CD Review : Snoop Dogg “Malice ‘N Wonderland”
I’m concerned about the future of hip hop. I mean, I recently heard the genre compared to disco. Yikes. A survey of the current landscape…
February 2010
CD Review : Sara Lynn “Don’t Call Me Angel”
For those unfamiliar with her sound, Sara Lynn’s is one of eclectic tastes and styles all wrapped in emotional lyrics. Sometimes the Vancouver singer/songwriter is…
Viva L’viv
When the poet Walt Whitman declared that “the art of art and the glory of expression [ . . . ] is simplicity,” he was,…
The Fright Stuff
Gape-mouthed monsters overrun swirling landscapes of fever and dream. The preternatural world consorts freely with ours, often to violent and surreal effect. Aesthetic touchstones such…
Eat, Sleep, Drink Evil
Christening your band “Goatwhore” is definitely not the path of least resistance to widespread social acceptance. This is unfortunate, because to hear lead singer Ben…
Sudoku: Behind the scenes
Upon meeting Will Gibson (Doctor Octagon) the creator of the Manitoban’s sudoku puzzles, two things are abundantly clear: this man knows his computers and he…
Roller derby proudly returns to Winnipeg
I got my first glimpse of the Murder City Maidens at a practice on a Canadian Forces base late one night last week. Not since…
So you want to climb?
I can honestly admit that some of the coolest people I know are climbers. Maybe they’re cool because they climb. Or maybe climbing makes them…
Olympics bring obscurity to the forefront
Winter sports are few and far between, likely because many of us want nothing to do with the frigid outdoors. There is hockey, skiing, snowboarding,…
Mastering the Bosu ball
“See that circle right in the middle? That’s what we call the ‘sweet spot.’” Brenda is the instructor of a Bosu class I’ve started taking…