Wild Things, I Think I Hate You
Like most people, I enjoy escaping to elaborately constructed fantasy worlds. I totally identify with Max, the protagonist of Maurice Sendak’s iconic 1963 picture book…
Arts & Culture
Wild Things, I Think I Love You
Audiences will undoubtedly be depressed while watching Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are. But this kind of mood is rare and refreshing when we…
Utopia-In-Progress
Academy Award-nominated documentary director Sam Green (The Weather Underground) is coming to Winnipeg to show his nearly completed film, Utopia In Four Movements, as part…
Subplots, stoners and sinks
“It’s easy to find what you’re against but difficult to find what you’re for.” This is a paraphrase of one of the memorable lines in…
Renaissance Womyn
She stands in a small room, exuding confidence. Wearing a baggy hooded sweatshirt and black pants, her grey hair is cut into a shaggy style…
CD Review : Bob Mould, “Life and Times”
Mention Bob Mould to a music lover theses days, and you’ll be given a quizzical look, followed by the question, “Isn’t he doing dance music…
CD Review : The Junction, “Another Link in the Chain”
Much has happened in The Junction camp since the release of their self-titled major label debut in 2007. Gone are the angular guitars, the greatly…
CD Review : Frank Turner, “Poetry of the Deed”
In the last few years we have seen skate punk die out, only to have solo releases from all the bands’ front men emerge. Granted,…
UMFM Spotlight : Cretin Radio
While driving to the UMFM station for his first show, Cretin Rob realized that he still didn’t have a name for his program. He was…
Musical Memory
Moshing is a thrilling experience for some, and a piss-your-pants-scary experience for others. Me, I fall into the latter category, though I did not, in…