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Inside: Happy Birthday to The Stew! Pages 4-7 Paul St. Pierre honoured at event Page 9 The Harvest Festival of Awesome Pages 15-17
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It takes one year: To learn to fly a super sonic jet fighter; for light to travel 5.88 trillion miles; and for a colony of 25,000 termites to eat an eight foot 2x4.
Modern Histewry: A look back on our first 12 months
October 2010: There were so many fantastic firsts in our first issue it’s really hard to decide what to highlight. We came out of the gate with some fantastic contributors already in place, like Will Meeks writing Where’s Wally?, Jamie Horsley writing Tone Soup, and Angela Shephard sharing economical living tips in Fine Frugality. Juli sat down with local blues band Soupbone for a hard-hitting interview. But the biggest highlight of the month was heading to Barkerville to hunt for ghosts.
see the feature story on page 4).
cotin region, and our stable of contributors continued to grow with the arrival of Natasha Stukl’s Beautydooz column. November 2010: We travelled out west to find out what it was like to survive winter when you’re trapped in the middle of nowhere (short answer: keep yourself busy). Todd struggled to consume KFC’s artery-hardening double-down (verdict: salty). And we expanded our roster of columnists with the first appearance of Torrey Owen’s Vancouver Seen and Carol Davidson’s Stir. December 2010: We celebrated our first Christmas issue by hanging out with the Salvation Army, finding out what the holiday is like for the less fortunate. We encouraged readers to share with us their holiday wishes for the Cariboo Chil-
Dandelion Living
February 2011: Now more than a decade into the 21st century, has dating changed considerably? We looked at three couples who met -- and romanced -- thanks to the Internet. And speaking of the natural results of loving someone, we spoke with Kim Van Deist about how a doula can help you achieve the birth experience you desire. And Craig Smith joined us as a columnist with Photography 101.
January 2011: Welcome to the dawn of a brand new year! We celebrated by collecting and compiling a lengthy list of new year’s resolutions from around the community. Todd began his three month struggle with Fit City Athletica’s Body Transformation Challenge. And we self-indulgently write about our trip to Vancouver to check out Roger Waters’ tour of The Wall (for more on our self-indulgence,
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April 2011: It’s April Fool’s Day this month, so we decided to just make a bunch of stuff up in our feature story, that claimed to detail some of the lesser known history of the holiday. And, unfortunately, that also means that sexy April Fool’s Day Mascot Kylie The Clown isn’t real either. Though she might very well make another appearance next April. Also: ArtsFest, Partners for Literacy, Artists Who Ride Bikes, and more!
At this year’s Halloween Party just focus on having a good time.
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Feeling the chill in the air these days? It’s okay, we’ve got your back covered. Literally. With jackets, mittens, scarves, and sweaters, recycled from ugly old sweaters into beautiful new designs. And as always, they’re made in Canada, by Canadians, for Canadians. Oh, and they’re pretty good looking too.
Booze Issue’, of course! Featuring the results of our local pub crawl, as well as a look at how the current drunk driving legislation is affecting your favourite watering holes. Plus, Sage Birchwater shares the recipe for some rotgut ‘Peaches Wine’. Seriously, you probably shouldn’t try it if you want to keep your eyesight.
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And just like that, it’s one year later. We knew pretty quickly how we wanted to photographically capture our first anniversary for the cover — a first birthday candle, jammed into a thick, rich, delcious bowl of stew. We actually brought home two different cans of storebought stew for this purpose, and the bowl you see on the cover was, obviously, the winner. Juli Harland scarfed down the winning bowl immediately following the photo shoot, though she said, “It was better than dog food, but no-where near as awesome as the stews I ate at last month’s festival cook-off. Never buy canned stew.”
We may not have come away with any evidence of the spirit world, but strolling the darkened streets of the heritage town certainly left us with plenty of stories to tell.
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On the Cover:
In just 12 short months we’ve managed to push 12 great issues of The Stew Magazine out the door and into your hands. The occasion of our first anniversary gives us a reason to look back on that recent past, taking a walk down memory lane, as we look at some of the highlights of our first year in print.
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Nutrition Facts Serving Size: 24 pgs Servings Per Container 1 Amount Per Serving
Calories 0 % Daily Value* Celebration With one year behind us, we’ve got plenty to celebrate here at Stew HQ Bubbly But somehow we forgot to pick up the champagne for this occasion. Maybe after we send this issue to press. Exhaustion And maybe after we nap
Happy Birthday to the Stew! Pages 4-7
Ingredients (or things that helped us get through the last month): Realizing that after 12 months and 12 issues we’re still somehow trucking; realizing that we’re actually putting out our 13th issue right now, and that’s not anything like bad luck at all; the love and support of everyone involved in this hodgepodge of people who put this magazine together; watching the baby almost learn how to crawl (she’s doing it with her back legs, but can’t figure out what to do with her hands); and then realizing just how much work it’s going to take to baby-proof the house before she starts crawling for real; realizing that we are borderline hoarders and we’re going to make a lot of trips to the share-shed getting things ready for little miss Morrigan; tasting our maple stout batch of beer for the first time and knowing it’s going to be a delicious fall and winter season; pulling off a completely kick-ass Festival of Awesome with our new pals at the Oliver Street Market and many, many others; those moments when the sun shines hot and bright into your office, and even though you know it’s cold outside, it still feels like summer; managing through bartering and twists of fate to get a couple of gym passes so we can get our lazy butts in shape for when we are going to have to start chasing little miss Morrigan (which will be sooner rather than later, so it seems); the wonderful helpfulness of the Hillside Pumps team (we thank you); and piles of home canning...mmm peaches...
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We began making the first issue of The Stew Magazine and our first baby together at about the same time. Mid-August was busy.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! THE STEW MAGAZINE CELEBRATES IT’S FIRST YEAR
BY TODD SULLIVAN THE STEW MAGAZINE
You could probably say that this whole endeavor has been at least somewhat self-indulgent. “Let’s start our own magazine,” we said. “That would be fun, wouldn’t it? “We could write about all the things we really love,” we said. “Like the arts and food and drink and movies and upcoming events. “And we could make it really fun,” we said. “We could try to really engage the audience with a
completely new kind of product. The kind of thing that the people in the Cariboo had never really seen before. “And we can give it a name that evokes all of the varied components that will go into the product to make one delicious whole” And that, in a nutshell, is how The Stew Magazine was born. *** Mind you, that’s just the nustshell version. If you want the real story, it’s a lot longer than that. You’d have to count that 20 years
that I spent working at three different local newspapers, learning everything I could, becoming versed in just about every aspect of the industry. You’d have to count the five years that Juli Harland spent learning first sales and then editorial. You’d have to look at our previous attempt, in 2007, to do a similar product while we were working at another local newspaper. You’d have to consider how, even though it only lasted for three issues, that previous attempt taught us everything that worked about our original idea,
and everything that didn’t work about our original idea, so we’d know what to keep and what to change when it came time to try a second time. You’d have to look at the years between that previous attempt, and when we launched The Stew Magazine last October, and all the times in those intervening days and weeks and months and years that we’d say to each other, “You know, we should really try to do that again. I think this region could really benefit from a product like that.” The years spent planning for
this second attempt — maybe not consciously, maybe not knowing that The Stew Magazine specifically was in our future, but definitely unconsciously, definitely rattling around in the back of our heads — waiting for that moment when we’d try it again. When you look at it like that, okay, sure, this is probably something like 50 years in the making, if you add it all up. And yet, once the switch was pulled, once we moved from maybe we should to yes we should, everything happened really, really quickly.
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Also in that picture; Todd was very drunk and July wishes that she was.
Our business plan to grow an audience was simple enough — If you build it, they will come. We figured we had a product that people would want to read, and therefore an audience that would seek us out. But before we could begin building that product, we’d need support from the business community in the way of advertising. Mark Savard of Red Shreds has the arguably dubious honour of being the first officially confirmed advertiser in the very first issue of The Stew Magazine. So if you want to blame anyone for allowing this to happen, you can probably blame him. “Existing media doesn’t work,” Savard explains, looking back on why he chose to take a chance on The Stew Magazine. “Traditional newspapers are dead, nobody listens to the radio, so you’ve got to try new and exciting venues to get the message out. So The Stew seemed like the fit.” Though he has recently taken his marketing in a different direction, Savard still supports the magazine as a reader. “I take it home, because I never get the chance to do anything other than
work here, so it floats around on the coffee table. “There`s junk mail, and there`s something worth floating around and reading when you have time to kick back with a beer.” Other early supporters of our attempts to get something fresh and exciting off the ground included Canadian Tire, The Hobbit House, Halls Organics, and The Williams Lake Studio Theatre. But as the months went on, advertising support for our fresh little magazine began to grow and grow. There were new names, new faces, and, most importantly, new advertisers. One of those advertisers is Janelle Lamont of Tickled Pink Beauty Bar, who explains, “Tickled Pink is all over how edgy, sexy, and different The Stew is. It’s about time we saw this in Williams Lake. We love advertising with The Stew, and our experience with the Stew Crew has been a pleasure. Congrats on your first year of rocking it!” Of course, our focus on arts, culture, and lifestyle mean that we frequently encounter other people who walk that very same beat, including Leah Selk, Coordinator
of the Central Cariboo Arts and Culture Society. We were lucky enough to chat with Leah for ‘The Arts Issue’ in July, and Leah was kind enough to offer her own take on our product: “The Stew Magazine offers a critical voice for arts and culture, telling it like it is, and with no bad aftertaste!” Local blues-band Soupbone was interviewed for our very first issue, resulting in a story that former band-mate Gary Grosso called, “Hilariously written and professional enough to be in Rolling Stone.” Soupbone singer Dean Fulton has has own share of kind words for our magazine: “The Stew has added an important little something to the local media menu in the Cariboo Chilcotin. They’ve filled a huge gap that lies somewhere between our traditional print media and the concert handbills you see stapled to telephone poles on Oliver Street. “It’s got an urban feel to it but it’s also full of locally ‘grown’ ingredients. It’s like a cross between the Georgia Straight and the Western Producer — it epitomizes the idea of thinking globally but acting locally. Congrats on your first year!”
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WE DID IT! This was the look on our faces almost exactly one year ago as we sent the very first issue of The Stew Magazine to press. It is a moment that will live in infamy, to be sure.
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He continues, “On a personal note, myself and the other members of SOUPBONE would like to graciously thank Juli and Todd for their continuing support of our music and their tireless efforts to make the local arts and culture scene…well, a scene.” We’ve met a lot of people and crossed a lot of paths in the last 12 months, it seems like just about everywhere we go we bump into Rick Roy of KVP&N Video Productions and Williams Lake’s new online community television station WLCTV.ca. He’s been hard at work getting his own new-media efforts off the ground, but still had time to say some nice words about ours: “The Stew Magazine is everything I can’t put into video.
We’re smart. And sexy.
The Stew has added an important litle something to the local media menu in the Cariboo Chilcotin.”
– DEAN FULTON SOUPBONE
It’s a great resource for both the community and WLCTV.ca.” Another name closely associated with the media in these parts is Laura Kelsey, who was kind of enough to act as our guest editor on the June issue of the magazine, while Juli and I were off trying to give birth to a baby (though, in all honesty, Juli was doing most of the work on that end of things).
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Laura put together ‘The Conspiracy Issue’ and I think it’s quite accurate to say we would not have made it through that month if not for her help. And she remains a fan of the magazine: “It’s awesome to have a publication around that’s representing the Cariboo arts community and that’s so open to new ideas. I mean, who else but The Stew would publish a giant list of inflammatory conspiracy theories [June 2011 feature story] or a pro-pot editorial? “I’ve enjoyed my involvement with The Stew and look forward to continued years of Stew awesomeness!” We’re looking forward to that too, Laura. *** A big part of what goes into our Stew every month comes from our columnists — a long list of writers from a variety of locations covering a frighteningly long list of subjects. They ensure that our magazine has a varied, unique, and entertaining voice. Some of the writers are local, and some — thanks to our newest contributor Michael Jones — hail from as far away as Seoul, Korea, but they all found something about The Stew Magazine that inspired them to lend us their voice. Michelle Daymond joined us a few months ago with her Eating Local column, which provided a fantastic fit after we had spent months trying — and failing — to figure out on our own how to best cover local food.
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For many months Todd and Juli conned Todd’s parents into drive to Kamloops with them to utilize their trunk space for packing magazines back to Williams Lake.
And while her name is fairly fresh on the masthead, she’s already fitting in nicely with the rest of the family. “I haven’t been with The Stew that long,” she explains, “but I have to say one of the highlights for me was the Tour de Cariboo — both trying to convince people that it was okay to donate to me based on the lovely picture of Todd on the on-line pledge page (my family wasn’t sure they should trust where their money was going!), and the Wine Bottle Auction that evening! “Who knew that a bottle of homemade wine with a very flattering picture of Todd could go for so much money?! Never mind the fact that the Stew team rocked the ride itself !” Although, for the record, the picture wasn’t actually that flattering. Another of our col-
umnists, Natasha Stukl, thinks that The Stew fits nicely into a unique niche: “I love The Stew! It’s so sexy, edgy and cool. My favorite paper to read!” Even columnists who have moved on from our pages can still be convinced to offer a few kind words about us on our first anniversary. Will Meeks, one of our first commited writers, and a man I have a long and sordid past with, retired his ‘Where`s Wally’ column a few months back, but The Stew lives on in his heart. “Born of paper, ink and pure madness, the Stew was conceived,” Meeks says. “Brainchild of Todd and Juli, a creation that defies normality and provokes intelligent thought, creativity and perversion. A magazine with real class, a real treat to read. “In every issue, you
will find the kind of literary genius you can really sink your teeth into. My brief affair with the Stew was exciting. A ‘no holds barred’ approach to editing ensured the reader a colorful narrative straight from the bowels of the creative machine. Also, Todd let me say ‘shit’, and ‘clusterfuck’. “Congratulations to The Stew on this landmark event,” he concludes. “May the future bring you great prosperity and many, many more most-excellent issues.“ *** So I guess the next question is, where do we go from here? World domination seems like the obvious answer, but that might be outside the reach of our current resources. And besides, once we had dominated the world, we probably
wouldn’t know what to do with it anyway. No, I think the simple answer is probably the most accurate: The same, but more of it. More of the same great stories we’ve already spent a year putting together. More of the concerts and festivals and theatre productions and book signings and interviews and opportunities to meet and hang out with our readers and our supporters. More awesome pictures. More opportunities to connect with the community and build something unique that they can care about alongside us. Yes, we want to be something completely new, but at the same time, we want to fit in so seamlessly that you can scarcely wonder how things were before we were around. And if that’s self-indulgent, then so be it.
TODD SULLIVAN PHOTO
WE CAN FIT A FEW MORE 4,000 copies of a magazine took up a bit more space than we had estimated on our very first print run. Thankfully we didn’t have anyone riding in the back seat during that first trip to the press.
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One year later: Celebrating our first anniversary BY TODD SULLIVAN THE STEW MAGAZINE
I wish I could say that when we started on this crazy adventure of selfpublishing a year ago, we knew this is where we’d be one year later, but to be perfectly honest, I don’t think we even knew where we’d be three months later. Or even if we’d be three months later. It could be that was maybe not the strongest business plan we could have come up with. But we took the risk, and we dove in head first, and I don’t think either of us looked back then, or since. Three months later we were, in fact, still around,
and yes, to some degree it was surprising, but to an even greater degree it was exciting. Three months later we were able to say, “Hey, maybe this crazy idea is actually going to work.” And now, one year later, we’re able to say, “Hey, apparently this crazy idea is actually working!” Of course this isn’t something we would have been able to do on our own. The support from the community — both in those who pick up and read the magazine, and those who advertise with us — has been tremendous, and we simply could not have made it this far without their continued willingness to back the product we
put out every month. We think it’s a pretty good little magazine, and that ongoing support gives us even more reason to think that. And then there’s our columnists, whose ranks of grown and changed over these first 12 months. Some have been with us since day one, some we’ve found as we grew and spread, and some have already left us (we miss you Will! Come back soon!). And it can not be overstated how each unique voice that makes up our group of fantastic contributors is a part of what makes our little magazine exactly what it is. They are the tasty little ingredients, the exciting dashes of
spice, that make for a particularly delicious Stew. Because that metaphor is never going to get old, is it? And I suppose you can’t entirely dismiss the presence of luck in pulling something like this off; that perfect storm moment of trying to do just the right thing, at that exactly correct time, when that thing is exactly what was needed. And while I’m not sure I can say with 100% honesty that our storm moment was perfect, it was certainly a very nice storm. Looking back on this first year in print, I do feel a significant sense of pride, not just that we pulled it off, but because
this project really is the culmination of the last 20 years of my life. Everything I’ve learned about journalism, everything I’ve learned about publishing, everything I’ve learned about advertising, is in this magazine. And in that sense, if I were to thank everyone whose path I crossed in those 20 years, everyone who had an impact on me and on my career, there would simply be far too many names to list. But I honestly couldn’t have done this without any of you. Thank you all for helping us get the first year behind us. Now it’s time for year number two. todd@thestew.ca
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Many thanks for a year well-loved BY JULI HARLAND THE STEW MAGAZINE
It’s been a year. A whole year. So much has happened this year that it is hard to believe that it’s only been that long. It is true that time really does fly by when you’re having fun. And it’s been a whole lot of fun, without question. In this past year we’ve put out our first issue of The Stew Magazine, had a baby, seen more music festivals than we could shake a stick at, been nominated for a Business Excellence Award, threw a Harvest Festival of Awesome with the wonder-
ful Oliver Street Market team, met dozens of fantastic new friends, and we have been blessed to be able to share the wonderful ride with all of you. When we started this adventure we were hopeful that you would enjoy it as much as we would, and hopefully we’d be able to make our living sharing it with you. And though we pretty much threw caution to the wind, took a hefty pay cut, and dove in with both feet we couldn’t be happier, or more proud, of the choice we made. I remember the feeling I had when I started out to sell advertising for
our first issue and the fear I had that no-one would want to be a part in our silly dream. I thank those early supporters, like Mark at Red Shreds, Leanne at The Hobbit House, Carl at Dollar Dollar, Diane at The Station House Gallery, Roy at Halls Organics, and Brian at Canadian Tire who said yes to that first issue. We wouldn’t be here without you. Since that first issue we’ve seen the coming and going of many members to our little Stew family who contribute each month with their unique writing styles. And we are thankful for
every one of them for the time that they give to us, and to you, our readers. What you hold in your hands is a labour of love, collaboration, and a dedication to honesty, ideas, community, and hope. Thank you for sharing in our vision. And now the future will bring even more adventures! We have so many ideas still to come, and such a beautiful team of people to get creative with, that I can hardly wait to see what sort of evolution is going to take place with The Stew Magazine. As always, we encourage you to let us know
your thoughts about what we are doing, what we should be talking about, what you love, what you hate, and what you think we should be doing. We invite you to get in touch with us over email, telephone, Facebook, or (our personal favourite) over a beer. We want to have dialogue — we don’t want to speak at you, but with you. And we’re glad that you have been forthcoming in your wants and needs thus far. And for that I thank all of you readers, contributors, supporters and cheerleaders. We could not have done this without you. juli@thestew.ca
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Question of the Month
Paul St. Pierre’s novella The Breaking of Smith’s Quarter Horse was made into a film starring Glenn Ford.
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HONOURING THE AUTHOR Mayor Kerry Cook honours author Paul St. Pierre at an event celebrating his life and work last month.
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What would you like The Stew to accomplish in its second year? Send your answers to letters@thestew.ca
Todd Sullivan todd@thestew.ca publisher / editor-in-chief “We’ve got such a solid first year behind us, it’s really hard to ask for anything more without seeming ungrateful, and we really are so very, very grateful. Having said that, how about a personal assistant? Or maybe just a filing cabinet so I can get some of this junk off my desk.”
Juli Harland juli@thestew.ca sales manager / executive editor “More adventures. More festivals and cool events. More readers. More great friendships and collaborations. More growth. More change. More goodness all around. It’s been a hell of a year!”
Angela Shephard angela@thestew.ca fine frugality (crafters beat) “What I would like to see The Stew Magazine accomplish in it's second year is for it to be the most read magazine of the Cariboo! If it can't succeed at this, I'll settle for a larger audience! ”
Jamie Horsely tonesoup@thestew.ca tone soup (music beat) “I think wider distribution would be good. Oh and maybe some live concert reviews.”
Paul St. Pierre recognized for his contribution to the region BY SAGE BIRCHWATER Paul St. Pierre was visibly touched when he was presented with keys to the Cariboo Chilcotin and City of Williams Lake at a special event honouring him September 16, in Williams Lake’s Gibraltar Room. Cariboo Regional District chair, Al Richmond, gave St. Pierre the first-ever key issued by the CRD. Naturally, with the CRD being named the Forest Capital of Canada for the second straight year, the key was crafted out of wood. Mayor Kerry Cook, presented St. Pierre the key to Williams Lake. Linda Purjue bestowed St. Pierre with an official Williams Lake tartan scarf, on behalf of the local spinners, weavers and fibre arts guild. The event was organized by Krista Liebe of the Williams Lake Film Club, with the help of major sponsor Cariboo GM, who brought St. Pierre to town from his home in Fort Langley. Two episodes of the CBC television series Cariboo Country written by St. Pierre were shown. The episode The Education of Phyllistine featured local child actress Nancy Sandy as Phyllistine, and Chief Dan George as Ol’ Antoine. Nancy Sandy later grew up to become a lawyer and chief of Sugar Cane First Nation. For Chief Dan George, the filming of Cariboo Country was his inaugural acting job, though he was already sixty years old during the initial filming of
the series in 1960. He later went on to become an international film star, and was one of the first aboriginal actors to be cast as a First Nations character in the Hollywood film industry. At age 71 he won several awards for his role in the film Little Big Man. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Soon to be 88 years old, St. Pierre was introduced by his long time friend Veera Bonner of Big Creek. Between showings of Cariboo Country he told stories and answered questions from the audience. St. Pierre said most of the characters in his books and television scripts were inspired by real people he knew in the Chilcotin or elsewhere. “All except one, Frenchie’s wife.” When pressed by the television series’ film producer to elaborate more on her character, St. Pierre said offhand that she was a mail-order bride and an opera star from Europe. The producer laughed him off the set. Then a few years later when St. Pierre and his friend Dwayne Witte were travelling out west, they stopped at the home of Tex and Ingeborg Hansen at Clearwater Lake. St. Pierre said he was floored to learn that Ingeborg was indeed a German opera star who responded to a newspaper ad from Tex, who was looking for a wife. “So there was my character for Frenchie’s wife. There really was someone like her after all.” St. Pierre served as the Member
of Parliament for the Chilcotin Coast from 1968 to 1972 in the Trudeau government. During those same years Jim Fraser was on Williams Lake City Council. Fraser asked St. Pierre if he remembered the time he phoned him in Ottawa because a bunch of angry students were protesting at the court house over the War Measures Act imposed by the federal government in 1970. St. Pierre told Fraser he remembered that well. “Only I wasn’t in Ottawa, I was in New York addressing the United Nations.” Fraser was astounded at this. “Imagine the access we had to our member of parliament in those days, even when he was talking at the UN.” St. Pierre told a story about how he once advised Bruce Watt on his rodeoing career. Then it was pointed out that Bruce Watt was in the audience. Laughs were had by all. Fortunately St. Pierre hadn’t said anything slanderous. Sharing his most recent writing, St. Pierre apologized for his pessimism. He said George Orwell and Aldous Huxley were brilliant writers pointing out the trend of civilization towards total control of the masses. At the same time, St. Pierre affirmed his faith in the ‘little guy’. “The ordinary guy is very decent. Most people have a natural courtesy, grace and generosity. The decency of the ordinary fellow will ultimately win out and be our salvation.”
Carol Davidson stir@thestew.ca stir (health beat)
Torrey Owen torrey@thestew.ca In My Shoes (city beat)
Natasha Stukl hairdooz@telus.net beautydooz (health & beauty beat)
Michelle Daymond candoitconsulting150@gmail.com Eating Local (food beat) “Hmmm...Harvest Festival of Awesome 2! You guys are doing such a wonderful job, I can't wait to see this magazine continue to grow and really establish itself in the Community.”
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While we love all of our first 12 issues, if pressed to pick a favourite, Todd would probably choose ‘The Literary Issue’, while Juli would pick ‘The First Issue’.
May 2011: You could argue that ‘The Rebirth Issue’ was inspired by the arrival of spring, but it was just as likely connected to the baby that Todd and Juli were about to
have. The feature story looked at a number of local farmers and growers, as well as the growing movement towards using local food products. Plus we hung out with a local paranormal investigation group, and Todd completed his three month fitness challenge. June 2011: ‘The Conspiracy Issue’ was also known internally as ‘The Guest Editor’s Issue’. Because Todd and (mostly) Juli were off giving birth to beautiful baby Morrigan Spring Sullivan,
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Laura Kelsey stepped in and picked up the reigns on the June edition of The Stew Magazine, putting together a feature looking at a number of popular conspiracy theories, including such favourites as the September 11 terrorist attacks, and the world ending catasrophes waiting for us in 2012. Plus we bid farewell to Craig Smith and Will Meeks who both retire their columns this month. July 2011: Todd and Juli wrestle the reigns
back from Ms Kelsey in time for ‘The Arts Issue’, featuring a look at some of the outlets available in the Cariboo region for those who are artistically minded. Plus, Michelle Daymond helps us to finally figure out how to properly cover food in our magazine with her Eating Local column. August 2011: We follow up ‘The Arts Issue’ with something a little bit different. ‘The Literary Issue’ is a celebration of the literary arts of fiction and
non-fiction, featuring the award winning entries of the CIRAC writing contest, as well as short fiction and poetry by Laura Kelsey. Also, Michael Jones joins us from Korea with his new column One Seoul Searching. September 2011: It’s back to school time, so we hunkered down, did our homework, and came up with ‘The Education Issue’. Our feature story looked at the changes and challenges that exist in education in the 21st century, and how Thompson Rivers
University is working to overcome them. Also, a list of some of our favourite banned books, and a look at a new education-focused business opening its doors in Quesnel. October 2011: You’re holding it in your hands right now. We’re not going to tell you what’s in it. Go and read it for yourself. Remember, these are only some of the highlights of our first 12 issues. If you want to check them out for yourself, you can find electronic versions online at thestew.ca.
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Contest deadline is 5 p.m. October 15, 2011. Maximum length 250 words. Please send submissions to neptune@ goldcity.net or mail to Scout Island Nature Centre, 1305A Borland Rd, Williams Lake, BC V2G 5K5. Include your contact information and age (if under 18). October 15, 100 Mile House: Ducks Unlimited 27th Annual Banquet and Auction at the 108 Community Hall. Tickets are $40.00 per person and are available at Money Concepts, Donex, Didis, 108 Supermarket, 100 Mile Free Press. For information and tickets call Dan Rimell at 250-395-2900 or Graham Allison at 250-791-1977 October 15, Lac La Hache: Oktoberfest! Tickets $25.00 per person (Advanced tickets only) No Minors. Doors open at 5:00pm, dinner at 6:00pm at the Lac La Hache Community Hall. Live Music by Alpenlandmusikanten. A Night full of games, folk dancing, yodelling contest, door prizes, special motel rates, and free dry camping at Rolf Zeis Arena. For more information contact 250-396-4791. October 17, Williams Lake: Women’s Contact Society’s AGM at #301 - 19 North 1st Ave (above Cariboo Ski). Please RSVP by Wednesday, October 12. Following the AGM there will be a celebration of ‘Person’s Day’ with guest speaker Beth Beddard, Anthropology Professor at Thompson Rivers University. Please call 250-392-4118 to RSVP. October 19, Quesnel: Quesnel Live Arts present Pavlo at the Chuck Mobley Theatre. Pavlo could have been a lawyer or he could have spent his life teaching music, but the truth is all his life, Pavlo wanted to do one thing only: play guitar. He has performed all over the world, released seven albums over the past ten years, and plays over one hundred and fifty concerts a year. Season tickets available at the Farmer’s Market this fall. Individual tickets are $25.00/ adults, $21.00/students and seniors and will be sold at Bo Peep Boutique, Quesnel Music, Save-on Foods, and C&R Video.
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October 20, Williams Lake: CSI Night at the TRU Williams Lake Campus. Come and hone your sleuthing skills with friends at the informational and fun murder mystery evening hosted by the university. October 22/23, Williams Lake/Quesnel: George Canyon in Concert at the Gibraltar Room in the Cariboo Memorial Complex on the 22nd (tickets available at Margetts Meats and Audio Video) and at the Quesnel Senior’s Center on the 23 (cash at the door). All shows are $40. October 22, Clinton: Clinton Fall Craft Fair. Large variety of crafters with unique handcrafted items, baking, photography, jewellery and much more! Drop in and find the perfect gift for that ‘hard to buy for’ person on your Christmas list. A hearty lunch of soup and sandwiches, chili and a bun and vegetarian chili and a bun will be available. Interested in setting up a table? Please email Susan Swan at countrysquire@bcwireless. com or call250-459-2224 . Tables are given on a first come first serve basis. October 27 (time tba) at the Williams Lake Library: Vivien Lougheed, author and paleontologist from Prince George,Sidetracked: the Struggle for BC’s Fossils October 27/28, Williams Lake/Quesnel: Colin James in Concert at the Gibraltar Room in the Cariboo Memorial Complex, Williams Lake (tickets available at Margetts Meats and Audio Video) and at the Quesnel Senior’s Center on the 28 (tickets available at Circle S Western Wear and The Outlaw.) All shows are $45. October 27, Williams Lake: Women’s Contact Society’s monthly women’s meeting. This month join us while David Hall presents “Investing for the Future”. Please RSVP to the WCS at 250-392-4118 October 29, Forest Grove: At the Forest Grove Community Hall, it’s the Halloween Hootenanny Cafe A spooktacular night of live music (3 bands) dancing, spooky
stories, best costume contest and much more. The festivities start at 7 pm and run through to midnight. Tickets are $7 at the door. Proceeds to help support Hootenanny Cafe and the Bradley Creek Stumpranchers Assoc. Great food and drinks available. For more information, contact 250-397-4103 after 6pm. October 29, Williams Lake: Come take in the Halloween Festivities at the Williams Lake BCSPCA “Howl’s Eve Bash” at the Longhouse building at the Stampede Grounds, and have a great time supporting a good cause. Appetizers, dancing, licensed bar, games, prizes and much, much more! Tickets available soon. For more information please call the SPCA at 250392-2179. October 29, Quesnel: Variety Show Fundraiser on October 29th from 11am to 3pm at the Quesnel and District Child Development Center from 11am to 3pm! We will have a visit from
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The Harvest Festival of Awesome really was a fantastic time, and we really are planning to do it even bigger next year. Turn the page to see a few pictures from the awesome festival!
StewSpots Making a stone soup at the Festival of Awesome Looking to get your copy on the latest edition of THE STEW Magazine? We’re available for pickup in a variety of places around the Cariboo Chilcotin. Please remember that this list is always evolving, and we’re always looking for new places that our magazine can call home, so if you know of someplace that you think should be a drop-off point for THE STEW, or if you own a business and you’d like to have a few copies of our magazine on your shelves, plus let us know.You can reach us by email at either todd@thestew. ca or juli@thestew.ca. Locations listed in alphabetical order 100 MILE HOUSE 99 Mile Supermarket A&W Chartreuse Moose Chevron Dairy Queen Donex Higher Ground Natural Foods KFC Lone Butte General Store Marcel’s Boulevard Cafe Nuthatch Book Store Parkside Art Gallery Pharmasave Safeway Save-On Foods Subway Tim Hortons Visitor Centre IN LAC LA HACHE Fast Trac Gas and Convenience Store IN WILLIAMS LAKE 7-Eleven A&W Alley Katz Bean Counter Canwest Propane Cariboo Growers Cariboo Spring CRD Library (Magazine & News Section) Central Cariboo Arts & Culture Center Cool Clear Water Dairy Queen Dandelion Living Denny’s Restaurant Dollar Dollar Elaine’s Natural Foods The Gecko Tree Halls Organics Hobbit House Karamia’s LD’s Cafe M&M Meat Shop McDonald’s Mohawk Movies on the Go New World Cafe The Open Book The Overlander Hotel Quiznos Red Shred’s Safeway Sandman Inn Save On Foods Shell Shopper’s Drug Mart Starbucks Station House Gallery Subway (Downtown) Subway (on the Highway) Tim Horton’s Tourism Info Centre TRU WLCBIA Women’s Contact Society Zellers Restaurant IN HORSEFLY Clarke’s General Store Cornerhouse Cafe The Post Office RaceTrac Gas IN MCLEESE LAKE Cariboo Wood Shop McLeese Lake General Store IN QUESNEL 7-Eleven (on the Highway) 7-Eleven (in West Quesnel) A&W Aroma Foods Billy Barker Hotel & Casino Bliss Burger Palace Carry All Books Granville’s Coffee Green Tree Health & Wellness Karin’s Deli Museum & Tourist Centre Quiznos Riverside Bistro (West Park Mall) Safeway Save On Foods Shopper’s Drug Mart Steeped Subway Tim Horton’s (on the Highway) Tim Horton’s (Downtown) IN HANCEVILLE Lee’s Corner IN TATLA LAKE Graham’s Inn IN BELLA COOLA Valley Inn Coast Mountain Lodge Valley Restaurant Eagle Lodge
We are all familiar with the folk tale of the Stone Soup; a stranger arrives in a village, hungry, but the locals think they can’t spare any food. The village isn’t so much a community as a collection of inhabitants — people are as wary of each other as they are of newcomers. So, the stranger announces he will make a soup out of stones and water. The villagers, curious to know how this can be done, come to watch, and before they realize it, they are contributing their own vegetables and spices to season the broth. In the end, the entire village sits down to eat the meal — the meal that began so humbly with a few stones and some water. On September 24, The Stew Magazine and the Oliver Street Market, with big support from Community Futures, WLCBIA, and the Williams Lake Food Policy Council, presented the first ever (and hopefully the beginning of an annual event!) Harvest Festival of Awesome! The day began in Herb Gardner Park at 9 a.m., and ended with an after party at Beeotcheese Bistro. The highlight was an Iron-chef style, local food, outdoor cook-off with teams representing the Delainey’s Building, Soupbone Blues band, and Lavender Lingerie! Teams raced to purchase their fresh ingredients on-site at the Oliver Street Market using Farmer’s Market dollars, then competed to create the ‘Best Stew’, as selected by our panel of judges, the Market customers (who voted on the People’s Choice Award), and Oren Barter (selecting the winner of a special ‘Oren’s Pick award’). The Delainey’s Building came out on top with the judge’s votes, Soupbone Blues won the People’s Choice Award, and Lavendar Lingerie won the ‘Oren’s Pick Award’. Many, many, many local businesses helped support this event by donating fabulous prizes for all the teams who participated. The event then continued on to the after party at Beeotcheese Bistro, where attendees were treated to a buffet of local food, rockin’ music
Eating Local By Michelle Daymond by Soupbone Blues, and then danced the night away to hot beats from DJ Jordan Holmes. Studio Theatre shared a short play during dinner, and AlLisa Mackay brought along her paints and worked her magic to create beautiful images on our faces. Now, this brings me back to the Stone Soup folktale from the opening of this article. I feel like the After Party was a Williams Lake version of the Stone Soup. We are different than the original tale in the sense, though, that I believe we are already a community, not just a collection of inhabitants wary of each other. Ninety people of all ages sat down together for a shared meal, made up of ingredients from across the community, strengthening the bridges and connections we already have. When the idea first came to Juli, Todd, Terri and I to have a celebration of local food in the evening, I sent out an e-mail to everyone I could think of, asking for donations of local produce and meat for a community meal. I expected the same people who usually donate to events to respond, the same farmers who are always doing what they can to support the local food movement in Williams Lake. However, before I knew it, a large number of people from the community were donating what they could to the meal; herbs, vegetables, fruit, flowers, beef, fish, etc. I was almost speechless at the amazing generosity of our local gardeners. There is something extremely powerful in sharing a meal with so many, and personally knowing the people and where the ingredients came from. While serving at the event,
I loved being able to say, “Would you like some apple cake for desert?” and then hearing, “No, I’m so full.” I would say, “The apples came from Geoff and Heather Goodall’s place”. Ninety-eight percent of the time people would then change their tune, saying, “Oh! If they’re apples from their place, how can I resist?” So now it’s time to take a moment to thank those that contributed to the meal — they did not ask for or expect this recognition, but I feel it is
important, and hey, I have a magazine column, so what a perfect opportunity to do so! • Val and Wayne Biffert — fresh caught rainbow trout (from their own ponds!), romaine lettuce, bunches of fresh herbs, and the most beautiful flower arrangements! • Geoff and Heather Goodall — apples and fresh dill • Pierre Mayette and Mary Forbes — potatoes • Gary Martens — tomatoes and salmon • San Jose Cattle Ranch — natural, grass fed beef • Road’s End Vegetable Company — potatoes, onions, rutabagas, beets, and kale • Fraser Bench Farm — pumpkins, butternut squash, and green beans • Dog Creek Indian Band — potatoes and green beans • Cariboo Growers — corn, apples, and carrots
And of course, thank you to the most wonderful chefs at Beeotcheese, Alison and Linda, who were excited to work with whatever food I could scrounge up. We did not start with a menu in mind; a plan that started humbly with some potatoes and carrots (although a much better start than stones and water!), turned into a local food feast for 90! Food can be a great connector — growing it, eating it, sharing it. A simple bunch of carrots, a small basket of apples, a single pumpkin — and the principals that bring them into our kitchen — can effectively tell a community’s story. After experiencing the coming together of so many different people to create a successful local food feast, I am very excited about the story Williams Lake is creating! candoitconsulting150@ gmail.com
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It’s a little early to start formally discussing details, but all involved are already excited to put together the Second Annual Festival of Awesome next September.
Celebrating an awesome Cariboo harvest CHELSIE HARLAND PHOTOS
AWESOME FEST The 2011 Harvest Festival of Awesome was, as predicted by its name, a pretty awesome festival. Held on Saturday, September 24, the event was a fundraiser for the Oliver Street Market, produced in cooperation with The Stew Magazine, the WLCBIA, and the Food Policy Council. Running alongside the regular Saturday farmer’s market in Herb Gardner Park, the Festival of Awesome brought an extra dose of musical entertainment, a short play from the Williams Lake Studio Theatre (produced in only a handful of hours!), and plenty of smiles and joy. The arguable highlight of the Harvest Festival of Awesome was the Stew Cookoff competition. With prizes collected from a vast selection of Williams Lake businesses, there was sure to be something for everyone. The big day finished up with an evening after-party at Beeotcheese, featuring a meal put together from local food, and entertainment from Soupbone and DJ Jordan Holmes.
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Baby Morrigan wasn’t an offical stew-tasting judge, but it was hard not to sneak her just a little sip of the delicious broth.
We are having a party and we are inviting you! OPEN HOUSE! Friday, October 28, 5-7pm Door prizes, vendors, and much more! Fashion Show courtesy of: Suzanne’s & Jennys, Designer Consigner, Little Labels Consignment, Cariboo Ski, Dandelion Living Teaser Massages courtesy of: Relax Zone Mobile Beauty Tips from: Mary Kay Door Pzies and Much More! TEA PARTY! Saturday, October 29, 9am-1pm Tea, coffee, goodies, door prizes! Come in and have a chance to chat with us and join us in a Curves With Zumba Work-A-Thon to raise money for Breast Cancer Awareness! Vendors courtesy of: Adorn & Beauty Naturally, Lindsay Harrison Jewellery, The Bead Box, and much more!
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Don’t discount the importance of rest It’s been a month since I have achieved the biggest athletic challenge of my life, and I’ve had lots of time to heal, reflect, and deal with the post-race blues. For the two weeks following Ironman Canada I was actually surprised at how much energy I still had, and was a little puzzled as to why. It turns out that I was riding on a cloud of endorphins and my body was also still in ‘go’ mode and hadn’t yet realised that the training was over. And then one day about two weeks post-IM I went for a nice little 45-minute run and the next day I couldn’t get out of bed, I was so utterly exhausted. The amount of fatigue I felt for about a week was surprising, but from what my Ironman friends tell me it’s completely normal. Initially after the race I didn’t feel too badly about lazing around a bit and expected that after a week or two I could get back into the swing of things and start training for Ironman Canada 2012. Or maybe not. As a newbie Ironman I have lots to learn about training and post-IM recovery! At the moment I have hardly done a proper workout since the race (with the exception of the super-fun Tour de Cariboo) and I lack any kind of motivation to do much of anything. It’s not the blues, exactly, but the lack of desire to get on my bike or go for a run since I no longer have my coach planning out my life. And,
Stir By Carol Davidson having a cold this weekend hasn’t helped much. After any major athletic achievement (be it your first 5km fun run or an ultramarathon) typically there is a period of feeling a bit ‘lost’ afterwards. The training is over with and life is no longer dictated by a workout schedule. So now what? This is very common and it’s no big deal. In fact the best thing to do is embrace it. It’s a great time to think about what you want to do next. Is there another race coming up in a few months? Is there another activity you’d like to try out for a while instead? Perhaps you can now take the time to hang out with your friends again without having to worry about fitting in socializing around your workouts. This is a time of transition and should be used to reflect on where you’ve been, and on where you plan to go from here. Why not plan to build on the fitness you’ve achieved in the past few months and weeks of training? Keep up the momentum and enjoy the new lifestyle — after you’ve rested properly, first!
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I had been worried that the sudden lack of training would mean that I would instantly gain weight and I’d transform right back into a couch potato. I didn’t want to lose momentum and the great effects of all of the work I’d been doing. The best advice my coach gave me all year was to listen to my body, and she gave it to me again after Ironman: Go with what your body tells you! It told me when I was training enough, too much, when it needed more rest, when it was really injured and when it was sick. In spite of my determination to push through the various aches and pains, the best thing I could do was rest. Active rest is probably a better word, as going for walks or doing other activities was one way of giving myself a break. Even though I’ve been pretty idle for a month, the gains I made physically in my training have not been diminished all that much. When I’m mentally ready to resume training again my body will be truly rested and ready to go, too. Lots of people make the mistake
of never allowing for proper rest and as a result they suddenly start to lack motivation, or get sick. There is nothing less enjoyable than forcing oneself through a workout just for the sake of doing it. If there are no gains to be made then what is the point? Resting has to be done on a regular basis, but not so much rest that the gains made during workouts are lost while being overly idle. In my coaching program I had one day per week off, and a couple of other days with lighter workouts. On occasion I would not do some workouts when I knew I’d reached my limits and needed an extra day off here and there. By the time Ironman came along, there was not one time during the day that I wished I hadn’t skipped a swim workout or two. The cumulative effect of several months of training allowed for easier days here and there when things got really intense. Ironman Canada 2012 is a year away, and my goal is to keep my back healthy and knock about two hours off of my 6:18 marathon time. A year seems like a long way away, but I need time to carefully build my base running up, and to allow for those days when my back just needs a bit of a break from the pounding. Only in the past week or so have I been getting that itchy feeling of really wanting to get back into my workouts, so once I get over this cold I know I will truly be ready to get on my bike, hit the pool, or lace up my runners. Once again, by listening to my body, I know that now I am truly ready to start training and that burnout or injury is less likely than if I’d just jumped back into training a week after Ironman. I hope that anyone who achieved their own personal fitness goals recently has been able to take some time off and in doing so keep up the motivation to set more goals and enjoy the benefits of the great lifestyle fitness affords them. stir@thestew.ca
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In spite of all these great music releases, it is Tony Bennet who is topping the Billboard chart of 200 albums as of press time.
New Chili Peppers and more This last month we got the first taste of the big batch of fall releases. At the end of August, Kittie, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and David Guetta each gave us something new. Then in September Primus, SuperHeavy, and Opeth. So let’s start at the top. Canadian all-girl metal band Kittie released their sixth studio album titled I’ve Failed You. Well, Kittie, it wasn’t a complete failure...unless you were trying to make a groundbreaking new metal album. Several tracks, including “What Have I Done,” and the first single, “We Are The Lamb,” sound like overly distorted rock songs rather than real hard-hitting heavy metal. However “Empires (Part 2)”, which they released a video for, is pretty wicked, but near the end of the album the song that really stands out as prime face-fucking metal is the song “Ugly.” Buy this album to support Canadian music, to support Canadian metal, to support women in metal. But I can’t, in good conscience, tell you to buy it because it’s an ass-kicking metal album. Much less of a failure was the release of Red Hot Chili Peppers’ tenth album, and the first in five years, I’m With You. “The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie” was the first spectacular single released from the album back in July. The album has that iconic RHCP sound without sounding repetitive of their older stuff. It’s exactly what we all wanted from a new Chili Peppers album. My favourite
tracks are the single and the peppy “Happiness Loves Company.” If you grew up with Red Hot Chili Peppers, you must buy this album. Switching gears completely, David Guetta dropped what has become my favourite release of the summer at the same time. Nothing But The Beat is a two-disc release. On the first disc he offers his beats to the vocal stylings of all different artists. Nearly every one of these songs is destined to get a lot of play in the clubs over the next year and several already have. The single “Where Them Girls At (featuring Nicki Minaj and Flo Rider)” was released in May and peaked on the Canadian Hot 100 at #3. “I Just Wanna F. (featuring Afrojack, Timbaland and Dev)” is a fun, sexy little bass-heavy number that plays with the letters of the alphabet. In all honesty, virtually every song on this album is very sexually suggestive. The only one that’s really not is “Titanium (featuring Sia)” which is easily the most epic song on the album and by far my favourite. The second disc of the album is mostly Guetta doing his own thing and it’s mostly instrumental with heavy dubstep influences while still retaining a good electro / house core. This whole album rocks. Turn up the bass and dance your ass off for a solid hour and a half! And then there was Primus. What can I say about Primus? Honestly, I’ve never really been a big Primus fan. Their rather experimental
funk rock style has just never really suited my taste, but fuck are they funny. Their lyrics never cease to be as bizarre as their sound. The song “Eternal Consumption Engine” is a hilarious commentary on the American consumerism mentality, and “Moron TV” quite nicely sums up my feelings toward cable television after recently having the full package installed at my house. And “HOINFODAMAN,” which was released online a couple weeks before the album is quite simply awesome and will be as accessible to all as “Wynona’s Big Brown Beaver” and “Jerry Was A Race Car Driver.” Green Naugahyde is the seventh studio album by Primus and the first in 12 years. It’s being very well received by fans. It sure sounds like a Primus album to me. Then I listened to the debut album of Mick Jagger’s new super group, SuperHeavy. It stirred a lot of different emotions. Excitement: what would a group with the talent of Mick Jagger, Joss Stone, Damien Marley, A. R. Rahman and Dave Stewart be like? Joy! The opening track and title track of the album, “SuperHeavy,” is rockin’! It’s fun, upbeat and combines all the flavours of each of the artist as beautifully as the first single, “Miracle Worker.” Then disappointment: as the album progressed a lot of the songs just sounded like they were trying too hard to include everyone’s individual style into each of the songs and the result sounds, well, messy.
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“Unbelievable” is pretty bad, “Energy” is simply laughable and the bangin-on-the-guitar riff just makes you want to turn it down (or off). “Satyameva Jayathe” was the second song released before the album came out. It featured a more Indian flavour, courtesy of A. R. Rahman and featured Jagger singing in sanskrit. Again I was disappointed as it is predominantly Indian flavoured but still seems like such a mess due to all the other influences and sounds in the song including yet another reggae riff by Damien Marley. The true Indian treat comes later in the album with the song “Mahiya.” Stones fans will get a kick out of “Never Gonna Change,” which, if I hadn’t known better, I would have guessed was a deep cut from Bridges To Babylon. Overall the album isn’t bad, it just doesn’t make me want to play it over and over again. Metacritic gives it a 61/100 based on 9 critics and has a user score of 7.4/10. I’d give it a 6.5/10. Opeth’s much anticipated Heritage was a little disappointing too. We all knew it was going to be a mellower album. It certainly is. It’s not nearly as quiet as Damnation, but at the same time, it’s not nearly as good either. I have a hard time thinking of this album as progressive metal. Progressive rock for sure, but not metal. It brings to mind the stylings of 70s progressive rock like Yes. My favourite song from the album is “Haxprocess.” It’s the quietest song on the album and also the most beautiful.
Tone Soup By Jamie Horsley True Opeth fans will have to have a listen for themselves and make up their own mind about this one. Everyone else can probably safely skip it. The best metal release of the month came a week later. Having already loosely based their first four albums on the elements — fire, water, earth and air — progressive sludge metallers Mastodon, dedicated their fifth album to frontman Brent Hinds’ late brother, Brad, who was an avid hunter. The Hunter is less of a concept album than any of their previous, but thankfully that doesn’t make it any less awesome. Although there are none of the ten-minute epics that we have come to expect, they prove they can cram an epic riff into songs less than six minutes. Apart from the couple songs that are dedicated to Brent’s brother, the subjects are bizarre and the sound is thick and heavy. “We’ve got a song about fighting, there’s a song about lifting heavy stuff, there’s a song about people on meth creeping around in trees trying to get the best wood grain out of a tree to sell it at Lowe’s for [drug] money... The album is kind of silly. We’re taking the piss out of things,” says Hinds of the album. The Hunter is the best new metal album I’ve heard in a long time. Thank
you, Mastodon. Remember rocking out in the 80s to hair metal like Motley Crue and Skid Row? Remember getting excited a few years back when Nikki Sixx announced his new band Sixx A.M.? Remember being supremely disappointed when you listened to it? Sebastian Bach’s solo album is nothing like that! Kicking And Screaming will make you want to do just that! This album has all the power and intensity of 80s power metal and none of the nu-metal overtones that so may comebacks love to dilute their album with. This album is way heavier than I expected it to be and still manages to include a couple of nice power ballads. Simply put, it rocks. If you grew up on popular 80s metal, you gotta check this out. After much delay Blink-182 also released their beautifully executed comeback album, Neighbourhoods. As I listened to this album it reminded me of high school. No, I was never a Blink-182 fan, but their songs were always popular and always seemed to be in the background. They beautifully encompass that mainstream pop-punk sound of the mid to late 90s, and this is album is full of new songs to reminisce over. tonesoup@thestew.ca
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Among the other highlights of his career, Roger Ebert is the co-writer of the 1970 film Beyond The Valley of the Dolls. We’ll leave you to decide if that’s something he should be proud of or not.
New biographies on the shelves of CRDL Well, we’ve been wracking our brains trying to think of a way to incorporate The Stew Magazine’s first year anniversary into our choices for this issue, but the answer we’ve come up with is elusively simple: given that a first year anniversary present is usually ‘paper’, I’m free to pick whatever books I like! This month, we’ve received a lot of fascinating biographies, autobiographies and memoirs. Come and check ‘em out. And congrats to the Stew! The library loves you. Here comes trouble. Moore, Michael. 2011 Call number: 791.43 MOO Breaking the autobiographical mode, Michael Moore presents twenty-four far-ranging, irreverent, and strangerthan-fiction vignettes from his own early life.
memoir — it is a singular, warm-hearted, inspiring look at life itself.
One moment he’s an eleven-year-old boy lost in the Senate and found by Bobby Kennedy; and in the next, he’s inside the Bitburg cemetery with a dazed and confused Ronald Reagan. Capturing the zeitgeist of the past fifty years, yet deeply personal and unflinchingly honest, Here Comes Trouble takes readers on an unforgettable, take-no-prisoners ride through the life and times of Michael Moore. PS: We have all his documentaries on DVD at the library.
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You are not alone: Michael through a brother’s eyes. Jackson, Jermaine. 2011 Call number: 782.4216 6092 JAC Jermaine Jackson — older than Michael by four years — offers a keenly observed memoir tracing his brother’s life starting from their shared childhood and extending through the Jackson 5 years, Michael’s phenomenal solo career, his loves, his suffering, and his tragic end. It is a sophisticated, no-holds-barred examination of the man, aimed at fostering a true and final understanding of who he was, why he was, and what shaped him. Jermaine knows the real Michael as only a brother can. In this raw, honest, and poignant account, he reveals Michael the private person, not Michael “the King of Pop.” Jagger: rebel, rockstar, rambler, rogue. Spitz, Marc. 2011 Call number: 782.4216 6092 JAG The Rolling Stones’ legendary front man Mick Jagger remains an enigma. He hasn’t given an in-depth interview for a decade and a half and never commented on his friend and partner, Keith
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Hobo With A Shotgun: A hobo with dreams of being a landscaper instead buys a shotgun and becomes a vigilante. Great if you like your films to be splattery.
X-Men First Class: Mutants meet Mad Men as we travel back to the 60s to see how the X-Men began. Surprisingly solid comic movie for a relatively silly premise.
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Richard’s, often critical biography. Drawing on firsthand recollections from rockers, filmmakers, writers, radicals, and other artists who have been transformed by Mick Jagger’s work, acclaimed music journalist Marc Spitz has created a unique examination of the Jagger legacy, debunking long held myths and restoring his status as a complicated artist. Combining biography with cultural history, Jagger unfolds like a captivating documentary, a series of episodes tracing the icon’s rise from his childhood in middleclass postwar London to his status as a jet-setting knight.
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Winter’s Bone: You think you’ve got it bad? You don’t have to fight against fate and family to prove you dad is dead before the gov’t takes your house. Got something you think we should TwitteReview? Send your picks to us at letters@ thestew.ca
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The Beaver: The film ultimately disappoints, but we’d pay good money to see Mel Gibson speak through a beaver puppet for the rest of his life.
Never Let Me Go: What would it be like if you were a clone who was only bred and raised for your organs? It would suck, that’s what it would be like. Got something you think we should TwitteReview? Send your picks to us at letters@ thestew.ca
This was my year that was It’s been one whole year for The Stew. Wow. Time does move fast, doesn’t it? I just want to take a moment to thank you readers for following me in my adventures. I feel it’s time to reintroduce myself, and share the new scope of my column. For those of you who’ve been reading over the last 12 months you know my column was called City Seen, and basically I brought glimpses of Vancouver and Victoria to the Cariboo. Well, I’m no longer living on the coast, I moved back to Kamloops at the beginning of the summer. As I no longer had constant access to the city life, Todd and I felt my column should take on a new form and name. So let me introduce you to the new column, appropriately named ‘In My Shoes’. What I hope to share with you here is where I’m going, what’s going on, and what thoughts strike me. Essentially, you’re cordially invited to read along and see what life’s like in my shoes. Sound fun? So, to start off, how about an update on the last year? Almost exactly a year ago my partner and I were living in Victoria. The city was beautiful, and the culture was great, but we just weren’t making enough to cover the costs of living. I’d tried working as a pedicab driver taking tourist around town on a bicycle style rickshaw. Unfortunately, even combined with my partner’s seamstress work, we realized Victoria wasn’t quite going to
work out. Besides, taking Texans on tours wasn’t my idea of a great time. I was ready to try something new. So the decision was made. In September 2010 we moved to Vancouver to live with some friends and give life a go in the bigger city. I quickly found a job at an adult toy and video store called Fantasy Factory. It was easy work, and I got to pretty much just chill at the sales counter all day occupying my time however I could. I wish I could share some stories from that place, but I’m not sure The Stew is quite the right medium (But I’m sure you could email Torrey if you wanted to hear some of the details. - Editor). Suffice to say, I got to laugh a lot while working there. You can meet some very odd people working at a smut store. They can pose some bizarre questions, and make some unusual requests. It was a learning experience. Come January, my partner and I split up. It was a little tricky because we broke up at the beginning of January, and had to keep living in the same house for the entire month before I could find a new place to live. I quickly discovered that living with someone who you just broke up with is like going into life’s settings menu and selecting ‘Challenge Mode’. By Feburary I’d found a place in Richmond near work. I ended up with some pretty solid roommates. One in particular, Andy, was pretty cool to have around after a break up. He helped me shake
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my all-encompassing sulk. We made our way out to see stand-up comedy, attended dance parties, and gorged on well-priced, all-you-can-eat sushi. Andy’s an avid skydiver and used to have skydiver friends over every now and then. I couldn’t help but laugh when we’d go downtown and his friend would be trying to find the tallest buildings in Vancouver so they could sneak onto the roof and jump off. Apparently you gotta be a slight bit mad to be an actual skydiving enthusiast. Sometime around April I got laid-off from my job at Fantasy Factory, and while that easily could have been a big problem, I was very fortunate. The cutoff for Employment Insurance is 940 hours. Well I had exactly 960, which made me eligible. I managed to get my cost of living way down and I just kinda hung around Richmond and
In My Shoes By Torrey Owen Vancouver. In June I decided to move back to Kamloops. I was super-lucky and found a great place to live for the summer at a very good price, but on the condition I had to move out for the beginning of September. As luck would have it I found a perfect place for September which is where I’m living now. I met an amazing family who operate a home business called Made With Love. It’s a spice business. Yes, like spices for food. They were happy to have me move my travel trailer onto their property and work in exchange for rent and food. It’s a really comfortable
set up and I don’t feel confined or restrained by any sort of structured inflexible schedule. I can do my work on my own time and devote the majority of my time to my own projects. It’s very nice having a really free schedule, and I love sleeping in my little trailer. It’s very cozy and warm. I owe a huge thank you to a very good friend, Shel, in Williams Lake for helping me to move it here. So that’s been the last year. I hope you’ll continue reading my column, and I’ll do my best to bring you stories not only worth reading, but also fun to read. torrey@thestew.ca
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Toddlers and Tiaras has been in the news a few times recently amid accusations that dressing your child up to look like Julia Roberts playing a prostitute is maybe not great parenting.
Beauty pageants should be about more than just beauty Diamonds, tiaras, elegant sparkling evening gowns. Graceful, long-legged, perfectly-shaped women. Gorgeous, long, flowing, shiny hair; flawless, glowing skin, immaculately white; straight teeth with perfect smiles. Every little girl dreams of being a beauty queen -- a princess for a day. The Miss Universe pageant winner has an everlasting title of beauty. Leila Lopes, from Angola was named Miss Universe 2011 at age 25. The Miss Universe pageant began in 1952, in Long Beach, California. Between 75 and 85 countries participate. According to the Miss Universe Organization, contestants in the Miss Universe pageant are savvy, goal-oriented and aware; they also display those same characteristics in their everyday lives, as individuals, with hope of advancing their careers, personal and humanitarian goals, and to
Beautydooz By Natasha Stukl improve the lives of others. The Miss Universe Organization states that this pageant is more than a beauty pageant. I wonder how having a competition based on how well one looks in a swimsuit and evening gown is more than just a beauty pageant? There is a question round that helps determined the final winner, but could someone with a less-than-perfect body, with all the intellectual characteristics, enter and win this competition? I think not. I know a lot of intel-
ligent, well-mannered, and cultured women who would qualify for this competition, based solely on these characteristics — which the Organization says they must have. Myself, and a lot of others agree that pageants need to be fair and accepting to all different body types, and to the diverse looks of all cultures. After all, beauty is in the eye of the beholder! All this talk about beauty pageants has brought my attention more and more to Toddlers and Tiaras.
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HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH? Do beauty pageants send the wrong message to women and, worse yet, little girls? Have you watched this on TV lately? Or ever? In my mind, that program is absolutely disgusting. What
parent would want to dress up their baby, toddler, or young girl in a costume that sexualizes her at such
an early age? Or any age for that matter? I don’t have kids yet, but it seems just plain wrong to me. These kids are being dressed up with big hair, red lips, tons of makeup, high heels, short dresses, and even false breasts, by putting padding into their tops. Is this what the pageant industry has come to? Today, we, as a nation, are continually trying to treat this huge problem of poor body image, depression, and eating disorders (and I’ve suffered all three). Are we really trying to stop unhealthy lifestyles, or promote it with popularity, beauty, and success? With organizations and media continuing to thrive on only what’s on the outside, or what one or some people think is beautiful, we continue to lose touch with what really counts: who we really are. hairdooz@telus.net
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Would you eat a dog if you were visiting someplace where that was culturally accepted? Let us know at letters@thestew.ca. Don’t worry, we won’t tell anybody.
Everybody’s values are a little weird sometimes There are a lot of funny things about Korea. Most can be boiled down to a difference of values. For example, the Korean obsession with beauty is such that there is a street in Seoul famous for its long list of plastic surgeons and their hiply designed cutting clinics. It’s quite common for junior high girls to have their eyes widened, their lips puffed, their breasts enlarged, and their nose bridges brought forward. It’s even more common for them have had numerous ‘augmentations’ by the time they hit university. Another difference is that some folks here enjoy the taste of dog. I know! Terrible, eh? Admittedly, I’ve tried it once. Oh the shame! What can i say, other than, “When in Rome...” The truth is, it was spicy and gave me an upset stomach. I have not returned to try again. I have no intention to munch on Fido or Fluffy in the near future. But regardless of my personal choice to abstain, many here continue to chew on Benji. Koreans are also education-crazed. So much that, recently, the government here has cracked down on private institutions that operate between the hours of 12 midnight and 6 a.m.
One Seoul Searching By Michael Jones Students here study with a lunatic frenzy all to ensure enrollment in a top university. Over the last few years suicides have increased. As a result, the police now run sting operations designed to catch institutes that break the operating hour law. To us, these differences are funny. Perhaps they are a little disturbing. Before we call this culture a little kooky, however, we should look comparatively at our own culture. As an expat, I feel I’ve been able to do that a little more clearly over the years. North Americans may not be as plastic-surgerycrazed, but we seem to still enjoy tattooing ourselves religiously. There remain, too, those interested in piercing. This really is as equally bizarre. Folks in North America may not eat dog, but we do eat cute and fuzzy bunnies, as well as Bambi’s mother. Over the years I’ve had several
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people give this retort to my condemnation of their eating Marmaduke. Is there really a difference? At least it’s not cat. North Americans have their crazed lunacies too. Unlike Korea, however, ours exist on an individual level. They are numerous. They are as unique as the individuality we claim to love and cherish. All in all, humans really are the same. We simply wear different clothing — be it physical, cultural, spiritual. That said, we can also think of The Stew Magazine as a different kind of clothing. It’s unique, it is its own culture. And it has its own interesting quirks and characteristics. To me, that’s what makes it awesome. I feel very proud and honored to be a part of the product that Todd and the rest of The Stew crew have worked so diligently to design and distribute. They deserve a warm round of applause.
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Clap! Clap! Clap! Personally, I want to thank The Stew Magazine for providing space for my words. I look forward to continuing to serve them, and you, dear reader, here in the future. Although I realize I now may be hard to stomach since admitting I have tasted grilled Lassie. My hope, however, is that you can look past my betrayal of man’s best friend, and will continue to read both mine and the many other brilliant articles appearing in The Stew Magazine each month. In short, I hope you continue to grace these pages with your gentle, supportive, and intelligent eyes. Until next month, thanks for reading. sevenethics@thestew.ca
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