New Music Revue: Dennis MacKenzie offers powerful, moving musical memoirDennis MacKenzie The Guardian Angel Platoon (Independent) 4.5/5 Dennis MacKenzie is a Canadian veteran who has used musical therapy to cope with the trauma of being deployed in Afghanistan. Through the folk/rock songs on this album, MacKenzie tells the story of how his regiment lost 10 people—six in a single day. MacKenzie lost three of […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Snotty Nose Rez Kids offer emotional hip-hop experienceSnotty Nose Rez Kids Life After (Distorted Muse/Fontana North) 3/5 The Vancouver-based hip-hop duo Snotty Nose Rez Kids—made up of Darren Metz and Quinton Nyce—are originally from the small northern village of Kitamaat. The duo dropped their self-titled debut in 2017, quickly following it up with their second album, The Average Savage, that same year. […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Hawksley Workman and Kevin Breit’s debut collab chaotic, intriguingHawksley Workman and Kevin Breit Breit Workman (Isadora Records) 3.5/5 With 17 solo albums (give or take, depending on how you count them) to his credit, Juno Award-winning multi-instrumentalist Hawksley Workman has teamed up with one of our nation’s finest guitarists, Kevin Breit, on their highly experimental debut instrumental album, Breit Workman. Known widely for […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College Student Society fall elections get students involvedThe Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) held its fall elections from Monday, October 25 to Wednesday, October 27. A total of 746 students participated in voting: 330 on the first day, 207 the second, and 209 the third day. Richard Doucet was elected as finance executive and Cameron D’Amours as pride director; Angela Chou and […] Continue Reading |
International at Camosun: My first Thanksgiving as an international studentWhen I was in India, I had only heard about Thanksgiving in Hollywood movies and TV shows. I never really knew what it was actually about. I had some assumptions—I thought it was just a festival or a holiday. But it turns out Thanksgiving is more than that. I never thought that I would get […] Continue Reading |
Camosun Chargers women’s volleyball team back in actionAfter almost two years of being shut down due to COVID-19, the Camosun Chargers are back in action. The women’s volleyball team is getting geared up and ready to throw themselves into a brand-new year and season. “It feels like the longest pre-season in history, to be honest,” says Chargers women’s volleyball coach Brent Hall. […] Continue Reading |
The grilled cheese yummyness: reviewing the Camosun Cuisine MachineAnother day, another hungry student. So what to do when there’s a food truck on campus? Right: get the food! The day I went to the Camosun Cuisine Machine they were serving up a grilled cheese sandwich with some fancy soup options to choose from. Camosun Cuisine Machine is the college’s food truck, operated by […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: The Last Gang create noisy, noisy, noisy punk successThe Last Gang Noise Noise Noise (Fat Wreck Chords) 4.5/5 As a long-time staple of the Los Angeles punk rock scene, The Last Gang’s newest and third album Noise Noise Noise has been highly anticipated. This album features 10 punk songs that channel the band’s anger towards the ongoing pandemic that has taken lives and […] Continue Reading |
Camosun students win award for spice businessA group of Camosun College students recently won the Canadian Western Bank Women Makers and Creator’s Award for best business implementation. Mosaic Tastes was formed by a group of immigrant women in the college’s Markets as Incubators program—which is funded by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada—who work with a team of mentors and instructors from […] Continue Reading |
Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune takes risks, rewards audienceSince I’m writing reviews for live theatre again because live theatre is actually happening again, I jumped at the opportunity to take in the opening night of Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune. Written by American playwright Terrence McNally and directed by UVic theatre professor Brian Richmond, the play takes many risks, full-frontal […] Continue Reading |
