Volume 64, Number 5

Published October 1, 2009

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  • Winnipeg Bridges

    What’s your least favourite Winnipeg bridge and why?

  • Fashion Streeter

    I love leopard print.
  • Whether or not it’s really the best medicine, laughter does lighten the load and improve your

    The next time you’re feeling stressed, watch a comedy: Laughter has been proven to have a number of health benefits, including stress relief.

  • Ask Kathleen

    Dear Kathleen, how can I add color to an otherwise all black/neutral wardrobe?
    –Dressing in the Dark

  • Solving the problem of mass murder, one incestuous photo at a time

    Hi kids! It’s me, J.Williamez, with another installment of your favourite weekly column written by a douche with a mullet and a handlebar moustache!

  • Arts Briefs

    TV on the Magazine ; Nabokov on the news ; A Funny Recession ; Taking it to the Streets ; The Pirate Bay in Your Neighborhood

  • Living like a pirate in modern times

    Pirate life, in many ways, hasn’t changed for 300 years. 

    Pirates off the coast of Somalia in the Gulf of Aden, bankrolled by landlubber warlords, threaten worldwide trade with a degree of fearlessness, organization and camaraderie that harkens to the old-time pirates from what is affectionately referred to as The Golden Age of Piracy.

  • Blowing in the wind

    On top of his involvement with the Send + Receive festival and Mike Petkau’s Record of the Week Club, local DIY kingpin Ken Gregory has spent the past five years on a most intriguing project. Ken Gregory has been trying to catch the wind.

  • Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records, the Indie Label That Got Big and Stayed Small

    While major labels struggle to come up with a sustainable business model and cope with wavering music sales, indie label Merge Records has defied the odds and is celebrating its 20th anniversary this fall.

  • High school sex scandal

    Sex, secrets, performance art blogs and blackmail. What else do you need from a night at the theatre?

    Stage16’s latest production marks the Canadian premiere of Speech and Debate, a hugely successful off-Broadway play.

  • A ragtag gang of European immigrants

    From Gogol Bordello’s humble beginnings in an underground Bulgarian bar in New York, to appearances on Late Night with Conan O’Brien and collaborations with Manu Chao, Margarita Jimeno chronicles the rise of Eugene Hutz’s brainchild, step by filthy step.

  • Pet shop boys and girls

    “I call him my boyfriend because he loves me,” a young woman said, describing her relationship with her cat, Chester.

  • Viva la Royal Albert

    Disgusting, gritty, iconic, legendary – the Royal Albert Arms has been called a lot of things in its almost 100-year history. Now a new documentary sheds some light on what makes the hotel and bar both reviled and revered.

  • YACHT - See Mystery Lights

    Occult phenomena is the lyrical and visual backdrop to this album of dance floor treasures.

  • KENT McALISTER & THE IRON CHOIR - How I’ll Remain

    Sagas of gambling, love-lorn lamentations and hard-done-by living abound on How I’ll Remain, the third release by Vancouver’s Kent McAlister & The Iron Choir.

  • FRANK TURNER - Poetry of the Deed

    If one could sum up this album by singer-songwriter Frank Turner in one word, it would certainly be “earnest.”

  • THE SAVANTS - Absolver

    In 30 years there hasn’t been a shortage of sweaty, dirty underground punk rock releases sprouting up across the globe.

  • GRANT DAVIDSON - Tired Limbs for Ashes

    Those in the know are already informed of Davidson’s obvious talent and flare for great stories and tasteful arrangements.

  • The intoxicating taste of success

    For most people at least, the taste of success can often be an intoxicating one. But it’s not for Ryan Boldt, vocalist and guitarist for the Saskatoon-based folk-roots band The Deep Dark Woods.

  • A very special show

    Andrew Whiteman is excited.

    “When we come play Winnipeg it’s a very special show. It’s our first show of the tour and we’re opening for Gogol Bordello, which is going to be amazing,” the Apostle of Hustle singer-guitarist said by phone last Friday, taking a break from jamming with the band in Montreal.

  • Did you hear the one about a band called Shrimp?

    It was intended to be a one-night joke but it lasted six years. Now, it’s over. After forming on a dare in 2003, Winnipeg punk rock outfit Shrimp is calling it quits.

  • Chill out, relax and stay humble

    A year ago no one knew who The Lytics were. Today, everyone from Winnipeg’s BMX community to campus radio station managers to Toronto hip-hop fans are singing their praises.

  • Let the debate(s) begin

    Whoever thought that establishing a Canadian Museum of Human Rights would be so hard? Chances are that Gail Asper didn’t years ago when she began to funnel her late father’s dream of a testament to the too-often misunderstood notion of human rights into reality.

  • Hold the hate: Governance straight up, please

    I was trying to hold off on slamming federal politics for another week or two, but this Conservative smear campaign against Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff has become too ridiculous to ignore.

  • Flu shot season in the Holy Land

    With United States President Barack Obama overseeing talks last week between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, the idea of a two-state solution to the conflict is becoming increasingly possible. Obama has expressed a strong commitment to achieving such a goal and has been successful on getting the two sides to talk about it.

  • Campus News Briefs

    U of W to host NDP candidates’ leadership forum; Faculty of Business and Economics gets $250,000; Fourth-annual Undergraduate Science Poster Session held; ‘Smart Start’ workshops begin; FemFest on campus

  • A smoother transition

    The number of students enrolled in the Transition Year Program, which helps aboriginal students in their first year of university, is steadily increasing.

  • U-lock it, or they’ll do it for you

    Security for bicycles at the University of Winnipeg used to come in the form of a little yellow flag attached to anything that wasn’t a U-lock, telling you your bike is not safe. Last year, U of W security upped the protection ante by adding their own steel U-lock to as many potential theft cases as possible. This means anyone using a wire lock on their bike could end up having to go to the security office and reclaim their own bicycle.

  • Small but speedy

    “Take the shot!”

    With less than one minute to go, Keiko Kobayakawa knew she had to act. The game was close. Still six metres away from the basket, Kobayakawa took the shot and … Swish. Her daring three-point shot won her high school team the game.

  • Common currents

    The University of Winnipeg rowing team is entering its second season this fall. Julian Araneta, who founded Manitoba Post-Secondary Rowing (MPSR) at the University of Manitoba in 2006, said he decided to organize a U of W team last year because there was significant interest from students during the club’s first two seasons.

  • Local News Briefs

    Winnipeg plans greenhouse emission cuts; Taxi drivers claim police crackdown; Plans for garbage carts put on hold; Seasonal vaccine decision still up in the air; Provincial Hunting Day takes place at Whittier Park

  • The only game in town

    Community organizers in the inner city are rallying behind Greg Selinger as their best chance to keep a friendly government in office past the 2011 election.

  • International News Briefs

    Mafia gangster uses crocodile as a weapon; Federal court looking into Frida forgeries; Iranian mannequins need to maintain modesty according to morality police; Helicopter used in heist

  • Taking time off

    The idea of a shortened work week might sound like a sweet deal to some, but union leaders are warning workers not to participate in the provincal government’s Voluntary Reduced Workweek (VRW) program.

  • Fair dealing or no fair dealing

    As consultations on updated copyright law end, the future of consumer access to movies, music, television and other media is now in the hands of the federal government.

  • Residential schools commission about more than abuse

    After over a year marred by infighting and dispute, the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) now has a new set of commissioners and is two months into its five-year mandate.