POP CULTURE: SUN TV drinking games and modern media
The call went out early, as it has with many a pop culture phenomenon, as it had with Must-See TV Thursdays, with Don Cherry broadcasts, with Samatha Taylor’s Video Hits: How can we turn SUN TV into a drinking game? That, after all, is the best thing you can do with a television set: tune […]
REALITY TV: North Saskatchewan Shore?
The Boss Life. You’ve seen this, right? I’m sure you’ve seen it, but I hadn’t until a couple of days ago, because all I do is watch William Powell movies and reruns of Masterpiece Theatre. Now, after repeated viewing, it haunts my very dreams. From what I can tell it’s a trailer from last year […]
Avert your eyes! F-bombs in story below!
WHAT THE FUCK? Since when is it acceptable to talk about a MOM I’D LIKE TO FUCK? Like seriously, I’M LAUGHING MY FUCKING ASS OFF! Oh, don’t be so shocked. We see this sort of thing in the mainstream media all the time. You probably know the above better as WTF, MILF and LMFAO. Don’t […]
EDMONTON RADIO: Yerxa’s big idea
Edmonton does not need three top-40 radio stations. One of them has to die. But I hope it isn’t Hot 107, despite an unfortunate allergic reaction I had to “the new and even more annoying Bounce” after it launched last fall. Got sick on the floor – which I later learned from J-Lo is a […]
Blue Chair Don’t Swing Blue, but Lenny Bruce Lives On
Once upon a time, on a dark and stormy night in a galaxy far, far away (but still in Edmonton, strangely enough), there was only one story slam. It was at The Blue Chair Cafe and it grew to be so popular that on some nights it even had to turn folks away. But things […]
John Mellencamp, Record Store Day and the joy of vinyl
John Mellencamp’s had that “respected country rock troubadour” label hanging around for long enough now for him to become iconic, the Farm-Aid face of a generation. When he rolls into Edmonton for his gigs tonight and tomorrow at the Jubilee Auditorium, it’s another city of a million souls, a good chunk of who are […]
After 56 years, CKUA eyes move to new Alberta Hotel building
CKUA hopes to move out of the Alberta Block on Jasper Avenue and down the street into the soon-to-be-completed Alberta Hotel property, local developer Gene Dub confirms. “CKUA has made an offer on the building, but it’s a conditional offer,” said Dub, the owner of the Alberta Hotel building. “Everybody is hopeful all the conditions […]
