EDMONTON RADIO: K-97 billboard banned for ‘gratuitous’ use of breasts
All the racy billboards K-97 has gotten away with over the years and “Pray for More Rain” is the one that gets banned?! That’s the scoop from Advertising Standards Canada (ASC), which has deemed the image of a large-breasted, fully-clothed woman as “offensive” and “gratuitous” and in violations of clauses 14C and D – heh, […]
MUSIC: First Beck the best Beck
The modern generation gap can be defined by the “Beck Demarcation.” Which side are you on? Do you say: “I knew Jeff Beck, and sonny boy, Beck is no Jeff Beck.” Or do you say: “Who the hell is Jeff Beck?” For those who don’t know, Jeff Beck is one hell of a guitar player. […]
FILM: New Yardbird Suite doc a labour of love for first-time filmmaker
Edmonton Jazz fans are lucky – they might’ve wound up hanging out at the Roadkill Suite. Legend has it that one fine day somewhere in the American South, Charlie Parker’s tour bus ran over a chicken, called a “yardbird” in the local vernacular. He took the deceased fowl to a nearby farmhouse and had some […]
Shatner’s Tweets: The Magical Mystery Tour
If you live in Regina, I want to see you tonight at the Conexus Arts Centre. Even if you don’t, I want to see you. My Best Bill (22 hours ago ) Tune in to @MovieCentral TONIGHT at 9pm MT/8 PT for the premiere of #TheCaptains! WIN 1 of 6 autographed prizes: http://t.co/y7DmOCRq MBB (20 […]
Shatner. One name is all that is required.
How does William Shatner stay so damn young, exactly? (And Bill, if you drop dead at 80 on the day this runs, we all apologize in advance.) It’s a worthwhile question to ask, as no amount of investigation on the internet would’ve told you in advance of Sunday night’s one man show at the Shaw […]
GIGGLE CITY: Andrew Grose to live in the moment at the Edmonton Comedy Festival
Before you call “Nepotiz” on Andrew Grose for being the artistic director of the Edmonton Comedy Festival AND one of its performers, consider Graham Neil. This guy is the PRESIDENT of the Edmonton Comedy Festival, where he will appear Friday and Saturday because he also happens to be an aspiring stand-up comedian, along with the […]
Bohemia Cafe reopens with big Noise
The Bohemia Cafe is probably the only place in Edmonton you can hear “Noise.” Not noise, but Noise – a peculiar and tiny genre of music more free than free jazz, crazier than thrash metal. Some call it “experimental sound art,” because “music” doesn’t quite fit. Someone even made a documentary about Noise, featuring the […]
GIGGLE CITY: Joe Flaherty will ‘do the Count’ at the Edmonton Comedy Festival
Joe Flaherty is fine with Count Floyd being his most famous SCTV character, but he can only do it in short bursts. Not because he’s tired or anything. It’s just that there’s not much material there. “He’s not even a real vampire,” Flaherty says. Don’t worry. The 70-year-old master of sketch and improv comedy wouldn’t […]
WHO NAMED THE BAND: Deep thought behind Market Forces
A rock band is a slippery thing to name. It resists being confined by a word (or number) or three and mocks the absurd idea of having a body of creative musical work summed up by a clever catch-phrase. It cringes like a cow about to be branded. But once the name sticks – it […]
F&M seeks listeners, shuns popular scene and lets the fatigue set in
Local trio F&M knows when it comes to pop music, sometimes less is more. On its newest effort Wish You Were Here, which dropped Friday with a CD release show at the Yellowhead Brewing Company, the band has stripped its romantic folk-pop to the core. The acoustically-driven songs even leave space for creaking chairs, a […]
