Arts & Culture
Mother Lover
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What does the 30 Years' War — which involved most of 17th century Europe — have in common with contemporary society, particularly one viewed through the lens of Marxism? If you were to answer,...
Musical Memory : The Headbanging Fraud
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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 illegally downloading tunes (gasp!). I finally broke down last...
Essentially a Playlist : In Tune With Tragedy
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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 competitors), one image that I can’t shake is the...
CD Review : Channel 3, “To Whom It May Concern”
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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 band in question is Cerritos, California’s Channel 3, and the...
CD Review : The Devin Townsend Project, “Addicted”
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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 want to interpret that, Addicted is the second entry...
Dramatization!
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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 finishing his work, but the cold London night threatened...
Overstressed and overcommitted
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This is an article for the stressed out overachiever who has spread themselves thin. According to a survey done by the U.S. Department of Labour, adults aged 25 to 54 spent an average of...
