Hands off, Hollywood
The crowds filed out of the matinee amidst over-the-top pronouncements like, “I will never look forward to anything ever again,” and, “I feel like I…
November 2009
He came. He saw. He gaffed.
Sir Salman Rushdie, the only writer thrice crowned Booker winner , paid Winnipeg a little visit on Oct. 22. The controversial British writer was here…
The globalization of hip hop
“It’s a hip hop world and you are living in it,” writes pop culture critic Dalton Higgins in his newly released book, aptly titled Hip…
Very Special Ed.
An Education is set in 1960s suburban London and tells the story of a teenage girl whose life is changed when she falls in love…
Chameleon Walls and Conceptual Art
Four walls in the Fitzgerald building have been changing colour. Outside of Gallery One One One the rotunda area was at one point blue, transforming…
CD Review : Civet “Hell Hath No Fury”
Is Civet the greatest female rock group since the Runaways? No. Their official bio calls them, “the hottest all-girl rock n’ roll band (both literally…
CD Review : Bad News Brown “Born to Sin”
Now, here is an album that came so close to being something really special. This Montreal-based MC mixes his outstanding harmonica playing into familiar hip-hop…
CD Review : Grant Davidson “Tired Limbs For Ashes”
Local fellow Grant Davidson’s album, Tired Limbs for Ashes, is a quiet affair, evoking a dusty late-summer afternoon spent reflecting on life’s highs and lows,…
Musical Memory : Musical injury
Reading recent Musical Memories regarding “mosh-pit misadventures,” I was painfully reminded of a tale of shame and violence all my own. It was in late…
Oscar Wild : The calm before the shitstorm
I lost my Oscar virginity at the age of nine. It was the year Titanic won Best Picture and swept the majority of the remaining…