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MOVIE REVIEW: The best of Netflix
When Netflix first arrived in Canada it was hardly worth having because the films available were mostly a mix of documentaries and features that no one had heard of, wanted to see or should see for that matter....
ALBUM REVIEW: Justin Timberlake – The 20/20 Experience
Timberlake is looking to both the past and future of pop music and attempting to marry the modern with its progenitors from the 50s and 60s....
Luke Lalonde - Rythymnals
CD REVIEW: Luke Lalonde – Rythymnals
Born Ruffians frontman Luke Lalonde enters his first foray into solo work with Rythymnals, a full-length album featuring vocals punctuated by synthy beats instead of the staccato guitar of his band. ...
The cast of University Players' Welfarewell • photo courtesy David Court
THEATRE REVIEW: Welfarewell robbing the system
Cold, lonely and penniless, 80-year-old Brit Esmeralda Quipp finds herself in a troubling situation when she goes against city bylaw to try and bury her deceased cat Merlin....
Marina Abramović performs the longest piece of performance artwork the MoMA has ever seen • photo courtesy HBOthe artist is present
FILM REVIEW: Rhythm 0
There are many famous psychological experiments that people cite when referencing true human nature. There is the Stanford prison experiment, the Milgram experiment and the Asch conformity experiment. It’s is rare that people think of Marina Abramović’s Rhythm 0....
Tastes Like Human by Noel Boivin and Chris Lombardo
BOOK REVIEW: Tastes like hilarious
The idea of sharing the page with a co-author is enough to make many writers’ nightmare into an undesirable reality. However, some of the most influential literary pursuits in history have been the product of writing as a collective: The Communist Manifesto,...
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ALBUM REVIEW: Steve Harris – British Lion
Musicians seem to get rusty with age, or at least it seems to be the case with Iron Maiden’s Steve Harris, who has taken the solo route with his debut album, British Lion. ...
Muse - The 2nd Law
ALBUM REVIEW: Muse – The 2nd Law
Muse incorporates a lot of genre diversity into their latest album, combining alternative rock, opera, orchestration and dubstep– an intriguing mix, conceptu¬ally. The psychedelic album art reflects that; though most of the time, it’s not well executed. ...
Rah Rah - The Poet's Dead
ALBUM REVIEW: Rah Rah – The Poet’s Dead
Rah Rah continues to defy common musical conventions and succeed because of it. Instead of the disjointed, inconsistent record that genre hopping and instrument switching usually cause, the album is varied and well-paced....
Green Day - ¡Uno! (Warner)
ALBUM REVIEW: Green Day – ¡Uno!
It’s been three years since Green Day’s last album and eight years since they took the downward spiral into rock-opera. Gone are the days of the story-infused plight of American Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown, replaced with their new album, ¡Uno!....