Arts & Culture
Essentially a Playlist : they don’t look like twins
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Having just returned from Minneapolis where I saw the Vikings trounce a lackluster Giants team, the Twin Cities remain at the top of my mind. While there are some big differences between Minneapolis and...
Ten artworks about food
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The need to eat food on a regular basis is one of the few things that all human beings share. That said, the fundamental role of food in our lives makes conversations about it...
Radio Sweetheart
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Listening to the radio is becoming more and more an arduous and somewhat antiquated activity in today’s go-go media world. No longer do we live in a time when it is reasonable to expect...
A falafel with a side of art
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How does a starving artist get into a restaurant? By hanging their work.
Located within Degrees Diner in University Center, The Starving Artist Gallery (SAG) is mandated to exclusively show the work of University...
This ain’t your grandma’s record player
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As a child who grew up in the 1980s I saw a lot of technologies come and go. I watched the video cassette mature only to be killed by the digital video disc, the...
Eating The Dinosaur
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Many people would find the idea of rationalizing the writing of the Unabomber manifesto or comparing Kurt Cobain to the cult leader David Koresh absurd, nevermind reading both these ideas in the same book....
CD Review – Amelia Curran “Hunter, Hunter”
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Hunter, Hunter is clearly an album written by someone with a deep respect for language. Halifax-based singer-songwriter Amelia Curran’s tracks sneak beneath your skin like fog and linger under the surface of your daily...
