YOU SAID IT: Death Cab for Cutie plays Edmonton
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DJ Shadow brings original trip hop to Edmonton July 13
If you’re down with the whole idea that new art can be created from the discarded scraps of old art, then DJ Shadow is a regular Michelangelo. Performing Wednesday, July 13 at the Edmonton Events Centre – tickets are $30 and go on sale Thursday here – Shadow is pioneer in what is called “instrumental […]
FISHEYE: Is bigger always better?
My God, just look at the SIZE of that thing. Apparently the oil industry is doing all right … Our regular photo of the day (potd) feature from Fish Griwkowsky is a visual pharmacy online canada diary and memoir of his life in and out of the city.
Obsolescence, photography, death and Polaroids
How long has it been since you smelled the chemical aroma of a Polaroid photo fresh out of the camera? Ten years? Twenty? Can you even still buy the film? (Yes and no. We’ll get to that.) Polaroid photographs generally weren’t considered art. The film and the print were the same thing so you couldn’t […]
FISHEYE: Cat Nap
Rough Life. 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.
Planning underway for Alberta Arts Days
You: Artist. It: Art. Needed: Exposure. Thinking: Wishful. OK, now that we’re past the initial cynicism at the concept of getting arts promotion for free, we remind you that this opportunity comes not for free, but at the expense of taxpayers….which includes the artists. And it’s quite the opportunity. As part of Alberta Arts Days […]
Get your Warhol on for free tickets in AGA Facebook contest
It should be noted that Andy Warhol’s legacy isn’t really about “15 minutes of fame” or painting a can of tomatoes. It’s his antipathy towards convention, and his drive to try new things. Warhol was one of the first pop culturalists to continually reinvent himself. Given that the Art Gallery of Alberta’s big Warhol show, […]
Michael Buble returns to woo our women Aug. 8
Were Frank still alive, you have to wonder whether he’d accept Michael Buble into the Rat Pack – or would he think this Canadian kid has a little too much chutzpah to roll with the cool Vegas crowd? Moot point. Buble rules in his own way, master of the knowing smirk, the well-placed cuff-pop and […]
International Jazz Fest welcomes Marsalis, Peyroux
When good Jewish boy Neil Diamond – or Al Jolson, or Larry Parks, depending on the film version – confronted his papa and declared he had the music in him, he could’ve picked any kind of tune to rebel to. He could’ve rocked the establishment. He coulda declared “gotta dance!” and gone with disco. But […]
GIGGLE CITY: ‘Farts never go away’ – Brian Scolaro
Maybe it’s his tough Brooklyn accent. Maybe it’s because he’s large and hairy and releases a record called “Sneezes, Farts and Orgasms.” But Brian Scolaro seems to have suffered far too many hecklers for a guy who’s been on TV and is not known for “working the crowd.” Most comics we interview usually come up […]
