Dunford says more funds for disabled not priority
by Amy Steele

Judge rules Goliath’s raid constitutional
by Amy Steele

Save The Caribou (among other community notes)
by FFWD Staff

LETTERS

EUB’s sour gas assurances aren’t very reassuring
by FFWD Reader

Get out of the ‘90s and give Morrissey his deserved credit
by FFWD Reader

Alternative High School should be a model for others
by FFWD Reader

Lubicon struggle done a disservice by English’s comments
by FFWD Reader

VIEWPOINT

Report card on Ralph’s essay
An expert’s assessment of Allende, Pinochet and the Chilean media
by David Bright

Even the expats are Flames fans
Montrealer can’t escape his Calgary roots, especially at playoff time
by Paul Spence

Hockey Schmockey
Fanatics are the sports equivalent of Star Wars geeks
by Jason Lewis

WEB WATCH

What will I do when playoffs are over?
by Courtney Thompson

ELECTION

We don’t need no stinking vision
What the upcoming federal election should be about, but probably won’t
by Norman Greenfield

Invisible girls
Eveyone likes women in politics, so where are they?
by Jack Locke

Let’s hear your election rants
by FFWD Staff

CITY

Enigmas of Plains culture
The Majorville Medicine Wheel is a Prairie cultural landmark, but remains a mystery
by Wes LaFortune

FOOD

Barbecue, Southern style
Big T’s BBQ does it right with slow-cooked meat, cornbread and the blues
by Miles Pittman

BOOZE

It’s all in your head
Bubbles in your beer are telling you something
by Don Tse

BOOKS

The food of love
A pair of new cookbooks add sex and romance to their lists of ingredients
reviewed by Bruce Pollock

Manguel remembers Borges
reviewed by Lachlan Mackintosh

Our lady of perpetual influence
reviewed by Bruce Pollock

BOOKENDS

Playwright topples CN Tower in new comic novel
by Jason Hammond

TELEVISION

New stuff, please
First-run summer TV programs can be a welcome alternative to reruns, then again…..
by Stephen W. Smith

VIDEO GAMES

Beyond Thrills
Can video games make us better human beings?
by Faustus Salvador

MUSIC

A pretty good ride
Los Lobos team up with a host of special guests for their latest album
by Bob Keelaghan

Los Lobos share the credit
by FFWD Staff

Don’t mess with Texas
Jim Ward of Sparta moves beyond At The Drive-In and sets his sights on Bush
by Kirsten Kosloski

Jeans and T-shirt punks
Alll State Champion bring darkness and history to their brand of post-hardcore
by Jason Lewis

Getting it right
Edmonton’s 7 and 7 is scraps their initial recordings in favour of superior sounds
by Robin Schroffel

Pretty pictures
R and B, neo-soul and acid jazz find a home with Shannon Gaye
by Kenna Burima

Pride of the blues
Best kept secret in blues not so secret anymore
by Kenna Burima

Not as green as you think
Parker’s Lime find a way to navigate the perilous realm of pop music with ease
by Jason Lewis

The fine art of promoting artists
Can you name the musicians based on their publicity blurbs?
by Jason Lewis

RECORD REVIEWS

Contrasting the quality of Rainbow Quartz
CD Reviews:
The Contrast’s Fade Back In and The Lackloves’s The Beat and the Time
reviewed by Jason Lewis
Pedro The Lion’s Achilles Heel
reviewed by Kirsten Kosloski
The Buccaneers’s Basement Monkey
reviewed by Martin Kemp
Various Artists’ Nuevo Latino
reviewed by Christine Leonard
Tangiers’s Never Bring You Pleasure
reviewed by Jason Lewis
White Magic’s Through The Sun Door
reviewed by Mark Hamilton
Gordon Lightfoot’s Harmony
reviewed by Jennifer Abel
Amos Garrett’s Acoustic Album
reviewed by Jennifer Abel
Salim Nourallah’s Polaroid
reviewed by Melissa McLeod
Del McCoury’s High Lonesome and Blue
reviewed by Rick Overwater
The Nectarine No. 9’s I Love Total Destruction
reviewed by Lenore Hume
Michael Gordon’s Light Is Calling
reviewed by Jaime Frederick

Why Lord Why?
by Jason Lewis

VISUAL ARTS

Comic-book social realist
Illustrator Doug Fraser found his focus at ACAD
by Wes LaFortune

Student show filled with the weird and wonderful
by Wes LaFortune

THEATRE

Anarchy, death and the kids’ festival
Raucous, award-winning Aussie play dramatizes juvenile manslaughter case
by Martin Morrow

Green Fools on the move
Calgary mask and puppet troupe is departing its Crump Manor venue
by Wes LaFortune

Spot the Pervert
Stephen Massicotte’s candid comedy about porn is insightful but flawed
by Martin Morrow

Vamping it up
Vertigo Mystery Theatre mixes blood and cheese in new vampire thriller
by Martin Morrow

DANCE

Walking the tightrope
Crystal Pite balances art and entertainment in her creations for Les Ballets jazz
by David King

FILM

Junk food or junk science
Super Size Me’s gastronomic masochism hardly adheres to scientific method
by Jaime Frederick

Talking about the weather
Computer-generated climate change harnessed in naturalist disaster film
by Jaime Frederick

Not quite raising hell
Kate Hudson’s trickster charm can’t save overcalculated and ludicrous comedy
by Faustus Salvador

In search of true toleranceDangerous Living and Jucitan explore vastly different gay lives around the globe
by David King

VIDEO VULTURE

The insanity of The Revenge of Doctor X
The Vulture once again succumbs to misleading video art, but still comes out on top
by John Tebbutt

VIDEO

The perils of combat photography
Shooting War turns the spotlight on soldiers armed with cameras
by Jason Lewis