Deja vu all over again as Supertramp hits Edmonton June 5
Supertramp is coming! Now we know what you’re saying: Supertramp? Weren’t they just here? Are there two Supertramps? Have the two parallel universes collided? Help! Relax. The confusion you are feeling is natural. It’s common in classic rock circles to ask: who the bloody hell is in my favourite band now? The “real” Supertramp, which includes basically everybody except […]
Hot Picks, March 7: Weird week ahead!
We look forward to another week filled with weird and wonderful events in Edmonton – hot roller derby girls doing a play with Northern Light Theatre, elephants working for peanuts at the Shrine Circus, Steve-O from Jackass doing stand-up at the Comic Strip. Come to think of it, this week is a bit stranger than […]
EDMONTON RADIO: Battle of the morning zoos
It was an experiment that tested the limits of human endurance – listen to three-and-a-half straight hours of morning FM radio, talk only, to scientifically determine who has the best morning zoo in Edmonton. It’s like Robot Chicken: Get a decent punchline or hear anything other than DJ banter and one must immediately flip to […]
REVIEW: Amsterdam delicious, across the board
DUTCH DELICIOUS BAKERY 13232 118 Avenue Edmonton, AB T5L 4N4 780.455.2323 You won’t find too many successful bakeries in large strip malls. More than the smell of fresh bread and fond childhood memories, bakeries are reflections of their communities. Often forgotten in the modern age of grabbing everything at the supermarket, bakeries that survive tend […]
Hot Picks, March 5
Some people said that cinema went straight downhill after talkies came into vogue in the 1920s – but those people are dead. Some of the excellent silent films live on, however – including Charlie Chaplin’s The Gold Rush, which will be screened at the Winspear Centre featuring the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra performing the original score. […]
Hot Picks, March 4
Lilith Fair really was pretty cool. Can’t help thinking about it since Sarah McLachlan’s at Jubilee Auditorium tonight for a sold-out show. It’s sort of a mini-mini Lilith Fair – more like a folk fest workshop, maybe – where Canada’s dark angel will share the stage with like-minded folk-pop females Butterfly Boucher and Melissa McClelland. […]
Ceili’s open stage a comedy gym for local performers
Chris Ianson, the night manager at Ceili’s Irish Pub on 104th Avenue, finds himself in a pickle on Tuesday nights when 9:30 rolls around and the free comedy is supposed to start. Frequently, the Oilers have been playing on Tuesday, and on this particular night every one of the bar’s dozen screens is tuned to […]
Hot Picks, March 3
The trick to a “tragic comedy” is to figure out which part is the tragedy and which part is the comedy. Sometimes they try to fool you. Here’s the premise for Trent Wilkie’s Gargamel, on stage at the Varscona Theatre tonight at 7:30 pm. A man loses his girlfriend in a tragic car accident which also leaves […]
Fanboy favourite Fillion cool with losing Uncharted to Wahlberg
These days, he’s likely Edmonton’s most successful T.V. Export, … but Nathan Fillion is making headlines more for the projects he won’t be involved in than for those he will. Fillion has told The Nerdish podcast that despite fans’ wishes and campaigning online, he’s not in the running to star as Nathan Drake in the […]
SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION, Part II: local schoolkids learn about online journalism from gigcity editor
[EDITOR’S NOTE: When my daughter’s grade three teacher asked me to talk to the class about the media, I said: What’s in it for me? Then I felt ashamed. The medium doesn’t matter. It’s the message that counts. The Internet is about sharing. I share information with you, you share with me and we are […]
Hot Picks, March 2
We’ve got a great idea for Down With Webster – a Juno-nominated, seven-piece, rock-rap group from Hyphen-ville, Ontario playing tonight at the Edmonton Event Centre. You remember their hit? Highly anticipated at this show will be the inevitable performance of Rich Girl$, which is a rappified version of the Hall & Oates 1977 classic Rich […]
