A heart for AGC

Posted by Drew Anderson in Culture
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Local artist Elle Virago stealthily left one of her Guerrilla Hearts on the doors of the Art Gallery of Calgary, locking the front doors with a chain and combination lock that held the heart in place. 

Virago has placed hearts around the city, including on the old King Eddy, a small pixelated heart in front of Caffe Beano and downtown in the Bow Valley Square Plus-15.

This particular heart was made of cleaning implements — gloves, sponges and scrubbing pads — symbolizing the hopes of many in the arts community that the gallery can clean up its act and get back on track. This comes after former president and CEO of the AGC, Valerie Cooper, was let go and is currently being sued by the gallery for $500,000 and is facing six counts of fraud … Read More

Comments (3)      more in Arts     |     posted May 23rd, 2012 at 3:47pm

Weekly Leaks May 18

Posted by Josiah Hughes in Culture
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In celebration of our annual beer issue, I’ve only really been listening to Mean Jeans’ still-perfect party record On Mars. Having said that, there was still some amazing new content to hit the world wide web this week. Here’s a little taste of what’s new.

JEFF the Brotherhood “Sixpack”
In theory, I should hate this. In addition to having a truly embarrassing name, JEFF the Brotherhood enlisted the Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach to produce their upcoming Hypnotic Knights EP, and you should all know how I feel about the Black Keys by now. As a producer, though, Auerbach brings out the best in this fuzzy two-piece, further exemplifying just how great they are at Weezer-meets-Ramones summer anthems.

Nü Sensae “Swim”
Speaking of two-pieces… well … Read More

Add comment      more in Music     |     posted May 18th, 2012 at 6am

Screen Grabs May 16

Posted by Jesse Locke in Culture
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As the cinematic world converges on the Cannes film fest this weekend, trailers have begun popping up from all around the globe. This edition of Screen Grabs includes a few of the Cannes standouts, but don’t worry, there’s also space for sci-fi Canadiana, Norwegian sex comedy and, last but not least, claymation cats.

Cosmopolis
One of the big stories about Cannes this year is that David Cronenberg will be joined by his chip-off-the-ol’-block son Brandon, who is showcasing his own directorial debut, Antiviral. That creepy tale of a medic who sells celebrity viruses to fans sounds super cool, but what’s even more exciting is Cronenberg Sr. adapting the Don DeLillo novel, Cosmopolis. Yes, it stars Robert “Twilight” Pattinson as the … Read More

Comments (3)      more in Screen     |     posted May 16th, 2012 at 12:08pm

The Black Keys in review

Posted by Zoltan Varadi in Culture

Following last Friday’s Black Keys’ show, a concert that blew away my rather low expectations — I really only wanted to hear the song that goes “la-la-la la/la-la-la la” and the one with the “oh whoa uh-oh” chorus — my first thought was “I’m going to stick it to Josiah Hughes and his rather low estimation of this band.

Re-reading his comments in this week’s “Goings On” column, I’m not as sure I have as strong a leg to stand on as I did Friday night.

Hughes is right: The Black Keys have been mining the same aesthetic territory for their whole career. Sure, they occasionally flush things out with expanded instrumentation — keyboards, strings, the odd tambourine — but at its core it’s a very tried and true variation of the same old blues rock shuffle that’s … Read More

Comments (1)      more in Music     |     posted May 14th, 2012 at 11:49am

Review of B.B. King at Century Casino, May 9

Posted by John Christian Fraser in Culture
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Photo by Chelsey Parker

When I first heard that B.B. King was coming to Calgary, I was excited for two reasons: 1. He’s an absolute legend and is arguably the most famous bluesman in the history of music and 2. I thought he was already dead. I wondered if this was perhaps a Tupac-esce hologram type thing (I got the low-def blues?), but nope, at 86 years old B.B. is still alive (and kickin’).

We showed up a little late so there were no seats with a good eye line to the center of the stage but we managed to weasel a standing spot in front of sound deck against the rail. The great thing about the venue was that, even at the back of the room, you’re still close to the stage. The show started with a two-song intro from the B.B. King Band, which consisted of keys, drums … Read More

Add comment      more in Music     |     posted May 12th, 2012 at 12pm

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