After a summer of lame reruns and a long string of reality shows that never should have seen the light of day, fall heralds not only the start of a new school year, but a whole slate of brand new and returning TV shows sure to rot your brain faster than an Ichiban-and-beer diet can… Continue reading Television Preview: Maximizing the boob-tube
Month: September 2005
Theatre Review: Oleanna
As far as childhood activities go, the telephone game is one of the most popular. The starting player chooses a phrase, whispers it into the next player’s ear and the message passes down the line, yielding minor distortions in transit. Rarely does the message remain intact. More often a phrase like “all the world needs… Continue reading Theatre Review: Oleanna
Music Interview: Making a Kinda Magic
By Leah Sasges
Flashback to 1992: a little girl sits silently in a movie theatre, quietly nibbling away at her kiddie combo. Garth and Wayne begin to sing along with a car stereo “I see a little silhouetto of a man/Scaramouche, scaramouche will you do the fandango?/Thunderbolts and lightning very very frightening me.” It’s like a chorus of… Continue reading Music Interview: Making a Kinda Magic
Book Review: Lunar Park an ambitious read
Bret Easton Ellis is about as controversial as a novelist can be. The literary world is firmly divided along two lines when it comes to his prose: they either love it or loathe it. Those who sing his accolades do so on grounds of his sharply satirical, hip writing style and effortless ability to pinpoint… Continue reading Book Review: Lunar Park an ambitious read
Theatre Preview: A Fabulous Disaster
She’s not cocky, she’s confident, or at least that’s how Denise Clarke describes herself. Clarke, an associate artist with One Yellow Rabbit, is positive her one-woman show, A Fabulous Disaster, will be a favourite among the masses of Calgary because of her theatrical talent. The words talent and passion are two adjectives barely applicable to… Continue reading Theatre Preview: A Fabulous Disaster
Music Interview: New Flames Grinder rocks C-town
In less than four weeks the regular hockey season will commence, beginning the Calgary Flames’ 25th season. Thanks to a crazy and brilliant revamp, the Flames are armed with new players all eager to bring the cup home. One such player is Darren McCarty, otherwise known as the gritty former right-winger for the Detroit Red… Continue reading Music Interview: New Flames Grinder rocks C-town
Movie Review: Ruined last days don’t ruin Last Days
Gus Van Sant movies always create a buzz. When Elephant came out in 2003 there was great talk of his haunting scenes of a school shooting, while 1991’s My Own Private Idaho is first to come to mind when talking of hustlers and wasted youth. Now Van Sant has joined forces with the likes of… Continue reading Movie Review: Ruined last days don’t ruin Last Days
Music Interview: Choke vs. Time
It is said the more things change, the more they stay the same. This cliche holds true for many good things in life and Edmonton punk quartet Choke is no exception. While their music has undergone many transformations throughout their career, the one constant is the band’s original line up. Choke comprises of Clay Shea… Continue reading Music Interview: Choke vs. Time
The puzzle of Santa Isabel
A University of Calgary archeologist is fresh back from his fourth year digging in Nicaragua with conclusions that not only challenge the historical record, but his own work as well. “It’s always nice when data comes back which supports your ideas, but it’s even better when it challenges them,” said Dr. Geoff McCafferty. McCafferty made… Continue reading The puzzle of Santa Isabel
Education: a right or commodity?
By Emily Senger
A new private for-profit university in Calgary is challenging the conventional lecture-based classroom, which has the Students’ Union concerned about what it means to grant degrees for profit.The privately owned University of Phoenix in Calgary has been open since March 2005, and caters to adult students who work full-time and want to earn business degrees.… Continue reading Education: a right or commodity?