No road for wise men
Director of Cinematography, Javier Aguirresatobe, establishes immense tableaux wide shots in John Hillcoat’s The Road, a film depicting the state of life in a post-apocalyptic…
Arts & Culture
CD Review : Ultra Mega “Black Wu Jackets”
Certainly an album of lo-fi indie rock covers of the Wu-Tang Clan could be seen as gimmicky. But local act Ultra Mega manages to walk…
CD Review : Tinted Windows “Tinted Windows”
Taylor Hanson is back, and this time he’s sporting a new hairdo and skinny tie. Yes, that Taylor Hanson. The “MMMBop” one. Now, 12 years…
CD Review : Everytime I Die “The New Junk Aesthetic”
If you listen closely to his lyrics, Keith Buckley, the screaming front-man of Every Time I Die, certainly seems to be a proud man. Yes,…
Remembers the Members?
Three years, a member change and a serious drug addiction later, Swollen Members and the Battle Axe Warriors have returned to the hip hop scene…
Essentially a playlist : How can we sleep when are beds are burning?
With world “leaders” pouring tar all over the possibility of a climate treaty in Copenhagen, Denmark as I write this, my hopes for a real…
All the City’s a Stage : White Rabbit Productions
All the City’s a Stage is a continuing look at local independent theatre companies in Winnipeg. This week: White Rabbit Productions “Traaa-di-tiooooon, tra-di-tion.” Musical theatre…
The 112 days of Christmas
For those of us stocking shelves or staffing cash registers come winter, the holidays are a time we love to hate. When Halloween had just…
What is love?
In Quebec City, I got into a discussion with my French landlady about French semantics with regards to the concept of “love.” I felt that…
Swarm!
I find cycle touring, the act of biking long distances and staying in campgrounds, to be one of the most enjoyable things to do with…