Catherine van Reenen
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Utterly dark and absolutely hilarious
The word “pariah” defines an outcast, someone who is rejected by society, often for failing to adhere to the common morality.
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THE CANVAS WAITING
An alternative rock band from Texas, The Canvas Waiting’s new album Chasing Color is a pretty accurate title because they’re definitely still chasing something. Inspiration, perhaps.
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Time for the 204 to shine
When you think of Winnipeg, phrases like “murder capital,” “gang violence” and “social inequality” are likely to follow.
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Insects and pig intestines
While growing up, most of us got into some sort of trouble with our parents, resulting in Mom and Dad biting our heads off.
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Politicians on the dark side, hysteria and the end of the world
John Cusack, the Mayans and an array of melodramatic doomsday theorists would all have us believe that this year, 2011, will be our last before the apocalypse.
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Go write a poem about it, Scrooge
Candy canes are gross, carolers are annoying and reindeer are best cooked medium rare.
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Director shares her own sexual mishaps in Year of the Carnivore
If Year of the Carnivore were to win a movie award it would be for Most Awkward Sex Scenes of All Time. One scene includes the presence of twin babies, while another involves only a girl and a wall.
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BAPTIZED IN BLOOD
Onomatopoeias come to mind when trying to describe Baptized in Blood’s self-titled debut album.
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You Comma Idiot
“You believe that only you know what’s really funny. You believe that no one else brings any real perspective to the table. You believe that computers are just a fad…”
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Six-string poetry
Gentlemen, have your PUA (pick-up artist) techniques been lagging as of late? Has the once solid pick-up line “nice shoes, wanna fuck?” garnered you more testicular injuries and vodka-cran face washes than sweet lovin’ lately?
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Lessons learned for young local filmmaker
Melissa Hiebert is barely out of her teens and she has already written, directed and filmed most of her first feature film.
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‘That’s the ROYAL Manitoba Theatre Centre to you…’
The Manitoba Theatre Centre is adding another letter to its acronym.
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More music this week
More music this week
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KRUPKE
Are you the type of person who insists that the world would be a better place if everyone broke out into a choreographed musical once in a while? Krupke is your new favourite band.
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The Ball lets first-timers and experienced fetishers get their kink on
Winnipeg likes to get tied up. And flogged. And spanked.
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Sensory overload
Chronogram of Inexistent Time is a film and video installation by Chilean born artist Malena Szlam Salazar that focuses on photography as a medium of time and space.
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SCOTT DUNBAR
Scott Dunbar is a one-man band who performs his songs on the street corners of Montreal with an acoustic guitar and an accordion.
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I Still Don’t Even Know You
Canadian author Michelle Berry says that the underlying theme in her collection of short stories is how even the people closest to you are ultimately strangers you will never truly know.
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Flipping the turntables
Remixes, samples, techno and electronic dance music are becoming increasingly mainstream on the radio, in clubs and on iPods.
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Competing for sugar supremacy
I used to think that I loved cake. Now, after seeing Kings of Pastry, I know that all cake and I had was merely a lusty fling – we barely even knew each other.