Category: Arts & Culture

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An eve with Adam

February 4, 1998

By Joanna Orland Long-time musical dynamo Derek Lathrop may be Toronto’s best-kept secret. But not for very long if the public gets hold of Scenes From a Corner Store, his band Adam’s Rib’s latest offering. After being in the music industry for 12 years, Lathrop has brought together musicians Dave Devaux, Laird McLeod and Carlos […]

Gettin’ high on Trainspotting

February 4, 1998

By Leah Rumack Gotta go. Must get outta here. Fuckin’ hell. God. Gotta go. Can’t they stop bloody pounding? Doesn’t anyone ever hear it? Oh, clever, what a clever fucking theatrical device. Make the audience bloody sick. Gotta go. You can’t bloody go! You’re the reviewer. Stare at your pad. Draw little circles. There you […]

Thick and Thin: Tripe on the tube

February 4, 1998

By Shane Dingman Every 10 weeks television barfs up another bad comedy show in an attempt to gain a chuckle from the cynical masses. Join me in giving thanks to the CBC’s new sketch-comedy program Thick & Thin for continuing this grotesque tradition. Thick & Thin is supposed to be named after the camaraderie of […]

Opinions of the entertainment world

February 4, 1998

Jill Koskitalo explains her strange attraction to the stage and why she wants to act (for free)

Two Flicks from Down Undah

January 27, 1998

There’s water, boats, and mushy love stuff going on, but it’s not Titanic.

Eye Discs – January 21, 1998

January 21, 1998

Soundgarden – A-Sides The music, the band, the legacy. All of this seemed to end in 1996 when the members of Seattle band Soundgarden decided to go their separate ways. Now in 1998, fans of the band can once again rejoice. Soundgarden has released A-Sides, a compilation of their greatest hits as well as one […]

India in an instant

January 21, 1998

Shanti Zachariah gives us a guide to the sights, sounds and smells of Little India

Down with Dickens? Get thee to Twist!

January 21, 1998

By Shawne Fagan If the rock music Twist proves anything, it’s that pre-millennial tension is alive and well. Set in post-civil war America, 20 years in the future, Twist paints a bleak picture of a debauched society wrought with unsavory characters and little hope. Based loosely on the Charles Dickens classic Oliver Twist, the tale […]

A mega interview with metal mavens Megadeth

January 21, 1998

Metalhead Elias Takacs catches up with metalmeister Nick Menza

Breaking down the barriers

January 14, 1998

Buddies in Bad Times transcends the mundane

Hold me thrill me kiss me kill me

January 14, 1998

New Aussie film ain’t no Bonnie and Clyde

(Our Lady) Peace breaks out in the U.S.

January 14, 1998

For most new Canadian bands, making it big in America is only a dream. The American music market is as hard to crack as a bank safe and even months of touring won’t guarantee stateside success.

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