Basement Mixtape for Bisons — goodbye, hello
Somehow, despite the unrelenting snowfalls in the last few weeks, we’ve made it to what appears to be springtime. As we enter exam season and…
music
St. John’s serenades the masses
The second annual St. John’s College Ensemble Competition is underway for the Desautels faculty of music, an event that will see students from all disciplines…
Bombay Bicycle Club, ‘Fantasies’ — 4/5 stars
Bombay Bicycle Club and I have a complicated relationship. I never talk about them being a favourite of mine when in heated discussions about music….
Basement Mixtapes for Bisons: Valentines Day Edition
I’ve always been a yearner. I’ve yearned for a well-paying job, a stable income, an extra in a baker’s dozen box of goodies — but…
Basement Mixtapes for Bisons: Surviving winter term
After two weeks of winter term, I’ve noticed my classmates, friends and colleagues all expressing a similar malaise regarding this semester. It seems that, much…
Kinew revokes Eckhardt’s honours, WAG drops name
Premier Wab Kinew posthumously revoked one of the province’s highest honours from Ferdinand Eckhardt earlier this month. Eckhardt was an art historian and philanthropist who…
ULTRA X’MAS for the holiday disinclined
Holidays bring out the grinch in me, but not because I’m a cynic. I’m a sentimental crybaby and I get drunk off social energy, despite…
Eckhardt-Gramatté music library’s name under review
The legacy of Ferdinand Eckhardt, a former director of the Winnipeg Art Gallery, has come under scrutiny after an article published in the Walrus on…
’Toban Turntable
4/5 Stars Led by Montreal-based singer-songwriter Elizabeth Powell, Land of Talk has strayed rather drastically from its standard formula with its new record, Performances. Land…
A Swiftie spotlight on Shakespearean soliloquy
A common question that I hear almost every day as an English major is, “why?” From discussions with my peers, it’s painfully clear that this…