MAIMANN ABROAD: Ultra Europe Festival how raves should be done

MAIMANN ABROAD: Ultra Europe Festival how raves should be done

SPLIT, CROATIA – Picture Kim Jong-un dancing in the grass, donning a North Korean flag next to Barack Obama, who’s all smiles as he hammers out a deal with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over a vodka-Red Bull. Despite Electronic Dance Music’s staunch apolitical nature, a party like this year’s Ultra Europe Festival in Croatia could be just […]

End of the Earth, by Chad Huculak

End of the Earth, by Chad Huculak

FILM: Hollywood in our backyard

FILM: Hollywood in our backyard

Billy Bob Thornton was spotted outside of London Drugs in West Edmonton Mall a few weeks ago. He was in the area filming the crime thriller “Cut Bank,” about a small town Montana boy in the wrong place at the wrong time. John Malkovich co-stars. As Billy Bob left the store, he looked like he […]

MUSIC PREVIEW: The Taste of Music

MUSIC PREVIEW: The Taste of Music

You may know it for the food, but this year’s incarnation of The Taste Of Edmonton is pulling out all the stops in its musical lineup as well. Thursday night starts off with a bang, as Vancouver’s Hey Ocean! takes center stage, whose catchy melodies will surely whisk you away to a laid-back beach. The […]

QUEST FOR COUNCIL: Scott McKeen aims to serve

QUEST FOR COUNCIL: Scott McKeen aims to serve

Former journalist Scott McKeen knows exactly what he’s facing in his run for the hotly contested Ward 6 seat on City Council – he spent at least 12 years reporting on it for the Edmonton Journal. Watching paint dry is on the list of things most people would rather do than attend a council meeting. […]

Local singer to tackle cyberbullying in new video

Local singer to tackle cyberbullying in new video

An Edmonton pop singer has found the perfect location to shoot a music video with an anti-bullying theme – at the same high school where she was bullied. Going by the name of ESMA, the 24-year-old dance music artist has the blessing of the Edmonton Public School Board and the school principal to shoot at […]

New Edmonton Short Film Festival open to anyone

New Edmonton Short Film Festival open to anyone

It’s wonderful that anyone with an iPhone can become a filmmaker these days. But who has time to sit through 100,000,000,000 YouTube videos to find one or two gems? That’s what film festivals are for – and there’s a new one looming on the local horizon that’s open to anyone who coughs up the $20 […]

End of the Earth, by Chad Huculak

End of the Earth, by Chad Huculak

KISS for Kids – next generation to rock and roll all nite

KISS for Kids – next generation to rock and roll all nite

Surprisingly, there weren’t a lot of children at the recent KISS concert in Edmonton – unlike the Love Gun tour in the same building 36 years ago, or the recent Rush concert, which was a regular father-and-son affair. But there was still ample evidence of youth being corrupted by hardcore members of the KISS Army […]

So much for the rivalry: Edmonton helps Calgary

So much for the rivalry: Edmonton helps Calgary

The outpouring of support from Edmonton’s arts community to flood-ravaged Calgary and area has been truly inspiring. You’d think that ridiculous inter-municipal rivalry didn’t exist at all – even if it was hockey season. The latest gig announced in a number of local charity events features Corb Lund with Jr. Gone Wild , Sunday, July […]

End of the Earth, by Chad Huculak

End of the Earth, by Chad Huculak

Pearl Jam to play Calgary Saddledome in December

Pearl Jam to play Calgary Saddledome in December

The Saddledome WILL be cleaned up in time for Pearl Jam’s December 2 date in Calgary. There is no Edmonton date on this new tour announced Monday, after a mysterious “countdown clock” ran down on the band’s website, but given the flood-related Albertan solidarity demonstrated over the last couple of weeks, we’re not going to […]