Private campgrounds raising big questions for government
by Tom Babin

Opposition builds over census contract
by Tom Babin

Sour gas hearing (and other news notes)
by FFWD Staff

LETTERS

Consumers must take responsibility
by FFWD Reader

Argument against Kyoto proves weak
by FFWD Reader

Consumer offers solution to fighting pollution
by FFWD Reader

WEB WATCH

Wheelbarrow the future of extreme sports
by Courtney Thompson

VIEWPOINT

You will be assimilated
Ralph Klein’s government is controlling your life like never before
by Hamish MacAulay

FOOD

Gypsy bistro stirs deja vu
by Miles Pittman

BOOZE

Oktoberfest mayhem
Munich festival more about partying than beer
By Mike Tessier

Banff Springs annual festival of food and wine
by Kevin McLean

OUT & ABOUT

Female soccer team shows balls
Women’s team sporting achievement sneaks by under the radar
by Mark Sproxton

GOOD LISTENER

Grandpa roboto
Surreal senior citizen out-Weens Ween
by Ian Doig

BOOKS

Pinning down globalization movement
Writer and activist Paul Kingsnorth dives into resistance and finds optimism
by Tom Babin

BOOKENDS

Martel and McTeer share their journeys
The Life of Pi and 30 years in the public eye lead authors to literary success
by Harry Vandervlist

COVER STORY

Bad boy, nice guy
Former Whiskeytown singer still a heartbreaker - even after the Gap
by Mary-Lynn McEwen

MUSIC

The East Coast survivor
Joel Plaskett finds out it’s a long way to the top if you wanna rock ‘n’ roll
by Tara Lee Wittchen

From the absurd to the sublime
Falconhawk aspires to higher plain and takes Calgary in one fell swoop
by Christine Leonard

The day the music industry died
As debate over online piracy rages, record companies face financial crunch
by Tom Babin

By music lovers, for music lovers
Soul Jazz records looks to the past to dictate the future of their label
by Rob Faust

Getting jazz out of the basement
Jazz at the Jack aims to raise profile of Calgary’s underground jazz scene
by Kenna Burima

Makin’ the Mose of jazz
After half a century of playing music, Mose Allison shows no sign of slowing down
by Wes LaFortune

The best band you’ve never heard
Fast Forward searches Canada for the finest unsigned musical talent
by FFWD Staff

FALL NEW RELEASES

Rock & Pop
by FFWD Staff

Folk & Roots
by FFWD Staff

Electronic & Urban
by FFWD Staff

Jazz & Blues
by FFWD Staff

RECORD REVIEWS

So, the evolution of electronica continues
CD Reviews:
So’s s/t and Colleen’s Everyone Alive Wants Answers
both reviewed by Timothy Heck
Barenaked Ladies’ Everything to Everyone
reviewed by Shereen Tuomi
The Black-Eyed Snakes’ Rise Up!
reviewed by Mark Hamilton
Wolf Colonel/The Paperbacks’ Interontinental Pop Exchange No. 1 an dPaper Moon/the Leslies’ Intercontinental Pop Exchange No. 2
both reviewed by Kirsten Kosloski
Crush’s Face In The Crowd
reviewed by Jason Lewis
Aretha Franklin’s So Damn Happy
reviewed by Kenna Burima
Various Artists’ Softcore Jukebox
reviewed by Jennifer Abel
Outkast’s Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
reviewed by Frank Litorco
Ima Robot’s s/t
reviewed by Kirsten Kosloski
Reverie Sound Revue’s Untitled
reviewed by Garrett McClure
P.W. Long’s Remembered
reviewed by Bob Keelagh

VISUAL ARTS

True North strong and free
Artists use their medium to take look at our national identity
by Tom Jonsson

THEATRE

Growing up in the Secret Annex
Theatre Calgary revisits true story of teenage Holocaust victim Anne Frank
by Jeff Goffin

Handling Agatha Christie with care
Vertigo Mystery Theatre plays it safe with world premiere of Chimneys
by Martin Morrow

Virginia Woolf as potent as ever
Alberta Theatre Projects scores with Edward Albee’s savage classic
by Martin Morrow

A taste of contemporary dance
Three footloose Calgary choreographers join forces to serve up their work
by Jocelyn Grosse

FILM

Twenty-five years of independent film
Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers celebrates a milestone anniversary
by Lisha Hassinali

Show me the humanity
Radio’s moral fable more finely tuned than you would expect from the premise
by Susan Cullen

Catch a wave
Surf documentary Step Into Liquid offers some choice thrills on the water
by Jason Anderson

Porn stars and kingpins
Wonderful performances can’t save Wonderland
by Matthew Currie-Holmes

The Power of intimacy
Director Thomas McCarthy’s simplicity effective in The Station Agent
Lisha Hassanali

Midland drifter
Slight and sappy film revamps the western
by Jason Anderson

Rock and Roll Hoochie Coo
Cult classic is unabashed love letter to punk rock legends the Ramones
by John Tebbutt

VIDEO VULTURE

The shallow end of the Gein pool
The grisly cinematic legacy of legendary madman Ed Gein
by John Tebbutt