Rave bylaw meeting delayed
by Tom Babin

Arusha Centre re-examines its role in wake of changes
by Tom Babin

Heritage Fund (among other community notes)
by FFWD Staff

LETTERS

Thanks, Ronnie
by FFWD Reader

VIEWPOINT

Carbon taxes are not the bogeyman
Reducing carbon emissions does not have to harm the economy
by Hamish MacAulay

TECHNOLOGY

Pop culture the Internet forgot
Comic artists have been slow to infiltrate the World Wide Web
by Tom Babin

WEB WATCH

Sweet clothes for very bad girls
by Courtney Thompson

BOOKS

Racing toward equality
A writer’s crusade to free the female body
by Christy Barnes

BOOKENDS

Dandy Pumphouse bash, salsa fest verse
Literary magazine throws a party, poets stroll through the streets of Kensington
by Harry Vandervlist

FOOD

Paging all Tex-Mex fans
Berryhill brings traditional dishes to Calgary
by Miles Pittman

OUT & ABOUT

Wife-carrying race offers beer and polygamy
by Mark Sproxton

FESTIVAL

The fun-loving dark continent
Afrikadey! a timely reminder that Africa is about more than just its problems
by Tom Babin

COVER

Pink robots and the happy prospect of death
The Flaming Lips confront the big questions in life with psychedelic abandon
by Jaime Frederick

MUSIC

Local boy makes good
The return of Aaron Booth
by Mark Hamilton

This man of empathy
Songwriter Martyn Joseph’s independent days have kept him far from silent
by Gary Mentanko

Don’t be depressed, Cheer Up!
Reel Big Fish battles doldrums and tells the world what’s what
by Mary-Lynn McEwen

Get yer red hots!
Red Hot Lovers at the Stampede
by Aubrey McInnis

STREET SOUNDS

The Minks at the Calgary Zoo
Instantlylikable music from one of the scene’s youngest bands
by Aubrey McInnis

BEAT BOUTIQUE

Wise words of advice for young DJs
DMC champ Disoriental digs up beats at night and digs up bones during the day
by Rob Faust

RECORD REVIEWS

A more concise, sophisticated Morcheeba
Morcheeba’s Charango
reviewed by Timothy Heck
Quarashi’s Jinx
reviewed by Christine Leonard
Pete Seeger’s American Favorite Ballads
reviewed by Gary Mentanko
Ralph Stanley’s s/t
reviewed by Jaime Frederick

VISUAL ARTS

Audio stimulates strange visuals
Optical Vibrations sees video artists using sound in unique ways
by Jennifer McVeigh

THEATRE

Actors fight losing battle with elements
The Merchant of Venice can’t overcome distractions at Prince’s Island
by Lori Montgomery

FILM

Live to skate, skate to live
Dogtown and Z-Boys documents early days of skateboarding in California
by Bjorn Olson

Mendes rehashes Hollywood to great effect
by Brad Simkulet

Avoiding the pogeylienup the hard way
Time Out considers the psychological effects of unemployment
by Bjorn Olson

Michael Myers’s beaver fever
by Jason Wooley

Men In Black II all out of bubble gum
Science-fiction comedy needs to have its ass kicked
by Craig Meadows

Roger Ebert gets thumb-tied
book review: The Great Movies by Roger Ebert reviewed by Mark Hamilton
by FFWD Staff

VIDEO

Cocteau and the kid
Two filmmakers take on Beauty and the Beast
by Mark Hamilton

VIDEO VULTURE

Stuff I’m just finding out
Vulture news flashes and not-so-news flashes
by John Tebbutt

MR. SMUTTY

Three pile island
Eat here, get electricity
by James Martin