Grrrls, Grrrls, Grrrls
“Riotgrrrl is [ . . . ] because we are angry at a society that tells us Girls = dumb, Girl = bad, Girl =…
Arts & Culture
Graduate! It’s like, whatever.
So you’re graduating soon! Going out into the “real world” to be an “adult,” without the downy cushion of studenthood beneath your head. Good luck…
False Dichotomies
False Dichotomies is a continuing column that unfairly pits two things against one another to determine, definitively, which is better. This week: watching the entire…
The Realest
Walking through Kristjana Wood’s exhibition is much like going through a nature interpretation center or an aquarium. These exquisitely rendered paintings each focus on a…
Mother Lover
What does the 30 Years’ War — which involved most of 17th century Europe — have in common with contemporary society, particularly one viewed through…
Musical Memory : The Headbanging Fraud
Attending concerts has never been my calling. Instead, I had always chosen to listen to music free of charge, by blasting terrestrial radio stations and…
Essentially a Playlist : In Tune With Tragedy
While the images of the Vancouver Olympics are no longer being broadcast on “Canada’s Olympic Network” (biggest surprise: TSN and Sportsnet are buddies, and not…
CD Review : Channel 3, “To Whom It May Concern”
Why would anyone want to listen to an L.P. of a 30-year old demo tape from a band who never exactly changed the world? The…
CD Review : The Devin Townsend Project, “Addicted”
Devin Townsend recently wrote 60 songs, which he states have “four distinct styles,” each “accountable” for a different musical persona he projects. However you may…
Dramatization!
The quill quivered between Thomas’ shivering fingers as he wrote his final lines. Years of translating, compiling and composing left him within striking distance of…