New Music Revue: October 5, 2011 issue65daysofstatic We Were Exploding Anyway (Hassle) 4/5 Do not drive while listening to this electronic post-rock Brit band: you will speed and/or attempt to pull off dangerous driving maneuvers. 65daysofstatic’s album starts off slow and simple but quickly builds to a mastered delivery of their chaotic yet smoothly orchestrated sound. The album highlight is “Come […] Continue Reading |
PostSecret finds the positive side of having secretsIt started out as a community art project in Washington, DC, seven years ago. Four New York Times bestselling books, a successful blog site, and half a million anonymous secrets later, PostSecret is now putting the power of secret-sharing and moderating into the hands of the user with the new PostSecret app. But despite all […] Continue Reading |
What’s Up With Her?: Something stewingAs I entered one of my first classes this semester I was a little shocked by my female professor’s response to the lack of women in the information and technology and trades fields. Not only did she comment on the lack of women in trades and IT programs, she also assumed that the reason for […] Continue Reading |
Green Your World: It’s time to rideDon’t you hate it when you’re waiting at a bus stop and a crowded bus passes you by? The only thing more frustrating is when the very next bus also leaves you in the dust. Kind of makes you want to drive your car more often, right? Except that traffic sucks, parking is expensive, and […] Continue Reading |
In Search of Lost Time: There are many gendersMost people never think about gender. We register the gender of the people around us by their clothes and general appearance, never really thinking about it any more than that. But occasionally we meet people who live in a world where such simple gender dichotomies don’t describe who they are. These are the people who […] Continue Reading |
Worth the Trip: Stir it upCampus Caf Lansdowne campus Chicken teriyaki stir-fry $6.82 Presentation and service Jason: The staff here is excellent, but not being able to order lunch before 11 am is ridiculous. Who has the right to deny you stir-fry for breakfast? Nobody. And stir-fry in the morning is delicious. Tyler: Yeah, I get why there are hard […] Continue Reading |
Sin City goes back to the ’30s for second seasonAnyone who saw the live improvised comedy show Sin City last season and is expecting the same visual experience this time around is going to be surprised, to say the least. The show, now in its second season, is tackling a whole new era with this season, according to director/producer Ian Ferguson. They were living […] Continue Reading |
Drifting good outlet for driversDan Cormier is emphatic that Capital City Drift is more than a racing series. It’s a community. A pair of strangers approached the former Camosun student in a Tim Horton’s parking lot a couple years ago after noticing his customized Nissan 200sx with swapped-in Skyline engine. They invited him to a drift event the next […] Continue Reading |
Camosun a Hart starterDwayne Hart, vice-president of finance and administration at Northern Lights College (NLC), credits Camosun College for re-launching his highly successful academic career. Hart’s studies as a mature student at Camosun reignited his passion for education. He now travels the world promoting the new Centre for Clean Energy Technology, which is situated over at NLC’s Dawson […] Continue Reading |
Urban farming breaking groundIn the wake of the recent Occupy Wall Street protests, it’s hard to deny the effect the recent economic crisis has had on people in North America. Communities are looking for ways to cope and recover, and the people of Detroit have turned to urban farming. “I think people just got fed up,” says Mark […] Continue Reading |
