Get smurfed, zombified for Halloween at the Theatre Garage
One effect of the Generation X That Didn’t Grow Up is that Halloween has become a huge deal for grown-ups. Leave the kids to their cheapo costumes and their candy for one night. This Halloweekend belongs to the adults. If you haven’t yet decided what you’re going to be and want to impress everyone at […]
THEATRE: The Rocky Horror Show still has the power to shock, titillate
Some people are frightened by transvestites. Call it homophobia. Now combine that element with the traits of a cannibalistic, depraved, murderous, sex-crazed, mad scientist serial killer who kidnaps a young couple and forces them to do all sorts of perverted things and you begin to understand the enduring appeal of The Rocky Horror Show. The […]
EDMONTON RADIO: K-97 billboard banned for ‘gratuitous’ use of breasts
All the racy billboards K-97 has gotten away with over the years and “Pray for More Rain” is the one that gets banned?! That’s the scoop from Advertising Standards Canada (ASC), which has deemed the image of a large-breasted, fully-clothed woman as “offensive” and “gratuitous” and in violations of clauses 14C and D – heh, […]
FILM: New Yardbird Suite doc a labour of love for first-time filmmaker
Edmonton Jazz fans are lucky – they might’ve wound up hanging out at the Roadkill Suite. Legend has it that one fine day somewhere in the American South, Charlie Parker’s tour bus ran over a chicken, called a “yardbird” in the local vernacular. He took the deceased fowl to a nearby farmhouse and had some […]
GIGGLE CITY: Andrew Grose to live in the moment at the Edmonton Comedy Festival
Before you call “Nepotiz” on Andrew Grose for being the artistic director of the Edmonton Comedy Festival AND one of its performers, consider Graham Neil. This guy is the PRESIDENT of the Edmonton Comedy Festival, where he will appear Friday and Saturday because he also happens to be an aspiring stand-up comedian, along with the […]
Bohemia Cafe reopens with big Noise
The Bohemia Cafe is probably the only place in Edmonton you can hear “Noise.” Not noise, but Noise – a peculiar and tiny genre of music more free than free jazz, crazier than thrash metal. Some call it “experimental sound art,” because “music” doesn’t quite fit. Someone even made a documentary about Noise, featuring the […]
GIGGLE CITY: Joe Flaherty will ‘do the Count’ at the Edmonton Comedy Festival
Joe Flaherty is fine with Count Floyd being his most famous SCTV character, but he can only do it in short bursts. Not because he’s tired or anything. It’s just that there’s not much material there. “He’s not even a real vampire,” Flaherty says. Don’t worry. The 70-year-old master of sketch and improv comedy wouldn’t […]
WHO NAMED THE BAND: Deep thought behind Market Forces
A rock band is a slippery thing to name. It resists being confined by a word (or number) or three and mocks the absurd idea of having a body of creative musical work summed up by a clever catch-phrase. It cringes like a cow about to be branded. But once the name sticks – it […]
EDMONTON COMEDY FESTIVAL – True heckler tales
Hecklers are an occupational hazard in the stand-up comedy industry – especially when you’re performing for morons who get so drunk that they think they’re funny, too. We’ve collected some good heckler tales from comedians performing at the Edmonton Comedy Festival this week, from the Giggle City archives and a fresh one from festival artistic […]
SURREAL SATURDAY: Organic produce, protest rally in downtown Edmonton
Finally, a good use for City Hall – a farmer’s market. That’s the obvious joke after attending the City Market’s winter season opening inside our city’s headquarters. The next step will be to use all that space and natural light for a hydroponic greenhouse to raise money for the new arena. Home grown. Open markets […]
Selena Gomez loves like a love song at Rexall Place
From “Who the fleck is Selena Gomez?” to a sold-out Rexall Place on Sunday, it’s been a fast ride to superstardom for Justin Bieber’s girlfriend. At this rate, Justin Bieber will soon be known as “Selena Gomez’s boyfriend.” And let’s not even discuss the inevitable duet tour or the Biebelena Theme Park in Florida, opening […]
