At first glance, Crazy Town: The Rob Ford Story is posed to incite two extremely divergent reactions from potential readers. For Toronto citizens entrenched as Ford Nation, the book will be dismissed as yet another attempt at mudslinging from a headline-hungry opportunist willing to do anything to make a name for herself. For the rest… Continue reading Book review: Crazy Town: The Rob Ford Story
Month: February 2014
Spun: Hunting
The self-titled debut album from Vancouver-born Bradley Ferguson’s new band, Hunting, takes somber indie-folk music and adds electronic accents to create a sound that is eerie and unnatural. Ferguson’s vocals are faded out behind the music like an ethereal, ghostly presence. The piano and violin sections add to the mesmerizing feeling of the album. The… Continue reading Spun: Hunting
Reconciling faith and sexual orientation
University of Calgary drama student Jonathan Brower, founding co-artistic director of Third Street Theatre, has drawn from his own experiences to write a vulnerable, personal play. ND Theatre’s sci-fi play, Oblivion: A Workshop Production, follows Tim, a gay man raised in the evangelical church struggling with the inner conflict between his faith and his relationship… Continue reading Reconciling faith and sexual orientation
Annual contest returns to U of C
This week, the University of Calgary commenced its annual funny poster contest. The posters, which are exhibited throughout campus, will be voted on by the student body based on wit, cleverness and quality of puns. Posters that include pop culture references and Internet memes are tipped by experts as most likely to do well. It… Continue reading Annual contest returns to U of C
The Kelsy Norman poster critique
By Riley Hill
Last Monday, candidates camped out across campus to get the best spots for their campaign posters. Nothing could be put on the walls before 8 a.m. By 9 a.m. the entire campus was covered. Since we have to look at them for the next week, we decided to have some fun and contacted former arts… Continue reading The Kelsy Norman poster critique
Pow wow step is all about making people dance
The Ottawa DJ collective A Tribe Called Red have made headlines lately and not just because they were nominated for two Juno Awards and were short-listed for the 2013 Polaris Music Prize. The collective took to Twitter last summer to stop non-aboriginal fans from wearing headdresses and warpaint to their shows. A month later, Ian… Continue reading Pow wow step is all about making people dance
Film review: Pompeii
In Pompeii, Paul W.S. Anderson brings us another action adventure movie that, like Anderson’s Resident Evil franchise, does what it does best: action. Fast-paced and action-packed, Pompeii gives us a somewhat familiar look into the life of a slave-turned-gladiator. Anderson tries to accurately depict everyday life in Pompeii but obviously it isn’t every day that… Continue reading Film review: Pompeii
Film Review: Winter’s Tale
With a strong cast and a story about true love, time travel, good versus evil and a magical horse, it’s hard to imagine how Winter’s Tale could be anything other than an exciting, inspirational and thought-provoking film — but it isn’t. The movie is based on the 1983 novel by Mark Helprin — not to… Continue reading Film Review: Winter’s Tale
Film review: Endless Love
When a movie begins with a slow motion sequence focusing on one girl in a crowd, with voice-over saying “There is a girl, a beautiful girl…” and ends on a similar note, describing “a boy worth fighting for,” you know you’re in for a sapfest. I admit, I did not have high expectations going into… Continue reading Film review: Endless Love
Principia seductio
By Remi Watts
If you’re out to spot a feminist or radical leftist the watchword is consent. The word traces the outlines of today’s sexual and political discussion to the point that no discourse is complete without it. Consent as a sexual and political category — as a tool of personal and social interaction and decision making —… Continue reading Principia seductio