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Look on the bright side…
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Ever since I saw Prairie Theatre Exchange’s interpretation of Girl in the Goldfish Bowl four, five, maybe six years ago, I have loved both the PTE and playwright Morris Panych. Even after seeing hundreds...
Lazy, Hazy, Unamaze-y
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For the last decade or two, zombie films have been released with staggering frequency. It makes sense; a producer can hire novice writers and hack directors, and, so long as they have seen a...
Shutt’er Down
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Director Martin Scorsese and actor Leonardo DiCaprio pair up for the fourth time on Shutter Island, a film that looked thrilling in trailers but is not-so-thrilling in reality.
The film takes place in Boston...
CD Review : Sit Down Tracy, “Roaring Noon”
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A tepid morning breeze blows through a Winnipeg street in late summer, rustling trash and dust up from the gutters. A 1982 Diplomat backfires in an alley, behind an all-night pizza joint. A woman...
CD Review : Snoop Dogg “Malice ‘N Wonderland”
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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 doesn’t exactly inspire hope, either, as a serious lack...
CD Review : Sara Lynn “Don’t Call Me Angel”
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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 raspy to suit the mood, but the harmonies always...
Viva L’viv
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When the poet Walt Whitman declared that “the art of art and the glory of expression is simplicity,” he was, of course, talking about heavy metal. Indeed, the genre's appeal lies not in...
