Listeners take CJSW Radio well beyond funding drive target
by Stacey Hogan

Success of first film fest sets stage for next year’s event
by Stacey Hogan

Community Notes
by FFWD Staff

LETTER

Wallflowers are way ahead of today’s generation of music
by FFWD Reader

VIEWPOINT

Voting for the devil or the deep blue sea
Close presidential race shows Americans face a most difficult decision
by Hamish MacAulay

TECHNOLOGY

The sound of music on the Web
Is new technology turning the Internet into the disco of the new millennium?
by Tom Babin

WEB WATCH

Accidents on the Internet
Or how the fart waffle was first discovered
by Courtney Thompson

BOOKS

A natural born writer
David Adams Richards shows talent as great as his morality
by Trevor Klassen

Award helps late-blooming authors
by Harry Vandervlist

Voluntary Madness by Vicki Hendricks
reviewed by Lee Shedden

A Sweetheart Deal by Ben Richards
reviewed by Lachlan MacKintosh

Love, Etc by Julian Barnes
reviewed by Lachlan MacKintosh

Nine Visits to the Mythworld by Ghandi
reviewed by Jennifer Abel

Bookends
Honouring Bob, Pain Not Bread
by Harry Vandervlist

FOOD

Trying to perfect the fine art of airline food
by Beth Weisberg

COVER STORY

Sarah Harmer wishes you were here
Canadian troubadour sets out on solo career and finds freedom on the road
by Mary-Lynn McEwen

MUSIC

Old-timer reckons with the ghost of Hee Haw
by Martin Kemp

The proselytizin’ blues
Fruteland Jackson brings his solo bandwagon to town
by Jaime Frederick

Spaced-out scenesters ready for takeoff
Ray O Vaq on the launch pad as they celebrate the release of their debut recording
by Mark Hamilton

Chronicling a masterpiece
In the studio and behind the scenes with Miles
by John Reid

BEAT BOUTIQUE

A long way from Planet Rock
by Rob Faust

CD REVIEWS

PJ Harvey’s Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
reviewed by Mark Hamilton

R.L. Burnside’s Wish I Was In Heaven
and Various Artists’ New Beats From the Delta
reviewed by Jaime Frederick

Blur’s The Best of Blur
reviewed by Mark Hamilton

Southern Culture On the Skids’ Liquored Up and Lacquered Down
reviewed by Aubrey McInnis

an Pooley’s Since Then
reviewed by Rob Faust

Caspar Brotzmann’s Mute Massaker
reviewed by Bob Keelaghan

Waco Brothers’ Electric Waco Chair
reviewed by Mary-Lynn McEwen

VISUAL ARTS

When wallpaper behaves badly
Artist questions the esthetics of good taste
by Tomas Jonsson

THEATRE

Problem Child problematic
Black comedy suffers with unresolved conclusion
by Jeff Goffin

ON STAGE

Puppets explores the wonder of birth
Old Trout Puppet Workshop resurrects weird Rodeo favourite
by Lori Montgomery

FILM

Angels go to camp
Charlie unleashes most dangerous trio yet
by Julie Pithers

World in a bathhouse
Shower a reminder of the pause that refreshes
by Jaime Frederick

VIDEO

You haven’t seen it all until you’ve seen this
by Jaime Frederick

Video Vulture
Movie Magpie aka Film Finch
by John Tebbutt

MR. SMUTTY

Ballot box blues
Or: a candidate by any other name?
by James Martin