CD Review: Tom Waits, Bad as Me
Tom Waits is notorious for taking listeners to bizarre and gritty soundscapes. His musical prowess has been punctuated with sharp horn melodies, drunken carnival-esque sounds…
Arts & Culture
My love affair with Death Cab
Death Cab for Cutie, for those of you who don’t know, is a band founded by Ben Gibbard in the late nineties. They’ve released seven…
Essentially a Playlist
With the omnibus crime bill that the Conservative government recently introduced, you’d be forgiven for thinking that our parents have some longstanding hate on when…
CD Review: Dan Mangan
Oh Fortune, the follow-up to the 2009 Polaris Prize nominee Nice, Nice, Very Nice, sees the Vancouverite Dan Mangan show definite growth. He’s dropped the…
Dead Air at aceartinc
Dead Air, the most recent exhibit by Steve Bates, is a mind-bending contemplation on the various aspects of time. Considering not only the officially calculated…
Movie review: The Thing
For those who’ve seen John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982), rest assured, this fall’s horror flick sharing the same title is less a remake and more…
Getting to know your Wiccan holidays
This summer a friend of mine came out of the broom closet. That is to say, she announced to the world that she was Wiccan….
Breaking Bad vs. The Wire
Earlier this month AMC’s critically acclaimed drama Breaking Bad concluded its fourth and, if you believe its creators, second-to-last season. As many viewers have grown…
Movie Review: Wiebo’s War
Written and directed by David York, Wiebo’s War is documentary film detailing Wiebo Ludwig’s twenty-year struggle against the oil and gas industry in northern Alberta….
For the record lover
Now, since last week’s instalment I can only hope at least one of you went out into the garage or basement and wiped off the…