HOCKEY: In the Box with Brent & Craig
Magnificent Seven Seven and one for your FIRST PLACE (in the Western Conference) Edmonton Oilers, and the boys from In The Box have plenty to say about it. Was the Flyers game their only losing effort for the foreseeable future? Is Koskinen really that good? Why is the culture of hockey a cesspool of enablers […]
HOCKEY: In the Box with Brent & Craig
Hype Springs Eternal We’re back, and this time – with a sponsor! In The Box’s filthy reviews of Oilers play is now brought to you by the fine folks at Home & Away – opening soon in the old Mercer Tavern. As per tradition, Craig & Brent get a bunch of musician friends and local […]
HOCKEY: In the Box with Brent & Craig
Winnipunted That’s it? Yup. That’s it. The Oilers drop four in a row to the Jets and are headed to the golf course. What do Craig and Brent have to say about the worst feeling in the whole world? Probably lots. Brent Oliver Fucking goddamn piece of shit motherfucking donkey balls. After four very close […]
HOCKEY: In the Box with Brent & Craig
TorontOH-NO Ruh-Roh! The Oilers have fallen back to earth and lost three straight against the Toronto Leaves (boy that stings) where they scored one single solitary goal. Small bounce back against the Flames last night so are we panicking? Sure as shit we are. Are we used to this feeling? You bet your sweet bippy. […]
HOCKEY: In the Box with Brent & Craig
Hott Oill The Oilers have won – checks notes – five in a row, and 9 of their last 11 games and are – checks notes again – 1 point out of first place in the North. (At this point your narrator passes out handing it off to Craig and Brent to make sense of […]
HOCKEY: In the Box with Brent & Craig
Happy Palentines We’ve won 7 of 8 games? What the shit? Brent and Craig sit down and figure out if the Oilers are just that good – or the Sens just that band as they sweep 4 games against the Ottawa losers. Can the Oil keep this up, or is it all a mirage? Let’s […]
HOCKEY: In the Box with Brent & Craig
Torontoh-no, oh-yes Two very entertaining games against the Maple Leafs brought a loss and a win, and holy shit – A GOAL. We’ll try not to get the column all sticky with our recount of Connor’s goal of the year, or best of this decade quite yet – but someone really needs to pass us […]
HOCKEY: In the Box with Brent & Craig
Overreacting Canuckleheads The first two games of the new Oilers season are in the books and here at In The Box it’s time to break them down the best way we know how – with anger, elation and a trip to the overreaction bubble where all things are either great or fucking terrible. Let’s go! […]
HOCKEY: In the Box with Brent & Craig
Um, hey? Remember us? That’s right, the long running See Magazine, then Vue Weekly, and now GigCity hockey column about your Edmonton Oilers is BACK BABEE. Started in 1996 by now Edify Publisher and local novelist Steven Sandor and local record store magnate John Turner as a weekly column. Since then, it’s evolved over the […]
Old Strathcona Peace Camp Raises Awareness of Edmonton’s Unhoused
Camps set up by members of Edmonton’s “unhoused” population are a familiar sight in the inner city and River Valley. More and larger encampments are appearing, a visible testament to a lack of safe, affordable shelter and supports. The latest such community is the Peace Camp, a group of about 20 tents that set up […]
Canoes Literally Fly at Flying Canoe Volant Festival
If you’ve noticed people doing inexplicable things with canoes this weekend, don’t worry, it’s not some kind of French-Canadian uprising: The Flying Canoe Volant is in full swing. The annual winter festival calls itself “a cultural, creative and interactive event designed to celebrate local history and the magic of a long winter night.” Wrapping up […]
