Posted on December 17, 2011
By Mike Ross
Music
Going into a tilt about the cesspool of immoral behaviour rampant in modern top-40 music, we encounter the curious case of LMFAO. Their name stands for (children, avert your eyes), “Laughing My Fucking Ass Off.” This is one band that lives up to its name. Returning Wednesday to headline Rexall Place (tickets), LMFAO was here […]
Posted on December 16, 2011
By Michael Senchuk
Music
The Christmas season is upon us, which means live music is a lot harder to find over the next couple of weeks -especially touring bands. But don’t let that discourage you from seeing some great local artists, which we have more than plenty of. And as a note to touring musicians, you can still sell […]
Posted on December 15, 2011
By Mike Ross
Music, The Latest, TV and Radio
It’s not every day an American Idol winner turns up performing with a Singing Christmas Tree in Edmonton – but this is no ordinary Singing Christmas Tree. Nor is Ruben Studdard an ordinary American Idol winner. Here’s a funny twist: At the Jubilee Auditorium Friday through Sunday, this annual Christmas event (featuring a festively-garbed choir […]
Posted on December 14, 2011
By Mike Ross
Front Slider, Music
Rock musicians always roll their eyes when asked for the 1,000th time where they got their band name, but we can learn a lot from the psychology of rock ‘n’ roll nomenclature. A band name can reveal much about the musicians who named it – personality, character, insanity – sometimes without them even being aware […]
Posted on December 13, 2011
By Adrian Lackey
Music, Theatre
OK, before you American Idol fans go all loony on us, we should note that while Ruben Studdard is definitely in Edmonton for the opening of the three-day Singing Christmas Tree show at the Jubilee Auditorium this Friday, he is not putting on a concert. Expect a couple of tunes at best, and some meet […]
Posted on December 13, 2011
By Albert Smith
Comedy, Front Slider
You had to feel for the Amazing Kreskin during his appearance at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival this summer. Here’s this 76-year-old self-described “mentalist” doing his same old schtick – dealing with scraps of paper (including his paycheque) and torn-up playing cards on a windy day with poor sound and poor sightlines on an outdoor […]
Posted on December 13, 2011
By Mike Ross
Culture, Music
The grown-ups involved in the rise and fall of U22 Productions have been made to look like angry parents in a fistfight at a Pee Wee hockey game. The youth talent agency that local singer-songwriter Rhea March founded four years ago has been put into limbo, ending the drama that has gripped pockets of Edmonton’s […]
Posted on December 12, 2011
By Mike Ross
Culture, Front Slider, TV and Radio
No one is safe from Yukon Jack’s Big Yap – not even Yukon Jack. The Bear radio personality dropped several bombshells during a recent interview: He wasn’t born in Canada, he’s not into hockey, he’s in favour of gay marriage, he’d rather listen to gangsta rap than rock ‘n’ roll and – perhaps most damning […]
Posted on December 10, 2011
By Adrian Lackey
Theatre
If ever there was a title of a play to describe the contents within, Hroses: An Affront to Reason is it. Of course, if you enjoy shows that are a total affront to your sense of reason, stop reading this review right now and go see this play. The Azimuth Theatre production runs through Dec. […]
Posted on December 10, 2011
By Mike Ross
Music
I crashed the meet ‘n’ greet at the 2002 Prince concert in Edmonton – and couldn’t get a word in edgewise because my wife kept badgering him about birthdays. See, Jehovah’s Witnesses don’t believe in birthdays because birthdays are pagan rituals. Besides, they’re not going to die, so what’s the point? Too many candles on […]
Posted on December 9, 2011
By Michael Senchuk
Music
This weekend’s most notable performers are a pair of renowned Canadian country artists with 10 Juno awards between them – plus the second in the Jingle Bell Rock series, headlined by USS. It’s beginning to sound a lot like Christmas. Friday Van Funk and the Lebarons – This local folk/blues/rock band will headline at the […]
Posted on December 8, 2011
By Mike Ross
Front Slider, Music
The teaming up of three of our top singer-songwriters inspires tantalizing visions of an Edmonton supergroup – Mike McDonald, Ben Sures and Paul Bellows – along the lines of Blackie and the Rodeo Kings. They might even be convinced to wear some of those gay caballero costumes. Well, maybe not. The supergroup isn’t out of […]
