Beer blues hit local market
Growth of chain liquor stores limiting availability of craft brews
By Amy Steele

Group revives jazz festival
C-Jazz schedules gigs for artists stranded after cancellation
by Steve Magusiak

Poll shows Albertans want bigger piece of oilsands profits among other stories
by Amy Steele

LETTERS

Shame on Fast Forward for running addict ads
by Susan Brandt

Reviewer should pay for increased bureaucracy
by R.G. King

VIEWPOINT

Who will fill the Ralph vacuum?
Will the left split the vote, or will demand for change usher in a new party?
by Gillian Steward

What’s inside the PC leadership race?
by Raymond E. Beisinger

COVER

King Ralph leaves stage wide open
When it comes to predicting Alberta’s post-Klein future, all bets are off – but everyone agrees it’s time for a change
by Amy Steele

TECHNOLOGY

‘New’ generation of video games
Microsoft has a head start, but Sony and Nintendo are right behind
by Blaine Kyllo

FOOD

Something’s fish, and it ain’t the sushi
Globefish Sushi offers a tasty tempura for those willing to wait
by Lenore Hume

BOOZE

When experts cheat on their drinks
Beer and wine afficionados swap suggestions on their favourites
by Don Tse & Kevin McLean

LIFESTYLES

Finding beauty in the unlikliest of places
Multimedia show seeks transformation through global acts of compassion
by Wes LaFortune

FASHION

Fashion over function
The triumphant return of the unitard
by Donna Kwan

OUT & ABOUT

Edmonton Oilers fever, and impotence
Calgary backs the blue, while bike seats still threaten your baby-maker
by Mark Sproxton

BOOKS

Comiing out to the world
Mark Tewksbury tells all in new memoir
by Shawn Hoult

How do you prove yourself to be insane?
Clare Allan’s debut a poisonous satire of the mental health system
by Bryn Evans

In need of a serious dose of literary Ritalin
New novel’s title fitting, as it fumbles in searching for the maning of life
reviewed by Adrian Morrow

TELEVISION

Lost in prime time
Missing person story is TV movie of the week
by Stephen W. Smith

New to the tube: Alice I think
by Stephen W. Smith

MUSIC

Nothing common about them
Pressure Kill Common Style is tired of bands that sound like Interpol
by Jason Lewis

Make a run for the border
The Lawrence Arms work their way up north
by Christine Leonard

Setting the record straight – or not
White Cowbell Oklahoma’s snakepit of sin, filth and total degradation
by Kenna Burima

Live Spin: Fireball Ministry
by Keith Carman

Crying all the way to the bank
Alkaline Trio reissues album and takes it on the road
by Keith Carman

Today Wetaskiwin, tomorrow the world!
Edmonton’s Screwtape Lewis set their sights on the music mainstream
by M.D. Stewart

LIve Spin: Billy and the Lost Boys
by Jason Lewis

Battle of the big-name bands
The Stetson knows what it takes to bring in popular local musicians
by Leslie Birdfly

CD REVIEWS

Gnarls Barkley are the princes of pop culture
CD Reviews:
Gnarls Barkley’s St. Elsewhere
reviewed by Jesse Locke
The Essex Green’s Cannibal Sea
reviewed by Mark Hamilton
Wolfmother’s s/t
reviewed by Jesse Locke
Soul Position’s Things Go Better With Rj and Al
reviewed by Colin Smith
Film School’s s/t
reviewed by Mark Hamilton
Sondre Lerche and the Faces Down Quartet’s Duper Sessions
reviewed by Adele Brunnhofer

VISUAL ARTS

Conjuring real and imaginary homelands
Colleen Philippi retrospective finds depth in layers of fact and fantasy
By Wes LaFortune

THEATRE

Moliere kicks it realsies, no dealsies
Mob Hit tackles every available medium for the Old School Festival
by Jeff Kubik

Surviving in a cutthroat corporate culture
Canadian premiere of Push-Up marks Rogues Theatre’s 10-year anniversary
by Shereen Tuomi

The Fringe returns to Calgary
by Bryn Evans

DANCE

Skyscrapers and crimson creatures
Postwar Germany meets the Blade Runner in new DJD show
by Tim Christison

Integrating mixed abilities
MoMo Dance Theatre supports the disabled
by Jocelyn Grosse

FILM

Fairy Tales festival is cinema in pink
Gordon Sombrowski on the past, present and future of queer film
by Mark Hamilton

A quick peek at some of the films at Fairy Tales
capsule reviews
by Mark Hamilton

Stand doesn’t deliver
X-men 3 lacks a certainn je ne sais quoi
by Jane McCullough

VIDEO VULTURE

What the cluck?
10 PRINT "Bawk, bawk, bawk!"/20 GOTO 10/RUN
By John Tebbutt

MY MESSY BEDROOM

Hooked on lust
My addiction to game shows could be a problem
By Josey Vogels