To See or Not to See: Adaptation is a modern masterpieceAdaptation (2002) 5/5 “Do I have an original thought in my head?” This is the first line of the Charlie Kaufman-written, Spike Jonze-directed Adaptation (2002), and from there the film sets about exploring the depths of its own question, proving itself to be one of the most fascinating, inventive, and oddly universal plumbings of the […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: November 2, 2016 issueSo it begins…: Our October 28, 1991 issue featured a story talking about whether or not Camosun students should join the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS). The cost at the time was estimated to be around $70,000 annually (although in our next issue, the Camosun College Student Society president wrote a letter to say that […] Continue Reading |
Donovan Woods brings Canada to NashvilleToronto folk musician Donovan Woods knows when to admit his songs aren’t up to par. After Woods released his fourth LP, Hard Settle, Ain’t Troubled, earlier this year, he released the They Are Going Away EP, which he says consists of tracks that weren’t quite ready to be included in the full-length album. “They just […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College instructor explores intense themes in new bookCamosun College English and Creative Writing instructor Kari Jones knows all about betrayal, responsibility, crisis, and community. After all, her new young-adult novel, At the Edge of the World, explores all of those themes and more. The book is set in a fictional small town along the west coast of Vancouver Island inspired by Tofino […] Continue Reading |
To See or Not to See: Fitzcarraldo fearsomely and fantastically unfalteringFitzcarraldo (1982) 5/5 Werner Herzog’s Fitzcarraldo (1982) is a film so bizarre that there are scenes that, in retrospect, I feel I must have dreamed. There is an untenable wild—a musty creeping of fortune and disaster—at the heart of this film. There’s an omnipresent sense of dread and unease that captures the viewer and slowly […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: October 19, 2016 issueHarshing the college’s mellow: According to a story in our October 15, 1991 issue, Camosun was dealing with the “stoned virus” on its computers at the time. The virus, which displayed a message on computer screens calling for legalization of marijuana, was spreading throughout the computer labs at the college. Unfortunately, this was before the […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Dean Ween returns with The Deaner AlbumThe Dean Ween Group The Deaner Album (ATO Records) 3/5 Best known as half of alt-rock duo Ween, Dean Ween is not one to sit idle between gigs. Since Ween’s breakup in 2012, he’s been jamming with friends, and it’s culminated in The Deaner Album. Opening with “Dickie Betts,” a southern-rock ode to the Allman […] Continue Reading |
Calculated Thought: Matters of interestCanadians are binging on cheap debt. Interest rates are at historic lows and household debt at record highs. Earlier this year, Canada topped the charts of G7 countries with the highest “debt to disposable income” ratio, recently clocked at 167 percent; for every dollar of after-tax income Canadians make, we owe $1.67 to someone else, […] Continue Reading |
Lit Matters: The magic reality of Gabriel García Márquez“A novelist can do anything he wants so long as he makes people believe in it,” said Gabriel García Márquez, a Latin American novelist and journalist best known for his sweeping novel One Hundred Years of Solitude. Márquez grew up in Colombia and began his literary career as a journalist. But when the government was […] Continue Reading |
New book looks at Canadian history in rich detailDerek Hayes’ Canada: An Illustrated History (Douglas & McIntyre) is a thorough and entertaining glimpse into Canada’s past and what led us to today; this 296-page behemoth is great for those who are interested in our country’s history. The book starts with the discovery of North America by Aboriginal peoples and ends with Justin Trudeau […] Continue Reading |
