By Crystal Wong
The Dinos men’s hockey team finally has their mojo. And with playoffs approaching, they couldn’t afford to make any mistakes. After struggling against the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns throughout the season, the Dinos went into the enemy’s lair Feb. 3-4 and bagged all four possible points–but not without some close calls.“We dominated Lethbridge in the… Continue reading The bridge: blown over
By Paul Jarvey
There are no boundaries. If there’s music that magnetizes me, then I want to play it. It can come from any country, any city, any place. I just try to keep my ears open all day and all night. If you can do that over a period of years you’re going to run into a… Continue reading Music Interview: Kronos Quartet’s fire still burns
Don’t you ever just want to puke because you see something so bloody frustrating and ridiculous? Well, we did, about seven or eight times because of what we found. Well, there was 10, but space permitting you’re getting the pick of the litter. Seriously, you’ll never believe where we got this crap7: Martha Stewart Let’s… Continue reading Top seven or so WTF situations of 2005
By RG Scherf
Since Rebel Without a Cause was released in 1955, films aimed at teens have been an extremely popular and profitable genre both within Hollywood and on the world stage. These films are fun and easy to digest, but their real box-office strength is playing to the empathies of millions of teenagers. Characters are created so… Continue reading In and Out
By Eric Klotz
Privacy intrusion of ID scanners at nightclubs has recently come under scrutiny. The Alberta Privacy Commission recommended that Paul Vickers, owner of Penny Lane Entertainment, stop his employees from scanning patrons’ driver’s licenses. The Privacy Commission’s non- binding recommendation stems from a complaint from then University of Calgary law student Nyall Engfield. “In March of… Continue reading Private info or no beer
By Crystal Wong
It was a less than pretty week for the Dinos men’s hockey team as the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns not only out-played them on the ice, but attracted 700 more fans than the Dinos in a home-and-home series Oct. 14-15. After winning both of their games against Regina the previous week, the Dinos went into… Continue reading Hockeysaurs pick a fight with the wrong beast
By Paul Jarvey
Since the age of 12 David Sanchez has been turning heads and touching hearts with music cast from snapshots of life. From Puerto Rico to New York and across the world, the TD Canada Trust Calgary Jazz Festival is the next stop for this nomad and his saxophone.From an early start in his home town… Continue reading Music Interview: Offering up some fine sax
Those English have it good. Not only do they have cool accents, all the good actors and a specified time to drink tea while nibbling on scones, they have a music scene several degrees hipper than we find on our lackluster side of the Atlantic. Now they’ve found ways to make four-guys-with-guitars rock sound innovative.… Continue reading Music Interview: No flying cars here
As anyone who has played amateur hockey beyond the age of 12 knows, the sport is rife with all sorts of dirty players, goons and plain assholes. This problem is compounded in the lower ranking leagues where anyone with a remote degree of skill is sucked up to play with the more competitive kids, leaving… Continue reading DVD Review: Trying to skate past the pain
“We’re more popular than Jesus now; I don’t know which one will go first–rock’n’roll or Christianity. Jesus was all right, but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It’s them twisting it that ruins it for me,” John Lennon once said. That comment resulted in an eruption of controversy. Beyond the mass Beatles burnings and radio… Continue reading Theatre Preview: Bad Jesus