Month: March 2002
Jack and Em
By David
Mr. Higgins
By Adam and Cam
A streetcar driver named Diablo
It was early in the morning. The sun was just creeping above the horizon while the birds, who knew better, were still sleeping wherever they call home. The bus ride from hell was about to be unleashed.I was waiting at the Whitehorn train station for a bus, all the while remembering that I forgot my… Continue reading A streetcar driver named Diablo
For your MP3 listening enjoyment
By Thinh Thang
The MPEG Layer-3 audio format made headlines for the past year, from controversy over recording rights to just plain music for your ears. But what is an mp3 worth without its player?mp3 caught the world by storm because it allows users to easily send and receive music. This media format analyzes the audio signals and… Continue reading For your MP3 listening enjoyment
A lot of people wrote spun, and then there was one
By Ken Clarke
After gaining the world’s attention with 1990’s Gula Gula, Norway native Mari Boine has earned international acclaim through her uniquely expressive voice and musical style.Now 12 years later, various commissioned remixers have given their personal treatment to the track of their choice from Boine’s back catalogue in Remixed.The remixers on the disc include Jah Wobble,… Continue reading A lot of people wrote spun, and then there was one
Learning lessons from teen-sex films
The notorious National Lampoon series has given us some good films, some bad ones and certainly some classics. To add to their list of hits like Animal House and the Grizzwald Vacation movies-or misses as some would say-comes Van Wilder.The movie pleads its case quite successfully in the overpopulated teen-sex comedy era which we seem… Continue reading Learning lessons from teen-sex films
Bedtime at the Den
Andre Rodrigues loves making movies and he is damn good at what he does. Nearly two years ago, the University of Calgary student and filmmaker debuted his first film trilogy, The Puffy Room, to a full house at Max’s. This coming Tuesday should be no different with the release of his second trilogy, Bedtime Tales,… Continue reading Bedtime at the Den
Clowns of death in Flux
There’s something special about laughing at the cutesy antics of a clown fishing for audience members who then changing gears to laugh at his decapitation.Mump and Smoot (Michael Kennard and John Turner, respectively) are masters of humour for the adult audience who remembers its inner child. In Flux, the Canadian clowns of horror take the… Continue reading Clowns of death in Flux
The evolution of the written word
By Natalie Sit
The printed page has evolved considerably since Johannes Gutenberg mass-produced the bible in 1455, Ben Frankin’s colonial lending library and the rotary press. While webbed newspapers, glossy magazines and paperback books deliver literature to billions worldwide on a daily basis, you can only carry or house so many at once.E-books may be the next innovation,… Continue reading The evolution of the written word