Besides creating catchy electro-dance tunes, YACHT is also a belief system open to everyone. After having experienced the supernatural Mystery Lights in Marfa, Texas, which inspired their 2009 album See Mystery Lights, Jona Bechtolt and Claire Evans have embarked on the latest transformation of YACHT, adding a live band to their 2010 tour called The… Continue reading YACHT sees the mystery lights
Month: February 2010
Rural Alberta Advantage hit up urban Alberta
The Rural Alberta Advantage just might be the most critically successful part-time band in Canada. While they have been featured on countless best-of-’09 blogs, all the members of the band have some kind of job or commitment on the side. Lead singer Nils Edenloff is a computer programmer by day, backup vocalist and keyboard player… Continue reading Rural Alberta Advantage hit up urban Alberta
Awards connect Calgary’s best bluesmen to Chicago
By Ken Clarke
For over 50 years, Chicago’s Maxwell Street has been famous for their Friday Night Blues and Fish Fry. Musicians from the Mississippi Delta would migrate to the area and electrify their sound, making Chicago world famous for the blues. On February 19, the Black History Month Foundation of Canada, in conjunction with the Black American… Continue reading Awards connect Calgary’s best bluesmen to Chicago
Dinos look to right ship for playoffs
In a weekend that looked so promising, the University of Calgary men’s volleyball team came away with nothing but disappointment. Perhaps distracted by the prospect of clinching the number one seed and hosting the Canada West Conference final four, the Dinos dropped both games over the weekend to the Brandon University Bobcats. The Dinos may… Continue reading Dinos look to right ship for playoffs
Goyette feels Olympic excitement, talks of pressure of the maple leaf
By Jon Roe
Danielle Goyette wishes she could be in Vancouver for the start of the Olympics. That’s probably a natural reaction for any former Olympic athlete, considering how rare the opportunity to compete in front of home fans on the highest and brightest stage in the world is. “Its getting closer to the opening ceremony,” says the… Continue reading Goyette feels Olympic excitement, talks of pressure of the maple leaf
Dinos need to win out, help for playoffs
By Jon Roe
They’re more than halfway there, but they’re definitely living on a prayer right now. The Dinos women’s hockey squad needs to win all four of their remaining games to have a hope at making the playoffs in their first season since returning to Canadian Interuniversity Sport (and get a little help from the University of… Continue reading Dinos need to win out, help for playoffs
If you don’t like nationalism, you’re probably un-Canadian
By Neil Griffin
We live in a brave new world. A world of internationalization. A world where human beings are freer to move about and live than in any other time in history. A world in which where you are from is less and less important than where you are going and what you are going to do… Continue reading If you don’t like nationalism, you’re probably un-Canadian
Taking a look at the God debate
The massive postering effort of the campus Christian clubs almost went down for naught. A friend of mine saw the “Does God Exist?” posters plastered on railings, walls and bulletin boards and glibly read “Does 600 Exist?” Luckily, someone pointed out to her the correct understanding of the posters before she got too excited over… Continue reading Taking a look at the God debate
Can the games solve Canada’s weight problem?
The Olympics has a bad reputation. With its nationalism, its history of human rights being sidelined wherever it goes — Vancouver included — and the incredible amount of money spent, thinking the entire thing is unjustified is a defensible position. In spite of these problems, there is one upside to the Olympics that is often… Continue reading Can the games solve Canada’s weight problem?
Five rings of globalism and greed
When the Olympic cauldron is lit this Friday in Vancouver, not everyone will be celebrating the flame as a symbol of human spirit, knowledge and life. For some, the modern Olympics are an over-bloated and over-commercialized affront to the ancient games. Nowadays, they argue, the human story of sacrifice in pursuit of triumph and perfection… Continue reading Five rings of globalism and greed