Brent Irving does some soul searching at the ARTery
There is a risk of ovexpectation inherent to greatness, but whether you think the new Art Gallery of Alberta is great or aren’t the fan of post-modern L.A. architecture, there’s no denying that so far, the new AGA has impressed. Edmonton is a great arts town even when the building isn’t the centre piece; there’s […]
Entertainment Today for Tuesday, July 12
How ‘Pawn Stars’s’ Corey Harrison lost 115 lbs. [New Window] It was one night a year ago when he was lying in his bed, all 365 lbs. of him, when Corey “Big Hoss” Harrison realized his weight was out of control. Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:56:30 Police search for Halle’s fence jumper [New Window] An […]
NYC’s Pains of Being Pure At Heart adds Edmonton show
There was no press release. There was no announcement on a local radio station. But one of the biggest buzz bands of the year – The Pains of Being Pure At Heart – added a number of dates to an already lengthy tour late last week, and one of those is in Edmonton. The New […]
FISHEYE: Caws for concern
This is Champ, an adolescent crow who’s a little late to fly. Instead, the bird stares up at its parents on a wire, who caw back and forth about “teenagers.” Our regular photo of the day (potd) feature from Fish Griwkowsky is a visual diary and memoir of his life in and out of the […]
Godsmack to rock the Shaw Sept. 1
Today on WHO NAMED THE BAND we explore another group that sounds like its name – Godsmack. Playing Thursday, Sept. 1 at the Shaw Conference Centre – for which tickets are $50 and go on sale Friday (here) – the Boston hard rock band has been “smacking” the word of “God” and other things relentlessly […]
Matthew Good comes to Jubilee Auditorium Nov. 15
Whether you love to hate him or hate to love him, Matthew Good is at least one of the more interesting characters on the Canadian music scene. And now for something completely different: Matthew Good in a soft-seater. The deep-thinking Vancouver rocker has announced a string of theatre dates across Canada that brings him to […]
Edmonton indie film asks age-old query: Dude, where’s my bike?
Filmmaker Curtis Cleveland has lived in both Vancouver and Edmonton, and Cleveland says it was easier shooting the feature-length upcoming movie The Bike Heist here than it would have been in Vancouver. “It’s almost impossible to do a low budget film there now because the city is almost spoiled,” Cleveland told an audience of bicycle […]
FISHEYE: The rust is history
Looking for a riveting conversation? Our High Level Bridge, which first opened in 1913, has apparently 1.4 million rivets in its construction buried under layers of paint. Try that one out on your first date. Go ahead, man. Our regular photo of the day (potd) feature from Fish Griwkowsky is a visual diary and memoir […]
Entertainment Today for Friday, July 1
Blow things up! A defense of ‘Transformers’ – msnbc.com [New Window] It’s a movie about giant robots, people — this is not supposed to be a weepy Oscar-nominated drama. By Michael Avila I didn’t want this, didn’t ask for it, but I’ve been backed into a corner. I must come to the defense of … […]
Chad Kroeger fishing in Slave Lake – will Nickelback do benefit concert?
There’s a rumour going around that Nickelback is going to play the Slave Lake Concert of Hope music festival, which started in Slave Lake last night. Here’s the evidence: A Facebook post from local rapper Omar Mouallem – aka A-OK – about he and others’ scheduled appearances at the event getting moved around: “I’m actually […]
Edmonton represented at Western Canadian Music Awards
Souljah Fyah, Peter Belec, Kat Danser, Wool on Wolves (right) and Hey Romeo are just five of the local nominees for the 2011 Western Canadian Music Awards, it was announced today – the five showing the musical diversity of Edmonton in urban, jazz, blues, rock and country music, respectively. That about covers it. The awards […]
