When everything else seems lost under a winter puree of mud and slush, get lost in our collection of happy-go-lucky tunes from a warmer time and place. Let these warm-up beats ease you out of your soggy chilly doldrums, and help you avoid the fact that summer is still 114 days […]
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Wednesday playlist: Remixed
Layers of vocals, instruments, and that touch of cow bell, when properly executed form a song that can top your “Most Played” and be put on endless repeat by radio stations around the world. Such songs, you might think, should never be messed with. While I agree that some songs […]
Shakespeare made me question myself
This year Vancouver’s Pacific Theatre is doing Shakespeare for the first time in, well, almost ever. Not that it hasn’t been in the works for some time — Measure for Measure is a play artistic director Ron Reed has wanted to produce before Pacific Theatre even existed. To be honest, […]
Wednesday’s music treat
Congratulations — you’ve made it to Wednesday! If you have managed to make it to work somewhat on time for the first three days of the week (and have only hit one item with your vehicle), you deserve a treat! Here are some tracks that will help you get you […]
Should Christians watch “The Wolf of Wall Street”?
Among the many things I could say about Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street is this: Scorsese sure does put the f—ing in filmmaking, in more ways than one. The movie is filmmaking par excellence. Bravura. Kinetic. An overwhelming experience. But it’s also overwhelmingly profane, breaking the record for […]
“Her” film captures broken beauty
Her is one of the best experiences I’ve had at a theatre in a long time. I was sold on the trailer instantly: directed by Spike Jonze (Adaptation, Being John Malkovich) with a score by Arcade Fire? Sign me up. Coming out of the theatre with my friend Greg, we […]
