Posted on March 9, 2012
By Mike Ross
Front Slider, Music
When faced with a media celebrity in a band expecting to be taken seriously, some observers cross their arms and frown and say things like “OK, Mr. Bigshot, this better be good.” It comes from the feeling of the unfair advantage that all non-musical celebrities have: an already established name airlifted into a comparable level […]
Posted on March 8, 2012
By Adrian Lackey
The Latest, Theatre
If life has taught us one thing, it is this: If you want to anger someone, all you have to do is accuse them of being passive-aggressive. Want to piss them off even further? Show them you can dish out the “passive-aggressive” label, but can’t take it. This sure-fire method will have you pushing the […]
Posted on March 8, 2012
By Mike Ross
Music, The Latest
Edmonton rock ‘n’ roll legend Barry Allen, who’s getting set to play his first gig in 22 years with Barry Allen and the Rebels at the Century Casino on Saturday night – maybe their last gig ever – has this to say: “It was easier back then.” Yeah, yeah, heard it before, grandpa and – […]
Posted on March 7, 2012
By Albert Smith
Front Slider, Theatre
Chim chiminey, chim chiminey, chim chim cheree, a sweep is as lucky as lucky can be – and that’s what musical theatre has done to popular culture: a clean sweep! Thanks a bunch, Bono, South Park dudes, Glee, Steven Spielberg, Green Day and lest we forget, Cats! Segue gracefully to the big announcement Wednesday that […]
Posted on March 6, 2012
By Scott Lingley
Dining, Food, Front Slider
There was a time not that long ago when dining downtown meant having a clubhouse with fries at Hawkeye’s before a movie at the Paramount Theatre. Not anymore. While I would give just about anything to have the Paramount back, it’s hard to argue with the allure of 27 top-flight restaurants showcasing their virtues with […]
Posted on March 6, 2012
By Albert Smith
Music, The Latest
It’s about time Big Wreck came back. Everybody else has – plus we still hear a lot of Big Wreck music on the radio. They must’ve done something right. The melodic rock band whose distinctive riffs are powered by guitar whiz Ian Thornley is back after a 10 year “hiatus” with a bang – a […]
Posted on March 6, 2012
By Mike Ross
Comedy, Front Slider
For all the complaining that stand-up comics do about being stand-up comics, it can be a road to the big-time. Just ask the Wayans Brothers – this amazing show-biz family from Brooklyn that used comedy to escape poverty. Scary Movie, Scary Movie 2, White Chicks and the TV series In Living Color are just some […]
Posted on March 5, 2012
By Albert Smith
Lit, Music, The Latest
“Don’t do anything by half. If you love someone, love them with all your soul. When you go to work, work your ass off. When you hate someone, hate them until it hurts.” “Hope is the last thing a person does before they are defeated.” “I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not […]
Posted on March 5, 2012
By Albert Smith
Music, The Latest
Anyone but Target Market and her parents will probably scratch their heads over news that something called “Big Time Rush” is coming to Edmonton in what is trumpeted as one of the big concert events of the summer. The Big Time Summer Tour hits Rexall Place Sept. 13, with Cody Simpson in support. Target Market […]
Posted on March 5, 2012
By Mike Ross
Front Slider, Music
It’s hardly worth stopping the presses for a drug scandal in the music business. Of course the Barenaked Ladies were a special case: cleancut, fresh-scrubbed Canadian popsters whose most popular song referenced Kraft Dinner. They didn’t live that scene often witnessed backstage at rock shows: Pot smoking, booze drinking, journalists being asked to leave so […]
Posted on March 3, 2012
By LH Thomson
Film, Front Slider
Loving Story is a touching slice of history – director Nancy Burski’s tribute to a little-remembered by highly significant moment in U.S. civil rights history, told through the eyes of an interracial couple in the ’50s. Richard Loving had a fortuitous name – he loved his wife, she loved him, and that love beat segregation. […]
Posted on March 1, 2012
By Mike Ross
Front Slider, Music
This happens in jazz more than any other genre of music: A collective consisting of amazingly impressive soloists winds up sounding like a bad lounge act – with amazingly impressive solos – and gets away with it because people don’t want to appear dumb for disliking such an allegedly higher form of art. Occupational hazard. […]
