Kings of Leon play Rexall Oct. 1
How’s this for a beautiful story: A group of good ol’ boys from rural Tennessee, one of them actually named Caleb, the son of a Pentacostal preacher, no kidding, wind up being the hottest alternative rock band in the land. Well, shucks. Country music’s loss is the alt-rock fan’s gain – so expect a celebration […]
City to give $10,000 to next Poet Laureate
Are you a poet and you know it so just stow it ’til you flow it? We already used that bit – but hey, it fits because Edmonton is looking for its next Poet Laureate. Poetry is big in this town. The term of our third PL, Roland Pemberton, aka rapper Cadence Weapon, is near […]
FISHEYE: Building a history
Three views of Yukon achitecture: Thanks to an extraordinary building code, Dawson City’s structures – even new ones such as the colourful apartments seen at bottom – must conform to traditional Klondike visuals. No paving, no sidewalks, no tacky billboards. It’s inspiring. Our regular photo of the day (potd) feature from Fish Griwkowsky is a […]
ElectFest 2011 hits nation
Edmonton, you’re Festival City, aren’t you? Like, if anybody’s down with festivals, it’s Edmonton. That much is painfully obvious. Well, then, Festival City, these are most certainly some exciting times we live in. Yesirree, six weeks of campaigning ends today, and tomorrow is the big, big day we’ve all been waiting for – the Grand […]
FISHEYE: Here sits Les More….
This is our new friend, Les, master of the paradox in Dawson City, Yukon. To his former girlfriend he asked, “Do you want more or do you want Les?” He subsequently told us this story several dozen times. Our regular photo of the day (potd) feature from Fish Griwkowsky is a visual diary and memoir […]
The DAILY FUNNY: Royals, Dinosaurs and Tokyo’s worst
The “all-nighter” or “all-day watch” is a classic old journalism chesnut, favoured by bored columnists the world over, in the era when people were still paid to just be columnists. The premise is simple: you go experience a whole night or day of something at best semi-bearable for a few minutes — Brady Bunch Marathon, […]
ART: Block party, Loft lecture at the AGA
Art on The Block gives us pause. Not a ton, mind you. The Art Gallery of Alberta still rocks, and all. But it’s worth keeping in mind that the AGA has made its bones, to some degree, on defeating the “why spend $85-million on a building” arguments by being super-accessible to the public. But the […]
Command Sisters take their sound to Nashville
Have you ever been to an actual hootenanny in Nashville? At ages 15 and 12 respectively, Charlotte and Sarah Command,will go you one better: they’ve played one. The sisters recently spent two weeks in Nashville, performing at eight different venues in a whirlwind tour of the music city but had time to chat on the […]
Tickets for Maroon 5 in Edmonton on sale May 27
One good reason to catch these guys? It might be your last chance. Maroon 5, lead by lothario-like frontman Adam Levine, play Rexall Place Sept. 10. Tickets go on sale via Ticketmaster on Friday, May 27. The soul-pop artists, noted for hits This Love, Sunday Morning and Wake Up Call, have sold millions of albums. […]
The Daily Funny: Royal TV watching
You know why Charlie Brooker’s such a well-liked columnist/literary ne’er-do-well in his home nation of England? It’s his optimism. Pay witness as Charlie explains what he expects from Royal Wedding T.V. Coverage in Ye Merrie Olde Englande. It never ends. Just when you thought U.S. President Barack Obama had closed the issue of his birth […]
ROCK BITS: Rock the vote, kids rock, roots rock weirdo and Mel’s rockpile
Hockey or the damned election – that’s all anybody ever talks about in Edmonton at this time of year, year after year after year. From the Department of Pointing Out the Painfully Obvious comes this observation: Artists all over town are ever so slightly leaning to the side of the commie pinko bleeding heart […]
