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BOOK REVIEW: Talking Derby
BOOK REVIEW: Talking Derby
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Praised by derby skaters and authors alike, Talking Derby: Stories of a Life on Eight Wheels by University of Windsor graduate come roller derbyist Kate “Pain Eyre” Hargreaves is a fun anthology of vignettes that everyone will be able to enjoy— skater or not....
BOOK REVIEWS: Cycle Chic & Cycle Style, the sartorialists on two wheels
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Colville-Andersen’s Cycle Chic showcases photographs from all corners of the globe including Tokyo, London, Copenhagen, Ottawa, Vancouver, Paris and New York....
ALBUM REVIEW: Pick a Piper – Pick a Piper
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Weber and his cohorts, including Clint Scrivener, Angus Fraser and Dan Roberts, combine dance-music structures, a palette evocative of the natural world and heavy focus on hands-on electronics with production techniques that recall the endearing innocence of the artists who made WJLB special. ...
Over the Darkened Landscape plays with Canadian history
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The Saskatoon author’s most recent release, Over the Darkened Landscape, published this past November, brings together 13 short stories that span his career....
ALBUM REVIEW: Depeche Mode – Delta Machine
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Depeche Mode’s 13th album, Delta Machine, hit digital and physical music shops Tuesday. The feel is that that we have come to expect from DM: David Ghan’s crooning is like tar and glitter, a Nick Cave that you can take to the pop-charts....
Detroit firefighters take the heat in a new documentary showing in Windsor theatres • photo courtesy detroitfirefilm.org
FILM REVIEW: BURN Waiting for the phoenix to rise
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Burn: A Year on the Front Lines of the Battle to Save Detroit is a visually stunning and emotionally captivating glimpse at the people who fight a neverending fury in their hometown....
ALBUM REVIEW: Shotgun Jimmie – Everything, Everything
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Shotgun Jimmie has brought a new album to life, Everything, Everything, released March 26, once again recalls the simple pleasures of what surrounds us. A true one-man-band is sight seldom seen since the 50s, but Shotgun Jimmie proves that a man doesn’t need other band members....
ALBUM REVIEW: Iceage – You’re Nothing
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Iceage are young (the members are all 20-years-old), abrasive and experimental and that’s likely why they don’t sound retro carbon copies of old punks, they are simply making punk rock the way grandma used to, and it shows....
Sufjan Stevens - Silver & Gold
ALBUM REVIEW: Sufjan Stevens – Silver & Gold
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If you haven’t caught the Christmas spirit, Sufjan Stevens’ enthusiasm for the holidays will give you the overload you need....
ALBUM REVIEW: David Bowie – The Next Day
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Fans of Bowie aware enough of his extensive catalogue know that he has lived in a cycle of creation and destruction his entire career and has done so with a consciousness that most artists fear to confront. ...
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