By Alan Cho
Many groups have put out two-disc sets in their careers, but it still feels like Outkast is breaking new ground here. Speakerboxx/The Love Below isn’t so much a double CD as it is a pairing of solo albums, released together under the Outkast name. Each disc represents the vision of its creator, and while there… Continue reading Outkast
A quick listen and Sweet Home Babylon could be erroneously lumped into the omnibus “underground hip hop” category. To do so would be hasty. The second independent release from the Calgary-based crew Internal Affairs is less a collection of music and more a collection of viewpoints, a treatise on our times and the world around… Continue reading Internal Affairs
By Ana Lukatela
Editor, the Gauntlet, As a U of C alumni I am shocked at the actions of Students’ Union President Jayna Gilchrist in accepting cigarette sponsorships of SU events. During a time when Health Canada is struggling to educate Canadians of the harmful effects of smoking on health, as well as the burden placed on our… Continue reading Gilchrist “whored out”
Dawn Dymond not only produces Dance Montage, she might as well be a poster child for the annual mixture of movement.Some time ago, as she describes it, when Dymond was a student at the University of Calgary, her friends told her she should get involved in an eclectic program featuring amateur and professional choreographers and… Continue reading Dance Dance Revolution
By Rob Scherf
Let’s get one thing straight before I start the review: Falling Angels will not surprise you. There is not one twist in its plot and not one character ever progresses past his or her broadly painted stereotype. In fact, astute viewers will even be able to predict Falling Angels’ ending with great accuracy, even before… Continue reading Angels get their wings
Naming an album doesn’t have to be difficult when you’ve got gonads on your side, just ask Simple Plan’s Jeff Stinco. “We wanted something funny, and usually we come up with the meaning later,” he explains. “We were throwing around titles and we came up with No Pads, No Helmets… Just Balls. It kind of… Continue reading Keeping it Simple
There’s a certain magic, a certain simple elegance in an unplugged, acoustic performance. The very concept of an individual standing alone save his/her instrument is romantic, intimate and frightening to many performers. It is that magic, that connection with the audience, that has ensured Busking For Smiles’ Unplugged series’ success. What started as a few… Continue reading Smiles busked again
eople see pee and they just associate it with sex. But, oh no, no one likes water sports.’ It’s a common complaint, Lord knows it happens to all of us. You’re trying to express your belief in urine as a divine thing, but people go and take the perverted route. Suddenly the word becomes tainted,… Continue reading Watch out for the Hidden Cameras
By CH Smith
After moving out of his cubicle and into the Company of Rogues Actors Studio, former University of Calgary Marketing graduate Jon-Paul Khouri ponders the reason for the drastic switch in career choice.“My plans changed when I realized I was a hypocrite because I was always telling everyone I know to follow their dreams while I… Continue reading Some busy and insinuating Rogues
In its simplest translation, the French phrase “bonjour, la , bonjour” means “hello” or “hi there.” Brought to the stage, Michel Tremblay’s emotionally-charged play Bonjour, La, Bonjour delves into intense material that is anything but simple or straightforward. Almost 30 years after the original publication of Bonjour, La, Bonjour, the University of Calgary’s Department of… Continue reading Parlez-vous theatre?