AltWeeklies Wire
Laura Veirs Sails Stormy Sea of Lovenew
As Veirs explains from her home, Saltbreakers is both a metaphorical voyage into the brine and a beautifully poetic journal describing the end of one relationship and another's beginning.
The Georgia Straight |
Alexander Varty |
04-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Sons & Daughters' Gamble Pays Offnew
The Gift finds Scott Paterson, singer-guitarist Adele Bethel, bassist Ailidh Lennon, and drummer David Gow giving their fans something that's decidedly different from past offerings.
The Georgia Straight |
Mike Usinger |
04-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
'The Forgotten Woman' Highlights Indian Widowsnew
Photographer turned filmmaker Dilip Mehta lets his lyrical camerawork and subjects tell their sometimes heart-wrenching stories of poverty and neglect, which aren't easy on the eyes. The film depicts the most marginalized people in Indian society, widows who are abandoned by their families and relatives once their husbands die.
The Georgia Straight |
R. Paul Dhillon |
04-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Helen Hunt in the Director's Chairnew
After laboring for years both as costar and a producer of Mad About You, she has had a sporadic, post-tube life on the big screen, with 1997's As Good as It Gets the obvious highlight. And almost since then she has been trying to turn Then She Found Me into a movie.
The Georgia Straight |
Staff |
04-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Get a Kick Out of Mixed Martial Artsnew
Over the past few years, the number of people watching mixed martial arts live and on TV has exploded, and a growing number are also using it to keep in shape.
The Georgia Straight |
Jon Azpiri |
04-28-2008 |
Sports
Wines Spring Up: Fresh, Fruity, and Scrubby, Toonew
Not a week goes by without a clutch of new wines appearing, especially at this time of year.
The Georgia Straight |
Jurgen Gothe |
04-28-2008 |
Food+Drink
Moving 'Lost' From TV to Video Gamenew
The makers of Lost: Via Domus wisely chose to have players assume characters who aren't part of the TV show, rather than any of the known survivors of Oceanic Flight 815. You do, however, interact with Jack, Kate, Locke, Sawyer, Hurley, and the others you've come to know.
The Georgia Straight |
Blaine Kyllo |
04-21-2008 |
Video Games
Hot Chip Battles Boredomnew
Felix Martin admits that the latest album, Made in the Dark, is an odd listen, full of jarring juxtapositions, unexpected dynamic shifts, and general weirdness, but the percussionist offers no apologies for that.
The Georgia Straight |
John Lucas |
04-21-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Raconteurs Produce Rock 'n' Roll Alchemynew
Without even pausing to think about it, Brendan Benson describes the Raconteurs as one of the most incredible things that's ever happened to him.
The Georgia Straight |
Mike Usinger |
04-21-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Reality TV Grows into Young@Heart's Rock Operanew
When British filmmaker Stephen Walker first agreed to listen to a chorus of retired Americans performing in London, England, he went strictly as a spectator.
The Georgia Straight |
Ken Eisner |
04-21-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Belgian Teen's Death Shaped 'Ben X'new
Belgium's Nic Balthazar was a movie critic before he became a novelist and movie director -- a rather unusual progression, he is the first to admit.
The Georgia Straight |
Ken Eisner |
04-21-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Danza Cuba Returns to Canadanew
Classical ballet, Afro-Cuban dance, folk, and especially flamenco meld seamlessly into a new form in Danza Cuba's theatrical, synchronized pieces for 18 female dancers backed by six live musicians.
The Georgia Straight |
Janet Smith |
04-21-2008 |
Performance
Monocrops Bring Food Crisisnew
Move over, peak oil and global warming. A new crisis is exploding right now across the developing world: peak food. Rising costs for staples like rice have sparked unrest across Asia, the Caribbean, and Africa this month.
The Georgia Straight |
Alex Roslin |
04-21-2008 |
Food+Drink
Chiodos Makes It Majesticnew
Chiodos knew exactly what it was after on Bone Palace Ballet, a record that proves My Chemical Romance and Panic at the Disco aren't the only post-emo upstarts obsessed with classic-rock kings Queen.
The Georgia Straight |
Mike Usinger |
04-14-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Protest the Hero Demands Our Full Attentionnew
With Fortress, that path found Protest the Hero taking steps to ensure it wasn't ghettoized as a Canuck version of American concept-album kings Coheed and Cambria.
The Georgia Straight |
Mike Usinger |
04-14-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
