Bill Benson
Remember to not forget to vote! Next: Bob the Angry Flower dissects the modern joke: And there’s nothing funny about today’s End of the Earth. RIP Keith Flint:
End of the Earth
RIP Keith Flint Next: Bill Benson tackles politics. Again: And now in this week’s latest Bob the Angry Flower … make your own joke!
MUSIC PREVIEW: Young the Giant loved for both ‘Body’ and mind
This is what music freaks live for: A new rock band that shows way more depth than the over-saturated radio hit that brought them to the mainstream to begin with. Imagine! Young the Giant is such a band. These Californians made a splash in 2011 with the fairly straight-ahead rocker My Body – which hit […]
PLAYBOT: La Boheme Rhapsody
You could argue that the decadent, hard-living, unprotected sex-having “bohemian” culture of the late 1970s led directly to the tragic circumstances depicted in the musical Rent – which is set 10 years later and loosely based on the Puccini opera La Boheme, which was written 100 years earlier. In a further time twist, we return […]
MATILDA: It’s the adults that are revolting in delightful Citadel musical
What a joyful, merry, nasty, chaotic and thoroughly enjoyable romp is this adaptation of Roald Dahl’s Matilda: The Musical, currently settling in for three more weeks at the Citadel Theatre. The much-awarded winning musical is still playing in London’s West End. It was a big hit on Broadway, and it was there that Citadel artistic […]
Bob the Angry Flower
What has Bob the Angry Flower been drinking? Next comic – Is End of the Earth suggesting that if you’re anti-immigration, you’re a racist? #KeepCanadaAwesome Next: Our reporter Bill Benson covers the Academy Awards:
Bill Benson
Who is ‘Bor Gullet’ – and what’s he doing to Bill Benson? Next comic – Bob the Angry Flower takes a drink: End of the Earth strip from 2017 even more relevant today: #KeepCanadaAwesome
End of the Earth
End of the Earth comic from February 2017 still relevant today: #KeepCanadaAwesome Next: Bill Benson watches the Oscars: Bob the Angry Flower addresses racism:
REVIEW: Arizona road trip shows depth and heart
Think of Mesa, the new production from the Varscona Theatre Ensemble, as a road show. In fact, it is much like the current movie hit Green Book, where two widely different characters find themselves stuck together on a long auto journey. These characters learn a great deal about each other – and about themselves. At […]
Busker busted for panhandling – Edmonton music scene erupts in outrage
The socials went mad today over news that an Edmonton musician was arrested and charged with “aggressive panhandling” in front of Rogers Place on Thursday night. Fiddler Jarret Gray was busking for the Oilers crowd, just as he and many other local musicians have done at almost every event since the new arena opened. This […]
LISTEN HERE: Former soldier ‘turns the page’
EXCLUSIVE SNEAK PEEK Listen to Tim Isberg’s new Bob Seger cover one day early! As a high ranking officer in the Canadian Armed Forces for 30 years, Tim Isberg was deployed in Bosnia, Rwanda, Afghanistan, and in the Middle East. He’s seen a lot. These days, from his home base in Sherwood Park (he […]
LISTEN HERE: Pining for the fjords
EXCLUSIVE! Hear Edmonton songwriter Glenroy’s new song One day before its release! Glen Erickson, who works under the stage name “Glenroy,” has been kicking around Edmonton since 2000 in such bands as F&M and The Wheat Pool. His latest song as a solo artist is English Bay, a plaintive tale from his youth about […]
