Our own way to rock
Hello friends. I am here today to nominate a man of wealth and distinction for the position of chancellor of the University of Manitoba. I’ll…
Sheldon Birnie
Canadian content
As I sit, composing these words, cannons rock the air around me, echoing off the buildings about the Manitoba Legislature in epic remembrance. I have…
Step right up! Step right up!
“Opinions are like assholes — everyone has one, and it stinks.” — American proverb The sickly sweet scent of rotting roses greets my nose each…
CD Review : Grant Davidson “Tired Limbs For Ashes”
Local fellow Grant Davidson’s album, Tired Limbs for Ashes, is a quiet affair, evoking a dusty late-summer afternoon spent reflecting on life’s highs and lows,…
Musical Memory : Musical injury
Reading recent Musical Memories regarding “mosh-pit misadventures,” I was painfully reminded of a tale of shame and violence all my own. It was in late…
This day so hallowed
“Brown leafed vertigo where skeletal life is known — I remember Halloween. This day anything goes, dead bodies hang from poles — I remember Halloween.”…
Beer: the (legal) treat to beat
Ok, ok, I know: Candy is awesome, dentists be damned. However, a time comes in every kid’s life when they are “too old” to go…
Break it to my Grandma
On June 17, 2009, Bill C-32 quietly passed through the House of Commons, amending the Tobacco Act “to provide additional protection to youth from tobacco…
CD Review : Todd Snider “The Excitement Plan”
Todd Snider delivers another dish of country fried good times on his eighth full-length studio album, The Excitement Plan. Fans of Snider’s will find the…
Idiot or liar?
Our prime minister, the Right Honourable Stephen Harper, addressed the leaders of the 20 richest nations on earth in Pittsburg on September 25. Reuters reported…