By the release of his eighth album, Ron Sexsmith should be used to interviews. But at a press junket for his new album, Time Being, Sexsmith looks anything but relaxed as he fidgets with his coffee mug and avoids eye contact. Then again, it could be the exhaustion from being in six different cities in… Continue reading A smith of sex and words
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Film Review: The plight of the video ho
Trashy and so not very classy are the nicest possible ways to describe video hos these days. The majority of popular hip-hop music videos all share the common thread–and in some cases that is all the girls have got on–of gorgeous girls in smutty clothes who have never caught a beat in their life, but… Continue reading Film Review: The plight of the video ho
Theatre Preview: A Wonderful Life
It’s during December in particular when people wish someone would come and save them from the cruelties of life. The month of December brings with it the pressure of exams, the stress of the holidays and the realization that another year has come and gone so fast that you didn’t have time to accomplish all… Continue reading Theatre Preview: A Wonderful Life
Theatre Preview: Durang! fun for the difficulty offended
You think there are people watching you, following you and talking about you. You’ve also considered everyone from the Pope, to George Bush and the DMV clerk are trying to sabotage your chances at happiness. If the above describes you in any way and you’ve had enough of aging conservative white men holding all the… Continue reading Theatre Preview: Durang! fun for the difficulty offended
Theatre Preview: Bonding through suffering
Imagine losing your family, job, significant other and house all in the last three months of your life. This is the situation faced by Karen, a character in Knox United Church’s play Bonds. Placed in present day Canada, Bonds is the story of a pair of completely opposite sisters, Karen and Anne, who, in the… Continue reading Theatre Preview: Bonding through suffering
Film Fest: Escape to Canada
Ground breaking, rebellious and defiant aren’t usually Canadian descriptors. Despite this, the documentary Escape to Canada displays Canada as a revolutionary country in conflict with the USA. It’s as if the documentary is committed to exposing Canada’s secret scheme to be different and consequently superior to America.This highly biased documentary pokes fun at the irrationality… Continue reading Film Fest: Escape to Canada
Film Review: Flightplan off course
Jodie Foster’s latest film, Flightplan, has a merciless crash-and-burn theme surrounding it. The take-off is smooth and relaxing until the plane ends up combusting mid-air. The film starts out full of promise, gets lost in its own storyline and in the midst of confusion tries to land well before the tarmac was prepared for its… Continue reading Film Review: Flightplan off course
Theatre Review: A Fabulous Disaster avoids disaster fabulously
There are times in life when people are so disillusioned, all they can do is ask, ‘how did my life get like this?’ This is the question asked by the character in One Yellow Rabbit’s production of A Fabulous Disaster, a tragic comedy that deals with a broken heart. No offense to Denise Clarke, who… Continue reading Theatre Review: A Fabulous Disaster avoids disaster fabulously
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
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