The Strokes claimed in the liner notes of their 2003 sophomore release, Room on Fire, what you heard on the album was their sound and it wasn’t about to change.Fast forward to early 2006 and you’ll find The Strokes weren’t so truthful. On their latest album, First Impressions of Earth, the band’s sound has changed… Continue reading Spun: The Strokes
Month: January 2006
Music Interview: Carolyn Mark’s big ol’ hootenanny
As much as One Yellow Rabbit’s High Performance Rodeo is known for avant garde, artsy types prancing around pretentiously, it also hosts a lot of simple, fun people and performances. One such individual is the lovely and talented Carolyn Mark who is coming to Calgary to host an old fashioned Hootenanny. “It’s a bunch of… Continue reading Music Interview: Carolyn Mark’s big ol’ hootenanny
Music Interview: The Epoxies not for those paranoid of synths
Today’s music industry is filled with all sorts of new phenomena. Thanks to television programming like American Idol and Rock Star: INXS, the latest music mega-stars are fashioned live right in front of our eyes. Like robots fresh off the conveyor belt, these new sensations dutifully perform songs written for them and shake their booties… Continue reading Music Interview: The Epoxies not for those paranoid of synths
Book Review: Garbage Head
By Ben Hoffman
Garbage Head is a post modern epic. The book chronicles the adventures of a character of the same name–though not his real name, of course–but the book doesn’t waste any time on the point. Brevity is the name of the game in Christopher Willard’s Garbage Head and the average paragraph length clocks in at one… Continue reading Book Review: Garbage Head
Music Interview: Virtuoso comes home
Though he’s lived in Los Angeles for the last two years, cellist Arnold Choi’s roots are still firmly planted in Canada. Studying at the Colburn Conservatory of Music on a full scholarship in a city of stars and budding young hopefuls such as himself has proved the perfect place to expand his career as a… Continue reading Music Interview: Virtuoso comes home
Music Interview: Rheostatics like Canada
By Paul Jarvey
Whether intentionally or not, the Rheostatics have become inextricable from their Canadian identity. With a flair for the surreal and an artistic passion with rare sincerity, the Rheos are warriors for milder winter, cheap(er) beer, and the death of salesmen everywhere. The band is slated to perform an impressive five shows at this year’s High… Continue reading Music Interview: Rheostatics like Canada
The environment needs your vote
By Saidia Green
Can the environment help a candidate win a federal election? The environment has repeatedly been cited as one of the most important issues to Canadians, especially to young Canadians. It’s inevitable that each party will address this issue in some way, at least during the campaign season, but which ones are simply memorizing facts for… Continue reading The environment needs your vote
Unintelligent design
Editor, the Gauntlet,[Re: “Point: Intelligent Design,” Opinions, December 8, 2005] I’m not a biologist. My true love is mathematics, and I admit there’s much about evolutionary theory I don’t understand nor am in any position to defend. But the wonderful thing about this “debate” is that nine times out of 10 it doesn’t require defending… Continue reading Unintelligent design
F+ not a real grade
Editor, the Gauntlet,[Re: Dinos’ field hockey review, December 8, 2005] As usual, I found the Gauntlet disappointing and inaccurate. It is clear that writers for the Gauntlet do not do any research what so ever. I demand that our team is apologized to immediately for the horrible inaccurate article that was written in this week’s… Continue reading F+ not a real grade
Welcome to the year of the bastard
Last year was kind of a crappy one. Michael Jackson walked away from conviction despite the the majority of the jurors being convinced of his guilt, natural disasters ravaged the globe, and our nation suffered an entire winter without Don Cherry. But what’s done is done. Let all acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to… Continue reading Welcome to the year of the bastard