Jeff Beck to thrill area guitar worshippers at the Winspear Oct. 25
The generational divide between Baby Boomers and Generation Xers can be summed up with one simple name: Beck. Which one came first to your mind? If you stand, or more likely, sit, on the Jeff Beck side of the line, this is your lucky day. It’s Tuesday, Oct. 25, to be precise. That’s when the […]
FISHEYE: North Country Spiders From Mars
This is Darren Radborn of the AwesomeHots at North Country Fair, wearing his disgusting paper Bowie mask from Amsterdam. There are strange things done in the midnight sun. 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 city. More […]
Moody Blues brings ‘Precious Cargo’ to Jube Oct. 3
It’s been far too long since a visit from one of the founders of “symphonic rock,” for which we all owe a huge debt of gratitude – so let’s roll out the welcome mats for the Moody Blues, returning to the Jubilee Auditorium on Monday, Oct. 3. With the 1967 hit Nights in White Satin […]
Entertainment Today for June 19
Mountie raised Reynolds right – Toronto Sun [New Window] If you’re going to grow up to be a Green Lantern, there’s no better training than being raised by a Mountie. This from Vancouver’s Ryan Reynolds, whose father is a retired RCMP officer. “At an early age, … Sun, 19 Jun 2011 02:09:33 Brian Wilson can […]
TRUE TALES OF THE PIT: Bill Eddins meets Stalin’s ghost
There aren’t a lot of stories of drug abuse, groupies and biker brawls at pig roasts among classical musicians. That’s why they call them “legit,” isn’t it? But that doesn’t mean crazy things don’t occasionally happen in symphonic circles. We caught up with Edmonton Symphony Orchestra conductor Bill Eddins recently as he was getting ready […]
Edmonton’s BioWare hit by hackers
Edmonton’s internet giant BioWare, maker of games like Mass Effect and Jade Empire, has been hit by hackers. Customer information regarding the roleplaying game Neverwinter Nights was accessed on a server. None of the information was financial, the company said, but personal information and passwords were accessed for some 18,000 customers. Here is the company’s […]
CONCERTS: Sum 41 screams at the Starlite Aug 18, Pitbull chews up the EEC July 14
Today on WHO NAMED THE BAND: Sum 41. Could be some kind of arcane code – maybe the collective IQ of the Canadian Liberal Party. The number of groupies the members of Sum 41 have bedded? Hard to know. Maybe ask the band when it plays Thursday, Aug. 18 at the Starlite Room – if […]
FISHEYE: Ironically, at the time it was modernist
Did you know everything used to look better? Fact. 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 city. More FISHEYE photos HERE.
STAGE: Cirque Du Soleil goes far out with the far east
There are few odder sights than a performance of Cirque Du Soleil in full flight and fewer odder success stories. When Le Cirque rolls into E-Town in July for its performance of of its new show Dralion at Rexall Place, it won’t be quite the rare spectacle a Cirque performance used to be, back in […]
Foo Fighters return to Rexall Oct. 28
Who wrote “Foo for Your Love?” No, it wasn’t Mr. T, chumps. The song hasn’t been written yet – but we still sing the praises of the Foo Fighters, returning us to rock us an umpteenth time at Rexall Place on Friday, Oct. 28. Tickets are $39.50, $49.50 or $59.50 and go on sale Friday […]
