Consisting of vocalist/guitarist Aaron Pfenning, vocalist/keyboardist Caroline Polachek and drummer Patrick Wimberly, Charilift are a low-key and engaging group. They’re best known for extremely catchy single “Bruises,” which was featured in Apple’s commercial debuting the 4th generation Nano. If you can say their last names, you win 10 points, but if you can listen to… Continue reading Spun: Chairlift
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Ankle biters set to invade campus for university fair
Every summer, University of Calgary staff take time to show miniature humans how fun learning can be. This year’s Campus Fair runs Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and features a program involving every faculty, as well as a plethora of campus groups. Each participant has excitement lined up for the kids, ranging from… Continue reading Ankle biters set to invade campus for university fair
Spun: Brasstronaut
By Laura Bardsley and Tristan Taylor
Brasstronaut’s mellow tunes are capable of taking you to outer space. It’s not easy to neatly organize this band into any one genre, as Brasstronaut sound more like a classically composed orchestra and less a motley of instruments that, when on paper, look more like they were found at a garage sale. The folksy charm… Continue reading Spun: Brasstronaut
The Polyjesters bring music around the world
The Polyjesters have gotten around a lot. Around the world, that is. Though the two longest standing members of this ever-expanding band, Jason and Sheldon Valleau, started playing music in Didsbury, it’s taken them to France for four years, busking their way around the world, from the streets of Amsterdam and Nice. Both Valleaus say… Continue reading The Polyjesters bring music around the world
Decreasing dementia, one furious child at a time
Although it may seem that university and education in general could drive one to the edge of dementia and push them into its festering waves, recent studies have shown that further education might have the exact opposite effect. Cambridge University researcher Dr. David Llewellyn found that raising the school leaving age to 15 over the… Continue reading Decreasing dementia, one furious child at a time
The Great Lake Swimmers’ geography lesson
Clear and distinct are not often used to describe music anymore. However, in the 1920s, when there was actually only time for one song per side on the record, bands were forced to be concise. Tony Dekker from Great Lake Swimmers worked toward this sound on the group’s fourth release, Lost Channels. “I was sort… Continue reading The Great Lake Swimmers’ geography lesson
U of C prof reminisces about time in Rwanda
Although the state of affairs in Rwanda have quieted down since 1994, its violent past will not be soon forgotten. At Big Rock University, the brewery hosts a lecture every month on a different issue. This month’s speech was about the Rwandan genocide. The featured speaker, University of Calgary sociology professor Dr. Augustine Brannigan, discussed… Continue reading U of C prof reminisces about time in Rwanda
Mind Fight: Should playground zones be abolished?
YesPlayground zones are silent schedule killers. The seconds drivers waste going 20 kilometres per hour slower than they need to could be better spent doing other things: buying coffee, reading Twitter posts, making more children. It’s an outrage that we even consider slowing down with all these other useful things that could be taken care… Continue reading Mind Fight: Should playground zones be abolished?
Others think it was true to the comic book.
Although originally published from 1986-87, the 12-volume comic Watchmen is still a jaw-dropping read in 2009. Set in an alternate history of the United States, its plot focuses on the impending nuclear war between the U.S.S.R. and the U.S. The comic, as well as the film, provides a back story for a group of costumed… Continue reading Others think it was true to the comic book.
The ghost of literature’s past
Recently reported in the New York Times, Czech novelist Milan Kundera was accused of turning a Western spy in to the communist authorities in Czechoslovakia in the 1950s. Kundera is a well-known dissident writer, famous for being strongly opposed to the communist regime. He was accused of reporting to communist authorities the whereabouts of Miroslav… Continue reading The ghost of literature’s past