Hark, good citizens: Ol’ Mack is Back at the Walterdale
Roll up, roll up, good sirs, and cast yon sideways glance at this middling trifle we emblazon with the status of “Hotpick.” T’was in olde London town that a beggar named Macheath – Mack the Knife – strove to wed a comely maiden named Polly. Suffice said, her father, the King of the Beggars, did […]
HIP-HOP: Going straight, coming clean with Feenix
In the world of gangsta rap, street cred is key. But when does “keeping it real” go too far? Local rapper Shawn Bernard, who also goes by the alias Feenix, has been to the edge and back in the rap game. Bernard will drop his new album Collabonation with a show at Empire Ballroom in […]
After 56 years, CKUA eyes move to new Alberta Hotel building
CKUA hopes to move out of the Alberta Block on Jasper Avenue and down the street into the soon-to-be-completed Alberta Hotel property, local developer Gene Dub confirms. “CKUA has made an offer on the building, but it’s a conditional offer,” said Dub, the owner of the Alberta Hotel building. “Everybody is hopeful all the conditions […]
LIT: Wayne Arthurson’s killer job
Edmonton, are you exotic? No, you couldn’t be. How could a city like you, Edmonton, with your cold and snow and your northerliness and your general sense of Edmontonness be exotic? Oh sure, you made the Top 10 in that livability list of Canadian cities recently, but that’s livable; it’s got nothing to do with […]
Hot Picks: My Chemical Romance ready for Broadway?
It has been said that My Chemical Romance – playing a sold out show tonight at the Edmonton Event Centre – is the biggest emo band to ever deny they were an emo band. That word may be so early-2000s, but whatever it used to mean, the word is used to describe “punk rock with […]
EDMONTON RADIO: CKUA fund drive a necessary ordeal
Now that we’ve established that free radio sucks, let’s turn our attention to radio you have to pay for – like CKUA. Oh, but it IS free, you say? No it’s not! On Thursday, April 7 at 6 p.m., this ancient and absurdly eclectic Alberta radio network launches its annual Spring Fundraising Campaign. They need […]
Joan Rivers gives Edmonton a piece of her mind Dec. 6
“Boy George is all England needs – another queen who can’t dress … “I don’t exercise. If God had wanted me to bend over, He would have put diamonds on the floor … “I succeeded by saying what everyone else is thinking …” Recognize the style? You guessed it – it’s the one and only […]
Ke$ha coming Sept. 7 – summer of chick pop shaping up
She sounds like a spoiled little brat with that whiny, sneering voice talkin’ trash about sex and drugs and booze and rock ‘n’ roll – but there’s something about Ke$ha that’s enormously appealing. Maybe it’s that dollar sign in her name. So fork it over, moms and dads – little girls love this star and […]
Hot Picks: Big Band Boom!
We don’t get to see many big bands anymore – which is why tonight’s swingin’ gig at the John L. Haar Theatre (10045 156 Street) is such a reet pleat treat. Big bands from both Grant MacEwan University and the University of Alberta will combine for one big band bonanza. They’ll blow through charts from […]
Hot Picks: Punk evolves with the Flatliners
There are so many sub-genres of punk rock that one needs an advanced degree in Punkurology to understand it, but it may be divided into two basic groups: 1. That which rocks. 2. That which sucks. Beavis & Butt-head were right all along. Obviously this is a completely subjective opinion. For some, the commercial “pop-punk” […]
GIGGLE CITY: Chris Quigley survives trial by tartar sauce
He’s riffed about playing hockey while zonked on acid, on how you know you’re really high when you watch a porno movie and start getting into the music and how you can play a really good game of golf while hung over because moving your head is too painful – are we sensing a theme […]
Edmonton Jewish Film Festival not just for Jews
The Edmonton Jewish Film Festival that runs at the Metro Cinema today (Monday, April 4) inspires two questions: Q. Is this just for Jews? A: Absolutely not! Festival producer Josh Miller declares, “We welcome the general public with open arms.” Michael Schayer, vice president of Acme Scrap Iron and Metals, a big sponsor of the […]
