into the drown_ed world P r e s s
into the drown_ed world
new poems
advance praise for iNto the DroWNED world
Not Waving but Drowning (profile in Eye weekly Nov. 2008)
Ryan Kamstra's Madge Apocalypse (Zoilus Profile Nov. 2008)
Tomboyfriend
New York Times (Nov. 2008) - Novelist Heather O'Neill's profile of Margaux Williamson's video for the End of Poverty; of the twelve great "seen" things of 2008!
See the video here!
Spin magazine (June 2008)
Xtra (June 2007)
Fab Magazine (June 2007)
Eye magazine (December 2006)
Now Magazine:"Cleverly warped crunchy pop deconstructions of bisexuality, promiscuity, fashion and more; what nerdcore kids and those who love them get down to on the dance floor. "
FAB Magazine: "Think a more-left-wing Hidden Cameras with a crazy fun Keith Cole aesthetic, minus the on-stage golden showers (just the spraying of faux blood made from Jell-o and cupcake icing). Includes offkey singing that encourages the crowd to join in."
tombf blog enthusiasm (+ snark!)
Follow up to Our New York Times Feature
Zoilus (Nov. 2008)
Nonresolutions (Nov. 2008)
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General Blog Chitchat
BlogTO (September 2008) - Bi Bash Celebrates International Diversity
"If you're into cute, glam-pop (sort of) from Canada, then you should check out ... Tomboyfriend. They're neat, they're fun, they're gonna "take the boys on"!"
Said The Gramaphone - On demo "The End of Poverty"
"You're a smash. A Pony. A Head case."
This song is scrawny, and stubborn, and dirty. It's underdressed, shows up late, and is a loud drunk. It waves and yells to friends from across the street, and borrows DVDs and button-up sweaters for years at a time. It eats terribly, chewing on a pizza slice with a golden grin. It's one charming motherfucker. But a motherfucker none the less.
Club Roaring: "Club Roaring, meet Tomboyfriend. I think you all will get along. He's in a committed relationship with Miss Handclaps, but you might want to chat him up anyway. Hey there, Tomboyfriend. You are sounding mighty good. I like your piano swagger. You make me dance in my seat while I'm driving. Oo-er. You're a bit rough around the edges, but I think I might like to take you home to meet my mother (or at least a record label)."
Zoilus: Wavelength
Wavelength Interview
lATE cAPitalLIST suBLIME 
Micheal Turner: "Every few years the world buckles under its weight and a new poet emerges, someone who resists the impulse to set things straight, preferring instead to scatter the wreckage so the rest of us can see more clearly. I'm thinking here of poets like Ginsberg, Dylan, Schooly D and Beck -- all of whom possess the music and the reference range to put their words in play. Ryan Kamstra belongs in that company, for he too is a poet aware of the world he's making out of the world."
Steven Heighton: "With Beat verve, surging surrealist riffs, pangs of romantic longwing and wild, sad humour, Kamstra Frames a poetic dream- or cyberscape that is also a frighteningly acute take on current realities. Along with other new writers like Louise Bak and Stephen Cain, he's tapping into the late capitalist subconcious to locate poems that are fresh, felt and vital in every sense of the word."
sCRatCH kAmsTRA
exclaim (May 2002)
Zoilus (November 2004)
I'm Just Saying is All:"The NEW DIRECTION that I propose involves Barbara Boxer continuing to challenge the frigidity of Condoleeza's barren uterus and giving the Reservists a break by sending in a surge of dancing rabbits."
Now magazine (July 2007)
Other Press
Projects
Streetknit
Brainchild of Sadie Lewis, I became her unofficial covert ops in Januarary 2007.
Vogue magazine
For Press on the semi-dormant Social Debt Couriers
