Thought you’d never see British pop sensation boy band One Direction on Different Is Cool? [Neither did we]. But, when one of their hit songs “What Makes You Beautiful” is […]

As we enter into 2013, we take a look back at the most popular music of 2012, via one of our favorite mashup artists,DJ Earworm – with his brilliant, layered […]

At Different Is Cool, we believe that it is a worthwhile endeavour to find the good in everyone…with that in mind, we bring you: The Good In Everyone by Sloan. […]

August is a musical month – crickets chirping, waves crashing, ice cubes clinking, children squealing.  The long, hot, sonic days of summer are well and truly upon us and what […]

Poster for 2012 Greenbelt Harvest Picnic-feat. Feist, Dan Lanois, Emmylou Harris & more. At Different Is Cool, we have been blessed with the most gracious, generous “Patrons of Cool” [Margaret […]

  Yelp is an awesome app, right? – real people around the globe, rating and reviewing all manner of restaurants, shops & spas in passionate detail.  Reviewers take their Yelping […]

  What stands to be regarded as one of the best albums of 2012 is reggae legend and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Jimmy Cliff’s groovin’ new album […]

Remember reading Shakespeare’s King Lear in high school? I did and thought it was a pretty memorable cautionary tale of how power can corrupt and result in epic tragedy.  But, […]

Happy Birthday [May 30, 1964] to Tom Morello, Grammy-winning, [and totally awesome] guitarist of polemic hard rock band Rage Against The Machine and tireless social activist. Tom Morello, ranked #26 […]

[Photo courtesy of Nikki Sixx] A bit about Different Is Cool InnerViews: At Different Is Cool, it is our dream to eradicate prejudice through the celebration & exultation of being different. […]