Month: April 2014
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Inside the Design of The Grand Budapest Hotel
We show some much deserved love to the attention to detail behind the physical particulars of Grand Budapest Hotel, from set design to the props. The captivating story of the Grand Budapest Hotel is like little you’ve seen before. What makes this movie so charming? You’ll find the answers in the well-developed details. The inspiration…
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Interview: Tom Holliston (NoMeansNo, The Hanson Brothers)
We chat with Tom Holliston, part of seminal Canadian underground bands like NoMeansNo and The Hanson Brothers, on the eve of his latest solo tour. Tom Holliston started The Showbusiness Giants in Victoria many moons ago, which lead to him being in The Hanson Brothers and later, a part of iconic Canadian underground band…
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Damon Albarn – Everyday Robots
Damon Albarn stepped out of Blur’s shadow a long time ago, but Dave Scaddan discovers that ‘Everyday Robots’ may be Albarn’s most personal record yet. It will sometimes take a long time for a singer/songwriter who has traditionally worked in bands to show us what he or she can do with a solo venture. George…
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Interview: Kevin Eastman (TMNT)
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are turning 30, so Heath McCoy talks to Turtles co-creator Kevin Eastman in advance of his appearance at Calgary Expo. When friends Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird self-published the first issue of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles back in May 1984, world domination was the furthest thing from their minds. “We…
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Concert Review: Black Sabbath – Saskatoon
Black Sabbath rolled across the Canadian prairie last week — was it a crummy cash in nostalgia tour or something you’ll tell your kids about? Since Black Sabbath are in their 60s, I bought tickets to this concert with certain skeptical questions in my head. Would this be a tired nostalgia show with a bunch…
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The Feedback Society’s Week in Music
Neusha Mofazzali steps in for this installment of The Feedback Society’s Week in Music, a list of albums that we’ve been throwing on this week. Foals – Holy Fire Disco is coming back and it’s attaching itself to indie rock. ‘My Number,’ a Foals hit from their third Album ‘Holy Fire’ is continuously being played…
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Jodorowsky’s Dune
Jodorowsky’s Dune is about “the greatest movie never made,” Alejandro Jodorowsky’s ill-fated, but amazingly conceived 70s adaptation of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi masterpiece. I’m a huge fan of Dune, both the 1965 Frank Herbert book and the 1984 David Lynch film (there were also a couple of Sci-fi Channel mini-series that are half-decent), though it’s not…
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Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy – Helen Fielding
The woman that all women love, Bridget Jones, is back in Helen Fielding’s new book Mad About the Boy. But is it Bridget Jones’ diarrhea? Like many women around the world, I relate to Bridget Jones. Even though I was just a pre-pubescent kid when I read the books and watched the movies, I could…
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Oculus
Mirror, Mirror on the wall, who is the scariest horror movie of them all? Hint: while it’s somewhat effectively crafted, it’s not the story-anemic Oculus. Based on a short film by director Mike Flanagan, Oculus is a horror movie about childhood terrors coming back to roost. It’s a film that banks on atmosphere over jump…
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Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra – Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra are channeling a smart contradiction of hope and despair on Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything. ‘Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything’ [‘FOGF’] is the first Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra album since the birth of Ezra, the son of bandmates Efrim…