CYCLEROTIC TALES: Nice wheels, and the bike ain’t bad either

Posted on June 10, 2012 By Rob Drinkwater Comedy, Culture, The Latest

The following is from a news release by the Winnipeg Police that was issued on June 1 – the first day of Bike Month: A 21-year-old female was walking in the area of the St. James Cemetery when she noticed a man on a bike pass her a number of times. The female continued walking […]

Stone Temple Pilots on sale Friday

Posted on June 8, 2012 By Albert Smith Music

Pearl Jam stole all that 20-year nostalgia mojo, but there is another … Tickets go on sale Friday for the return of veteran grunge rock band Stone Temple Pilots, at the the Shaw Conference Centre on Wednesday, Sept. 12. Featuring the flambouyant and occasionally unstable lead singer Weiland, the band was going to be working […]

Interview with a Wailer: High times and kindred spirits at Open Sky

Posted on June 8, 2012 By Mike Ross Music

You don’t have to smoke marijuana to play reggae properly – but it helps. “God knows!” declares Barrington Brown, aka Koolant, the new lead singer for the Wailers – who, at the age of 27, hasn’t been alive as long as Bob Marley has been dead. Koolant is nonetheless a stone-cold, real-deal Jamaican Rasta-man who […]

Area improviser Mark Meer up for Canadian Comedy Award

Posted on June 7, 2012 By Mike Ross Comedy, Front Slider, Theatre

Mark Meer appears to be the only Edmonton nominee at this year’s Canadian Comedy Awards – and that says more about Mark Meer than it does about any possible bias against Edmonton. We’re just one funny town in a funny country – and this particular local actor just happens to stand out because he works […]

COMIC INTERVIEW: Kathleen Madigan keeps it out of the box

Posted on June 7, 2012 By Mike Ross Comedy, Front Slider

Unlike comedians for whom the craft of stand-up comedy is merely a launch pad to sitcom or late night TV heaven, Kathleen Madigan prefers to stay out of the small box, to keep it pure, to work hard to make comedy something best experienced by a live audience. Ironically, this makes her a better comic […]

Edmonton Pride Festival more than words

Posted on June 6, 2012 By Mike Ross Culture, Family, Music, Theatre, TV and Radio

For those in the straightest quarters of Edmonton who don’t know, the word “Pride” in its proper form has come to mean “gay pride,” just as the word “gay” in all its meanings will apply to the big parade and subsequent party taking place Saturday at noon in downtown Edmonton. It’s the Edmonton Pride Parade. […]

Colin James to play the Jubilee Auditorium Nov. 15

Posted on June 4, 2012 By Albert Smith Music, The Latest

He just came back to say … I’m back! Man, that Colin James joke never gets old, and yes, the multi-stylistic Vancouver veteran will return to perform at the Jubilee Auditorium on Thursday, Nov. 15. Tickets go on sale Friday. A man who never wears out his welcome in this town, James is touring with […]

INTERVIEW: The 8 Labors of Henry Rollins

Posted on June 3, 2012 By Mike Ross Comedy, Front Slider, Lit, TV and Radio

As a stand-up comic with a gift for going over the top, Henry Rollins makes Denis Leary look like Steven Wright – but he’s not really a stand-up comic. As a motivational speaker, Rollins is more motivational than Tony Robbins and Gene Simmons rolled into one – but he’s not really a motivational speaker. As […]

BIKE MONTH: Riding high is not a crime

Posted on June 3, 2012 By Rob Drinkwater Culture

Each year in June, local cyclists celebrate something called Bike Month and we get to see lots of wholesome news stories that extol the environmental and physical benefits of bicycles. We’re not doing that here. We’re focusing our Bike Month stories on some of the things cyclists don’t mention when they’re being interviewed by The […]

WRITER CITY: Editor’s ‘invisible contribution’ honoured

Posted on June 2, 2012 By Wayne Arthurson Front Slider, Lit

Jalal Barzanji’s  The Man With the Blue Pajamas – detailing the Iraqi author’s imprisonment at the hands of Saddam Hussein – might not have been possible without the work of Edmonton editor Peter Midgley, who was shortlisted for the $2,000 Tom Fairley Awardby the Editors’ Association of Canada. This is the only national award that […]

Folk fest sells out in record time, Justin Bieber, too

Posted on June 1, 2012 By Albert Smith Music, The Latest

Stop whatever has replaced presses: The Edmonton Folk Music Festival has sold out. Again. Like anybody didn’t see that coming. “It was crazy,” says producer Terry Wickham, who reports that 1,200 people showed up at the folk fest office to buy tickets in person at 9 p.m. Friday morning, where it’s usually around 400. Online […]

WHAT’S SO FUNNY: Joe Rogan will beat you up with his MIND

Posted on June 1, 2012 By Mike Ross Comedy

Joe Rogan is hard to figure. On one hand, the New Jersey comic can come off like one of these dependable, burly, blue collar palookas shouting f-word laden hyperbole about gays, strippers, drugs, sex, all the good stuff. He’s sharp, has good punch-lines, great interaction with the crowd. Goes over like gangbusters in a live […]

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