Blog Archive

• Colleen Brown: Young heart, old soul

  Robin Dudgeon – October 5, 2010

  Edmonton singer-songwriter Colleen Brown, known for her catchy brand of retro folk-pop, will be in Winnipeg opening for the Crash Test Dummies. Read more here.

• Spence Street Festival Fail?

  Karlene Ooto-Stubbs – October 4, 2010

  Late August saw The UWSA’s Spence Street Festival, but how is success measured for grass roots events?

• Can I just talk to a human being, please?

  Matt Preprost – September 30, 2010

  Rough and tough labourers were sweating as computerized machines slowly replaced their jobs on the assembly line, but I bet call centre workers never would have thought that robots would one day take over their jobs.

• The Giller Prize asks, ‘Dono-who?’

  Britt Embry – September 30, 2010

  A brief look at what makes the Giller long list and why.

• Food service conflict at the downtown Hydro building

  Andrew McMonagle – September 29, 2010

  No food service, except for the food service.

• Sense amongst the senseless

  Andrew Tod – September 28, 2010

  NDP handled the gun registry vote well

• Print media is dead! Long live print media!

  Matt Preprost – September 24, 2010

  Right now, the journalism industry is in the exact same position as the porn industry - everyone is searching and downloading it for free without realizing producers need to get paid to pay models, photographers, etc. to put it out in the first place. Just like we need to pay reporters and photographers and editors to collect the world’s stories and put it out there for you to read. No one’s going to do that for free—we have to eat, too.

• Winnipeg Transit fail

  Andrew McMonagle – September 22, 2010

  Sometimes it feels like all I do is wait for my bus to come.

• The circus has come to town

  Robin Dudgeon – September 22, 2010

  The Flaming Lips brought it all to the Burton Cummings Theatre Tues. September 21.

• More music to come from Greg MacPherson

  Ayame – April 1, 2010

  Greg MacPherson just released Mr. Invitation, his first album in five years. If all goes according to plan, the 10-song CD isn’t the only new music we’ll get from MacPherson this year.

• The spontaneous saga of rock and roll

  J. P. Perron – March 29, 2010

  With a contradictory approach to rock and roll, Transistor 66 labelmates The Lonely Vulcans and Those Guys From Last Night each put in enthralling performances at The Royal Albert Arms last week.

• Shoulda had a mentor

  Courtney Schwegel – March 27, 2010

  U of W extends student mentor program.

• Tea with a senator

  Andrew Tod – March 19, 2010

  Chatting with Nancy Ruth

• A homage to tribute bands

  J. P. Perron – March 18, 2010

  A homage to tribute bands

• Doing the robot, journalist-style

  Karen Kornelsen – March 17, 2010

  Last week, I danced like a robot in front of a couple hundred people. No big deal.

• Eating disorders don’t discriminate

  Kristy Rydz – March 17, 2010

  A powerful reminder to appreciate what you have while pushing for programming that helps others do the same.

• S.O.S - Writer’s Block!

  Courtney Schwegel – March 14, 2010

  So little time, so much to write.

• Non sequitur

  Chris Campbell – March 11, 2010

  Last night I saw Alice in Wonderland, the new Tim Burton and Disney collaborative take on the Lewis Carroll classics Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking Glass (1871).

  Although I enjoyed it - mostly on the aesthetic and visceral level of 3D nausea-inducing delirium (no, I wasn’t high) - I realized that I’d never been a very big fan of the literary nonsense genre. Of course, it’s fun to watch and listen to - after all, who-zle doesn’t like a foozle?

• Don’t get mad (get even)

  Ethan Cabel – March 10, 2010

  My interview with Winnipeg activist Don Woodstock was a great insight into the life and political views of an intelligent and down-to-earth guy.

• Website hardcopy

  Andrew McMonagle – March 9, 2010

  Web-based books can break your heart - they did mine.