Posted by Emmet Matheson | December 29, 2010 | Uncategorized
What we think about when we think about Saskatoon: Bridges, green-roofed barns, warehouses, the Shelley-Western parking lot, the St. Louis Blues, the Saturday afternoon blues jam, jam, Meewasin Valley, Friendship Park, Dr....
Read MorePosted by Gregory Beatty | December 29, 2010 | Music, Uncategorized
With both the Club and the Exchange available for this showcase of bands in the Harvest King Records stable, a ton of musical talent will be on display tonight. On the Exchange side, West Port Murders, Kleins96, Royal Red...
Read MorePosted by Aidan Morgan | December 28, 2010 | Uncategorized
So. What if I told you that the coolest release of 2010 was a bizarre concept album about a far-future android visiting the present to lead an android rebellion… or something like that? I know, it sounds like an idea that...
Read MorePosted by James Brotheridge | December 28, 2010 | TV, Uncategorized
Matt LeBlanc is staring in Episodes, a Showtime comedy about a couple of Brits who try to recreate their U.K. T.V. hit over in the States but get boned by their network when they’re stuck with your typical, egotistical...
Read MorePosted by James Brotheridge | December 28, 2010 | News, Uncategorized
Who says the dead space between Christmas and New Year’s is slow on news? 1 LONG-HAIRED, NO-GOOD HIPPIE CREEPS Members of Team Canada at the world junior hockey championship aren’t allowed beards or long hair. Hockey...
Read MorePosted by Gregory Beatty | December 28, 2010 | Film, Uncategorized
I haven’t seen this movie yet, and likely won’t until it gets released on DVD (or perhaps shows up at the RPL Theatre, although it’s not listed in the January-February schedule). Black Swan has been nominated...
Read MorePosted by Emmet Matheson | December 27, 2010 | Uncategorized
In these days of wine and leftovers, when we begin to fear that we won’t be allowed to board our return flight because we’ve eaten so much Toffifee that we no longer resemble the person we were back when our photo ID...
Read MorePosted by Stephen Whitworth | December 27, 2010 | News, Uncategorized
1 JULIAN ASSANGE BOOK DEAL The Wikileaks founder inks a £1 million book deal with Knopf and British publisher Canongate to cover his rising legal costs. from The Guardian: “I don’t want to write this book, but I have...
Read MorePosted by Gregory Beatty | December 27, 2010 | Music, Uncategorized
Home for the holidays, and fresh off a lengthy American tour that saw her open for “zie wango, zie tango” man himself Ted Nugent, Val Halla (a.k.a. Val McLeod) is playing shows tonight at the Fainting Goat and...
Read MorePosted by Stephen Whitworth | December 26, 2010 | Art, Uncategorized
Obviously I’m a fan of Edward Gorey and Charles Addams so obviously I love these drawings by artist Don Kenn. If this is your kind of thing too, check out his website — there’s scores more drawings. (And I...
Read MorePosted by Gillian Mahoney | December 26, 2010 | Uncategorized
Arcade Fire – The Suburbs from Merge Records on Vimeo. I love Arcade Fire. But when I heard the title of their latest album, The Suburbs… I winced. I figured, OK here we go: a rant about the soullessness and...
Read MorePosted by Gregory Beatty | December 26, 2010 | Music, Uncategorized
Most Sunday nights in Regina the bar scene is pretty quiet. But with nightspots having been closed Friday and Saturday night to accommodate Christmas Eve/Day there’s probably a fair number of thirsty Reginans out there. If...
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