The DAILY FUNNY: No speaky el lingo, compadre
* Writer John Wiswell answers the age-old question: just how impenetrable can one man’s vocaublary be? Indubitably, it could flummox many a jackanape. Oy. He’s way better at this than we are. * Ever watch those soaps on Tele Latino and wonder what it would be like if Will Ferrell was the rugged leading man? […]
GREAT READS: The King of Comedy, Toilet Humour and Cheap Wine
Today’s Best Reads are big on yuks, poems and getting plastered on cheap wine. * Freelance writer Andy Battaglia introduces us to the forgotten King of Comedy in The Absurdist genius of Ernie Kovacs, including some neat video clips of the father of the modern style, who pioneered psychedelia, green screens and visual schtick that […]
THE DAILY FUNNY: Art for pity’s sake
* You think you have problems? You could try hanging around this joint for awhile. If your composition is bad, you’ll never hear the end of it. And don’t get us started on the lines. The Onion reports on a work of art that hit a wall when it came to positive reinforcement. * Stately […]
BLUES: Sonny, Bettye and more
1-2-3-4 “I love the woman/ but she got cancer from smokin’ cigarettes “I love the woman/ but she got cancer from smokin’ cigarettes Don’t remember the next line, But Sonny Rhodes is your best bet. Friends, there are times in all our lives when the blues come down like rain, when the devil’s at yo’ […]
World-class classical, one-night only
Two absolutely world-class performers are in Edmonton tonight. And you lucky dogs: though it says online you can’t get tickets….YOU CAN. There are still some tickets available at the door for tonight’s concert at Muttart Hall, an Edmonton Recital Society gala featuring Georgy Tchaidze, a 22-year-old native of St. Petersburg, Russia and the winner of […]
REVIEW: Pervert captures life in a porn shop
It turns out Stephen Massicotte and I share something in common: We both spent time working in a porno shop, hoping our experience would inspire a play out of us. However, while “Uncle Smiley’s House of Dirty Love” languishes half-written on one of my old hard drives, “Pervert” is a real concern, brought to you by […]
High octane estrogen on stage at the Roxy
As a tradition, men are a rarity in the audience for your typical Hey Ladies! show – an all-female comedy revue taking place Friday, April 1 at the Roxy Theatre. “But you (men) are always welcome,” purrs co-host Davina Stewart, aka Ms. Davina. “No vaseline on the doorknobs,” she warns, “no salt in the sugar […]
THEATRE: Almost perfectly disturbing
Kids: You do, and you do, and you do for them. You clothe them, feed them and deny them certain basic human rights – like free will. And just how do they show their gratitude? They grow up and insist on moving out. Ingrates. Meet Mathew: He is a parent who never went through the formality of […]
Wool on Wolves, Morris top Edmonton Music Awards
Jeff Morris, Wool on Wolves and Hot Panda were the big winners on the second night of the Edmonton Music Awards – though anyone catching a couple of the smoking live performances can probably claim that title, too. Morris added to his Best Live Performance award from Sunday night with Best Solo Artist for his […]
Morris, The Red Threat first-night winners at Edmonton Music Awards
OK….so remind us again why the first annual Edmonton Music Awards were scheduled opposite the Junos? Or, as one hi-larious Tweeter noted last night “ Holding the #EMAs during the #Junos is a great way to emphasize #yeg’s absence from the national music scene.” Of course, to those packed into Haven Social Club for the […]
ART: Lawren Harris’ Canadian perspectives
Let there be no doubt: the Art Gallery of Alberta is a great place to go for a slice of Canadiana. If you were to compare Lawren Harris’ early and later work, you might be surprised by how the Group of Seven artist’s perspective shifted over time. That change is the focus of a retrospective […]
