Local activist Rose Henry looks back at a life well livedRose Henry’s Coast Salish roots run deep. They run so deep through the local activist that she simply has to be blunt in her assessments of Canadian government. Blunt, because she has lived the truth the government won’t speak of. “Mainstream society has been denied their right to hear the truth of what an entire […] Continue Reading |
The Black Seeds hit dirtWhen New Zealand dub/funk/soul band The Black Seeds are on the road, what gets them through to their next gig might be a little surprising. “The asphalt on the road is what takes me to the next gig,” jokes the band’s bassist, Tim Jaray. “But, actually, listening to Bruce Springsteen’s album Nebraska while driving on […] Continue Reading |
Comics: April 4, 2012 issue |
Earthy Edibles: Fancy-pants pizzaFinally, a gluten-free pizza crust that tastes delicious and isn’t just a dry cracker with toppings on it! This pizza dough recipe saved my life. And while it’s not quite the same as viciously tearing into a greasy slice downtown after the bars close, your taste buds and your tummy will thank you in the […] Continue Reading |
Double Teamed: Vomit, wet noodles, and thin bloodConsidering that we’ve left few taboos untouched, Double Teamed decided it was time to tackle the topic of sex while wasted. Clorisa: I am opposed to it. In my relationship now, she knows that if I’m drunk, she will not get laid. So we’ll go out sometimes and she’ll be like, ‘I think you’ve had […] Continue Reading |
What’s Up With Her?: How to confront a profI recently had a professor make a discriminatory remark about people with mental illness. The prof argued that most people wouldn’t want someone with a mental illness flying a plane. Our society has a very skewed idea of what mental illness is and usually associates it with negative tendencies. This adds to the fear these […] Continue Reading |
Green Your World: Bottled water bailoutA few weeks back, the Camosun College Student Society hosted Sustainability Day, which coincided with National Bottled Water Free Day. This is the reason why there were a bunch of plastic water and pop bottles in the fountain next to Dawson building. We did this because one in three Canadians drink bottled water as their […] Continue Reading |
Rococode fuse melody with spontaneityLots of people claim, sometimes in an incorrect and hyperbolic manner, that music is their life. But when it comes to Laura Smith, vocalist and keyboardist of the Vancouver-based pop-rock sensation Rococode, music really always has been her life. “I played piano since I was really little,” she says. “It got to the point where […] Continue Reading |
Climbing film explores human ambition via Mount EverestClimbing Mount Everest is an unattainable dream for many people, unless you have $100,000. It used to be that a climber would spend many gruelling years in training before approaching Mount Everest; now all you need is money. Documentary filmmaker Dianne Whelan spent 40 days at the base of Mount Everest documenting the climbing season […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: April 4, 2012 issueHey Mother Death Hey Mother Death (Divorce Records) 2.5/5 The first release by Halifax/Paris-based duo Hey Mother Death is a dark, atmospheric soundscape. But Hey Mother Death are largely inaccessible and far too on-the-fringe for most listeners. The EP begins with the compelling and moody instrumental “You Left Me.” Dark, eerie synths, a slow, resonant, […] Continue Reading |
