CD Review : Champion, “Resistance”
It was only two years ago that Montreal-based DJ Champion (Maxime Morin) became a household name across the country with his hit single, “No Heaven.”…
Arts & Culture
CD Review: Gorillaz, “Plastic Beach”
We’re apparently in the third phase of the amalgamated rap/alterna-hip hop/techno/rock ensemble evolution that is Gorillaz. In case you don’t much keep up with Damon…
Internet killed the business star
Just like video killed the radio star, online shopping has sent many traditional businesses the way of the dodo. We have seen the ramifications of…
Quiet times at the rez
Voyeurs During the summer of 1964, I was employed as a student research assistant in the U of M anthropology lab, and so it was…
When and wear
Of all the things that have captured my curiosity — death, religion, online shopping — self tanner takes the top spot. I’ve never been more…
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Fried brains and Sam
I vanished once before — when I was first given my place in Heaven. Despite my babbling fear, the young man who processed me was…
Danger! Highly dubious ancedotes
My younger brother, who used to flail around to “Danger! High Voltage” (you know, the song from that dumb car commercial with the sumo wrestlers)…
In search of Mr. Chi Pig
Since the early 1980s, SNFU front man and Canadian punk rock pioneer Mr. Chi Pig has been delivering high-energy performances to crowds the world over….
No risk, no reward
Hey, move over Mozart. A pair of University of Manitoba music students is looking to transform the Winnipeg art scene by launching a multi-disciplinary art…