By Ken Clarke
During a rare 1986 visit to Canada, Virginia-born blues man Charlie Edwards was forever captured in The Toronto Sessions. The result is a unique tapestry of blues treats drawn from the lengthy career of a 68-year-old blues singer whose only accompaniment is his own sweet guitar picking on an antique steel-pan Gretsch guitar.In a country/barbershop… Continue reading the toronto sessions
By Kevin Hearn
This CD reminds me a little of a hospital stay. A bit depressing but ultimately hopeful, the CD tells you that one day you’ll recover.Barenaked Ladies keyboardist Kevin Hearn recorded this CD after his bout with leukaemia and it’s referenced in the album title, H-Wing. But there’s no hospital-like sterility in this CD. The piano,… Continue reading h-wing
By Вen Li
While the movie Amélie deserves and has received accolades, Yann Tiersen’s soundtrack should not.Beginning as a mediocre sampling of Western-European sounds typical of the French composer’s work, the tracks quickly blend into four amorphous blobs of audio. Only three tracks, two of which were composed by others–distinguish themselves by having the variety lacking on the… Continue reading Amelie
By Ryan Laverty
You can’t win ’em all. Good effort. Better luck next time. Just a few words of encouragement for the lady Dinos after their disappointing weekend sweep at the hands of the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds. The Dinos held solid leads in both games at the Jack but were unable to hold off the T-Birds’… Continue reading Women’s Basketball
By Ryan Laverty
We are right to demand perfection from million-dollar athletes. Professionals are paid more money in a year than most people will see in a lifetime, so in return, fans should expect nothing short of excellence. And if you’ll pardon the cliché, for those athletes winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing. However, in amateur athletics… Continue reading Women’s Hockey
Anyone who heard the repetitive thumping emanating from the Jack on Sat., Nov. 24 around 9 p.m. need not be concerned with the structural integrity of the Kinesiology complex. It was nothing more than the legions of men’s basketball fans collectively beating their heads into the wall in frustration. In a none-too-triumphant return to home… Continue reading Men’s Basketball
By Еvan Osentоn
Here’s a metaphor that will fill your heart with gladness: The Dino men’s hockey team is like a passenger train barreling through the Rockies. Oh, they look good, don’t they? Shiny, fast, smooth, so powerful. They’re off to the national championship in their shiny train. Choo choo! And then, out of nowhere, a bear runs… Continue reading Guba extinguishes fiery Dinos
By Scott Lepp
Scott Lepp If you wandered the halls of the University of Calgary anytime during the late ’70s and early ’80s, chances are you’ve heard of Janis Paskevich, (now married as Janis MacDonald). The then-Paskevich came out of Calgary’s St. Mary’s High School, joined the women’s basketball team in the fall of 1977 and had an… Continue reading Joining the men in the rafters
Leanne Pelosi took her last shots in a Dinos uniform this season and the fifth-year midfielder left an impressive mark with her teammates and friends. While everyone was quick to praise Pelosi’s on-field brilliance, her great marks in school and her infectiously positive personality, it was the other stories that truly get the essence of… Continue reading Soccersaur tells story walking
Today was an incredible day. It started really early, around 7:30 a.m. At the Students’ Union breakfast, groggy execs served me sausages. Something else truly impressed me today as well. I can’t get over how fascinated I was with the turnout at the Board of Governors meeting; students showed up in droves to attend–and I… Continue reading A tale of two Fridays