCORES.”

Spectacle: Elvis Costello With … Preview [Rolling Stone]: Bono and The Edge talk about Paul McCartney inspiring them to work faster in one of several preview clips from the episode taped in September at the Masonic Temple, which airs Friday night on CTV. More preview clips posted via the Sundance Channel. [Previously on Mondoville]

City Council votes for a Beautiful City [Spacing]: A first-hand recap of the vote that delivered the tax that an epidemic of illegal billboards wrought, from Jonathan Goldsbie. Those who pushed for the levy are more optimistic that the budget committee will steer it to arts than the Toronto Star: “Arts groups left wanting after city approves outdoor sign tax.” [Previously on Mondoville]

Film buffs bid farewell to the Carlton Theatre [Toronto Star]: Denise Balkissoon stayed out late on Sunday to watch Capitalism: A Love Story in one of the dilapidated screening rooms that being shuttered by Cineplex just after midnight. The snack bar guys confided that they planned to stick around until 4 a.m., before being transferred uptown to the Sheppard Grande, “trying to break stuff.”

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