2006 was an odd year musically. While hip-hop largely floundered, only producing a handful of noteworthy albums and an endless pit of highly-anticipated flops, rock and folk flourished as many bands rediscovered the elusive decade between the often-mined ’60s and ’80s. At the same time this revivalist trend was taking place, a smattering of bands… Continue reading Best of Music in 2006
Month: January 2007
Five stars for Five Hole
Five Hole: Tales of Hockey Erotica set the bar for future probes into the steamy under-the-cup world of NHL players in Canada when it premiered last Thursday as this year’s High Performance Rodeo headline show. Dave Bidini, author of the Five Hole novel as well as member of the Canadian rock band Rheostatics, collaborated with… Continue reading Five stars for Five Hole
Movies that Matter drinks the Kool-aid
By Ryan Pike
On November 18, 1978, over 900 people died in Guyana in one of the largest mass suicides in history. The Jonestown massacre and the events leading up to it have long been a subject of confusion, prompting the publication of several speculative books on the subject. Nearly three decades later, there is now a definitive… Continue reading Movies that Matter drinks the Kool-aid
Stabbing blindly with the Blind Assassins
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice! The incantation of the name frees the monster trapped beneath a carefully constructed city of Astroturf green and cardboard cut-outs of houses and SUVs. The same applies for the first three “whoas” raked out at a Blind Assassins show. Just as the crazy striped-suited character emerges from another dimension and wreaks havoc… Continue reading Stabbing blindly with the Blind Assassins