By Jeff Clemens
People say Kanye West is a lot of things — an egomaniac for his tirade during 19-year old Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2009, indulgent for his 35-minute music video of his new song “Runaway,” and a narcissist for the sometimes ridiculous stream of consciousness that the rapper unleashes… Continue reading Spun: Kanye West
By Jeff Clemens
The Calgary Fire Department will be heating things up at the SAIT campus this fall in an effort to let students know about the dangers of fire in unsafe suites. The CFD’s Burning Down the House event will feature two eight feet by eight feet fully-furnished “dorm-room” style cubes built by the CFD being lit… Continue reading Burning down the house
By Jeff Clemens
Following a tumultuous year characterized by both triumph and tragedy, Kanye West spins his most personal and ambitious album yet on 808s & Heartbreak, a pop album by the rapper that contains little to no rapping at all. Rather than waking listeners up to the sounds of fame and fortune, West undermines his previously held… Continue reading Spun: Kanye West
By Jeff Clemens
Most bands dream to be famous enough to release an album full of B-sides. The reason is, of course, that it’s one of the rare occasions where a band can put their out crappiest material and have it sell due to their boisterous fanbase. The Killers may or may not be popular enough to pull… Continue reading SPUN: The Killers
By Jeff Clemens
A busy Dave Grohl means good news for all music lovers. Despite playing alongside bands like Nine Inch Nails and Tenacious D, Grohl has found time with the Foo Fighters to make a fantastic new album, Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace. The fifth album of all-new Foo Fighter fare goes back to all the different… Continue reading Spun: Foo Fighters
By Jeff Clemens
In the world of comic books, many superheroes adopt secret identities or alter-egos in order to fight evildoers. Nowadays, many musicians are also donning other names under which they ply their trade. Girl Talk is the alter-ego of mash-up artist and musical producer Gregg Gillis. Based out of Pittsburgh, Gillis’ musical style has started to… Continue reading Meet the master of mash-ups
By Jeff Clemens
Troma Studios have been creating movies for 33 years and most people have never seen one of their films. Specializing in usually shocking and never politically correct movies, Troma has not disappointed with their latest release. Poultrygeist leaves even the most prepared watcher slightly shocked. Starting the movie with an innocent enough sex scene in… Continue reading Calgary International Film Fest: Poultrygeust: Night of the Chicken Dead
By Jeff Clemens
On his third album, Kanye has done what many of us should do and graduated. After producing his first two stellar albums, Kanye has come back with his best effort to date. This album gives the man with the biggest ego in music a reason to gloat. The bragging is not just because he’s produced… Continue reading Spun: Kanye West
By Jeff Clemens
Being a kid is tough. With poison-wielding babysitters, piles of homework and the obvious awkwardness when dealing with the opposite sex, it’s amazing that anybody manages to make it to adulthood. It’s this time in life that playwright Jason Patrick Rothery presents in TheatreBOOM’s remount of his popular play Wedgie. While the theme is juvenile,… Continue reading TheatreBOOM doles out Wedgies to audiences
By Jeff Clemens
To the majority of musiclovers, Canada is a vast, barren wasteland full of Nickelbacks, Three Days Graces and Bryan Adamses. Thankfully, a new wave of bands is finally giving the world a reason to love Canadian music, including Victoria’s Hot Hot Heat.Formed in 1999 and influenced heavily by ’80s acts like the Clash and Elvis… Continue reading Burning down the house