By Kyle Young
The latest twist in China’s long and sordid saga of human rights violations occurred today when President Jiang Zemin turned the tables on the Western powers, accusing several nations – Canada among them – of systematically repressing a widely practiced and accepted religious belief system, that of the Jedi."Ever since Star Wars first emerged, it… Continue reading Nerds and China
I sat in the middle of the Oldman River, beer in hand, beneath a blazing 35-degree sun and a cloudless sky. I realized that it doesn’t get any better than this. With all the time in the world to look around and soak up my surroundings it became clear that this was a universal, not… Continue reading The South Country Fair
Take your pick, ladies: Prozac or Viagra?The Ottawa Citizen recently published the findings of a study by a team of psychologists at the State University of New York. The study triumphantly declared women directly exposed to semen are significantly less depressed than those who are not.As a woman fighting for the right to enjoy sex… Continue reading The latest, greatest anti-depressant?
What a crime ridden society full of drug addled criminals devoid of morality and good sense we live in. Honestly. Over half the people in Canada are cold, hard criminals. Joint toting, reefer smoking hoodlums the lot of them.Please.People, more importantly politicians, are finally starting to come to their senses about marijuana use and it… Continue reading Cannabis stigma goes up in smoke
Losing faith is easy nowadays. The beauty of religion is forgotten when priests abuse children and grocery shopping monopolizes our Sunday afternoons. The church is lost in our Canadian landscape. This is the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church; all the other Christian denominations too. There are many reasons for this. Religion is not… Continue reading Faith in the Pope is Easy
The crowd was brought to theirknees by a show that had all the energy of a runaway freight train. Ember Swift took the stage at the Village Cantina on the evening of July 17 and the intensity of her performance was incredible. Song after song the audience witnessed Ember and her guitar become a single,… Continue reading Smokin Ember
By Ken Clarke
Music lovers are in for a rare treat. The Aava Group is set to perform a traditional Persian music concert this Saturday at the Rosza Centre. This show is an opportunity for listeners to expand their musical horizons and gain respect for an art form that dates back centuries. Persian music is based in the… Continue reading Scaling the depths of Persian music
Lean back, relax and enjoy this very pleasant compilation of songs. The album? Sirena. The band? Cousteau. The result of their latest work? A multi-purpose album of groovy voices and different lyrics in a well-known soft-rock style. This album is great for driving, but it can also be used for background music at a candlelight… Continue reading Cousteau, Sirena
It is interesting how a foreign language can communicate a feeling better than something expressed in a mother tongue. Cuban and world renowned Eliades Ochoa takes listeners through a journey of emotion on his new release “Estoy Como Nunca”. The music on the album incorporates trumpet, guitar and percussion, featuring vocals by David Hidalgo of… Continue reading Eliades Ochoa, Estoy Como Nunca
Shenanigans is an appropriate title, from the punk feel and sound of the 14 short but energetic tracks to the spray paint theme throughout the cover art.The album rounds itself out with upbeat, quick-paced, attitude-filled songs, interspersed with other treasures. Two such noteworthy gems are the spy-versus-spy-esque "Espionage" and the slower, more sentimentally driven "Rotting."Dynamic… Continue reading Green Day, Shenanigans