FISHEYE: We tear it down
Anything interesting, we tear it down. Anything different, we tear it down. It’s important. Put on your 3D glasses now if you like. This building is on the edge of gone. Our regular photo of the day (potd) feature from Fish Griwkowsky is a visual diary and memoir of his life in and out of […]
Fresh music from Dirty Laundry at the Blue Chair
You feel that? There’s a fresh wind blowing through Alberta right about now – and with it the winsome, lonesome, sweet, sweet music of Jenny Allen and Leslie Alexander. The pair are on “Allen and Alexander’s Dirty Laundry Dual CD Release Tour,” performing tonight at the Blue Chair Cafe. Here we may explore another fascinating […]
The DAILY FUNNY: Terrorist snuff fantasies and the zombie apocalypse
Hey, who better than The Onion to bring a little clarity to the question of what’s really important in the story of Osama bin Laden’s death. I mean, really? You wanna discuss geopolitical tensions and the brinksmanship of modern politics? Wha-eva. Meanwhile, if irony were a case of irony from ironyville, it couldn’t be any […]
GIGGLE CITY: Tom Green plays the Peanut Butter Game
He dry-humped a dead moose. He put a severed cow’s head in his parents’ bed. He put dog poop on a microphone and held it out to interview people on the street. He married Drew Barrymore. No, wait – that last one wasn’t supposed to be funny. Or was it? What Tom Green has done […]
Pixies dust off an old classic
Do you believe in magic? If you answered No, you might need a sprinkling of Pixie dust from drummer David Lovering. When Lovering isn’t on the road with his reunited, iconic alt-rock band the Pixies, he makes his living as a magician. “If you think being a musician is hard, being a magician is 50 […]
Electronic superstar Tiesto draws 7,500 to Northlands
If anyone has any doubts that dance culture is alive and well and going full tilt in Edmonton, just look at last night’s sold-out Tiesto show. Look at it, we tell you! The 7,500 orange-clad folk descending on Northlands Expo weren’t the Christian Youth conference (that’s next month), but a horde of ravers celebrating the […]
Tougher road, no regrets for California punk icons Strung out
Long-time California pop-punk scene-makers Strung Out have influenced a generation, but if Jordan Burns sounds a little wistful that the band didn’t hit the pop-culture big time with a little more oomph forgive him: he’s the band’s manager and drummer. “There’s numerous bands. I mean, Blink 182 – Tom Delonge used to have a Strung Out […]
Tickets for Maroon 5 in Edmonton on sale May 27
One good reason to catch these guys? It might be your last chance. Maroon 5, lead by lothario-like frontman Adam Levine, play Rexall Place Sept. 10. Tickets go on sale via Ticketmaster on Friday, May 27. The soul-pop artists, noted for hits This Love, Sunday Morning and Wake Up Call, have sold millions of albums. […]
