Month: October 2008

Hey nerds! Fantasy hockey is a serious game

By Gauntlet Contributor

There is a simple point that is often overlooked by fantasy hockey degenerates and those who know and understand it are the ones who usually end up winning money, prestige and chicks (the third option does not happen very often). The reality is that the fantasy market place is a virtual petri dish of inequality.… Continue reading Hey nerds! Fantasy hockey is a serious game

Baller invitational dominated by host Dinos

By Brad Halasz

It was scrappy, it was intense, a nose was broken. Usually those are terms used to describe a late-round playoff game, but the 100-90 win the University of Calgary Dinos women’s basketball team tallied over the University of Windsor Lancers last Sunday was a meaningless, non-conference pre-season match up. The win gave Calgary a 3-0… Continue reading Baller invitational dominated by host Dinos

Comeback Kid takes an unconventional yet hardcore approach

By Julia Osinchuk

If one was to compare music to high school and bands to students then Comeback Kid is the hyperactive overachiever that isn’t quite made from the same material as everyone else. The band takes an unconventional approach to hardcore music and has toured worldwide, garnering international attention and with signs of slowing down any time… Continue reading Comeback Kid takes an unconventional yet hardcore approach

Spun: Tori Amos

By Ken Clarke

This retrospective CD serves as a virtual time capsule, capturing two mesmerizing performances of Tori Amos singing and playing solo piano at Switzerland’s Montreux Jazz Festival. The first half of the disc features a then unknown Amos from 1991. Recorded months before the release of her first album Little Earthquakes, the unsuspecting audience is treated… Continue reading Spun: Tori Amos

Spun: Night Flowers

By Jennifer Trieu

The increasingly difficult challenge for indie rock bands to separate themselves as respectable, creative and unique artists has been and continues to be a make-or-break factor for a band’s success. Unfortunately for Night Flowers, efforts to distinguish themselves from other Canadian indie rock bands are not particularly effective on their debut album. While a combination… Continue reading Spun: Night Flowers

Spun: Metallica

By Jon Roe

Metallica attempted to channel the violent heavy metal energy that powered ’80s albums like Ride the Lightning and Master of Puppets on their new album Death Magnetic and succeeded, mostly. Though, as a whole, Magnetic is nowhere near as well put together as Lightning or Puppets, it is better than their recent efforts and much… Continue reading Spun: Metallica

Beverly Hills Chihuahua chokes

By Katherine Zelt

Talking dog gets lost. Talking dog finds talking dog friend. Talking dog finds home and lives happily ever after. Though by no means an original story, it is indubitably a pleaser to an audience of under 12-year-olds. When Chloe (voice of Drew Barrymore), a spoiled, shallow, Harry Winston-sporting Chihuahua gets dog-napped and thrown into a… Continue reading Beverly Hills Chihuahua chokes

A veritable visual feast fit for a king

By Olivia Komorowski

Upon us is a time of turkey feasting dinners, pumpkin pies and candy intended for costumed children- which can result in an undesired increase in your waistline. The only solution is to satisfy your cravings for pleasure with something calorie-free and active. The perfect plan: fat-burning strolls through art galleries and bookstores to fill your… Continue reading A veritable visual feast fit for a king

Calgary singer takes overseas success back home

By Veronika Lancaster Deliyannakis

Kaley Kinjo’s been kicking around the Calgary scene for a while both as a solo artist and with his self-titled band. He’s been on tour in Japan with his brother while they were getting back to their Japanese roots. Closer to home he has also played in several festivals. Kinjo won the best performance and… Continue reading Calgary singer takes overseas success back home