Activists heading to Quebec
by Ryan Stutt

Community Notes
by FFWD Staff

LETTERS

Last Supper and mascots a magically delicious archetype
by FFWD Reader

Taste of the Nation not a wonderland
by FFWD Reader

VIEWPOINT

Buzz speaks out
Canadas lumber next hostage the U.S. must free
by Hamish MacAulay

WEB WATCH

The one and only Peter Rabbit
by Courtney Thompson

BOOKS

Kissing The Virgins Mouth by Donna M. Gershten
reviewed by Amy Dunn Moscoso

The Anatomy of Buzz by Emanuel Rosen
reviewed by Lachlan MacKintosh

Full Magpie Dodge by Lyle Neff
reviewed by Lee Shedden

Bookends
In like a lion - whats so cruel about poetry month?
by Harry Vandervlist

FOOD

Bringing home the scent of Italy
by Miles Pittman

BOOZE

Chapoutier excels
Making wine the old-fashioned way pays off
by Geoff Last

COVER

Babel Fish to debut in a three ring circus
Recipe From A Small Planet cook up new plans for world domination
by Jeanette Burman

BEAT BOUTIQUE

Getting Reloaded on the long weekend
by Rob Faust

CD REVIEWS

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds No More Shall We Part
reviewed by Timothy C. Heck

Kristin Hershs Sunny Border Blue
and The Blake Babies God Bless The Blake Babies
reviewed by Mark Hamilton

Andrew Birds Bowl of Fires The Swimming Hour
reviewed by Jaime Frederick

Olu Daras Neighbourhoods
reviewed by Zahinoor Ismail

The Black Halos The Violent Years
reviewed by Aubrey McInnis

Organic Audios Las One Home
reviewed by Rob Faust

Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys Happytown
reviewed by Bruce Pollock

India.Aries Acoustic Soul
reviewed by Frank Litorco

Lunas Live
reviewed by Mark Hamilton

Jane Monheits Never Never Land
and Dianne Donovans A Musing
reviewed by John Reid

ARTS

An electronic Eden
Weightless art created in Sonic Garden
by Anne Marie Nakagawa

VISUAL ARTS

Livin la vida logo
Robyn Moody questions allegiance to brands
by Tom Jonsson

THEATRE

Pissys wife becomes a star at Beat Niq
by Lori Montgomery

FILM

The beginning of the end
by Jaime Frederick

Cigarettes, alcohol units and inner-poise (VG)
by Jane McCullough

Who let the cats out? (meow, meow, meow)
The music industry is Josie and the Pussycats ball of yarn
by Julie Pithers

Dirty Work
A letter to the editor
by Jason Lewis

VIDEO

Video Vulture
Vincent Price knocks em dead
by John Tebbutt

MR. SMUTTY

For whom the bell dents
Rejoice, for it is hammer time
by James Martin