By Alan Cho
Among the promises to enlarge your penis and offers for limited edition Hungarian stamps sure to enlarge your penis, you may have heard, “Somebody gonna get a hurt real bad.” Forwarded to you by a co-worker or sent in an IM littered with so many “LOLs” you become a suspected pedophile, this snippet of hilarity… Continue reading Comedy Preview: Russell Peters won’t a hurt you real bad
By Alan Cho
Forget the paper-thin story, generic direction and a cast with the collective acting prowess of Tara Reid’s left boob–for 10 minutes Doom is glorious. Rumours and the trailer only hint at the sublimity of the exact moment you paid to see when the first person perspective becomes the most transcendent moment in cinema today. Not… Continue reading Film Review: Believe it or not, Doom is dumb
Last week, Alan Cho wrote a rebuttal to a piece of mine that ran a week prior. Here are responses and clarifications to some of the points that Cho brought up: 1.Cho summarized my argument by saying I was discussing the concept of moral relativism. The only problem with this is that nowhere in my… Continue reading More moral relativism… only not
By Alan Cho
“I’ll just come out and say it, Nazis are fucking assholes. They are cute when they’re little, I’ll give them that. Why can’t they stay small?”– Sarah Silverman Last week, the Gauntlet ran an article by opinions writer Madeline Sommerville regarding moral relativism. Though not invoking the words “moral relativism,” she arrived to the same… Continue reading Hitler discovers cure for cancer. HITLER!
By Alan Cho
Being hardcore is more than just flashing double jointed hand gestures to people as you drive your Escalade to a guest appearance on MTV’s Cribs. It’s more than being too high to avoid strutting into a torrent of bullets or slouching against a wall in that oh-so-gangsta-vogue way. Hardcore is achieved through struggle and coming… Continue reading Music Interview: K’Naan a new hardcore
By Alan Cho
Any rapper worth his Escalade will tell you respect in the game comes from survival on the streets. Pulling up the pant leg on their designer jeans, they’ll point to scars and bruises earned in vague fights from “back in the day.” The lucky few who have them show off faded bullet wounds like rusted… Continue reading Mucis Interview: K’Naan transcription
By Alan Cho
Describing a new band to the uninitiated is like watching your band teacher in high school snort his virgin rail of coke. Spouting a mishmash of band names and wildly gesticulating, he claws at invisible fairies snatching at the powder caked under his mustache–you’re not going to get anything out of him except a deep… Continue reading Music Interview: Pocket Dwellers defy genres
By Alan Cho
Common’s latest may be the most joyous and exhilarating release of the year. Not too much of a surprise, considering the many a respectful nods received from discerning hip-hop heads and critics during his 13 plus years of rapping. Usually a bit too experimental for the mainstream, hooking up with wonder-producer Kanye West ensures Common… Continue reading Spun: Common
By Alan Cho
Bands change their name to rebrand themselves, chasing their muse into new markets and the iPods of elusive demographs. Then, there are bands who get sued by Handsome Dick Manitoba for trademark infringement. Dan Snaith’s Manitoba became mired in the latter and, to avoid a lawsuit from the frontman for the Dictators, took on the… Continue reading Spun: Caribou
By Alan Cho
Hollywood seems more comfortable with psychopaths dressed in leather and underage slut bombs than issues of race. After all, they don’t want to risk the bottom line by making audiences uncomfortable. Give it the patronizing pat on the head and have the issue overcome in just under 90 minutes with Julie Andrews winking at the… Continue reading Movie Review: Crash Looks at Race Without Car Sex