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FFWD Weekly

Vol. 11 #08
Thursday, February 2, 2006

DYNAMITE DANCE
Alberta Dance Explosions blasts off with everything from ballet and jazz to flamenco and funk

Cover photo by Marta Wilkosz


NEWS

CJSW radio station’s move to new space in jeopardy
By Amy Steele

Developmentally disabled fear cuts to services
By Amy Steele

Environmentalists concerned about loss of rare native fescue and other stories
By Amy Steele

LETTERS

Calgary Downtown Association has utmost respect for Drop-In Centre
By Ken Dixon

Drop-In Centre a vital service for the homeless
By Matthew Britton

Music reviewer has connection to Pants Situation
By Margan Murray

WEB WATCH

Maybe the sheets are to blame
By Courtney Thompson

VIEWPOINT

Opposing visions both fuelled by oil
Ralph Klein and Hugo Chavez spend their wealth in very different ways
By Ashifa Kassam

MEDIA

Video games are harmless
Media critics find a new target in a misguided battle against violence
By Blaine Kyllo

FOOD

Bali’s Dutch treat
Indonesian eatery serves colonial favourites
By Danyael Halprin

BOOKS

Laughing to survive
Writer digs to the roots of aboriginal humour
By Amy Steele

Another rewarding experience
Winners, nominees and the latest dispatch from the James Frey fray
By Bryn Evans

COMEDY

Kevin Smith puts your money where his mouth is
By Stephen W. Smith

MUSIC

Gypsy-punks bring their crazy caravan to town
By Chris Vail

Hot Little Rocket blasts off
Local rockers head to Chicago to record with the legendary Steve Albini
By Roberta McDonald

On the same wavelength
Website supports indie bands
By Brandon Tenold

CD REVIEWS

Caribou’s Dan Snaith makes a pretty package
CD Reviews:
Caribou’s Marino EP
reviewed by both Jesse Locke & Mark Hamilton
Rocky Votolato’s Makers
reviewed by Mark Hamilton
Korn’s See You On the Other Side
reviewed by Christine Leonard
Randy’s Randy The Band
reviewed by Laura Glick
The Lovetones’ Meditations
reviewed by Jason Lewis
Various’s For a Decade of Sin: 11 Years of Bloodshot Records
reviewed by Jane McCullough
Roseanne Cash’s Black Cadillac
reviewed by David Boyle
In-Flight Safety’s The Coast is Clear
reviewed by Jason Lewis
Ursula Rucker’s Ma’at Mama
reviewed by Sean Marchetto
The Vandals’ Shingo Japanese Remix Album
reviewed by Peter Hemminger
Liz Janes & Create(!)’s s/t
reviewed by Mark Hamilton
Dimmu Borgir’s Stormblast
reviewed by Christine Leonard
Various Artists’ One World, One Kid
reviewed by Bruce Pollock

VISUAL ARTS

Into Africa
Second annual event celebrates Black History Month
By Wes LaFortune

THEATRE

Woman of mysteries
Director Johanne Deleeuw deals with suspense both on and off the stage
By Jeff Kubik

It’s the Danylo and Howell show
Canadian comedy stars get back to their Calgary improv origins
By Stephen W. Smith

Play on the editing table
Mob Hit Productions’ cinematic Cheech promises a night of dark, edgy disorder
By Jane McCullough

Not much at stake
TC offers amusing but unmoving Saint Joan
By Martin Morrow

RODEO

Real wild child
The 20th Rodeo rode out ona sonic bronco thanks to Tanya Tagaq
By Martin Morrow & Bryn Evans

COVER STORY

Safety goggles not required
Alberta Dance Explosions ignites a blast of new choreography
By Jocelyn Grosse

DANCE

Art and science
Engineer leads double life as flamenco dancer
By Jocelyn Grosse

FILM

What strings us all together
Clunky marionette stories show the ordinariness of disabled life
By Jeremy Klaszus

VIDEO VULTURE

Looney Dunes – two flops for the price of one
David Lynch’s ridiculous desert space opera is now even longer – oh joy
By John Tebbutt

VIDEO

The gang’s all here
Over 25 years later, The Warriors is still fun to watch and play
By Jason Armstrong

JOYSTUCK

Video game competitions rival the Olympics
By Blaine Kyllo

MY MESSY BEDROOM

Tri-als and errors
Figuring out threesomes is tricky business
By Josey Vogels



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