Zion I empower listeners to do their own thingUnfortunately, “empowerment” isn’t the first word that comes to mind when discussing modern hip-hop. That’s where Oakland, California hip-hop duo Zion I come into the picture. Playing self-described “feel-good music” with a message of empowerment, this ain’t your ordinary rap group. “It’s not music about how fly am I, or how much weed I just […] Continue Reading |
Cineplex screens classics flicks on digital screensJaws. Raiders of the Lost Ark. 2001: A Space Odyssey. Goodfellas. An American Werewolf in London. Pulp Fiction. Imagine if those were just some of the choices for a night at the movies, instead of whatever pap is playing at the local Cineplex these days. On February 1-7, Cineplex has put together a cross-Canada movie […] Continue Reading |
Art show Traces subject to negotiationNo one ever said visual art was going to be easy. Case in point: Traces, a new exhibit featuring the works of three artists (Daniel Barrow, Alison Norlen, and Ed Pien), who are pushing limits of visual art by experimenting with both materials used and, more philosophically, the space usedŃor not usedŃto show the work. […] Continue Reading |
Romano switches to different attackDeep, deep down, Daniel Romano, best known for his work in Canadian indie rock band Attack In Black, has a country music heart. With his solo career, which includes his recently released third album, Come Cry With Me, Romano takes on a different persona of a classic country singer, brimming with nostalgia and channelling George […] Continue Reading |
Book looks at home in BCWhat is home? Home Truths (Harbour Publishing), an anthology of writings from scholarly journal BC Studies, explores that question with a BC focus that will prove fascinating to anyone interested in the history of our province. And even if you don’t think you are that interested in British Columbian history, you probably are. Still don’t […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: January 23, 2013 issueRenny Wilson Sugarglider (Mint Records) 2/5 Sugarglider harkens back to a day when men pointed at disco balls with a sultry look in their eyesÉ but it never makes me feel like visiting that era. There’s an otherworldly, almost underwater, funk to many of the tracks on this Edmontonian’s freshman full-length album, but it leaves […] Continue Reading |
Speaking in Tongues makes audiences work to find truthAlthough it is easier and easier to access information as technology develops, it is increasingly difficult to find reliable information. The play Speaking in Tongues is, essentially, about the truth: how we understand the truth, and how we persuade others to believe our own truth. “Truth is very subjective. What is true to you may […] Continue Reading |
That Face explores what it means to be part of a familyDirector Judy Treloar hopes That Face will grab audiences the same way it grabbed her when she first saw the play. That was in New Zealand, three years ago. After seeing the play, she was so moved by it that she went and bought the script. “I took the script back to where I was staying,” […] Continue Reading |
Local, Live, and Loud: January 9 – 22, 2013Friday, January 11 Isobel Trigger, Milk, Smash Boom Pow, Weak Patrol Logan’s Pub, 9:30 pm Jason Lee skateboarded to a song by a band called Milk back in Video Days circa 1991. I’m willing to bet that none of the guys in the Victoria version have ever even heard of them. They recorded a tune […] Continue Reading |
A look at 2012’s tunesWhile 2012 didn’t host the end of the world, it did produce some interesting new music. Here are a few of the more notable albums released in 2012. Ben Folds Five came out of the woodwork to release their first album since 1999. The Sound of the Life of the Mind is a full-length disc […] Continue Reading |
