If you talk to Ian Blurton, he’ll tell you rock and roll never died. If you listen to his band, Blurtonia, you may just be convinced that it never will. Though they list influences everywhere from Chuck Berry to Television, it’s obvious that the spirit of the music holds more sway than the bands themselves.… Continue reading Rocking out
Month: September 2002
Who needs food?
By Вen Li
I am not an 18-year-old girl entering university, but it doesn’t take one to recognize the poor quality of this book. Fighting the Freshman Fifteen tries to cover health, nutrition, psychology and cooking in an easy-to-read 180-page literary identity crisis. Redundancy, logical inconsistencies and a lack of focus sabotage a potentially competent book about not… Continue reading Who needs food?
Tom Green, funny?
By Heath McLeod
I’m confused. It seems like I’m watching Kids in the Hall spliced with The Tom Green Show. The cast is different, but the humour is the same. I’m half expecting to see Tom Green shag an animal carcass, or start squishing heads between his thumb and forefinger.Tom Green, as Walter "Duff" Duffy freaks out like… Continue reading Tom Green, funny?
Jane McCullough–CJSW Program Director
Full name and position: Jane McCullough – CJSW Program Director What does your job entail? A lot of talking on the phone, answering of e-mails, coordination, evaluation and every so often turning on the radio at 4 a.m. to make sure there’s no dead air. How did you get into the position? I volunteered with… Continue reading Jane McCullough–CJSW Program Director
Operation Makeout
Call me sexist if you want, but I never could stand girl-rock. Women can make some beautiful music, there’s no questioning that, but with the exception of Janis Joplin, very few girls can actually just “rock out.” All the famous poster-girls for female rock have either gone pop (No Doubt, Amanda Marshall), become utterly self-absorbed… Continue reading Operation Makeout
Re-reading the Jedi Handbook
By James Keller
When I was younger, a friend of mine had the greatest toy. It was a fully functional Millennium Falcon–the doors opened, the guns aimed around, and to top it off, the lights flashed and the engine sounded. Going over to his house just down the block was the best thing I could possibly think of.A… Continue reading Re-reading the Jedi Handbook
Potential squandered
By Nicole Kobie
There’s a fine line between a good movie and a great one, and sadly, City by the Sea never manages to cross it. Had it included some sense of theme and purpose, it could have been one of those few films with something to say. The director and writer chose to waste a brilliant cast… Continue reading Potential squandered
They re only in it for the Zappa
By Ken Clarke
Frank Zappa fans have a rare event in store for them. For three nights only, the Shiny Beast Collective and The Whip It Out Ensemble will be performing music from Zappa’s eclectic 1967 masterpiece, We’re Only In It For The Money.The "Summer of Love" in 1967 meant different things to different people. To Frank Zappa… Continue reading They re only in it for the Zappa
Turning 9/11 into entertainment
By Natalie Sit
Important events usually become fictionalized and then filmed. Events become something to amuse.Already, a film about fallen firefighters was shown at the Toronto Film Festival. Conceivably, a movie about the attack on the World Trade Center could be filmed soon. Will it cast a rosy glow on the events or sanitize them?Right afterHollywood, like everyone… Continue reading Turning 9/11 into entertainment
Evil people do not shave
By Kyle Young
Have you ever noticed how the Devil is always portrayed in movies with a goatee? Or better yet, how every time a character meets his evil twin, he always has some form of facial hair? When one sits back and contemplates exactly what kind of people have traditionally sprouted such displays of fur, the inevitable… Continue reading Evil people do not shave