Is Alberta Avenue Edmonton’s new coolest neighbourhood? New documentary takes a look

Posted on October 22, 2012 By Mike Ross Features, Film

Is Alberta Avenue Edmonton’s new coolest neighbourhood? New documentary takes a look

Attending the joyous celebration of community that is the summer Kaleido Festival on 118th Avenue, you’d never know that the area was once a cesspool of depravity, rife with drug dealers, gang members and prostitutes. Respectable citizens just didn’t go there. Now children cavort where johns once skulked. Few vestiges of the Northside neighbourhood’s dodginess […]

CAN-CON CONCERTS: Great Big Sea, Burton Cummings announced

Posted on October 22, 2012 By Mike Ross Front Slider, Music

Here’s another Canadian band whose continued existence has caused its Generation X-aged fans to exclaim, “Oh, my gosh, we’re 40!” – Great Big Sea. Yes, it has been 20 years since we first fell in love with these guys in college, and everyone’s favourite Newfoundland Celtic pirate-rock band is hitting the road to celebrate passing […]

MUSIC: Adam Cohen, son of Leonard, embraces the family business

Posted on October 20, 2012 By Mike Ross Music, The Latest

One so rarely gets a chance to talk to the child of a musical superstar that the famous parent tends to become the central thesis of every story about them – including this one about Adam Cohen – or at the very least the elephant in the room that gets tiptoed around. It’s such a […]

WEEKEND MUSIC PREVIEW: Too many CD releases? Not enough CD releases!

Posted on October 18, 2012 By Michael Senchuk Music, The Latest

With such an eclectic sound, Less Than Jake has never found incredible success on any charts, but the Florida ska-punk act’s longevity is certainly proof enough that the concept can work, and perhaps even makes a case for sonic experimentation. Playing Sunday night the Edmonton Event Centre, the band has survived more or less intact […]

Adam West forced to cancel Edmonton Expo appearance, Six Million Dollar Man to step in

Posted on October 17, 2012 By Mike Ross Lit, The Latest, TV and Radio

Bad news, citizens: Adam West, the real Batman, has injured his back and cannot attend the Edmonton Comic and Entertainment Expo this weekend. Mayor Adam West – as he is also known to many fans of Family Guy – sent a personal message to his fans in Edmonton: “Adam West here…a crazy thing happened a […]

Local writers get generous time at Edmonton’s LitFest

Posted on October 17, 2012 By Wayne Arthurson Front Slider, Lit

Literary festivals in Canada aren’t usually known for great local representation. Edmonton’s LitFest – opening today and running through Oct. 28 at venues around town – is the exception. The ratio between visiting writers and local ones is a lot higher than one would find at any of the other major literary festivals in the […]

EDMONTON COMEDY FESTIVAL: Stand-up harder than it looks

Posted on October 17, 2012 By Mike Ross Comedy, The Latest, TV and Radio

I have a new found respect for stand-up comedians after walking a mile in their shoes for the first time. It’s not as easy as it looks – and it looks hard enough to begin with. My three minutes of terror was part of the Edmonton Comedy Festival’s “Funniest Media Person” contest at the River […]

You don’t need gore to make a great horror film at Dedfest 2012

Posted on October 16, 2012 By Barry Hammond Film, Front Slider

Who’d have thought eating an olive could be so fraught with contradictory emotions? There’s a scene in a creepy new film called “Berberian Sound Studio” where actor Toby Jones is forced to eat an olive, pit and all, and his face conveys so many different thoughts, feelings, and possibilities that it has to rank as […]

EDMONTON COMEDY FESTIVAL: How funny is Jim Cuddy?

Posted on October 16, 2012 By Mike Ross Comedy, Music, The Latest

Jim Cuddy says he honestly has no idea why he was asked to be the host of the opening night at the Edmonton Comedy Festival, “Jim Cuddy’s Comedy Rodeo,” Wednesday at the Citadel Theatre (with Louis Ramey, Kevin McGrath, Trent McClelland, Atomic Improv, Lars Callieou and Sean Lecomber). Damn it, Jim, he’s a musician, not […]

CONCERTS: The Tragically Hip returns to Edmonton in January

Posted on October 15, 2012 By Mike Ross Front Slider, Music

The Tragically Hip will be returning to Edmonton in the new year. The band is set to play Wednesday, Jan 23 at Rexall Place, it was announced Monday, part of yet another extensive cross-Canada tour that doesn’t seem to include Calgary. Oh, Calgary! First you get mistaken for Edmonton by Justin Bieber, and now this. […]

Bieber-mania epidemic sweeps Edmonton while moms remember Donny Osmond

Posted on October 14, 2012 By Mike Ross Music, The Latest

You know what they say about being doomed to repeat the past if you forget history? Don’t sweat it. We’re going to repeat it anyway. To those who claim the current Bieber Hysteria afflicting Edmonton is an unprecedented phenomenon, we have two words for you: Donny Osmond. Who the hell is Donny Osmond, you ask? […]

VERY A-MUSE-ING: Scalpers thwarted by paperless tickets

Posted on October 13, 2012 By Mike Ross Culture, Front Slider, Music

VERY A-MUSE-ING: Scalpers thwarted by paperless tickets

There is still joy in Mudville, for Muse has not sold out – failing to leave scores of disappointed fans, who were not crying that they got buggered by the scalpers yet again. Not this time – thanks to “paperless tickets.” Screw you, scalpers. After seats to the British trio’s Feb. 3 show at Rexall […]

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