News From Nowhere’s An Oak Tree brought together local performance group THEATREboom and British actor/playwright Tim Crouch to show Calgary audiences that a glass of water could be a fully grown tree, just as theatre performance could exist under the same principles as an act of mass hypnotism. An Oak Tree, after coming out of… Continue reading An Oak Tree stands enormous and sturdy
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“Mosaic” not quite the sum of its parts
Comic book fans considering renting Stan Lee Presents: Mosaic, a straight-to-DVD animated movie from Lee’s own Pow! Entertainment, have an important question to ask themselves: would they be willing to rent a movie titled, Stan Lee Presents: Festering Crap? Or, perhaps, Stan Lee Presents: A Waste of 72 Minutes? Mosaic proves that just because Stan… Continue reading “Mosaic” not quite the sum of its parts
Get thee to a Rodeo
Tim Crouch is the Prince of Denmark. He is also the founder of England-based theatre company News From Nowhere, a hypnotist in his critically acclaimed play An Oak Tree, and a glass of water, if he says so. “News From Nowhere is more of a nom de guerre,” says Crouch. “It’s a name that enables… Continue reading Get thee to a Rodeo
Heading west on the ska train
Ska is far from dead. Many might remember the ska revival that occurred in the mainstream during the mid-nineties, with bands like the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, No Doubt and Sublime all becoming household names. While such bands, riding on the heels of the so-called ‘third wave’ ska movement, experienced a decline in popularity toward the… Continue reading Heading west on the ska train
Spun: American Hardcore
Remember when hardcore was more than artfully tousled black hair and tasteless bandanas? Yes, it’s true–there was a time when the aggressive genre catered to an ideology before a fashion statement, before Henry Rollins became a household name and punk rock wasn’t featured in regular timeslots on MTV. The accompanying soundtrack to the documentary of… Continue reading Spun: American Hardcore
The spark of the invisible hand
Activism in art often comes with an attached set of expectations, and it’s especially true in music. Is the artist folk, or punk? What’s their defining issue? It can be difficult to resist the temptation to slot an artist into a fixed stereotype about activism as it exists within a particular genre, and even harder… Continue reading The spark of the invisible hand
Digging graves for pretty girls
Derek Fudesco, bassist and founding member of Pretty Girls Make Graves, has a lot to say about change. This shouldn’t be surprising to anyone familiar with the recent history of the eclectic five-piece from Seattle. Between the release of 2003’s critically acclaimed the New Romance and their latest, Élan Vital, released in April, Pretty Girls… Continue reading Digging graves for pretty girls
Space ships will eat your children
Real-time strategy in future space is a tired concept. Remember Starcraft? Total Annihilation? Or more recently, Star Wars: Empire At War? The long list of genre standards goes on, and consequently it’s important for developers hoping to carve a niche for themselves in the RTS market to avoid falling into cliches. Dreamcatcher Games, a PC-game… Continue reading Space ships will eat your children