HOCKEY: In the Box with Brent & Craig
Torontoh-no, oh-yes Two very entertaining games against the Maple Leafs brought a loss and a win, and holy shit – A GOAL. We’ll try not to get the column all sticky with our recount of Connor’s goal of the year, or best of this decade quite yet – but someone really needs to pass us […]
OLD MAN MIKULA’S CONTROVERSIAL OPINIONS: Mr. Alberta Want Separate!
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OLD MAN MIKULA’S CONTROVERSIAL OPINIONS: 2 Recent Edmonton Lows
Low No. 1 In a beef-handed attempt at alleviating climate anxiety while simultaneously highlighting research done by the institution, the University of Alberta purchased billboard space extolling the virtues of climate change. It is citing a study that says in a runaway climate apocalypse, barley will require 10-60% less water to grow. The barley is […]
OLD MAN MIKULA’S CONTROVERSIAL OPINIONS: 5 Ways to Autumn in Edmonton
Autumn is a bittersweet time in Edmonton. Our hazy smoke-filled summers are fleeting, and it can be difficult to come to terms with the fact that the solar terminator has been perpendicular to the equator resulting in the Northern and Southern hemispheres being equally illuminated, and it is now fall. Denim legs are sewn onto […]
OLD MAN MIKULA’S CONTROVERSIAL OPINIONS: Guide to E-Scooters in E-Town
In mid-August, publicly available E-Scooters were dropped off by rival companies Bird and Lime in the dead of night. Scooters have finally been wrenched from the hands of feckless early 2000s pop punks, automated, monetized, and thrust into the clammy grip of the average consumer. They came with no instruction, save a lengthy user agreement […]
Edmonton Rock Fest Producer Values Odd Career Path, Held Hostage by Rock ‘n’ Roll
Before Todd Crawshaw became the producer of the Edmonton Rock Music Festival, he worked at the Edmonton Maximum Security Prison as a violence cessation counselor. “I’d work with guys doing time for abuse of spouses and children in their lives, in a bid to help them develop easier ways to deal with problems instead of […]
EDMONTON THEATRE DOGGOS!
They’re natural performers who crave attention. They have great instincts. They can improvise at the drop of a ball. They hardly ever poop, pee, puke, or bark on stage. And they work cheap. Yes, Theatre Dogs are a breed apart – and there’s a surprising number of good bois who have graced Edmonton stages in […]
WATCH HERE: Disturbing experimental music video took two years to make
Edmonton musician Brian Raine spent two years making a stop-motion video for his song Hurting Other People – an astounding labour of love whose result begs comparisons to those famously creepy Tool videos that used to get banned all the time. In this black and white film for Raine’s experimental project Ways in Waves, we […]
Grindstone on the nose! Comedy fest an off-Whyte hit
The Grindstone Comedy Theatre & Bistro is a lively little off-Whyte oasis in the otherwise boring squalor of the 81st Avenue area east of 102 Street – in the fringe of the Ritchie neighbourhood that wouldn’t be out of place in Stettler. But with this weekend’s inaugural Grindstone Comedy Festival, it’s clear this club is […]
