Fernwood-based pirate radio station reflects on raidA local pirate radio station called Fernwood Autonomous Radio (FAR) was recently forced to shut down after Industry Canada caught wind of the station tapping into local FM airwaves and raided the station’s domestic location. Joey Chaos, the individual who started the pirate radio station in Fernwood that was raided on February 23, first came […] Continue Reading |
Longwalkshortdock comes full circleA childhood deeply immersed in gaming has come full circle for Dave King, the Vancouver-based electronic musician better known as Longwalkshortdock. “Growing up, those video games were what was the most interesting to me,” he says. “Other than sports and school, vids were my main interest because I didn’t really give a damn about girls […] Continue Reading |
Music/theatre troupe tackles WaitsL’Orchestre d’Hommes-Orchestres (LODHO) is a band of one-man bands: six of them, to be precise. And the half-band, half-theatre troupe (made up of Québec City natives) are taking a shot at Tom Waits on their current tour. “We’re six people working together around the notion of being a one-man band, which to us means being […] Continue Reading |
Comics: March 21, 2012 issue |
Earthy Edibles: Smooth as spiced citrusOne of my favourite memories of living in Brazil as a child is of the beautiful mangoes we would harvest from our backyard. I loved watching them ripen and swell from small, hard green fruits to juicy globes barely holding onto the branches. My brother would climb the tree and cut them down, the sticky […] Continue Reading |
Double Teamed: Let’s text about sex, babyIn honour of the relatively recent inclusion of the word “sexting” to the Oxford English Dictionary, we decided to talk about texting about sex. And Glee. Clorisa: So, “sexting” is now an official word in the Oxford English Dictionary. Which is interesting. It’s probably one of the newer words added in there. Dylan: They said […] Continue Reading |
What’s Up With Her?: Mental illness stigmaA flight attendant for American Airlines has been hospitalized after having a panic attack and screaming over the plane’s PA system that the plane was going to crash. Reportedly, the flight attendant has bipolar disorder, a mental illness characterized by manic states, and had been off of her medication. In our society mental illness is […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: March 21, 2012 issueSchool of Seven Bells Ghostory (Vagrant/Ghostly) 4/5 School of Seven Bells, a dream-pop indie-rock shoegaze band from New York, are back with their third studio album. This band is adorable: their songs draw you in and feel like comfortable dreams, the kind you never want to end. Recently, School of Seven Bells downgraded in size, […] Continue Reading |
Go to capitalism cityTime and the Suburbs: The Politics of Built Environments and the Future of Dissent (Arbeiter Ring Publishing) is a commanding political reassessment of the urbanization of rural cities post-industrialization. The 150-page discourse by Rohan Quinby explores fatalism in the capitalistic movements that encode and dictate the constructs of human civilizations. Using political and philosophical theories […] Continue Reading |
New exhibit shows rural horror, highway beautyAnyone who grew up on the island – or even in British Columbia – knows the appeal of seeing a highway in the middle of the night, enveloped by never-ending forest. Some islanders might even know all too well the horror of stumbling across a sinister problem in a rural trailer park or a car […] Continue Reading |
