Federal government gives $2.56 million to Camosun tradesTrades programs at Camosun got an injection of funds on January 22 when they received $2.56 million from Western Economic Diversification Canada (WEDC). At an announcement held at the Interurban campus, Camosun president Kathryn Laurin, vice president of strategic development Tom Roemer, and the minister of state for WEDC, Lynne Yelich, announced the funding, as […] Continue Reading |
Concert review: Nelly Furtado stinks up joint at Victoria’s Save-on-Foods CentreOkay. Deep breath. Canadian songbird Nelly Furtado’s performance at the Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre on January 8 was special. Very special. The kind of special that makes you want to kill yourself. Now-deceased tyrannical Lybian leader Moammar Gadhafi got a full dose of Nelly when she and other pop stars like Usher and Mariah Carey played a […] Continue Reading |
Review: Pink Mountaintops great, audience even betterThe crowd at the recent Pink Mountaintops show at Upstairs was such a diverse mix of young, old, and in-between. I saw a couple in their 60s, people in their 20s and 30s, and the oddball standing alone at the side of the club holding a beer. Everyone in the diverse crowd was here to […] Continue Reading |
Festival of Trees: shameless advertising, for a causeIt’s that time of year, with the holidays once again upon us, where we get bombarded with shameless advertising for this thing or that, urging us to buy that one product which is apparently so amazing that your life is meaningless without it. When it’s not advertising assaulting us it’s one organization or another looking […] Continue Reading |
Review: Chantal Kreviazuk and the Victoria Symphony ignite the Royal TheatreIt was a classic night out at the theatre when Winnipeg singer/composer Chantal Kreviazuk joined the Victoria Symphony at Victoria’s Royal Theatre. Kreviazuk started off the evening with one of her first singles, “Wayne,” and spent the evening playing the piano, singing her heart and soul out, and reliving some of her favorite writings, all […] Continue Reading |
Nexus‘ handy guide to BC Place’s Boxing Day DJ blowoutSo there’s this kinda big deal going inside BC Place on Boxing Day. You’ve probably heard by now how electronic music is taking over the world or whatever, so the market seems ripe for a huge DJ blowout in Vancouver’s largest venue (capacity 60-fucking-thousand). For a mere $65-$100 you can see one of the most […] Continue Reading |
Review: Ghost Lights mellow my harshGhost Lights Saltwater (Akashic Records) 3.5/5 Whoa. And you thought Jon and Roy were some earthy, granola-stuck-in-hair dudes? Check out this Montreal folk band for some real back-to-nature stuff. Like, I feel high just listening to it. I think in the first song the singer talks about smoking weed in the woods! He might talk […] Continue Reading |
New musical takes an unforgettable ride on the cycloneRide the Cyclone features six different characters who have different dreams and totally different personalities. They are also on totally different paths in life when they die at the same time at the same place: a roller-coaster accident in a small town in Saskatchewan. “The show is essentially them doing their final performances before they […] Continue Reading |
Holiday classic to raise funds for Victoria Film FestivalA screening of the 1951 holiday classic A Christmas Carol at The Vic Theatre on Saturday, December 15 is more than just holiday cheer for the Victoria Film Festival. The event is for film fans of all ages and is part of a series of fundraisers for the festival, which took over management of The […] Continue Reading |
Review: Journey-led AOR triumvirate rock out with their, ahem, socks outI once made an executive decision to break Victoria’s fire-code bylaws in order to cram as many people possible (85) into a private booth karaoke room with a capacity of 25. Why? To bastardize Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’” with other adult-oriented-rock-loving ’80s hair rock heshers, of course. Another time I led an army of kids […] Continue Reading |
