Big Bear was much more than just the convenience store parking lot that the men who make up the Toronto rock group The Dirty Nil watched from their second-floor bathroom window. It was the asphalt stage where everything about life seemed to be staged as if it were a never-ending play. With a rotating cast of members carrying musical instruments, drinks, and overdriven amplifiers, the house served as a shared home, a creative commons, and a godforsaken pirate ship all at once. In spite of the fact that no kitschy wall sign from a suburban mom's Etsy business advised them to, they did live, laugh, and love there.
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