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DECEMBER 2003
Dec 25-Merry Christmas!
Dec 19-Faze will be in holiday mode for the next couple of weeks. The office will be back in full swing on Monday, January 5th. See everyone back in 2004. Thanks for a great year!
Dec 19-Happy Hanukkah!
Dec 19-Entries for the Ultimate Island Adventure are piling in. Make sure you enter so you and a friend can hit one of the sweetest islands in the Caribbean for a full week this spring. You'll also get to host an episode of TV show Teens Dating, broadcast weekly on GlobalTV, win a Nokia 3300 music phone and Jean Machine gift certificates for you and your best friend! You'll be discovering the island of Tobago and hangin' out with the hosts of Teens Dating, GirlzTV and Bang!TV as well as the Faze gang as we take in the beaches, surfing and rainforests of Tobago.
Dec 18-Warner Music party downtown Toronto. Lorraine and Maya hit the Simple Plan show afterwards. They also interviewed the band earlier in the day. The Montreal group is kickin' ass this year, making a huge impression south of the border as well.
Dec 12-Too bad...Faze was off to see David Bowie & Macy Gray but the show got cancelled due to Mr. Bowie's bad case of the flu. I guess we'll catch them next time around.Dec 11-Thanks to Hill & Knowlton for hosting a cozy holiday party for the media in Toronto. They're the PR company for Motorola, HP and ummm...Labatts.
Dec 10-Lorraine and Jayne, Haley and Sabrina all headed down to the Festival on Ice show featuring the Olympic gold medalists Sale/Pelletier as well as a bunch of other top skaters. Unfortunately...spectators (including the Faze girls) were made to stand and wait outside the rink's doors for over 90 minutes due to some undisclosed problem (was someone throwing a hissy fit?) When it finally happened it was really a good all-around performance in a nice new venue (the Ricoh centre in Toronto.)
Dec 11-Editorial focus group today, planning for 2004! Thanks to everyone who participated! It's gonna be a great year!
Dec 8-Alright this is it, the official start of the Faze Ultimate Island Adventure, brought to you by Lady Speed Stick. Win a trip for two to Tobago (the original island behind the Robinson Crusoe story). Also win Nokia 3300 or 3595 phones and lots of Jean Machine gift certificates.
Tobago is one of the sweetest islands in the Caribbean...some of the best scuba, snorkeling, surfing, windsurfing, sailing, beaches, rainforests in this part of the world!Dec 5-Skechers, one of the most successful shoe companies (and only about 10 years old) opened up a new showroom with a little celebration. It was amazing to see how many shoes they have available....2600 different styles...and most of them were on display throughout the showroom. Felt like we were in Imelda Marcos' closet.
Dec 4-Sanctuary Records Xmas party in Toronto featuring Special Guest DJ Nikki Sixx from Motley Crue!
Dec 1-Oh yeah...by the way...how about this hot cover! The Winter Issue is the hottest issue yet.
Featuring Much Music VJs giving Faze their picks for the most important female artists out there....get ready for a some obvious and some unexpected choices.
Lots of greats articles, interviews, columns, photos and contests...(especially the one for you and a friend to go to the Caribbean!!!!)
NOVEMBER 2003
Nov 28-Wow...a busy week...closed with an interview with Warner artists Story Of The Year.
Nov 26-Jayne interviewed Something Corporate and checked out their Toronto show.
Nov 25-EMI Music party!!!
Nov 24-Thanks to Richard for hosting the Lancome event in Toronto, Lorraine and Jayne paid a visit! Checked out the newest fragrance from Lancome (also part of L'Oreal.)
Nov 17-20-Faze helped out at the pro squash event in Toronto where the world's top squash player came to battle. Canada's own Jonathon Power won in the end.
Nov 13-L'Oreal's newest professional haircare line (hmmm...don't they have enough?) is actually a really high quality one...called Artek...they've got some really cool products for treating and enhancing coloured hair.
Nov 12-Down at Ubisoft's launch of Prince of Persia, hosted by the lovely and talented Tali, also known as the Game Diva.Nov 12-Jayne and Alana down at the Cool Hunt 2003 event put on by Dutch trend guru Carl Rohde.
Nov 5-Jayne and Lorraine down at the Bell Gala in Toronto, lots of famous Canadian athletes, actors, musicians supporting the United Way.
OCTOBER 2003
OCT 31-Hmmmm.....too much Hallowe'en candy?
OCT 30-Faze was at the Toronto evening showcase perfermance by Joss Stone! Man, what a powerful, professional voice...and then she
giggles between songs....charming beyond belief!
Afternoon in Toronto....Faze interview with 16-year old British soul/r&b phenom Joss Stone! We know she's going to be huge, it's just a matter of how huge!
OCT 24-Faze hit the Boogie night party at La Rouge in Toronto featuring a battle of the DJs. Thanks to Steve for bringin' us along.
OCT 20-Happy Thanksgiving! Thanks to you all you Faze fans out there!
OCT 18-It was girl's night out at Faze. Whoo-hoo!
OCT 15-Lorraine and Alana hit a Body Shop event. Some great products from a great company. Check out their inspiring story: The Body Shop Story
OCT 14-Faze's Alana and Jayne were at a YWCA event for girls and building strong self esteem (Esteem Dream.) Great program, we'll keep involved with these gals.
OCT 10-Faze's Paul played guitar in a ear-ripping four hour jam session with an eclectic collection of Toronto based musicians...from Zack from Canadian Idol to Orrin Isaacs from the Mike Bullard show to Rich Dodson from The Stampeders to Marc Costanzo from Len. Great musicians, great party...thanks Mike!
OCT 8-More MuchMusic VJ interviews: George, Nam, Jen, Rick, Amanda, Hanna.
OCT 5-At West49's Canadian Skateboard Championships. In particular checking out the Ripzone, Billabong and Element riders. Ripzone's Jon Comer was featured in the Fall issue of Faze. The women's event was won by 17-year old Vanessa Torres. Look for an upcoming interview in the spring issue! She's tres cool and a sick rider and will remain one the hottest competitors of the next few years.
<=Vanessa and Lorraine
OCT 3-Down at Much Music for a bunch of interviews. On the job were Faze editor Lorraine and Faze columnist and friend, Jayne Rae (an aspiring actress recently returned from a couple years of acting training in New York and LA.)
OCT 1-Faze interview with Outkast.
SEPTEMBER 2003
SEPT 30-Fall has almost come and gone but the winds brought Toronto's ACC an avant-garde package in the form of R.E.M. Our own Surya was gazing lovingly at the man who has made most of us cry with, "Everybody hurts..." and "Losing My Religion". Michael Stipes & co. put on a good show. He flung his tshirts everywhere, he was wearing about 3 of them I think, as well these gigantic glasses that he kept taking off to chomp on the microphone. The audience went a bit nuts responding to his lyrics and even though he might command mass hysteria like the Britney fans, we are glad he is around to teach the world a thing or two about cool, heartfelt lyrics.
SEPT 27-Faze was at the Samsung World Cybergame Canadian Finals...checking out who will be heading to Korea in October to represent our cool country. Interviewed Louis Kim, head of marketing at Samsung and Canada's star cyber athlete, Guillaume Patry, (his gaming ID is Grrrr...) who now lives in Korea where his has celebrity status.
SEPT 26-Faze Interview with Malcolm from Canadian Idol.
SEPT 25-Faze Interview with Keshia Chanté. She's on MuchonDemand as well today.
SEPT 24-A busy day, Faze attended a gathering discussing the emotional effects of teens dealing with acne. A little later was a Nike event with one of their "coaches to the stars" Mario who has worked with loads of athletes including Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan. The evening found Faze at a great party thrown by L'Oreal and Inside Entertainment to celebrate Fashion Week in Toronto. It was held at Toronto hotspot Brassau (great food samples all night!)SEPT 10-Faze is hooking up with a new crew of co-op students from around southern Ontario.
SEPT 8-Hope everyone likes the new issue! Some great stories featuring the the cover story with Bif Naked, a really wonderful Canadian star, who's trying to make a difference helping out with a bunch of charities including Stop The Violence/Face The Music...which aims to reduce violence among youth.
SEPT 5-Check out the contests on the Faze Contest Page. The summer UpforGrabs and a Mary Kate & Ashley prize pack contest just ended but there's lots more going on with the Fall UpforGrabs (Roots Watches, Clairol Party Packs, Nintendo Packs, TI Calculators, Jean Machine gift certificates) plus a bonus Nintendo contest and a chance to win a video dance party for your whole school with a performance by Warner music artist Lee.
SEPT 2-Faze's Maya starts her university degree in journalist! Have fun, Maya!SEPT 2-WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL EVERYONE! Have a great year.
AUGUST 2003
AUG 27-Faze interviews Canadian R&B vocal quintet In Essence.
AUG 13-A strong Faze contingent is out at the ATT Tennis pro tournament watching the girls bash it around.
AUG 13-Down at the TreSemme event in Toronto, checking out some new products, new styles.
AUG 11-Look out for the new Back-to-School Issue on newsstands. The mailout goes out very soon as well.AUG 8-Wakestock's happening at Wasaga Beach, Ont this weekend. Should be a great party. Faze's Lorraine will be trying out wakeboading for the first time.
AUG 8-We were supposed to interview Danni Minogue (she has a new dance genre album out) but got our schedules mixed up (we went wakeboarding)...maybe next time she's in town.
AUG 1-Maya interviewed BMG's In Essence. Look for the interview soon.
Hmm....a pretty slow month.....getting ready for a crazy fall.
JULY 2003
JULY 30-SARS-STOCK!!! 500,000 people baked today in the sun watching a bunch of great bands...a wide range of styles...from The Flaming Lips to The Rolling Stones...from Justin Timberlake to AC/DC, The Guess Who & Rush. It was a great experience...AC/DC delivered the most energetic performance of the day. Faze was there and two people from our team actually had Mick Jagger lean up against them to check out some of Justin Timberlake's short performance. Apparently he's not a big Justin fan based on his comments......
JULY 25-Lorraine interviewed pro skateboarder Jon Comer, who was in Orlando, or was it New Orleans? on the VANS Warped Tour doing exhibitions. Article coming up in the Back-to-School issue. Jon's especially admirable...he's a great boarder...and he does it with one artificial leg. Some Jon Comer trivia....Favourite Band=The Flaming Lips.
JULY 24-Watch for a Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen prize packs on the Faze contest page in early August. Not for everyone but if you're into it there's some really cool stuff to win.
JULY 18-Surya interviewed Skye Sweetnam for a last minute Back-to-School article.
She's very "sweet". hehe....
JULY 17-Skye Sweetnam opened up with two songs and then hung around to watch the premiere of Mandy's Moore's How To Deal. Skye's tune Billy S. was in the movie as was a very quick glimpse of a copy of Faze Magazine that the movie producers used a prop in Mandy Moore's bedroom. Paul met with Jake Gold, the Canadian Idol judge (he's the one with the suit.)
JULY 1-Happy Canada Day everyone!
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