The title may sound like sea-faring pedophilia, but The Captain and the Kid is really the continuation of Elton John’s 1975 release Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy. Its sequel status makes this album not so much a comeback, but a throw-back to Elton John’s earlier career. Both albums seem intended as semi-autobiographical references… Continue reading Spun: Elton John
Month: September 2006
Film-Fest Review: Wasabi Tuna
Billed as a campy comedy for all audiences (the press material is oddly eager to point out you don’t have to be gay to like it), Wasabi Tuna is more like a train wreck. One where the train has careened off a cliff and onto an active minefield. And is leaking poison gas. And is… Continue reading Film-Fest Review: Wasabi Tuna
Film-Fest Review: Chez Schwartz
What director Garry Beitel wants to show you is that there’s more to Schwartz’s than a good lunch–the narrow, age old Montreal landmark is a hub of excitement. The film offers insight into the lives of the staff–some who’ve walked the linoleum tiles for more than 30 years–and patrons who’ll remember their first sandwich for… Continue reading Film-Fest Review: Chez Schwartz
Film-Fest Review: Requiem
German filmmaker Hans- Christian Schmid’s Requiem plays like The Exorcist without the demons and projectile vomit. Though inspired by the same events that prompted last year’s Exorcism of Emily Rose, Schmid shuns the Hollywood horror approach, aiming for realism instead, leaving the audience to determine just how much of the devil is in the details.… Continue reading Film-Fest Review: Requiem
Metal reincarnated
After trying to set up a phone interview for days, two email conversations with a public relations firm and a problem with cell phone reception, the Gauntlet finally managed to snag an email interview with the band opening for Aleixonfire. Yeah. Weak. Anyway, Keith Buckley of Every Time I Die actually turned out to be… Continue reading Metal reincarnated
Ronnie Burkett dazzles with dolls
By Jon Roe
“This shouldn’t happen on opening night,” said a confused Ronnie Burkett as one of his marionettes malfunctioned on the first night of the Alberta Theatre Projects 34th season and his new play 10 Days on Earth. The puppet’s head had turned around in the middle of a scene as it lay on the ground. Burkett… Continue reading Ronnie Burkett dazzles with dolls
Fashionably modern
If life in the 21st century were a fairy tale, things would be different. The heads of multi-national corporations would be evil witches with crooked noses rather than middle-aged white men; the trendy lofted apartments would be cottages with thatched roofs; and all the good guys would wear Modern Amusement. As the Calgary Holt Renfrew… Continue reading Fashionably modern
Canada West tourney hits Calgary
The Dinos field hockey season got off to a disappointing, but not wholly unexpected, start Sept. 22-24 as they were defeated in their first three games against Canada West opposition. Playing at the University of Calgary’s Hawking Field, the Dinos lost 6-0 to the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds, 4-0 to the University of Alberta… Continue reading Canada West tourney hits Calgary
Women’s Soccer: Dinos demolish dastardly Pronghorns
Aren’t we working towards a world where inequality has been virtually abolished? Perhaps instead of looking to help the third world, we should be examining the animal kingdom. In a recent clash between dinosaurs and pronghorns, the prehistoric beasts netted nine times their opponents’ total earnings. Imagine if this were acceptable in our society. Look… Continue reading Women’s Soccer: Dinos demolish dastardly Pronghorns
Men’s Rugby: Dinos rugby kicks off season
The 2006 rugby season for the men’s A team started off with a bang–the banging of heads in an all-out brawl when the Dinos took on the Calgary Canucks Wed., Sept. 20. The game, a 12-10 loss for the Dinos, was a hard-fought match focusing on the power of the Canuck forwards and the speed… Continue reading Men’s Rugby: Dinos rugby kicks off season