MUSIC PREVIEW: Odds are pretty good
Here’s a blast from the fairly recent past: The XTC-like Vancouver quartet that called themselves Odds. Not THE Odds, just Odds, as in probability. Like what are the odds that Odds would rule the 1990s with such offbeat anthems as Heterosexual Man, Eat My Brain, and Someone Who’s Cool – and then disappear without a […]
PLAYBOT: Escapist theatre – literally
Famed Edmonton magic-user Ron Pearson was behind all those weird Fringe sideshows: Spider Lady, Cobra Girl, and the terrifying Headless Terror! Now he’s been trying his sleight-of-hand at play-writing, the latest of which is called Minerva – Queen of the Handcuffs. The world premiere runs Jan. 15-27 at the Roxy on Gateway. Based on the […]
Bob the Angry Flower
READ MORE COMICS! (Click the thumbnail to see the whole comic): Bill Benson, by Fish Griwkowsky: End of the Earth, by Chad Huculak:
Bill Benson
READ MORE COMICS! (Click on the thumbnail to see the whole comic): Bob the Angry Flower, by Stephen Notley: End of the Earth, by Chad Huculak:
End of the Earth
READ MORE COMICS! (Click thumbnail to see the whole comic): Bill Benson, by Fish Griwkowsky: Bob the Angry Flower, by Stephen Notley:
Who? Yes! No, not Yes – The Who comes to Edmonton!
On the idea of The Who touring with just two original members, fans have generally shrugged their shoulders and responded, “Well, ‘alf a Who is better than no Who at all.” Now what about The Who with an orchestra? For that’s exactly what Pete Townshend and Roger Daltry have cooked up for their latest tour: […]
MUSIC PREVIEW: Feel the Bern
Since his first release in 1997, Dan Bern has been working non-stop on his craft, putting out album after album (he’s got some two dozen now), doing work on film and television scores, and he’s even found time to be an influential painter, with works hanging in the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library. He also wrote […]
Def Leppard comes to Edmonton in July
Here’s one classic heavy metal band that isn’t going to be staging a farewell tour any time soon – Def Leppard. The great survivors from Sheffield are going on a Canadian tour again this summer, stopping in at Rogers Place on Monday, July 29. America’s roots-metal band Tesla (no relation to Elon Musk) will open […]
PLAYBOT: Sweat hits Alberta nail on the head
So now we wonder when seeing a yellow vest: “Is that a protester or just a construction guy?” Terribly confusing. It sucks that an allegedly unsavoury political group has co-opted such a common article of safety clothing designed for visibility, but what are you going to do? Judge all yellow vests accordingly? Switch to hot […]
Bob the Angry Flower
READ MORE NEW COMICS! (Click on the thumbnail to see the full comics) End of the Earth, by Chad Huculak: Bill Benson, by Fish Griwkowsky:
Bill Benson
READ: More new comics! (Click on the thumbnail to see the whole comic.) Bob the Angry Flower, by Stephen Notley: End of the Earth, by Chad Huculak:
End of the Earth
READ MORE NEW COMICS! (Click on the thumbnail to see the whole comic) Bill Benson, by Fish Griwkowsky: Bob the Angry Flower, by Stephen Notley:
