''The Spill Magazine'' is a Canadian

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based in Mississauga,

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. It publishes music news, band interviews, album reviews, and live concert reviews from independent and mainstream artists across diverse

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and localities. It also offers select film and

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reviews. The webzine was established in April 1994, by Arvin Kashyap who was at the time a

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for the

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's radio station, CFRE 91.9 FM. ''The Spill Magazine'' launched its first issue on May 20, 1994, digitally via the bulletin board system and through

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; it was also distributed through electronic mailing list, as well as physically through

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and floppy disk. It continued as a monthly digital publication, until it moved to its own

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on March 18, 1999, at which time it became a daily publication.

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