Arts
Macabre Cinematic Poetry
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentBy Jean PaetkoPalms directed by Artur Aristakishan VIFF Macabre black and white film, macabre post-modern poetry. If these are your passions, then this is the film for you. Palms is a painfully real documentary-style film about the lives of Kichinevian (Moldova) street people. If you have ever been fascinated by the odd, and what most people consider gruesome, existence more...
CD Reviews
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentAuthor unknownThe Rheostatics Introducing Happiness Sire The influences of the "happy sixties" are obvious on the Rheostatics' latest effort, Introducing Happiness. Fortunately the band is sufficiently rooted in the nineties not to fall into the trap of trying to revive the sixties' sound at the expense of their own personality and individual sound. Instead they've more...
Let the Rheostatics introduce you to their happiness!
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentBy Katarina ThorstrandOne of the foremost symbols of up-and-with-it Canadian rock, the Rheostatics, are coming to Vancouver this Saturday (Sept. 24) to do a show at the Commodore. It is the first show of their Canadian tour in support of their new album, Introducing Happiness, released just a few weeks ago. The band has just returned from a tour in England and Scotland, more...
The Salish Spirit
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentBy Monique HarveyStan Greene's collection of artwork, "The Salish Spirit," represents the spirituality highlighted in Native mythology. The wide variety of artistic mediums showcased in Greene's collection, from lithographs to wooden masks, symbolize the spiritual themes relevant to Greene's cultural influences. Throughout the small collection of lithographs, the more...
Ciao Professore!
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentBy Jean PaetkauBefore viewing this film, if anyone had told me that I would have to watch 16 eight-year-old "actors" for two hours, I probably would have run screaming from the theatre. Too many films in the genre of Home Alone II make me assume a causal link between child actors and bad, bad movies. Thankfully no one did warn me about the plethora of young thespians in more...
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| 12:00 am | 0 CommentAuthor unknownSeptember 5, 1994 TW LW 1 6 Jale Dreamcake Sub Pop 2 7 Sloan Twice Removed DGC 3 3 Universal Honey Magic Basement Martane 4 - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Let Love In Mute 5 1 Neil Young & Crazy horse Sleeps with Angels Reprise 6 11 Pure more...
A cracking good time
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentBy d. a. GordonHits like "Low," "Get Off This," and "Movie Star" were given new life by Cracker's incredible energy on stage Tuesday night at the Commodore. Kerosene Hat, their latest offering, does little justice to the band's ability to play live. From the first notes, Cracker kicked ass, playing more like a fusion of punk and speed-grunge than Top 40 (which is how more...
CD Reviews
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentAuthor unknownDANIEL JANS THE VERVE "NO COME DOWN" The Verve struck gold on the college radio circuit with their 1993 release, "A Storm in Heaven" which also garnered them a spot on this year's Lollapalooza tour. Without a new recording for release until 1995 someone felt it necessary to keep the heat up and what better way than by turning out a mini-album of more...
Summer Substitutes for Sex(?)
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentBy Glen Callender ufaAs everyone knows, Week 13 and final exams can be a very stressful time of the semester. And as everyone also knows, frequent, passionate sexual intercourse is an excellent way to reduce this stress. But what if one isn't having sex during exams? Or, truthfully, hasn't had any for the entire preceding semester? This is the story of one man who was more...
Virtuoso hits campus
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentBy Katarina ThorstrandOn Thursday September 15, you can take in the first free Noon Performance at SFU Theatre, when Mr. Anthony de Mare presents contemporary works for the piano for your ears only. Anthony de Mare hails from Rochester, N.Y., and after receiving his M.A. from New York State University his career took off with a vengeance. He has premiered many works by more...
