By Josh Rose
How many dinosaurs does it take to kill a ram’s hope of winning the Hardy Cup? Just one University of Calgary football team will do. For the third time in four years, the Dinos have sent the Regina Rams back home and have advanced to the Hardy Cup final. In Friday night’s game, a 16-4… Continue reading Football playoff dreams begin
It has now been over a decade since Coldplay released their first album, Parachutes. For their fifth album, the band builds on the Brian Eno-infused sounds of Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008).With Mylo Xyloto, we are treated to the standard Coldplay themes — Chris Martin’s soaring melodies and falsetto, along… Continue reading Spun: Coldplay
By Emily Senger
Sarah Slean is a 34-year-old recording artist and a singer, songwriter, pianist and an occasional actress who recorded her first album, Universe, at the age of 19. You can feel her enthusiasm and commitment to what she does based on her lyrical themes that are clearly inspired by her studies in philosophy. All the songs… Continue reading Spun: Sarah Slean
By Jorie Les
They’re no Faith Hill and Tim McGraw, but Charles Kelley and Hillary Scott — the two lead vocalists of Lady Antebellum — combine to produce an entire album of love songs that are just as believable as theirs. With their third studio album, Own the Night, the group has come out with yet another enjoyable… Continue reading Spun: Lady Antebellum
Recording music has never been easier. Gone are the days of shelling out big bucks to rent out time in a studio. All you need is a laptop, an interface and some microphones and you’re on your way. But getting the equipment is the easy part — the hard part is figuring out how to… Continue reading U of C Recording Club
By Mel Rygus
If you’ve braved the packed dance floor at ThursDen over the past year, chances are that the following scenario has probably happened to you. You’re singing along with your favorite Top-40 jams, a beer or mini jug of vodka slime in hand, crammed alongside a number of your fellow University of Calgary students doing the… Continue reading Tycho Records
By HJ Hornbeck
As the current head-honcho of the Free Thinkers club, I’m strongly committed to the idea of rational and open debate. I think we can only approach the truth through the free discussion of issues — without censoring or invoking blasphemy. Which is why I’m opposed to the Genocide Awareness Project’s signs. To see why, we… Continue reading The GAP’s veto
By Josh Rose
The nba lockout is ridiculous. National Basketball Association owners and players have been negotiating for a new collective bargaining agreement which dictates the rules of player contracts, trades, revenue distribution, the nba draft, the salary cap, etc. (well before the old cba expired June 30 of this year). Because the two sides haven’t come to… Continue reading NB-Lame
The Occupy movement has been going on for some time now — to the point where the media have largely moved on. This means it’s time for sobre reflection. The mainstream media’s coverage of the protests was somewhat surprisingly comprehensive if a little insincere. All of the major newspapers ran articles about the movement quite… Continue reading Occupy: the liberal Tea Party?
In response to the Gauntlet’s editorial about the closure of MacKimmie Library and students’ concerns about lack of quiet study space in the Taylor Family Digital Library [Oct. 27, 2011], I would like to provide some updated information on how the University of Calgary is responding to this matter. The university is aware of students’… Continue reading Letter: study space