CD Review – The Dead Letters “The Dead Letters” EP
There’s something quiet about spaghetti westerns. The storylines are basic enough: enigmatic cowboy hero draws-and-fires his way to the bottom of the human condition. But…
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Amber Alert
In the past few years, a coterie of musicians, many, if not all, graduates of the University of Manitoba’s School of Music’s Jazz Studies program,…
Booze cruisin’ to the bottom
Dan Fante’s new novel, 86’d, is a rip-roaring novel about a forty-two year old alcoholic, pill-popping loser at life on his last legs. The story…
Underwhelming Overture
If it had ended after the first piece, it would have been spectacular. Unfortunately, it went on. On Wednesday, Sept. 9, approximately 700 people attended…
CD Review – Iggy Pop “Preliminaries”
Artist: Iggy Pop Album: Preliminaries Year : 2009 Label: Astralwerks .5 out of ** The latest from the punk rock God (or Dog, Iggy Pop’s…
CD Review – The Wind Whistles “Animals Are People, Too”
Artist: The Wind Whistles Album: Animals Are People, Too Year : 2009 Label: Independent * out of * The graphic on the Wind Whistles Myspace.com…
Kill Adolf
Inglourious Basterds Directed by Quentin Taratino Opens Friday, August 21 * ½ out of * Lately Quentin Tarantino’s films have completely disregarded modern times. Kill…
Book Review : Stripmalling Appalling
If there were ever a book that failed to deliver on the high praises of the back cover, Winnipeg expat Jon Paul Fiorentino’s Stripmalling is…