By Amy Badry
Herman Friesen has worked in the University of Calgary IT Microcomputer Maintenance and Repair unit for 22 years. Now, after the decision to cut 200 University of Calgary support staff employees, he is another U of C former employee without a job. “[The cuts] just don’t make sense,” said Friesen. He sees his shop as… Continue reading One story on the effects of coping with a layoff
Ever since Where the Wild Things Are’s heartrending, perfect trailer was unveiled, expectations have been very high. Not that this full-length feature, which pulls its story straight from a beloved children’s book that was a perfect and very brief 300 words, wasn’t already highly anticipated. Being directed by Spike Jonze (Adaptation, Being John Malkovich and… Continue reading Beautiful Wild Things breathtaking
Get the shot glasses out, kiddies, ’cause we’re about to play another game of “Where Have I Seen That Before?” with perennial magna favourite, Astro Boy. After the death of his son, Dr. Tenma (Nic Cage) hopes to temper his grief by creating a Stepford robot imbued with the DNA of his lost progeny. Powered… Continue reading Astro Boy built from bits and pieces of better films
With Invisible Republic, Young Galaxy want to make a big bang on the Canadian music scene. Released in late August, the group is gearing up for their first serious tour since laying low for all of 2008 and most of ’09 while recording Republic. “We haven’t been on a big tour in a while now,”… Continue reading Young Galaxy expands with new tour
By Alicia Ward
Five women sit on a stage and talk about their lives — except the five women on stage are all the same woman, depicted at different stages in her life. Michel Tremblay’s Albertine, In Five Times asks the audience a lot of questions. What would I have told myself 10 years ago — to let… Continue reading Five women, five times in Albertine
By Ryan Pike
Since winning a slew of awards for No Country for Old Men, including four Academy Awards, the Coen brothers have settled into a more restrained mode of storytelling in their recent fare. Their latest film, A Serious Man, is representative of this more mature style, although it does betray flashes of their previous comedic features.… Continue reading Coen bros latest too serious
After 25 years of funding drives, CJSW is gearing up for a new space and a move to a new tower. The only thing they need is your help to make it happen. The first funding drive in 1985 allowed the station to move to the high fidelity FM band it currently holds. Fittingly, 25… Continue reading CJSW serving up some ‘delicious radio’
TV on the Radio guitarist Kyp Malone’s new solo album Rain Machine takes listener’s ears on an otherworldly journey on the back of a tiger, his soulful voice romping through a menagerie of colourful images and emotions. Rain Machine showcases Malone’s ability as a gifted lyricists, weaving intimate vocals through the layers of modern jazz,… Continue reading Spun: Rain Machine
Metalcore heavyweights Every Time I Die redefine the metalcore genre with their latest album New Junk Aesthetics. From the initial fuzz to the drop-D tuned riffs, Every Time I Die wants everyone to know they can rock. The first song off Aesthetics, “Roman Holiday,” is dirtier, darker and heavier than anything ETID have produced before,… Continue reading Spun: Every Time I Die
By Alicia Ward
When looking at the album jacket of Slow Children one sees a black and white illustration of the backsides of two (and one-half) gangly humans in the foreground, a lightning storm hitting the metropolis behind them. On the back side of the album cover, the red background and messily written titles in black betray a… Continue reading Spun: Peace