REVIEW: Mexican bland-off
Mucho Burrito Fresh Mexican Grill Restaurant 9406 – 137 Ave (And four other city locations) 780.478.4269 There’s nothing more irritating to me than someone who can’t be irritated — and worse yet, will take any kind of culinary abuse with smiling grace because “oh well, it’s still better than staying home.” I remember vividly watching […]
Hot Picks, March 13: Preaching to the choir with Steve Bell
Be careful any time you stick a modifier in front of the word “music” because when anything else comes before music, your priorities might get mixed up. One could say the same thing about God, of course. Steve Bell is a kindly, bearded Christian with a guitar and a story to tell. You can be […]
Hot Picks, March 12: Wynonna will stand by you
In the pantheon of country sweethearts in American history, Wynonna stands out. Maybe it’s just her hair – or perhaps it’s her 14 No. 1 singles, or her distinctive mono-name, or a combination of all of the above. Dolly might be a bigger star, Taylor Swift might be younger, but so what? Wynonna’s carved herself a place […]
TRUE TALES OF THE ROAD: Jeff Martin’s close call in Jordan
Jeff Martin’s entire life is a True Tale of the Road. We remember him as a guy who sings (and looks) like Jim Morrison and plays guitar like Jimmy Page, which worked out because Jeff’s first band the Tea Party was sort of a hybrid of both. He played strange stringed instruments from exotic places, […]
Hot Picks, March 11: The one-woman Decemberists
Funny how we use the word “siren” to refer to almost any female singer who operates in a somewhat folky vein – when the “sirens” of Greek mythology were actually evil creatures who used their enchanting “siren songs” to lure sailors to a watery grave. Don’t you hate it when that happens? Christine Fellows ought […]
PREVIEW: Hugh Cornwell likes it when you’re moody
When Hugh Cornwell left The Stranglers in 1990 he’d gone as far as he felt he could with the veteran English rock band. Behind him he left a series of classic punk and new wave albums (The Raven, Feline, Gospel According To the Meninblack among them) charges of misogyny and a style that took as […]
VIDEO PREVIEW: Motown madmen
They sold out a cool-ass show here in Gig City last year at the Starlite and Detroit masters of mayhem Electric Six are coming back for a return engagement March 18, in support of their new album. Here’s a video preview of the band. Tickets for the show are $20 at the door or in […]
STEVE-O: The crazy kid who will do anything
You know that kid in your class who will do anything, take any dare, jump from any height, eat any bug? Steve-O is that guy. He has: – Snorted his own snot – Stapled his scrotum to both of his thighs – Snorted a live worm and pulled it out his mouth – Allowed his […]
Messin’ With the Kid: Rock’s NAACP controversy
What was that we were just saying about bawitdaba da bang a dang diggy? They must be magic words! Utter them and Kid Rock will appear – playing Rexall Place Saturday, May 21. He’s touring with the Twisted Brown Trucker Band behind his new album, Born Free. Tickets are $29.50, $49.50 or $69.50 and go […]
REVIEW: A realist’s guide to the fruits of vegging out
There’s something telling about the media release that got sent out with How to Grow Food, a new book by Richard Gianfrancesco about harvesting your own vegetables and herbs in everything from kitchen flower pots to a mansion estate backyard. It states that 31 per cent of households participate, or desire to participate, in food […]
Hot Picks, March 8: International Women’s Day
One look at Margaret Trudeau and a lot of people exclaim, “Man, she must’ve been young when she married Pierre.” She sure was. She was 22. He was 52. It was 1971. Canada’s hippie culture was in full swing. The 15th Prime Minister of Canada called Margaret his “flower child.” They were in love. And […]
