Music of the world, but not world music
The Manitoban Musical Atlas of Popular Music is a sporadically-published guide to the export-friendly pop music of the world outside England and North America. Society…
Arts & Culture
More than a hot drink
I have a tea problem: green, Earl Grey, chai . . . the list is too long. Similarly, the smell of coffee will break even…
Cold Blue steel
When it comes to the inventions of the human race, there is a long line of things that we’re particularly proud of. Usually these items…
Sex on the campus
As children, when something didn’t go exactly according to plan, or quite as well as we’d have liked it to, we enjoyed the luxury of…
In search of the ideal study spot
It has been almost three weeks since we have come back to school, and the readings and assignments have wasted no time piling up on…
Essentially a playlist
With the recent Flatlander’s Beer Festival and the calendar about to bring us the annual gift of Oktoberfest, naturally a (not so) young man’s thoughts…
Bloody Canadian writers
It was cold and pouring rain in St. John’s when I spoke to author Craig Francis Power from his home in Newfoundland. How appropriate, as…
Hot Panda action
They started making panda porn to show male pandas,” explains Chris Connelly of Edmonton’s Hot Panda, “because they find that in captivity they can’t get…
Winnipeg eats its young
In 2010, Winnipeg became “Canada’s Cultural Capital.” Much has been said about the strength of our local art scene. However, many in the community note…
Don’t give a damn about your reputation
Where to start with a movie like Easy A? A witty, intelligent high school girl gets tangled up in social politics. It’s been done, surely,…