King Ralph had it in for Edmonton – for our own good!
I only met Ralph Klein once, back in 1992, before he was on the verge of grabbing the Conservative leadership title away from Tory Golden Girl Nancy Betkowski. It was a wintery night at the K-97-CJCA radio studios, where I was working late as a special projects coordinator for K-97, and as I left through [...]
WEEKEND MUSIC PREVIEW: Fogerty holds up
A pair of seminal metal bands are in Edmonton this weekend, with death metal act Obituary playing the Pawn Shop on Friday night, followed the next evening by thrash metal artists Anthrax at EEC. If metal isn’t your scene of choice, there’s classic rock, indie pop, indie rock and even folk to be heard this [...]
OBITUARY: Brent Macnab and Darren Zenko set their own agendas
There are some very sad people in Edmonton this week. First came word that guitarist Brent Macnab died suddenly late Tuesday night, from an apparent heart attack – just days after seeming as normal as ever at an area jam session. The one-time member of the Models and Famous Blue Raincoat was 53 years old. [...]
Memorial service for Gaye Delorme set for July 10 at the Polish Hall
The memorial service for Gaye Delorme, who died suddenly in Calgary on June 24, will be held at the Polish Hall, 10960 104 Street, at 2 p.m. on Sunday, July 10. Other memorials are being planned for Calgary and Vancouver. Local drummer Greg Pretty called the death of his friend a “huge loss … he [...]
OBITUARY: Sayonara Westmount, an oasis of good movie seating
While you were sitting at home watching the Oscars on TV and they were doing that little montage featuring all the movie types whose work we will no longer be able to enjoy because they shuffled off this mortal coil sometime in the last year — complete with Celine Dion vocals – Westmount Centre Cinemas [...]
