REVIEW: Anxieties speak louder than words in Small Mouth Sounds
Six distressed souls find their way to a silent spiritual retreat in upstate New York. They hope to find relief from their troubled lives – casting off the mental and emotional baggage they have picked up along the way. There, amongst the mosquitoes (and what sounds like a pack of ravening wolves and one pissed […]
MUSIC PREVIEW: Streetheart survivors pay tribute to their fallen leader
Some classic rock bands get grief from fans for continuing under their old name after the loss of their lead singer. But put yourself in their shoes: You work hard your whole life, share all the good times, the bad, help make your band much more than the sum of its parts – and then […]
Can we still listen to Michael Jackson? Short answer – No
Anyone who made it all the way through HBO’s harrowing four-hour Leaving Neverland documentary might have a tough time hearing Michael Jackson music now. Not everybody feels this way, of course, and let’s not judge, but to hear such sickening detail of how Jackson secretly abused and used little boys removes any shred of doubt […]
REVIEW: Lynyrd Skynyrd brings out a little redneck in Edmonton
There weren’t a lot of Confederate flags spotted at the Lynyrd Skynyrd concert in Edmonton on Tuesday night. Maybe four in a crowd of thousands at Rogers Place – not counting the one hanging from lead singer Johnny Van Zant’s microphone. Sure, it was a bit distracting – but not enough to take away from […]
COME FROM AWAY: Dazzling new musical shows heart of Newfoundland on 9-11
In 2012, the visionary Toronto show business lawyer Michael Rubinoff and his two Canadian book-lyricist-composers Irene Sankoff and David Hein mounted a 45 minute workshop production that combined the horrors of 9-11 with the quite incredible warmth of the people of Gander, Newfoundland. The amiable Newfoundlanders had opened their hearts and homes to some 7,000 […]
LISTEN HERE: Ben Sures at the Yardbird
EXCLUSIVE Hear Edmonton folk hero’s new live album 2 days before official release! Ben Sures keeps it old-school! He sells CDs. He eschews drums from time to time. He is unconcerned with “singles.” Yet he has carved himself a unique place in the Canadian folk canon with his evocative and honest songs, some of […]
Bob the Angry Flower
Wolves always get a bad rap. Next comic: It’s a Shumka West Side Story in End of the Earth – North Side Story! Has Bill Benson ever been to the North Side?
Bill Benson
Don’t try this at home, kids! Drugs are bad, m’kay? Next comic: How can Bob the Angry Flower be so cruel? And in today’s End of the Earth, the Shumkas go rogue:
End of the Earth
Holy Polka, who knew the North Side was so tough? Next Comic: Bill Benson goes on the wagon: And now: Bob the Angry Flower makes his immigration policy clear:
MUSIC PREVIEW: Québécois chanteuse plays International Women’s Day
Cœur de pirate (aka Beatrice Martin) headlines Winspear Centre Friday night – it happens to be International Women’s Day – as part of the SkirtsAfire festival, an all-women arts festival in Edmonton. She’s touring to support her fifth album, last year’s En cas de tempête, ce jardin sera fermé. It means “In case of storm, […]
PLAYBOT: Women in theatre!
A quick analysis of other PlayBots in both local and foreign domains reveals a surprising fact: In recent times there have been as many good roles for women as there have been for men. Lots of plays with strong female characters, lots of productions written, directed and produced by women. A correction has occurred! Yet […]
Bob the Angry Flower
Is it a joke you want? Sorry, nothing funny in today’s episode of End of the Earth. RIP Keith Flint: Next: Bill Benson talks about ‘doing a good job’:
