Renters shafted
Unscrupulous landlords taking advantage
By Amy Steele

Mountain pine beetle threat
Environmentalists fear logging to combat infestation will hurt caribou
By Amy Steele

New homeless shelter (among other stories)
By Amy Steele

VIEWPOINT

Canadians love the political status quo
Fear of change may give Harper’s government time to prove itself
By Jesse Keith

FOOD

An extravaganza for tired taste buds
Opus on 8th serves delicious Asian tapas in a glamorous setting
By Lenore Hume

BOOKS

Poet from space
Famous Canadian poet bill bissett on poetry, Lunaria and global warming
By Mark Hopkins

Memoirs of a genocide
Darfur Diaries, the Boogeyman, an Oscar nominee and more
By Mark Hopkins

COVER STORY

No sir, I’m a country-western singer
For Matt Masters, the cowboy hat does not make the man
By Kenna Burima

MUSIC

Two sides to every story
In the Perceptionists or solo, Mr. Lif isn’t afraid to speak his mind
By Jason Lewis

Sitting in the pocket and milking the low end
Former Painting Daisies Rachelle van Zanten is a musician’s musician
By Christine Leonard

Pumping up the volume
Uncut knock down the wall of sound
By Jason Lewis

Environmental concerns
Raising the Fawn absorb their surroundings
By Elizabeth Chorney-Booth

CD REVIEWS

Vancouver’s D.O.A. are punk traditionalists
CD Reviews:
D.O.A.’s Bloodied But Unbowed: The Damage to Date 1978-1983
reviewed by Sean Marchetto
Pavement’s Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition
reviewed by Kirsten Kosloski
The Decemberists’ The Crane Wife
reviewed by Mark Hamilton
The Awkward Stage’s Heaven is for Easy Girls
reviewed by Elizabeth Chorney-Booth
Les Georges Lenningrad’s Sangue Puro
reviewed by Chris Vail
TM Juke’s Forward
reviewed by Sean Marchetto

VISUAL ARTS

Is it Make Believe
Or Just My Imagination playing tricks
By Anthea Black

THEATRE

The sad truth
Lunchbox Theatre’s Something True and Wonderful a funny take on relationship woes
By Jocelyn Grosse

The return of Martha
Yeast inspection – Lindsay Burns looks for more Dough with restaging of hit play
By Jeff Kubik

Straight to Hell
Heaven wears you down with one cynical tirade after another
By Jeff Kubik

FILM

Fast Food Nation bites the big one
Watch out, vegetarianism is about to get really, really popular
By Roberta McDonald

Consider seeing this movie
Christopher Guest takes on the big boys with new mockumentary
By Roberta McDonald

Save the penguins
Animated children’s flick Happy Feet will leave you feeling cold
By Jeff Kubik

Shut up and be reasonable
Dixie Chicks documentary takes aim at free speech in America
By Shaun English

The mother did it
Keeping Mum is a pleasant, amusing romp with a detour to murder
By Roberta McDonald

VIDEO VULTURE

(Way) out on a limb
A gallery of stretchable and/or elongated arms and legs
By John Tebbutt

MY MESSY BEDROOM

Carnal mythology
Frozen hot dog folk tale represents sexual attitudes towards women
By Josey Vogels