Posted on December 30, 2011
By Mike Ross
Comedy, Front Slider
You have to wonder how stand-up comics feel about working a crowd on New Year’s Eve – getting more hammered than usual, going crazy at midnight, kissing complete strangers on the lips and ending the night by weeping and vomiting on the bathroom floor. The audience members are even worse. Seriously, don’t worry how Toby […]
Posted on December 29, 2011
By Mike Ross
Music, The Latest
Hugh Dillon figures the lowest point in his life occurred in Edmonton – no fault of Edmonton. Hugh loves Edmonton. The Headstones wouldn’t be back to play the Shaw Conference Centre on New Year’s Eve if he didn’t. We just happened to be the town where the singer took a flying leap off the wagon […]
Posted on December 28, 2011
By Kevin Maimann
Front Slider, Music
When faced with going big or going home, Striker will always choose the former. The Edmonton metal band has earned most of its success thousands of miles away. The group just returned from Nashville where it recorded its second album with renowned metal producer Michael Wagener, who was at the helm for such classic albums […]
Posted on December 28, 2011
By Michael Senchuk
Comedy, Music
Edmonton may not have Dick Clark, but there are still plenty of ways to rock in the New Year with style. Options for this year’s gala evening, which looks like it’ll be pretty nice weather-wise, range from classic rock to jazz to metal and dance-punk; and there’s plenty of DJs and electronica to go around […]
Posted on December 26, 2011
By Albert Smith
Culture, Music
Admit it: Prince sucked. Oh, don’t get your panties in a twist. Someone has to say it. And someone has to respond that a bad concert from Prince is still better than most other concerts. Fine. But if you were there at Rexall Place on Dec. 13, the more you reflect on it, the more […]
Posted on December 23, 2011
By Mike Ross
Comedy, Culture, The Latest
In almost a year of deep explorations of stand-up comedians and their comedy, two themes emerge: 1. Geez, what a dirty job. 2. But somebody’s got to do it. Yes, somebody has to tell the truth out there. We get lied to on a daily basis by the government, by corporations, by the media, by […]
Posted on December 22, 2011
By Andrea Scharner
Front Slider, Music
Sky Blu should have plenty of time to heal his sprained wiggle before LMFAO’s rescheduled date in Edmonton – Monday, Feb. 6 at Rexall Place. Tickets are on sale now. Seats held for the original Dec. 21 show will be honoured for the new date, or refunds available until Jan. 13. The original show had […]
Posted on December 21, 2011
By Albert Smith
The Latest, Theatre
Poised to become a local Christmas “thing” on the order of A Christmas Carol or The Nutcracker or Handel’s Messiah or Candy Cane Lane or Peter Pan is play called The Best Little Newfoundland Christmas Pageant Ever! Playing through Friday at the Varscona Theatre, it is a Newfoundlander’s take on the classic Barbara Robinson tale […]
Posted on December 21, 2011
By Kevin Maimann
Front Slider, Music
Edmonton musician Colleen Brown is not one to let her thoughts fester. Her penchant for expressing sincere emotions pays off in a big way on her acclaimed third album “Dirt,” and it doesn’t stop at songwriting. The soulful folk-pop singer’s growing national profile has been helped along by CBC Radio 2, which would likely not […]
Posted on December 20, 2011
By LH Thomson
Culture, Dining, Family
In Edmonton, it is now illegal to drive a vehicle with a blood alcohol content of .05. As of this year, it is also illegal in Edmonton to drive while eating a sandwich. One of these laws has science and some common sense behind it. The other doesn’t. Can you guess which is which? This […]
Posted on December 20, 2011
By Andrea Scharner
Front Slider, Music
Bad news for LMFAO fans – and for LMFAO itself – Wednesday’s show at Rexall Place has been postponed due to injury. The group known for such hits as Sexy and I Know It and Party Rock Anthem has pulled out of the three remaining dates on the Canadian tour after singer Sky Blu suffered […]
Posted on December 20, 2011
By Mike Ross
Music
Important disclaimer: local rock band Blue Goat is performing a Pink Floyd tribute inside the star dome at the Telus World of Science on Thursday – both the shortest day and longest night of the year – but you will not hear Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2. You may not have any pudding. […]
