Authority Zero is able to showcase their creativity and talent on their new album, A Passage in Time. It is not often that one can describe a punk band using the adjectives “creative” and “talented,” but when they can, let me tell you, it is a beautiful thing.Authority Zero manages to break away from the… Continue reading Authority Zero, A Passage in Time
Month: February 2003
The Notes From Underground
The Notes From Underground’s self-titled debut album is the result of two years of break-ups, shoestring demos, childbirth and plenty of melody. According to the band’s press release, the track “Mes Amis” is the sound of “Black Francis and Lou Reed anally raping each other (and neither of them minding).” If this is the case,… Continue reading The Notes From Underground
Earlimart, The Avenues E.P.
While not many discs that ring in at 12 minutes and 23 seconds are worthy of note, The Avenues E.P. deserves more play than many full-length CDs.Just like the desperate town that the band is named after, Earlimart’s first major-label release ends all too quickly after the disc’s five tracks–four of which ring in under… Continue reading Earlimart, The Avenues E.P.
Daredevil
With comic book heroes becoming big screen hits, it might be easy to say that this fad will soon wear out just like all others. But the way the movies keep improving, this fad may be here to stay.Films such as X-Men and Spiderman have had such great success, it’s no wonder Marvel was willing… Continue reading Daredevil
The Quiet American
By Jeff Kubik
In the early 1950s, Vietnam was a colonial possession defended by French occupation forces. Its people were the companions of visiting troops and the casualties of clashes between French and communist soldiers. Caught in a triangle of incompatible allegiances, the people of Vietnam endured massacres and economic devastation.Directed by Philip Noyce, The Quiet American–adapted from… Continue reading The Quiet American
City of God
By Andrew Ross
You might want to wait until you’ve seen City of God before planning your vacation in Rio de Janeiro. This gritty reality-based film shows the audience a side of Rio that is far removed from the soccer playing, bikini-clad, post-card paradise normally presented to the world. Picture the hardest slums and projects in North America.… Continue reading City of God
This ain’t none o’ your daddy’s cafe readin’
“We met in a bathtub at a party.” They bonded in a creative writing class that demanded mandatory pub attendance. Now, they will blow Calgary away by delivering warm words on a cold February night at Cafe Mediterranean. Andre Rodrigues, Jeremy Leipert and Chris Ewart are three of the city’s hottest new writers, bred by… Continue reading This ain’t none o’ your daddy’s cafe readin’
Alberta Beatnik strips down for ATP
By James Keller
One addition to the PlayRites festival this year doesn’t even feature plays at all. Instead, POETaster provides an outlet for poets to share their writing, and for audiences to be exposed to something beyond the reaches of typical theatre.Edmonton-based poet Mark Kozub, dubbed the “Alberta Beatnik,” will share his special brand of performance poetry with… Continue reading Alberta Beatnik strips down for ATP
Johnie Lad, Cock Up Your Beaver
By Robert Burns
When first my brave Johnie lad came to this town, He had a blue bonnet that wanted the crown; But now he has gotten a hat and a feather, Hey, brave Johnie lad, cock up your beaver! Cock up your beaver, and cock it fu’ sprush, We’ll over the border, and gie them a brush;… Continue reading Johnie Lad, Cock Up Your Beaver
Behold, the power of coagulating Cheese
By Rob Engen
Divination is a big business as it seems there is no price that the mewling masses will not pay for messages of guidance on their future courses and advice on what the upcoming week holds for their short, brutal lives. As of late, however, we at the Gauntlet have started to notice that most horoscopes… Continue reading Behold, the power of coagulating Cheese