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FFWD Weekly

Vol. 10 #47
Thursday, October 27, 2005

HORSING AROUND
Europe’s Spymonkey troupe squeezes the pulp out of gothic romances with Cooped

Cover photo by James May


NEWS

Pro-life campaign linking abortion with breast cancer called ‘unfortunate’
By Amy Steele

City working on new plan for 17th Avenue S.W. and other stories
By Amy Steele

LETTERS

Panhandling ads shouldn’t be censored
By Rhea Darch

VIEWPOINT

Election inequality
Should the Bloc Quebecois receive less federal funding than other parties?
By Henry Srebrnik

WEB WATCH

The Flying Spaghetti Monster wants to enlighten the world
By Courtney Thompson

CITY

Going pshycho on the workforce
The Corporation author says bullies will be seen for what they are
By Jeremy Klaszus

Calgary an obstacle course for cyclists
Determined bike commuters brave detours, potholes and rude drivers
By Adrienne Beattie

FOOD

More than water in this Well
New subterranean lounge in the Devenish is an intimate place to chill
By Danyael Halprin

BOOZE

Portuguese potential
Promising wines from Portugal are finding a place on Alberta tables
By Kevin McLean

OUT & ABOUT

Scooter commuters beware
Two-wheel freedom doesn’t include parking
By Mark Sproxton

BOOKS

‘I just couldn’t do it’
Frustration preceded Margaret Atwood’s re-imagining of The Odyssey
By Harry Vandervlist

Pinter wins, Seth reads
Nobel surprises and WordFest offers a treat
By Bryn Evans

TELEVISION

Where have all the monsters gone?
Don’t look for them on the new Night Stalker, tuen into Supernatural
By Stephen W. Smith

MUSIC

Back to the future
Tangiers rework the 1980s
By Jason Lewis

Luke Doucet shamelessly goes for Broken
By Martin Kemp

Pig charmers
The Deadly Snakes sink fangs into Porcella
By Joanne Huffa

Shout it like you mean it
Edmonton electro punks rock out out out out
By Jesse Locke

Hour of the Wolf
The new lupine trend in naming your band
By Jane McCullough & Jason Lewis

Rolling the Stones
CJSW looking for cover night Satisfaction
By Jason Lewis

CD REVIEWS

Catch the pop power of Rogue Wave
CD Reviews:
Rogue Wave’s Descended Like Vultures
reviewed by Jason Lewis
Danger Doom’s The Mouse and the Mask
reviewed by Jason Lewis
Liz Phair’s Somebody’s Miracle
reviewed by Lenore Hume
Dolly Parton’s Those Were the Days
reviewed by Kirsten Kosloski
My Morning Jacket’s Z
reviewed by Brandon Tenold
Jethro Tull’s Nothing is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight
reviewed by Ashley Ingoldsby

VISUAL ARTS

Thomson and Morrice
Two of Canada’s great painters found passion in different places
By Wes LaFortune

COVER STORY

Spymonkey see, Spymonkey do
Zany European troupe has haigh hopes for its gothic spoof
By Martin Morrow

THEATRE

Time to come out and play
Daniel Brooks, Sharon Pollock headline fourth annual theatre conference
By Martin Morrow

Get out your handkerchiefs
ATP’s superb Syringa Tree movingly evokes South Africa under apartheid
By Martin Morrow

DANCE

Dancing between two worlds
South African soloist’s works borrow from traditional healing rituals
By Jocelyn Grosse

FILM

Laughing all the way
Noah Baumbach gets what he wants in The Squid and the Whale
By Jaime Frederick

What is it saying?
Disjointed interviews make for a painful doc
By Jeremy Klaszus

Adventure with a capital Z
Fun and humour are the marks of this Zorro
By Andrew Aitkenhead

The second cut
Saw II gets its gore on and really messes with the audence’s heads
By Bryn Evans

A tough ascent
Banff Mountain film fest has peaks and valleys
By Wes LaFortune

Forecast for The Weather Man improving
By Kim Linekin

The comic genius of Meryl Streep
Kosher performances make interfaith fling work in Prime
By Jason Armstrong

VIDEO VULTURE

Bobbing along in a barrel
Cancelled before its time, Wonderfalls resurfaces on DVD
by John Tebbutt

MY MESSY BEDROOM

Baggage handling
Learning how to survive the transition stage
By Josey Vogels



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