By James Keller
With over 25 years of journalism experience, numerous awards (including The Toronto Life Women of Influence Award and the United Nations Canada Award) two books and an extensive collection of television specials and events bearing her name, Pamela Wallin doesn’t include any of this in her definition of success. "Lots of people think I’m successful… Continue reading Pamela Wallin
By Mary Chan
Carol Shields is a surprisingly petite woman with a surprisingly quiet voice. The winner of numerous international book awards (including a Pulitzer Prize, a Governor General’s award and the Orange Book Award), the revered Canadian author speaks with understated confidence and conviction. And, like many people in the last two months, she offers her own… Continue reading Carol Shields
By James Keller
With the much anticipated release of Lord of the Rings in theatres next month in the very middle of their production run, actor Rob Ullett and director Vanessa Porteous aren’t really worried. "I personally think that it’s going to help us," says Ullett, who plays the Elf King of Mirkwood in Alberta Theatre Project’s The… Continue reading The magic of fiction on stage
Recently, the music industry has seen a great tide of lo-fi ventures. The recent comeback of vinyl, bands spending bundles to record to tape because it apparently sounds warmer, even the idea that faults in guitar riffs add character to a song, all add to the lo-fi surge. But, in this dizzying swirl of return… Continue reading Why your band isn’t signed
An emergent voice is speaking out against personal and systemic racism in an effort to promote cultural awareness in Calgary. Slant magazine, a collective, student-run initiative, is the newest addition to the struggle against ignorance. On Thu., Nov. 8, Slant celebrated the launch of their first issue at the Hop and Brew, featuring readings from… Continue reading A new Slant in the battle against racism
By Chris Tihor
Get ready for pirate-core to hit Calgary. Well, sort of. While the Mad Caddies will probably play a song or two about pirates when they play Calgary on their "It’s Too Cold to Tour" tour, pirate-core is just a joke genre coined on the internet from the title of their latest release, Rock the Plank.… Continue reading Ska pirates capture the Warehouse
By Charles Gunn
Finding great live music in Calgary on any given night can be a daunting task: most watering holes offer generic canned music, an inane atmosphere, and, if you’re lucky, a washed-up band playing a live version of their studio album. One thing is certain: live shows are no longer the place for creativity. Fortunately, groups… Continue reading Multilayered Moses Mayes
By Natalie Sit
I have a theory that bad movies propagate like viruses. Here’s how. One skin-baring, pop-diva-soundtrack-supporting, eye-gouging, stupid-fest known as a movie sneaks into a multiplex. It sits quietly, fed by people’s hard-earned dollars until it explodes and spews copycat films, just as bad as the parent movie, all over the world. Then they go and… Continue reading Movies make me sick
By Andrew Ross
It is only fitting that the Gauntlet should cover the University of ElectroniCalgary, since the group came into existence through the very pages of the paper. In other words, Amir Omar Sharar and Rob Diaz-Marino–the two artists who currently make up the U of EC–met through the TLFs. "I thought there would be music students… Continue reading Campus DJs explore new electronica
The Last Wedding is an interesting exercise in encapsulation. It is raw, subtle, dynamic, introspective, comic, heartbreaking and a zillion adjectives other than dull or predictable. The movie is a tale of three couples and the downward spiral of all three relationships set in motion by the marriage of the darkly handsome Noah and Zipporah.… Continue reading Dysfunction and deviance in The Last Wedding