AltWeeklies Wire
Belugas Charm in Manitoba's Churchill Rivernew
There's only one place in the world where you can watch hundreds of beluga whales cavort in the wild, their gleaming white bodies arching above the surface of the water.
The Georgia Straight |
Lauren Kramer |
08-29-2008 |
Travel
Estelle Speaks Her Soul Sister Mindnew
Boasting collaborations with the likes of will.i.am, Kardinal Offishall, Mark Ronson, Cee-lo Green, and John Legend, Shine has liner notes that read like a who’s who of nu-R & B and neo soul.
The Georgia Straight |
Sarah Rowland |
08-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The New Pornographers' Adult Entertainernew
The New Pornographers' Carl Newman trades hooks for a daring, grownup sound, and waits for the rest of us to catch up.
The Georgia Straight |
Adrian Mack |
08-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Goal II''s Kuno Becker Bends It with Beckhamnew
Kuno Becker calls himself a nomad, and this is no actorly overstatement. The star of Goal II: Living the Dream admits he hasn’t had a home in quite some time.
The Georgia Straight |
Ken Eisner |
08-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Georgian Debacle Could Break NATOnew
If the U.S. pursues its goal of bringing Georgia and Ukraine into NATO, there are only three options. If "old Europe" digs in its heels and refuses, then either the U.S. drops its demand, or NATO breaks up. The third alternative is that "old Europe" agrees to let the two former Soviet republics join -- but with the unspoken reservation that they will never actually go to war with Russia to protect them.
The Georgia Straight |
Gwynne Dyer |
08-20-2008 |
International
Sucked into Amsterdam's Red Light Districtnew
My goal when I arrived in Amsterdam was to fight temptation and avoid the devils that lurk within the red light district. I wanted to write a sober account of the debauched circus encased within this small area. It wasn't meant to be.
The Georgia Straight |
Steve Smysnuik |
08-18-2008 |
Travel
Rumer Willis Gets Her Geek on in 'The House Bunny'new
If there's a difference between Willis—the daughter of Demi Moore and Bruce Willis—and other second-generation actors, it’s that she could relate to the geeky character she plays in the movie The House Bunny more than the glamorous world from which she hails.
The Georgia Straight |
Ian Caddell |
08-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Javier Bardem Finds the Real in 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona' Rolenew
When Woody Allen was writing the part of a Spaniard who seduces two American tourists, he had Bardem in mind.
The Georgia Straight |
Ian Caddell |
08-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Pack A.D. Prooves You Don't Need Balls to Play the Devil's Musicnew
Critics and fans can't get enough of the band's intuitive musicianship—the Pack's drums-guitar interplay has been compared with that of the Black Keys and the White Stripes. But there are still some silly ol' sexists out there who feel that selling your soul at the crossroads is a man's job.
The Georgia Straight |
Sarah Rowland |
08-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Bundles of Chardonnay Joy Arrivenew
Our thirst for the trendy and tasty white grape knows no limits. It might even be safe to say that if I only gave you tasting notes on new-arrival Chardonnays—what with new labels and wineries, as well as annual vintages—I could fill a full calendar of columns every year.
The Georgia Straight |
Jurgen Gothe |
08-18-2008 |
Food+Drink
Tags: wine, Chardonnay
South Ossetia Was a Monumental Miscalculation by Georgianew
This was Georgia's second attempt in 18 years to conquer the breakaway territory by force, and now that option is gone for good. So are the country's hopes of joining NATO. Yet sections of the Western media are carrying on as if the Russians started it, and are now threatening to invade Georgia itself.
The Georgia Straight |
Gwynne Dyer |
08-11-2008 |
International
Beijing's Defenses Can't Stop Terrorismnew
The deployment of 100,000 troops around Beijing and the surface-to-air missile batteries that protect the main stadiums couldn't stop two equally determined Uighur militants from killing 16 Chinese police and injuring another 16 in an attack on a border post near Kashgar.
The Georgia Straight |
Gwynne Dyer |
08-06-2008 |
International
The Attention-worthy Games Previewed at E3new
At the 2008 edition of the E3 Media and Business Summit, an array of interesting and exciting yet-to-be-released video games were enough to rescue the gaming industry’s biggest annual trade show from mediocrity.
The Georgia Straight |
Blaine Kyllo |
08-01-2008 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Film School's New Disc Gets Its Beats From My Bloody Valentine Drummernew
It's hard to remain casual when one of your idols is in the room. Now imagine said idol happens to be a member of one of your all-time favourite musical acts, and that he's recording tracks for your album.
The Georgia Straight |
John Lucas |
08-01-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Faint Take Their Time in Search of Perfectionnew
The quintet's fifth disc, Fasciinatiion, is so perfectly danceable that it would hardly be surprising if the Faint had carefully charted each track out on a graph ahead of time.
The Georgia Straight |
Gregory Adams |
08-01-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
