Posted by editor in Featured Articles, Music, Music Review on 02 22nd, 2010 | 2 Comments

Hillside Inside

Hillside Inside
Hillside is a Guelph institution, an oasis on an island in the middle of man-made lake at the end of every July. Franchise opportunities were perhaps inevitable, not to mention lucrative, so it was no surprise when three years ago Festival organizers announced that they were holding a winter edition...
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Posted by editor in Featured Articles, Print, Print Reviews on 02 19th, 2010 | No Comments

Book Review - Cracked Up to Be

Book Review - Cracked Up to Be
Cracked Up to Be Courtney Summers St. Martin’s Griffin Parker was perfect; until one monumental mistake, one night without judgement, caused her world to turn upside down. Courtney Summers’ novel for young adults explores rock bottom, not caring about the rest of the world, the steps it took...
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Posted by editor in Featured Articles, Music, Music Interview on 02 15th, 2010 | No Comments

Interview - Night Crash Noir

Interview - Night Crash Noir
It’s Saturday afternoon and the members of Night Crash Noir – singer Nikole Wiseman, guitarist George Bettencourt, bassist Johnny Charmer and drummer Troy Larabie – are understandably elated. The night before they played their first ever show as a band during the GO Music Festival in Kitchener. Kicking...
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Posted by editor in Featured Articles, Print, Print Reviews on 02 15th, 2010 | No Comments

Review - Naoki Urasawa’s Pluto

Review - Naoki Urasawa’s Pluto
Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka Vol.1 Naoki Urasawa and Osamu Tezuka Viz Media Reviewed By Amy Chop Astro Boy was a part of so many people’s childhood it’s often forgotten by North Americans that it was created by a Japanese man in 1952. For most of us, we remember the animated series we watched throughout...
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Posted by editor in Featured Articles, On TV, POP Watch on 02 15th, 2010 | 1 Comment

Review - Smallville, “Absolute Justice”

Review - Smallville, “Absolute Justice”
There were a few people banking a lot on the two-hour event “Absolute Justice” airing as Friday night’s instalment of Smallville. The network and producers were banking on big ratings and big buzz for the aging superhero drama, while fans were banking on the entire endeavour not sucking. (Meanwhile,...
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Posted by editor in Featured Articles, On TV, POP Watch on 02 14th, 2010 | No Comments

Lost Again, Naturally

Lost Again, Naturally
Now that’s how you season premiere. After a brief recap that started with Jacob and the Man in Black on the beach, segueing to Ben’s stabbing of Jacob at the behest of the Not-Locke and ending with Juliet’s smashing of an H-bomb with a rock, the screen goes white and we see the sight we were all...
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Posted by editor in Featured Articles, Print, Print Articles on 02 1st, 2010 | 3 Comments

Synnister Ambitions

Synnister Ambitions
Written By Adam A. Donaldson Every artist begins somewhere, and for many it’s usually their parents’ basement. Rob Langille of Synnister Art took that a little bit more literal than most. “I remember my parents had an unfinished basement with support beams, and for years there were little pen...
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