FISHEYE: Light fare
While the delicious Italian flavours of Corso 32 on Jasper are appealing, the light show on the wall was also mesmerizing. There’s a lot to be said for a restaurant that doesn’t blind its patrons in halogen. Our regular photo of the day (potd) feature from Fish Griwkowsky is a visual diary and memoir of […]
The DAILY FUNNY: No speaky el lingo, compadre
* Writer John Wiswell answers the age-old question: just how impenetrable can one man’s vocaublary be? Indubitably, it could flummox many a jackanape. Oy. He’s way better at this than we are. * Ever watch those soaps on Tele Latino and wonder what it would be like if Will Ferrell was the rugged leading man? […]
BEST READS: Do paper books have a future?
* Remember that feeling of opening a crisp new hardcover book, the smell of fresh-cut paper and print ink, the sturdy weight of it in your hand? Hold onto that memory, because pretty soon it may be all that’s left of the traditional book. * There really is only one good newspaper chain left, you […]
GREAT READS: The King of Comedy, Toilet Humour and Cheap Wine
Today’s Best Reads are big on yuks, poems and getting plastered on cheap wine. * Freelance writer Andy Battaglia introduces us to the forgotten King of Comedy in The Absurdist genius of Ernie Kovacs, including some neat video clips of the father of the modern style, who pioneered psychedelia, green screens and visual schtick that […]
THE DAILY FUNNY: Art for pity’s sake
* You think you have problems? You could try hanging around this joint for awhile. If your composition is bad, you’ll never hear the end of it. And don’t get us started on the lines. The Onion reports on a work of art that hit a wall when it came to positive reinforcement. * Stately […]
COUNTRY MUSIC: Tommy Hunter’s last yeehaw
Canada’s Country Gentleman is hanging up his spurs after nearly 55 years in the business. Tommy Hunter doesn’t sound particularly torn up about it, though. Relaxing at his Florida home before the final tour that will take him across Canada this month – playing at the Jubilee Auditorium tomorrow (Sunday, April 17, buy here) at […]
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 […]
Next best thing to Vegas
It has long been a dream to see a new theme hotel built in Las Vegas, one that would pay homage to the old Vegas that was torn down to make way for the new Vegas: Vegas Vegas! Imagine: A bar that looks like a mini Sands Hotel, 1950s decor, Rat Pack waiters, Dean Martin […]
TRUE TALES OF THE ROAD: Classified’s brush with greatness
This story takes place in a men’s washroom. If you’ve never been in one, know that it is a place where men pee standing right next to one another. Some suffer “stage fright,” and are unable to relax enough to let it flow in the presence of other males, and are thus relegated to omega […]
