KISS hits Fort McMurray July 2 – and no Edmonton?
If you’re looking to rock and roll all nite and party every day with KISS this summer, you’re in for a little drive. Is it worth three hours North? Of course it is! The legendary glam-metal act has just been announced as a headliner at the three-day Canada Rocks event June 3o-July 2 at the […]
DANCE: kicking their brains out in Riverdance
Three ways Riverdance is like the Titanic: 1. It’s really big and long. 2. It’s filled with Irish. 3. The conclusion is inevitable. The Titanic ended by sinking. Riverdance ends with everybody in a giant line, arms linked, reels and jigs raging full-on and they’re step dancing their brains out. All else – the fog […]
The DAILY FUNNY: The Donald Ducks
Turnaround is fair play in politics, and after weeks of Donald Trump harping on “birther” theories baut Barack Obama’s birth, the media has started asking the obvious question: where is the Donald’s hair from? Andy Borowitz reports. Comedian bio pics are rated in this Splitsider piece. No potential George Carlin piece is mentioned, but that’s […]
POP CULTURE: SUN TV drinking games and modern media
The call went out early, as it has with many a pop culture phenomenon, as it had with Must-See TV Thursdays, with Don Cherry broadcasts, with Samatha Taylor’s Video Hits: How can we turn SUN TV into a drinking game? That, after all, is the best thing you can do with a television set: tune […]
Tragically Hip play Northlands July 14, Lil’ Wayne on, the Game off
Canadian rock legends The Tragically Hip are coming to play an outdoor show at Edmonton’s Northlands Park on July 14, it was announced today. The band is expected to perform songs from an as-yet-unreleased album they’re working on, along with all your usual Hip favourites. We’ll kill Gord if he doesn’t do New Orleans is […]
Sloan bringing 20th anniversary tour to Edmonton to back new album
We’ve waited 20 years for an answer to the question: who exactly are the People of the Sky, and why are their bodies covered in coke fizz? Sloan will answer those questions and more as the legendary Halifax rockers kick off their latest album on the tour, which just happens to be on their 20th […]
The DAILY FUNNY: Terrible, terrible truth
It’s not the size of the ship, it’s the motion of the….oh who are we kidding. Alex Balk at AWL.com ruminates on the terrible truth. If you don’t have the gift of the ….uh…girth, hit ’em with a bit of mirth! Just hope they speak English, because, contextually speaking, some things just don’t translate that […]
THEATRE: Brad Fraser’s wholesome family comedy
A promiscuous teenage girl gets a job at a local restaurant and discovers that her boss once had a homosexual love affair with her father. Do all of Brad Fraser’s plays have to have a gay theme? Short answer: No. But it sure sets the stage for a wholesome family comedy, doesn’t it? At the […]
