By Jon Roe
Trevor Hurst, the ex-lead singer of Econoline Crush, recently released his first post-Econoline disc, Wanderlust. Although the EP was co-produced by Hurst and ex-Collective Soul guitarist Ross Childress, it has yet to make a mark on the Canadian music scene, but Hurst still finds he has a lot to be thankful for. “I’ve learned to… Continue reading Music Interview: Getting over an Econoline Crush
By Lee Bogle and Sean Nyilassy
The Dinos women’s basketball team had a pair of matches Feb. 11-12 as important as the pair of humans on Noah’s Ark. With a 7-11 record heading into the weekend series, our ladies needed two wins as badly as a high frosh searching for an uh… 7-11. Only by winning both games would the Dinos… Continue reading Dinos upset Cougars and enter playoffs
By Paul Jarvey
Bargains with the devil are never easy to escape, slinking through woods dark with allusion and symbolism. November Theatre’s The Black Rider took the Big Secret Theatre stage with unexpected brilliance. A dark dance of light and style paying no attention to an audience’s sense of warmth and comfort, it’s anything but unsatisfying. In this… Continue reading Theatre Review: Black Rider has devil’s whimsy
By Jesse Keith
Calgary’s literary scene has begun to show some life in recent years. With the annual Wordfest, regular readings at bookstores, journals such as dANDelion and Filling Station, and a small, but strong community of writers, Cow Town isn’t looking so backwater anymore. Regardless of all the positive growth, Calgary is still far from being a… Continue reading Markin writers Finley and Caple
ichard Clarke was a bureaucrat in the White House, heading counter-terrorism efforts under both the Clinton and current Bush administrations and had been a public servant since the Nixon regime. Richard Clarke is now one of the most influential men in American domestic politics. Clarke’s meteoric rise to political stardom started Sun., Mar. 21 with… Continue reading Bush shows true colours
By Jeff Kubik
Playwright, journalist and cartoonist, Alan Cho is a figure of harsh derision and brackish demeanor. His regular comic strip “All Dead Babies Go to Heaven” has raised the ire of prominent groups on campus as well as sensible human beings across the world. This week, the Gauntlet had the rare opportunity to speak to Mr.… Continue reading Alan Cho exposed: the man behind the Dead Babies
By Rob Scherf
Despite its cult status as a transcendent horror movie, it is this reviewer’s opinion that 1974’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is little more than a childish romp through the slasher genre. A shoestring budget–the general-consensus reason for the massacre’s lack of style, form or content–is no excuse to skimp on a decent story and appropriate… Continue reading The Massacre returns
By Alan Cho
There are those of you who will see Cabin Fever, regardless of this review, because this is the movie you’ve been waiting for. You know who you are. You tried to sit through Jeepers Creepers 2 and Jason X for your fix, but they just agitated you. You masturbate furiously over every gore-splashed shot of… Continue reading It will take more than Tylenol to cure Cabin Fever
By Mary Chan
Writing a column about fiction is difficult because the columnist must convey in prose the power of often-lyrical, brutal or transcendent writing. In other words, the authors I am about to discuss are much better writers than I am. I have been thinking a lot about fiction in the past week, mostly because I have… Continue reading Fiction better than reality of war
By Ira Wells
Jordan Petty: How would you define “urban sprawl?”Dr. Byron Miller: That’s a tough question. There are lots of different definitions out there, without much agreement on any one in particular. I would define it in terms of [an area] that is low density and automobile-oriented–automobile oriented above all else. In other words, development is planned… Continue reading Spreading too wide