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Where The Wild Things Are
Children of divorce, loneliness and other magical things It might be a children's book, but this is no film for children. I walked into the movie theatre thinking it would make me feel like a child again, but instead I was presented with a familiar vision of childhood...
DJ Spooky
spirituality is just a different bandwidth Radiohead. George Bush. Chinese lyrics. A complex narrative of the current economic chaos without getting boring. DJ Spooky, a.k.a. Paul D. Miller, has always been a bit of a wild card. Aside from being the creator of...
Hilarious video: Explosive cat fight! Sex! Betrayal! Foul language!
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Album Review: Do Make Say Think
for Discorder Magazine Other Truths Do Make Say Think (Constellation) Ambient post-rock veterans return to the basics with their sixth album Other Truths, an homage to their tradition of continuous instrumental wall of sound leading to psychic oblivion. Along with...
Chad Vangaalen lulls Vancouver to sleep
Rio Theatre October 15 2009 Polaris-nominated experimental alt-rocker Chad Vangaalen made hundred of hipsters swoon last night at the Rio Theatre on Commercial Drive. Playing an intimate set in quasi-candlelight, Vangaalen delivered his usual, hauntingly beautiful...
Upcoming: Interview with DJ Spooky
DJ Spooky, a.k.a The Subliminal Kid, a.k.a Paul D. Miller, has always been on my mind. But that's how he gets to you. Luckily for me, I'm getting a chance to interview him in the next couple of day s about his new album The Secret Song, which is largely a commentary...
2009 Hell’s Kitchen!!!!
I know, this is not really arts and culture in Vancouver, but I'm a huge fan of chef Gordon Ramsay's Hell's Kitchen and had to blog about it. This season's winner is David Levey, from San Diego. He will go on to be the owner at the Ramsified Araxi Restaurant in...
Pearl Jam hits #1
It's official. Legendary Seattle grunge rockers have hit No. 1 with their latest album Backspacer, released September 20th. While the quintet has acquired a following of die-hard fans across the globe, their newest work has reinstated themselves to their former glory...
The EU tells us what to do: turn down your iPod!
The European Union is trying to reverse one of the biggest health trends today: breaking the rise of hearing loss by restricting volume controls on portable music devices. The Globe and Mail wrote today that prolonged exposure to loud music causes permanent hearing...