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Belle Plaine
Ness Creek Music Festival
Ice Age: Continental Drift
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Get Ready To Enjoy Some Great Live Music P10
Prairie Singer Talks 1940’s Appeal P12
This Franchise Needs To Become Extinct P15 Photo: courtesy of Victoria Johnson
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SK Hits New Record Number Of Employed
Resource Industries Driving Growth, Opposition Eyes Rising Unemployment Alex J MacPherson
Saskatoon, SK — Saskatchewan’s population is swelling, and so is the number of people working. In fact, more people have jobs now than at any time in provincial history — a fact the government says is seriously good news. “What stands out is the fact that we’re getting strong attention from outside the province,” says Alastair MacFadden, executive director labour market policy and program development at Saskatchewan Ministry of the Economy. “For people thinking of coming here, they can see that there is a future in this province.” MacFadden says that “at a basic level” it’s fair to say that job growth is an indicator of economic vitality. Last month, 548,900 Saskatchewan residents had jobs, over 82 percent of which were full-tine positions. About 13,300 jobs have been
created since last June, according to support the employment rate.” to Statistics Canada. At the same time, MacFadden The unemployment rate, which says similar growth in Alberta and at 4.5 percent is substantially lower Manitoba means Saskatchewan than the national average, is grow- must “distinguish itself as the desing. MacFadden isn’t worried; he tination of choice.” sees growth in unemployment as “We’re competing in a global a corollary of overall growth. market for talent now,” he explains. “If the population grows faster “People need to see our employthan the economy can absorb those ers as the employers of choice and people, you see they need to see changes in the “We’re competing in a our province as unemployment global market for talent the destination rate,” he explains, now.” of choice.” noting that many It is no secret -Alastair MacFadden that much of Saspeople come to Saskatchewan without a job offer. katchewan’s wealth is derived from MacFadden says he doesn’t think resource revenue, but MacFadden a trend is developing, but he does points out that primary industries agree that more can always be done require support from all sectors of to connect people with jobs. the economy. He cites a 13 percent increase in You don’t have success in minertraffic on SaskJobs.ca, the govern- als or petroleum, he says, without ment job search website, as a start- support from other professions like ing point: “When the worker from accountants, scientists and food outside Saskatchewan can connect service workers. with those job opportunities, and Cam Broten, opposition critic for arrives here with a job, that helps advanced education employment,
is concerned about the rising unemployment figure. The number of unemployed people has risen by 1,700 since last June, to 25,600, he says, adding that it’s important to remember the individuals. “Those are actual people,” he says. “I think it’s important to remember the actual families. Over the last few months it’s good to see increases in job growth, but when we look at the overall picture [the government] has been having concerns along the way.” Broten is worried that the province’s reputation is suffering
abroad. He says recent changes to the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program, which is intended to bring foreign workers into the province, have left the initiative “gutted”. “Word of those actions does indeed spread to…people who might be moving to Saskatchewan from other provinces,” he says. “It’ll be interesting to see what role those changes, which I think are short-sighted, may in fact have when we look at the numbers in the coming months,” he says. Feedback? Text it to 306-881-8372.
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Problem Drinking Reduced By Price Hike
Charging More For High-Alcohol Products Lessens Healthcare, Policing Costs Alex J MacPherson
SASKATOON, SK — A provincial government policy that raised the price of several highalcohol products appears to be influencing problem drinking, the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA) says. On April 1st, 2010, the government implemented a “social reference price” policy, a price floor established for different types of alcohol. Meant to curb abuse of high-alcohol products with low wholesale prices, the social reference price is based on the volume of alcohol in a given product. Other
provinces have social reference price increase represent less than prices, but Saskatchewan is the one percent of SLGA’s total sales, only one to link alcohol content and less than two percent of the and price. In total, 34 products — 2,200 available products. mainly malt liquor and cheap wine SLGA’s figures suggest the price — were affected, with prices grow- hike created a slump in sales of ing by as much as “high-risk” prod40 percent. “I think a lot of provinces ucts. High-alcohol “What we’re and territories can learn beer sales have trying to do is from [this].” fallen dramatically mitigate the since the increase, -Colleen Dell from 534,700 liharm,” Jim Engel, SLGA vice-president of policy tres sold in the 2009/2010 fiscal and planning, told the StarPhoenix. year, to 109,600 litres in 2011/2012. “We’ve been successful in reducSales of miscellaneous wine ing consumption of the high-risk products like sherry also took a product.” nosedive after the policy came The 34 products affected by the into effect, with sales falling from 299,700 litres in 2009/2010 to 203,500 litres in 2011/2012. “When you reduce the amount of pure alcohol consumption you reduce the harm,” Engel said. “If you incent someone to switch from a 10 or 12 [percent] beer to a five to six [percent] beer and they’re drinking the same volume, but with half the amount of alcohol, all the negative consequences are reduced.” Engel stated these consequences include the cost of healthcare, policing, and domestic violence. “We’re quite pleased,” he said. “We’re the first ones in Canada to go down this path this aggressively. But we were doing this to meet a particular objective. We weren’t doing it for status.” Colleen Dell, research chair in substance abuse at the University of Saskatchewan, thinks the price
increase will be a deterrent. Noting that binge drinking can have very serious short- and long-term consequences, Dell says most people
won’t dish out the money to pay for the higher alcohol content. “Why should you be getting larger amounts of alcohol for [less] money?” she says, adding that alcohol abuse costs Canadian taxpayers upwards of $18 billion each year, a figure that includes lost productivity and healthcare. “I have a hard time finding anything negative in this change,” she adds. “I’m really happy with it because it’s an example of where we have evidence and we have created change based on evidence, not based on ideology.” Critics of the policy have claimed that there does not appear to be a correlation between the volume of sales and the actual consumption of the liquor. Dell agrees that this is fair criticism. However, she points out that the numbers are still encouraging. “I think a lot of provinces and territories can learn from [this],” she says. Feedback? Text it to 306-881-8372.
Global
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Pet Households Keep Babies From Getting Sick Adam Hawboldt
Breast Size Gene
Researchers Identify DNA Link Adam Hawboldt
to survey questions that included their bra cup size and band size. Mountain View, CA — ReThe results showed a link, and searchers have identified seven the scientists also noted that two genetic markers that are intri- of the seven genetic markers for cately linked to a woman’s breast breast size have previously been size. linked to breast cancer. It has long been known that This suggests, at least to lead breast size is, researcher Nichin part, passed “[L]arger breast size olas Erik k son, down from gen- is associated with an that some of the eration to genera- increased risk of breast same pathways tion. that determine However, this cancer…” breast grow th -Adam Hawboldt also determine research is the first to locate specific genetic fac- breast cancer. tors that appear to determine the Previous studies have found that size of a woman’s breasts. larger breast size is associated with The study, conducted by ge- an increased risk of breast cancer netic testing company 23andMe, — especially in lean women. analyzed genetic data from 16,175 The study has been published females of European ancestry. online in the journal BMC Medical The researchers then compared Genetics. the data to the women’s answers Feedback? Text it to 306-881-8372.
Global At A Glance crime predictor — Santa Cruz police are using technology to help them predict crimes. The program, called PredPoli, shows a map of 500 by 500 foot areas where each type of crime is likely to occur by taking times and locations of previous crimes and cross-referencing them with sociological information on criminal behavior and patterns. Feedback? Text it to 306-881-8372.
Kuopio, Finland — There are some excellent reasons to own a pet. They’re cute, loyal, they make great companions and are an endless source of amusement. Oh, and they also make your children healthier. A recent study out of Finland found that children born into families with a cat or dog seem to be better able to ward off certain ill-
“The microbes in the dirt [in a pet’s coat] might somehow stimulate the child’s immune system…”
-Eija Bergoroth nesses than kids reared in pet-less families. The study, published in next month’s issue of Pediatrics, followed 397 children from before birth up until they were one year old, noting how many times they came in contact with their family dog or cat each week. The kids who had the most interaction with these animals had fewer respiratory issues and ear infections. What’s more, when they did get sick, they needed less medication than the other infants. Outdoor dogs were the best for keeping kids healthy, followed by indoor dogs and then cats. “We speculated that the more the dog is outside, the more dirt (and microbes) it might bring
inside,” says Dr. Eija Bergoroth, a pediatrician involved with the study. “The microbes in the dirt might somehow stimulate the child’s immune system and the immunologic responses to respiratory viruses and
bacteria later could then be more composed,” said Bergroth. “Or it might be something to do with the dog itself as an animal, like dander, but this also unsure.” Feedback? Text it to 306-881-8372.
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Learning Skills While You Sleep Possible: Study Adam Hawboldt Evanston, IL — You can learn new skills while you sleep, according to a new study. Participants in the Northwestern University study learned how
to play two artificially generated musical tunes with well-timed key presses. Then, while the participants took a 90-minute nap, researchers softly played them one of the tunes they’d practiced. After waking, participants made
fewer errors when playing the tune they heard while they slept. “Our results [show] that external stimulation during sleep can influence a complex skill,” says study author Ken A. Paller. Feedback? Text it to 306-881-8372.
‘Air Quotes’ Bad
Gesture Voted Most Annoying Adam Hawboldt
Worcester, ENGLAND — Do air quotes drive you crazy? You know, when people curl their index and middle fingers to make imaginary quotation marks to emphasize a point or to be sarcastic. If you can’t stand them, you’re not alone. In a recent survey conducted in England, air quotes were named the most irritating hand gesture used “Some can be seen as patronin daily communication. izing or unnecessarily dramatic, It finished ahead of “talk to the which is probably why so many of hand” (when someone extends us find them a little tedious.” their hand, open palm forward, The study, which asked 2,000 while look ing Britons about the away), “mind your “Some [gestures] can be most irsksome own business” seen as patronizing or non-obscene (touching a finger unnecessarily dramatic…” gestures, found to one’s nose) and that one in four -Ventutec Limited people tried to “blah blah blah” (when someone imitates a chatty avoid using hand gestures. mouth with their hand, like a sock What’s more, a third of those puppet talking). poled said they were less likely to “We all use hand gestures to trust someone who uses too many express ourselves from time to hand gestures. time and some have a stronger “Using too many [gestures] or place in our daily communication simply some of the more annoying than others,” says a spokesperson ones is a sure-fire way to losing for Ventutec Limited, the software credibility,” adds the spokesperson. developer that ordered the study. Feedback? Text it to 306-881-8372.
Global At A Glance smart headlights — Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute have developed a new “smart headlight” that uses a sensor and thousands of tiny mirrors to only shine light
between drops of precipitation. “If you’re driving in a thunderstorm, the smart headlights will make it seem like a drizzle,“ says CMU’s Srinivasa Narasimhan. Feedback? Text it to 306-881-8372.
Offbeat
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Cows Given Fancy Wine To Create Better Beef Adam Hawboldt
Drive-A-Tank Biz
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Pay To Crush Cars, Mobile Homes Adam Hawboldt
owned by the government,” owner Tony Borglum told ABCNews.com. K asota, Minnesota — “It’s not real complicated. If you Quick question: How much mon- want to drive a tank and shoot maey would you pay to fire off a chine guns you come to us.” couple of rounds The 25-yearwith a machine “If you want to drive a old opened the gun, then drive tank and shoot machine business on a 20a real live tank? guns you come to us.” acre site about If you go to 8 0 k ilometres -Tony Borglum outside of MinMinnesota-based company Drive-A-Tank, it’ll run you neapolis three years ago, and is $549. now the owner of 11 Cold War-era Want to crush a car, two cars, vehicles and a wide array of historic or drive straight through a mo- machine guns. bile home? Just add $549, $749 or And business is booming, with $3,500, respectively. nearly a third of the available dates “It’s the only place in the world between now and October already where you can drive tanks and fully booked. shoot machine guns that isn’t Feedback? Text it to 306-881-8372.
World’s Oldest Purse Dug Up Adam Hawboldt
Leipzig, Germany — Excavators at a site near Leipzig, Germany, recently unearthed what could be the world’s oldest purse in a grave dated between 2,500 and 2,200 B.C. Diggers preparing the area to become a mine found more than a hundred dog teeth in a small grid. “Over the years the leather or
fabric disappeared, and all that’s left is the teeth,” says archaeologist Susanne Friedrich. “They’re all pointing in the same direction, so it looks a lot like a modern handbag flap.” The site also yielded Stone and Bronze Age settlements, spear points, tools, buttons, ceramics and an amber necklace. Feedback? Text it to 306-881-8372.
Offbeat At A Glance Edible Crickets — Would you eat an
energy bar made from crickets? Pat Crowley, owner of a company called Chapul, thinks you will. Chapul grinds crickets into a powder and mixes it
with other ingredients. There are two flavours: peanut butter and chocolate; and ginger, coconut and lime. The process is derived from ancient Aztec custom. Feedback? Text it to 306-881-8372.
Lunel-Viel, France — Lucky cows on a farm in France are enjoying two bottles of high quality wine per day, as farmers attempt to create the best beef in Europe. Farmer Jean-Charles Tastavy
says the diet leads to “happy cows” who produce an exceptionally succulent meat dubbed “Vinbovin”. “For each animal, alcohol intake should be equivalent to the amount recommended by health authorities for a man - namely two or three glasses ... a day, [so] between a litre
and a litre-and-a-half a day,” says Tastavy. “[The meat] has a very special texture — beautiful, marbled and tender, and which caramelizes during cooking,” explains Michelinstarred chef Laurent Pourcel. Feedback? Text it to 306-881-8372.
Food
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Tamarind is the sticky brown pulp from the pods of a type of pea tree, but there’s much more to it than that. Tamarind is a condiment ■spice found in South Asian cuisine.
Tamarind grows on ever■green tropical trees native
to Africabut also grow in the tropical and subtropical regions of South Asia, South America and the Caribbean.
There are several varieties of ■tamarind trees which produce different types of fruit. The fruit range in taste from sweet to sweet-and-sour to eye-wateringly, mouth-puckeringly sour.
can also be used ■as Tamarind a silver polish.
Tasty Burmese At Golden Pagoda
Photos: Courtesy of Adam Hawboldt
Downtown Restaurant Serves Up Asian Dishes With A Smile Adam Hawboldt
If you’ve ever had Burmese cuisine before, you know just how incredibly good it is. If not, here’s the best advice you’re going to receive all week: finish this article, drop whatever you’re doing and head directly to the Golden Pagoda. Do not hesitate. Just get up and
go. You’ll be happy you did. Spicy Ginger Lemon Grass Curry. Located in southeast Asia, Burma On paper, you look at this and think, (aka Myanmar) is bordered by India “Hmm, sounds Thai.” But once you to the west, China to the east, and see how it’s presented, once you Thailand and Laos notice the orange to the southeast. “The chicken is tender, broth, once you As you’d expect, the lemongrass-to-garlic- sink your teeth Burmese cuisine to-ginger ratio is perfect.” into it, you’ll reis influenced by all alize the dish is -Adam Hawboldt unmistakably difthese neighbouring culinary powerhouses, but it ferent than its Thai cousin. You’ll still manages to stand out with its also realize it’s unmistakably deliown flavours. cious. The chicken is tender, the Take the LaHpet Thoke, for ex- lemongrass-to-garlic-to-ginger ample. A salad that mixes pickled ratio is perfect. And the spice? Ideal. green tea leaves with cabbage, Speaking of spice, at the Golden roasted lima beans, roasted yellow Pagoda it’s your choice. The scale split peas and roasted sesame seed, ranges from 2 (mild) to 8 (wildly this dish is unlike anything I’ve ever hot), and everything in between. eaten before. Crunchy and savoury, Me, I went with 5 and it was just the dish is held together with a what the food doctor ordered — delectable tamarind dressing that spicy enough to pack a punch, but really brings the salad to life. Yum. not too spicy to actually taste the Then there’s the Jin Chet, or food. And boy is it tasty. The traditional
Burmese curry, known as A Thar Hin, is made from soft, succulent chunks of beef and the garam masala spice is flown in from overseas. The PhanLan Town Mwe (asparagus stir fry) is sweet and salty and all kinds of good. And the tempura squash sticks I had for an appetizers come with a tamarind sauce that will rock your world. As for the restaurant itself, it’s cozy, there is interesting artwork on the walls and the staff is extremely friendly. So not only does the Golden Pagoda serve incredibly good food, but it serves with a smile and warmth. What more can you ask for in a restaurant? Feedback? Text it to 306-881-8372.
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Opinion
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Global Warming Debaters Need To Chill
Poor Behaviour From Both Sides Is Hurting Our Chances Of Finding Solutions Editors of VeRb
involved in the environmental debate stops the political blustering, saskatoon, SK — Once upon puts the bellyaching on pause and a time ago, in the not-so-distant realizes that an issue like this goes past, the time-honoured recipe way beyond self-interest. for success in Canadian politics In the oft-misquoted words of was simple. Political parties Rodney King: “Can’t we all just get straddled the centre to appeal to along?” the widest posThat’s what we sible audience. “It’s time for … a little feel is the best soThey acted as bit of political kiss-andlution here. And brokers, medi- make-up clemency.” apparently so too ated between does the Canada -Verb’s editors West Foundation, different interest groups, worked to help dispa- a Calgary-based research group. rate regions — and all was good. In a recent report entitled KeepMy oh my, how things change! ing Pace: Improving Environmental These days the atmosphere on Decision Making in Canada, the Parliament Hill is what some might foundation argued that: “People call “bitterly partisan.” are defaulting to polarized posiSaddled with an us-versus-them tions rather than seeking deep mentality, it seems like our political engagement on solutions. People parties are pulling farther apart, are not coming together but driftfighting more, talking less and, in ing apart. Conflict is easier than doing so, are polarizing this grand problem solving.” country of ours. The report goes on to say that, Never is this more evident than “the debate [over the environment] when the issue of the environment is brought up. On the right side of the divide you have the Harper government and right wing think tanks. They provoke the left by saying ecologists are manufacturing global warming hysteria to make a quick buck and accusing environmental groups of laundering money from foreign interest groups. They lump environmentalists in with white supremacists as threats to the Canadian public, harass green poster-boy David Suzuki enough that he resigns from his own foundation and discredit anyone interested in environmental issues as a crazy tree-hugging hippie that wants to destroy the economy. Then, on the left of the divide, you have green organizations and the other political parties who aren’t behaving any better. Over there, they’re protesting 250,000 strong in the streets of Montreal, declaring Harper a fascist dictator. They’re calling for the immediate shutdown of any oil related development in Canada, claiming our government is selling out our country to Chinese megacoporations and carrying caskets through the streets decrying the death of the scientific method. Frankly, we here at Verb think all of this is a tad foolish. We think it’s time everybody
has become characterized by deeply divided camps that hinder attempts to achieve consensus” and that “we need to break down the silos that hamper effective intergovernmental cooperation; [and] move beyond the polarized thinking that smothers consensus.” Here, here! It’s time for cooperation and maybe even a little bit of political
kiss-and-make-up clemency. We know that with such a wide array of affected parties, heated rhetoric, competing scientific claims, incomplete and misleading information and steadfast ideologies, consensus on the environment may have little more than a snowball’s chance in hell (or a glacier’s chance in future Earth). Yet, we have to try.
People on all sides of this debate need to sit down, put a smile on their faces (or at least stop growling and spitting venom for a few minutes), open their ears and minds and begin exploring reasonable solutions to a very real and serious problem. If we can’t do that, we’re in bigger trouble that we thought. Feedback? Text it to 306-881-8372.
Feature
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Ness Creek Festival Celebrates 22 Years
Annual Event Features Great Live Music, Eco Village, Focus On Sustainability Sebastien Dangerfield
saskatoon, sk — The first time Jaki French attended the Ness Creek music festival she knew it was special. “It was the community engagement,” explains French. “Even though it’s a large event, the first time I went there it still felt like one big community.” That first visit came back in 1994. Now, 18 years later, French is the festival’s administrative director and says the festival has remained
true to its roots. vendors share different sustain“When it began, it was called the able products and services. We also Ecological Fair, which was basically have a green dream team, where a bunch of people who came to- we partnered with Affinity Credit gether, held ecological workshops, Union to look at educational and had music,” says practical greening “[T]he first time I went [to initiatives for the French. Now in its 22nd Ness Creek] it still felt like festival — from year, the festival one big community.” recycling to commay be called posting,” explains -Jaki French French. something different and may be much, much bigger, “Part of the identity of the fesbut the same ethos that started it tival is that it’s in the boreal forest. all still governs the event. We have a strong ecological bent “We have an eco village where because we want to protect that
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part of the forest and make our impact as light as it can be.” Not only do organizers want to limit their environment impact, they also want to promote wellness, sustainability and excellent music. So on the music side of things they’ve put together a formidable lineup that consists of acts such as Whitehorse, Castle River, We Were Lovers, Belle Plaine and Indigo Joseph, to name just a few. The last name on that list — Indigo Joseph — is an up-and-coming rock band from Regina. And like French nearly two decades before, this will be the first trip to Ness Creek for the talented quartet. “Never played and never been,” says drummer Eric Tessier. “But in both cases we’re very excited,” he continues. “We have a lot of friends who’ve gone over the years, and, increasingly, we’ve been hearing more and more great things about it. It’s for sure going to be the highlight of
our summer.” Also like French, the guys in Indigo Joseph understands the inherent closeness and togetherness that’s fostered at Ness Creek. “From what we can tell it’s very much a community,” says Tessier. “It’s a great chance to meet people up close and personal. At a festival like this you’re there overnight, usually. People are all camping together, sitting around fires listening to music and sharing stories. In a setting like that, you really have a chance to get to know the people you’re playing with better, other bands and fans. Festivals are the greatest thing for both musicians and music fans a like.” So if you’re interested in attending the this year’s Ness Creek Music Festival (which, by the way, is held in Big River and runs from July 19th to the 22nd) visit the website at www. nesscreek.com. There you’ll find tickets, information about all the different musical acts, and more. Feedback? Text it to 306-881-8372.
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Hot Panda: Lo-Fi Rockers Keep It Organic
Photo: courtesy of the artist and Headmusic
This Chill Group From Edmonton On Bringing The Live-Show Vibe To An Album Alex J MacPherson
“I think this album does a good job of capturing what I want the Saskatoon, SK — Different band to be about,” Connelly says of generations, unsurprisingly, Go Outside. “Go outside, go outside adopt different ways of view- of your comfort zone, put yourself ing the world and broadcast- out there in an unapologetic way.” ing their identities. Some are Connelly is alluding to the band’s cynics, others peaceniks; it just infamous live show, which ranges depends on what’s happening. between disastrously shambolic What’s happening now is irony. and brilliantly shambolic. (They’re My generation is consumed by getting better at the latter and it, and nowhere is this collec- reducing instances of the former, tive vision more he tells me.) This evident than in “Real craziness goes over is important bethe music of Hot well live but on a record cause Hot Panda Panda, a lo-fi you can afford to be a are primarily a rock outfit from live band. Their little subtler.” Edmonton. records do a bet-Chris Connelly ter than average Hot Panda is an ironically unironic band, which job of capturing the beer-drenched is much more sophisticated than electricity crackling through their being, simply, an ironic band. It’s shows, but nothing compares to what the hep-cats are doing, I’m the real thing. told. They have songs called “Shoot “I’m aware that records aren’t Your Horse,” “One in the Chest, One live shows,” Connelly muses, choosin the Head,” and — magnificently ing his words carefully. “They’re — “F*ck Sh*t Up.” Singer Chris Con- very different; both have things nelly delivers these and other songs you can do better to enhance them. without a trace of irony. Hot Panda’s Real craziness goes over well live latest album, Go Outside, features on but on a record you can afford to its cover a photograph of a naked be a little subtler.” man diving into a backyard pool. He isn’t exaggerating: for a His penis, need I say it, is exposed garage rock band, Hot Panda can for all to see. An unironically ironic be remarkably subtle when they penis. But here’s the thing: maybe want to be. Although dominated our obsession with irony has gone by balls-to-the-wall guitars, thuntoo far. derous drums, and Hiltz’s sensaIt’s easy to see Hot Panda as the tional bass riffs, each track on Go musical expression of collective Outside is underscored by complex frustration, an outlet for the angst arrangements and multiple layers and worry felt by thousands of kids of sound, each sheet adding depth across the country. But that lens and volume. enlarges our desire to see some“Normally,” Connelly muses,” I thing that isn’t real; strip it away, kind of come up with some ideas and you’re left with a delightfully for songs. By ideas I mean a chord chaotic, fun-loving rock band that progression or something. Then we sounds like a train about to go off just kind of jam on it and arrange it the rails. And that’s just what Con- together. We have a very don’t say nelly, Maghan Campbell, Heath no to stuff, try stuff idea. The idea Parsons, and Catherine Hiltz want is to not be afraid of music.” you to hear. At the same time, Connelly
makes it clear that working in the studio is not ideal. “We do like lo-fi music,” he says of the band’s distinctive fuzzbox-enhanced sound. “We like music to feel like it’s very organic. It’s tough in the studio — all of a sudden you have headphones on [and that’s] not the way we’re used to performing.”
Which brings us back to the live show. Connelly and his bandmates are becoming well-known for touring incessantly. He says they’re getting more comfortable onstage; I asked when he knows that the band has played a good show. He didn’t hesitate to answer: “Normally, you’re sweating a lot, that’s a good
sign.” Feedback? Text it to 306-881-8372.
Event Info
Hot Panda
Where: Amigos Cantina When: Jul 21 Cost: Tickets available at the door
American Duo Keeps Heartland Bluegrass Alive alex j macpherson
saskatoon, sk — Gillian Welch and David Rawlings are, surprisingly, controversial figures. Some people see the pair of bluegrass musicians as crusaders, champions of a vital part of American culture. Others regard them as usurpers, transplants to Nashville bent on coopting sacred Appalachian music
for their own purposes. But, as Rawlings told The New Yorker in 2004, Hemingway wrote The Old Man and the Sea and he wasn’t a commercial fisherman or from Cuba. Welch and Rawlings are partners, onstage and off. Welding their experiences to enduring bits and pieces of Americana — bluegrass, country, Appalachian music, and early rock and roll — they have
spent more than a decade creating a world populated by drinkers and addicts, soldiers and criminals, reckless rich folks and poor people who can’t catch a break. “I certainly feel like if we don’t do this, it’s not gonna exist anywhere. When we were kind of silent for those half dozen years, a couple of artist friends took me aside and said, as a way of being creative cheerleaders, ‘You just have to make another record, you just have to do it.’” When, as Welch says, “all this creative encouragement ganged up on us,” she and Rawlings made 2011’s The Harrow & The Harvest, material rendered lifelike and heartbreakingly potent by the power of two voices and two guitars. “I’m getting a sense that the record seems to be addressing a sense of loss that people are feeling as Americans right now. They feel our star fading a bit.” Feedback? Text it to 306-881-8372.
ArtsSect &C
Five Qs With Bell
Prairie Songstress Talks ‘40s Appea Alex J MacPherson
down to the type of ensemble we chose. I’ve heard that the quality of Belle Plaine has been every- my voice is something that lends where and seen it all. After studying that nostalgic feel to things, but I’m jazz at Grant MacEwan University in too close to it to really make sense Edmonton she worked at a record- of that comment. ing studio before attending univerAJM: What is it about the ‘40s that sity in Victoria. Then she took off for appeals to you? Australia, where she waitressed at a MH: I think it was just an apseries of dodgy restaurants before proach. It was a time where you moving home to could play the Saskatchewan. “[T]he way that I perform same club six And through it now is often in people’s nights in a row. all Belle Plaine, homes.” And people whose real name would come, -Belle Plaine dress up, go out is Melanie Hankewich, wrote and performed music. for dinner, listen to music. There Evoking a certain nostalgia, Han- was an appreciation for that kind kewich’s latest record, Notes from of entertainment that doesn’t really a Waitress, offers a contemporary exist in most urban centres. There’s take on swing jazz from the ‘40s. It a few places where it happens, but sums up her view of music in spec- … it went out of fashion 20 years tacular fashion; it is a yearning for ago. A piece of me really misses the past and a hint of possibility. I that. It’s nice to be able to do one caught up with Hankewich to chat place, play the shows, and make about the appeal of the ‘40s, house a living. concerts, and the prairie sound. AJM: Why do you think it went Alex J MacPherson: Your music out of fashion? has the ability to transport the listenMH: I have no idea! I don’t even er through time. Is that intentional, or think I can speculate on that. I don’t just what came out when you wrote really know why we’ve lost that and played these songs? enjoyment of going out and listenMelanie Hankewich: With the ing to live music, and the way that I album Notes from a Waitress, a lot of perform now is often in people’s the songs were intentionally writ- homes. We do ten to reflect a swing era, a 1940’s Peggy Lee musicality. That came
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The Besnard Lakes On Their Experimental, Atmospheric Sound Alex J Macpherson
le Plaine
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al, House Concerts a lot of venue shows, but we do a lot of house concerts, and that’s a real shift in the way people are going to see music. We were having trouble getting that crowd out to a venue, so essentially what we’re doing is coming to them. AJM: Your music seems really conducive to that sort of a concert. It’s music that you really have to listen to. MH: I guess for us, we certainly feel more comfortable in a listening room, because a lot of the songs we play, they can’t compete with a lot of chatter. They don’t feel like they have a real home in a pub. Some pubs are okay, depends on the crowd, but it’s certainly something we seek out. AJM: What does it mean to you to be a working musician here? MH: Something that we’ve heard when we’ve been on tour, especially in Ontario, is that I had this very specific prairie sound to my music, which I found very interesting because, of course, as I mentioned I’m so close to it, it’s my work, and of course I’m writing and drawing in some places images from the prairies. But it’s kind of unintentional, and I try not to direct it too much to any one place. Feedback? Text it to 306881-8372.
sound has slowly aligned itself with the city. Their first record, Volume SASKATOON, SK — Some bands 1, was appreciated by some and are so closely tied to a city, or the ignored by many; only 1,000 copies idea of a city, that one could not ex- were produced. Their sophomore ist without the other. Imagine Wilco effort, Besnard Lakes are the Dark without Chicago or the Hold Steady Horse, fared better. Welding drivwithout the Twin ing rock guitars Cities: impossible. “[At first] nobody was and drums to The same holds giving a sh*t or paying what Lasek calls true for the Bes- attention to us.” “the long sort of nard Lakes and atmospheric sh*t -Jace Lasek that we do,” Dark Montreal — they are inextricably, inexorably linked. Horse captures a band discovering Jace Lasek, who with his wife its sound. Olga Goreas forms the creative “I think maybe the thing that heart of the band, was surprised links Montreal music is the exwhen I asked him about how his perimentalism,” Lasek muses. group has come to exemplify the “It’s almost like a mandate [to] do Montreal sound. “Oh wow,” he said, adding that he had “absolutely not” thought about the relationship between his band and the city’s sound. “It’s Besnard Lakes Ness Creek Music Festival funny because basically we called Where: July 20 - 22 the second record Besnard Lakes When: Cost: $30 - $50 are the Dark Horse because back in 2007 we were watching all of our Belle Plaine friends become successful and go Where: Ness Creek Music Festival July 20 - 22 out and tour. Montreal was sort of When: Cost: $30 - $50 the hip, happening place to check out new bands, and we were just Gillian Welch totally getting overlooked — no- Where: Odeon Events Centre July 26 body was giving a sh*t or paying When: Cost: $27.50/$30 @ Theodeon.ca attention to us.” Want some coverage for your upcoming Surprising or not, the band’s event? Email layout@verbnews.com ASAP!
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something different and strange and weird. There’s such a rich history of experimental music in Montreal. People in Montreal who are either from here or moved here feel like they have to have some experimental mandate to push music forward.” This sums up what the band’s latest projects, Roaring Night and
a soundtrack-cum-EP called You Lived in the City, are about. The band has carved out a niche somewhere between straightforward rock and post-structuralist experimentalism. Exactly what you’d expect from one of the country’s most vibrant and progressive cities. Feedback? Text it to 306-881-8372.
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Intriguing Gangster Feels Clichéd
Real Canadian Criminal Lead More Entertaining Life Than Plot
Morlando paints Boyd (Scott Speedman) as a flamboyant thief with personality to spare. You know, the kind of gangster who raids his wife Doreen’s (Kelly Reilly) make-up kit, paints his face, Runtime: 105 Minutes points his luger at bank tellers and Rated: 14A tap dances on bank counters. The kind of bank robber who Adam Hawboldt smiles at women and makes them swoon. Edwin Boyd was a family man With that kind of chutzpah and from Toronto. He was a bus driv- personality, it’s only a matter of er, an aspiring actor, a decorated time before Boyd becomes a mewar hero. dia darling and Toronto’s favourite Edwin Boyd was also (and still criminal. is) the most popular and notoriAnd for a while things go swell. ous bank robber But then, like in our nation’s “As an interesting little most bad guys, history. slab of Canadian history, Boyd is caught Think of him as it is great. And the acting and thrown in jail. a cross between There, he Robin Hood and is pretty solid too…” hooks up with a -Adam Hawboldt gang of thugs, Baby Face Nelson, or a maybe even a northern version breaks out of prison and forms the John Dillinger. Boyd Gang. At least that’s how writer/direcMore crime ensues. tor Nathan Morlando wants you to WIthout spoiling too much of think of him. the movie, let me just mention of In his debut film, Citizen Gangster, couple of pertinent things.
Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster
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First, Citizen Gangster is a goodlooking film. In the hands of cinematographer Steve Cosens, a gorgeous world of muted grays and cold blues really adds to the tone and atmosphere. Second, in the early going Citizen Gangster is a fairly intriguing film. At its core, the story is an absorbing study of a man in the ‘50s — a World War II veteran, family man, wannabe actor — pushed to the dark side in order to make ends meet. Yes, in the early going, this is good stuff indeed. But then, unfortunately, Boyd gets put in jail, meets his future gang and the story sinks into one cliché after another. The gang, you’ll recognize anywhere. There’s the brawn (Kevin Durand), the joker (Brendan Fletcher), the hanger-on (Joseph Cross) and, of course, the showman-like boss — Boyd. Naturally, the gang is pursued
by a hell-bent detective (William Mapother), who receives help from an unexpected source. And, in the end, Citizen Gangster ends pretty much how you would expect. So was it a good film? Well, yes and no. As an interesting little slab of Canadian history, it is great. And the acting is pretty solid too — Speedman plays Boyd with an easy, unaffected charm, while Reilly is all kinds of good as his wife. Yet the narrative tends to sag at times and, as the film approaches its conclusion, you may find yourself thinking, “Not too shabby, but I liked it better when it was called Public Enemy and directed by Michael Mann.” Or at least that’s what I was thinking. Edwin Boyd will be playing at Roxy Theatre beginning July 20th. Feedback? Text it to 306-881-8372.
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Ice Age Franchise Needs To Become Extinct
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3D Format, Lots Of Action Can’t Make Up For Formulaic Plot, Lack Of Laughs Ice Age: Continental Drift Runtime: 94 Minutes Rated: G Adam Hawboldt Nobody likes to be the bearer of bad news. It’s an ugly job, but someone’s got to do it. And, unfortunately, this week that someone has to be me. You know all those lovable animals from the Ice Age movies? Manny the mammoth, Diego the sabre-toothed tiger, Sid the sloth. Well, it’s about time for them — and the rest of the creatures in the franchise — to become extinct. To be put down, for good. Harsh, I know. But hear me out.
The first film (Ice Age), released 10 years ago, was terrific. The next movie (Ice Age 2: The Meltdown) was pretty good and the third film (Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs) was just ho-hum, but the most recent entry into the franchise, Ice Age: Continental Drift 3D, is downright formulaic. Pedestrian. Uninventive. Stale, even. Like in the previous three films the main trio — Manny (Ray Romano), Diego (Denis Leary) and Sid (John Leguizamo) — have to overcome adversity. Instead of humans, melting ice or dinosaurs, this time around the world is literally falling apart after Scrat’s (Chris Wedge) never-ending pursuit of his precious acorn causes a seismic shift that tears the prehistoric continent of Pangea apart. When the shift happens, Manny, Diego, Sid and Sid’s granny (Wanda Sykes) are set adrift on an ice
flow. Left behind are Manny’s wife Now, you may be thinking, “Pi(Queen Latifah) and his daughter rates? Really, another pirate movie? Peaches (Keke Palmer) — who is Just what we need. While they’re at now a teenager, it, why don’t they interested in boys “[I]t’s the same old drawn- jump on the zomand desperate out schtick as the first bie and vampire to fit in with the three movies…” bandwagon too?” “cool” crowd. If that was -Adam Hawboldt your initial reRight, so as you may have guessed, the rest of the action, well, it’s understandable. story involves our trio of heroes But before you condemn Ice Age 4 and grandma trying desperately to stooping to use pirates, know this: get back to their prehistoric home. The pirates are easily the best part Along the way they must battle of the movie. It pains me to type storms, sirens (like, from Homer’s that, but it’s true. Odyssey) and pirates. Led by the villainous ape piYes, pirates. The gang must bat- rate, Captain Gutt (voice by Peter tle (evade is more like it) a horde of Dinklage, aka Game of Thrones’ swashbuckling buccaneers in order Tyrion Lannister), this ramshackle to get home. crew consisting of a tiger (Jennifer
Lopez), elephant seals, kangaroos and prehistoric rabbits provide most of the laughs in an otherwise not-so-funny film. That being said, even though it’s the same old drawn-out schtick as the first three movies and even though it’s the least funny film of the franchise, it won’t matter a lick as far as kids are concerned. With more action than ever before, more than enough childish sight gags to go around, and the 3D treatment, Ice Age: Continental Drift will do just fine money-wise. It might not eclipse the near $900 million the last Ice Age did at the box office. Then again it might. So much for extinction. Feedback? Text it to 306-881-8372.
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This Week: Civil Servants’ Health
Last week we asked what you thought about federal workers’ sick days — here’s what you had to say. Next week’s topic: see page 9 — what do you think about both sides of the global warming
On Topic maybe civil servants call in sick everyday cuz they get treated like sh*t by the public and their management everyday. ask any busdriver 20000 federal workers call in sick What do you expect The boss is a dick 15 SICK DAYS 4 CIVIL
debate putting aside their rhetoric to work together? Text FEEDBACK and your thoughts about the topic (or anything else) to 306–881-VERB (8372) and you could see your text printed in next week’s issue! SERVANTS TOO MANY HOW B0UT MPS N SENATORS WHO GET DOUGH 4 NO SHOW just read your ‘civil servants’ article again and am alarmed at your lack of information. do u guys research anything or just spew? So ur crappin allover civil servants get in line with every other
frickn person guess ill just take a day off to deal with the sh** people send my way I don’t think there’s any issue with employees being granted sick days with pay, but there clearly is an issue when the system is being abused. Most workplaces wouldn’t stand for that kind of flagrant disregard for responsibility, but then again: this is the government. Is anyone surprised? That’s crazy so many people call in sick and the amount it costs taxpayers. I’m sure there’s people who don’t abuse the system but they’re overshadowed by the losers that use it freely to give themselves holidays etc. This needs to be reigned in asap! Lots of union jobs have this kind of abuse in them sick pay or slackin off. They work super crappy jobs I get it and I’d do the same if I was them but why do we let this go in just because theyre in a union? i have a stressful job to. I have personal issues in my own life that weigh on me at work. I have a family to feed and work hard to provide for my kids. But for some reason we’re supposed to be okay with the fact that government workers have it harder? U know what? I get called a bitch all the time at my job (customer service). Not fair and this needs to stop. I work for the government and have
the benefit of paid sick days, and I see it abused all the time. I know it’s wrong but I’ve done it too — everyone else does, and there’s nothing done to stop it, so why not? I enjoy those long weekends I give myself :) And no my job isn’t overly stressful, no more so than anyone else’s. Civil servants put up with a ton of disrespect from all sorts of people, and I fully support there right to paid sick days. But maybe we all could get in on this? Sounds like you guys are just jealous :D Calm down verb this doesn’t affect you. Unless your taxpayers. Oh wait.... I’m not sure I see what the big deal is. So what if they take off a little extra time? They work in a job that has set up a system where this is permitted. This is an outrage I can’t believe how much we are paying so some of these paper pushers can freely take sick days whenever they feel like it. Classic case of a few bad apples ruining it for the rest of us. Ur opinion is of base. Get ur facts right before blowin up all over us. We put up with Bulls*** you have no idea so ya
Off Topic Re: “We Think Euthanasia Should Be Legalized,” Opinion page, June 29th issue
Euthanasia is wrong! Even though they might suffer let God decide when it’s time
putting people down is murder plain and simple! Re: “Zombie Theme Park Eyed,” Offbeat page, July 6th issue
i think its a fab idea if detroit can get a zombie theme park! it’ll breath life into that dead city something its in dsperate need of! wish us canadians thought of a zombie theme park! :) Re: “5 Qs With April Doepker,” Arts & Culture,” July 6th issue
Hi A, your article on trains/art got me to go to the opening and what a great show. The title is so cool cause its like their groceries r paint cans (grocery cart full of spray cans) and often they (spray paint cans) r linked to vandalism graffiti but not with these artists. Pretty cool for sure and great work by both. Talented for sure…thx..Steve..B-) Our society should reduce the amount of stuff it consumes. We do not need to buy so much stuff. Seriously, do we really need to buy in bulk just to have the rest put away in storage? We are eating away at the earth’s resources and cutting down forests at an astonishing rate yet we aren’t replenishing nearly enough. We are filling up our landfills with junk. Earth does not have infinite amounts of resources. We have to do more to help renew our resources. We need to allow our forests to grow back like they once were. Stop buying so much stuff and then there will be no need to produce so much of it.
Texts My Dear Dear Dear GTF0 says it all !
Ever wonder what’s the difference between naked and buck naked or naked as jaybird? How do you blow the whistle on someone who is stealing from the company but you don’t want to get in trouble for turning them in? Motor vehicles are starting to talk. I suspect women really want a car that listens. A lot of money gets sucked up by justice system healtcare social programs and various NGOs who supposedly address the problems of street people the poorest. Somewhere in all that spending on inner city problems you’d think the money to house a few homeless people should be found. Address one of the main problems! Why do people feel the need to swear to express themselves? Have we as a society not progressed enough that we could not have better choice words to express ourselves? Are people afraid others will not take them seriously or by swearing do people think there is better emphasis on their words? It’s very annoying not to mention extremely redundant when a person utters the ‘f’ word over and over and over and over in a conversation. I thought people went to school to become more educated and to give themselves more options, not to limit
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their options. F&CK I HATE THAT STUPID SONG ‘’CALL ME MAYBE’’ EVERYWHERE I GO I HEAR IT STUPIDEST SONG EVER!!! ):-( The program called RID which is designed to remove intoxicated drivers from our streets is a good thing. But what about texters? We should have a program to text in texters but then it would be called TIT. Thx for pushing ur personal agenda by only printing texts that support euthanasia. Ur about as one sided as Fox News. Congrats Now that it has been a year that my dad has been gone and almost 2 months my mom has been gone, I still miss them both and love them, time heals the hurt. They will always be in my thoughts and prayers for one day it will be my turn to leave this life and meet them again. YB Not to happy with the crime in this city our apt windows got broke by some punk kid with a bat. Grrr ):-( I have an eye problem. I can’t see myself working today. Storms certainly sound like God is coming for you with a big stick. Golden rule of cool then or now only a tool self identifies as such Smoking is like farting. Many people can’t help but do it but nobody wants to smell it. So
try and do it out of the way. Thank you. How Do U Tell Someone U Want Them To Live. They Keep Junking They’ll Eventually Die... Or At Least Their Soul Will. What Do You Do? It’s my mess. I know exactly where everything is. So don’t clean it up. People just don’t understand me or identify with me. I try to be friendly to people but at the end of the day I’m still alone. Need help making friends. Atheists being amazing is a load of crap! Did you know that the signs for Leif Erickson park on Ave P have different spellings depending on whether you enter the park from the northwest or the southwest corner?
Rider pride! Go green glad to see everyone with their pride out on the streets!!!!!!!! Thx for the tornado advice I know what to do now :) Totally agree with txt about film tax credit. The benefit might not have been visible in dollars and cents but supporting the arts that are here is vitally important to our health as a society. Arts and culture matter so so so much. Please give them a chance to live here again! Twitter: I might finaly be ready to commit, after being massively skeptical. U know what I hate when people complain about how hot it is its summer. N you wined all winter about cold and now its hot and u hate that 2 Make up ur minds LOL
Does anybody remember spray on cheese? Mmmmm! :-) Can’t seem to find it anywhere does anybody know?
Your right smoking is a personal choice and yes I don’t choose to do it. But why should I have to move elsewhere to get away from the stink? That doesn’t seem fair now, does it?
To the person who texted about the Philipino girl they had a crush on: did u hear from her? What happend?
THE LAST SASKATCHEWAN PIRATE IS THE BEST THING EVER!!!!!! Lookin for jolly Roger on Regina’s mighty
shores LOL :D Hey u bring ur kids to the beach try to keep an eye on em I know there young and I get they run around but I got stepped on like 3 times and that’s crazy. Just want to relax :) And before u all freak out I Have kids 2 and teach them to be chill around others. I get kids r kids but comeon The opinions expressed on this page are not necessarily Verb’s.
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Wakeride 2012 Event
WakeRide at Victoria Park, FridaySunday July 6th-8th, 2012
Featured Artists Photos courtesy of Patrick Carley (feedback@verbnews.com)
K’naan, MSTRKRFT, Chali 2na, Library Voices, LA Riots
Featured Riders
Rusty Malinoski, Ollie Jerome & Aaron Rathy
Attendance
15,000 people over three days
Purpose
All pro ceeds go to lo cal organizations for inner city and at risk youth, including White Buffalo Youth Lodge, KidSport, The Dream Brokers Program and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Saskatoon and Area
Attractions
Wakeboard, skateboard, BMX and motocross demos, two nights of concerts, a slider pool in Victoria Park, beer gardens!
Unique Twist
Family Zone included a free hot dog lunch, 22 community groups exhibiting sports and recreational activities, and the Saskatoon Firefighters Slip ‘n Slide that saw SIGA donate $1 per slider to the Firefighter Pediatric Fund
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Photos courtesy of Michelle Berg (feedback@verbnews.com)
Music
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adult contemporary artist behind only Barbara Streisand and Elton John. 8pm, Credit Union Centre. Tickets $23.75–169.75, available at www.ticketmaster.ca. DJ Aaron Paetsch — This local DJ will get your head bobbing, your feet moving and your butt up on the dance floor. 9pm, Divas Club. Tickets TBD.
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(NEXT WEEK) LOU WREATH @ LYDIA’S pub — Call it folk music, call it space-
about hard living, warm moments and suffering to create a musical experience you won’t soon forget. Intimate, mellow, and stark, Glabush’s show is equal parts haunting and awesome. He’ll be playing Lydia’s on July 20th. Tickets $5 at the door. -Adam Hawboldt. Feedback? Text it to 306-881-8372.
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DJ Ash Money every Friday night. Happy hour starts at 4pm, Béily’s UltraLounge. $5 cover after 9pm.
folk, call it folktronica, call it what you will, it doesn’t matter. The music of this Edmonton artist is both unique and captivating. Otherwise known as Kris Glabush, singer-songwriter Lou Wreath uses raw and compelling lyrics
House DJs — Funk, soul & lounge DJs liven up the atmosphere at 6Twelve. 9pm, 6Twelve Lounge. No cover. Adolyne — With a primal, rumbling, in-your-face metal sound, this local band will blow your hair back. 10pm, Amigos Cantina. Tickets TBD. Austen Roadz — With over 25 years of DJ experience, Austen Roadz throws down a high-energy Top 40 dance party along with
One Bad Son — This four-piece is coming back home to rock the Bridge City. With a good-ol’fashion hard rock bent, One Bad Son puts on a show you should definitely check out. 10pm, Buds on Broadway. Cover $6. Neil Diamond — ”Sweet Caroline,” “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers,” “Cracklin’ Rose” … enough said. This New York musician is considered the third most successful
Oral Fuentes — Take some Caribbean and Latin rhythms, toss in some reggae, soca, punta-rock and brukdown, and you’ll get an idea what this local nine-piece band is all about. 9pm, The Fez on Broadway. Tickets $5. DJ Eclectic — Local turntable whiz DJ Eclectic pumps snappy electronic beats. 8pm, The Hose &
Hydrant. No cover. DJ Sugar Daddy & DJ J-Mats — Able to rock any party, these local crowd favourites have always been known to break the latest and greatest tracks in multiple genres. They are sure to have you on the dance floor in no time! 9pm, Jax Niteclub. $5 cover.
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Fountains of Youth — Relatively new on the scene, this local four-piece uses thick grooves, swirling keys and big vocals to create a smooth, catchy brand of rock. 9pm, Lydia’s Pub. Cover $5.
25 years of DJ experience, Austen Roadz throws down a high-energy Top 40 dance party along with DJ CTRL every Saturday night. Drinks & appies at 4pm, Béily’s Ultra Lounge. $5 cover after 9pm.
DJ Big Ayyy & DJ HENCHMAN — Round up your friends ‘cause there’s no better country rock party around! 8pm, Outlaws Country Rock Bar. $5 cover; ladies in free before 11pm.
One Bad Son — This four-piece is coming back home to rock the Bridge City. With a good-ol’fashion hard rock bent, One Bad Son puts on a show you should definitely check out. 10pm, Buds on Broadway. Cover $6.
The Lost Keys — Come out and watch this eclectic easy-listening trio do its thing. 8pm, Prairie Ink. No cover. The Sleeves — Come out an enjoy some live music from this local band. 9pm, Somewhere Else Pub. No cover. Dirt Road Maniacs — Playing country and classic rock, this local band is sure to please. 9pm, Stan’s Place. No cover. Dueling Pianos — Terr y Hoknes, Neil Currie and Brad King belt out classic tunes and audience requests, from Sinatra to Lady Gaga. 10pm, Staqatto Piano Lounge. No cover before 8pm, $5 thereafter. Wolfgang Gartner — He has collaborated with Deadmau5, will.i.am and Skrillex. He has made remixes for A-list artists like the Black Eyed Peas, Timbaland and Britney Spears. Any way you slice it, this producer/DJ is at the top of his game. Come check out what he’s dishing up. 10pm, Tequila Nightclub. Tickets TBD. 10:30pm, Vangelis. Tickets $10. PH Maria Lagimodiere, Ryan & Gan — Come on out for a morning concert featuring Christian rap from Maria Lagimodiere and other talented local acts. 11:30am, Victoria School’s Little Stone Stage. No cover.
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House DJs — Resident DJs spin deep and soulful tunes all night. 9pm, 6Twelve Lounge. No cover. Buck 65 — An experimental artist, radio host, rapper and turntablist, this talented, alternative hip hop artist from Mount Uniake, Nova Scotia is nothing if not diverse. His raps incorporate everything from blues to country to rock, folk and avant guard. Come out and catch a night of local hip hop. 10pm, Amigos Cantina. Tickets $23, available at www.ticketedge.ca. Austen Roadz — With over
DJ Aaron Paetsch — This local DJ will get your head bobbing, your feet moving and your butt up on the dance floor. 9pm, Divas Club. Tickets TBD. Wild Uprising — Get ready for a night of awesome rock and roll as this local band takes to the stage. 9pm, The Fez on Broadway. Tickets TBD. DJ Kade — Saskatoon’s own DJ lights it up with hot tunes. 8pm, The Hose & Hydrant. No cover. DJ J-Mats & DJ Sugar Daddy — Able to rock any party, these local crowd favourites have always been known to break the latest and greatest tracks in multiple genres. They are sure to have you on the dance floor in no time! 9pm, Jax Niteclub. $5 cover. Ballgag N’ Chain Gang — With a seductive, gritty alt country sound they call “Ho Tonk,” this fivepiece from Victoria are cool and good and awesome. Check them out. 10pm, Lydia’s Pub. Cover $5. Apathy & Celph Titled — The “King of Connecticut” hooks up with Florida’s Celph Titled to form a dope rap duo. Come check them out. 9pm, The Odeon Events Centre. Tickets $30, available at www. theodeon.ca DJ Big Ayyy & DJ Henchman — Round up your friends ‘cause there’s no better country rock party around! 8pm, Outlaws Country Rock Bar. $5 cover. The Sleeves — Come out an enjoy some live music from this local band. 9pm, Somewhere Else Pub. No cover. Dirt Road Maniacs — Playing country and classic rock, this local band is sure to please. 9pm, Stan’s Place. No cover. Dueling Pianos — Terr y Hoknes, Neil Currie and Brad King belt out classic tunes and audience requests, from Sinatra to Lady Gaga. 10pm, Staqatto Piano Lounge. No cover until 8pm, $5 thereafter.
Disco Fries — This duo American duo has build quite a name for itself since their remix of Flo Rida’s “Sugar” was put out by Atlantic Records. In fact, they’ve lent their signature sound to acts like Katy Perry, Usher and Chris Brown. 8pm, Tequila Nightclub. Tickets TBD. 10:30pm,Vangelis. Tickets $10 PH
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Saskatoon’s original industry night — Hosted by DJ Sugar Daddy; this crowd favourite has always been known to break the latest and greatest tracks in multiple genres. Drinks & appies at 4pm, Béily’s Ultra Lounge. $4 cover after 9pm; no cover for industry staff
Classica Variety Night — Come enjoy talented local musicians performing the music they love. Hosted by Gilliard Foundation. 7:30pm, Grosvenor Park United Church. Admission by donation. DJ KADE — Saskatoon DJ lights it up with hot tunes. 8pm, The Hose & Hydrant. No cover. SUNDAY JAM — The Vangelis Sunday Jam is an institution, offering great tunes from blues to rock and beyond. 7:30pm, Vangelis Tavern. No cover.
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Snoop Dogg — Snoop-a-loop is coming to town! Since dropping his debut album, Doggystyle, in 1993, this rapper (aka Calvin Broadus Jr.) has used his smooth-as-molasses
(NEXT WEEK) SHINEDOWN @ THE ODEON Events Centre — Hailing from
Jacksonville, Florida, these hard rockers kicked off their career in 2003 with a whisper. Specifically it was a record called Leave a Whisper, which went platinum. Since then some of the faces in Shinedown may have changed, but
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their talent has not diminished. Now consisting of Brent Smith, Brad Stewart, Jasin Todd and Barry Kerch, Shinedown will be touring their latest album Amaryllis, and bringing their show to the Odeon on July 24th. Tickets are $43.75 (Ticketmaster) -Adam Hawboldt. Feedback? Text it to 306-881-8372.
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multiple genres. 9:30pm, The Double Deuce. $4 cover. VERB PRESENTS OPEN STAGE — The open stage at Lydia’s has hosted many of Saskatoon’s finest performers, and is a chance for bands, solo artists and even comedians to showcase original material. 9pm, Lydia’s Pub. No cover. Open Mic — Come out to show your talent. 7pm, The Somewhere Else Pub. No cover. Photo: courtesy of the artist
(COMING UP) ALICE COOPER @ TCU PLACE — Not even four decades in the
it’s easy to see where they were coming from. And now Cooper — along with his sometimes shocking, always terrific stage show— is coming to Saskatoon. He’ll be rocking the bejesus out of TCU Place on November 8th. Tickets $64.50 (www.tcutickets.ca) -Adam Hawboldt. Feedback? Text it to 306-881-8372.
delivery and slick, melodic rhyming to achieve worldly (almost otherworldly) fame. 8pm, The Odeon. Tickets are $79.50 (regular), $105 (VIP) and $340.50 (VIP package), available at www.theodeon.ca Metal Mondays — If hard, heavy awesomeness is your thing, swing by. Listen to some killer metal music and get in on some
concert giveaways. 9pm, Lydia’s Pub.
biz can slow this Detroit-born rocker down. Born Vincent Damon Furnier, Alice Cooper grew to become the most “beloved heavy metal entertainer” (according to Rolling Stone). And with songs like “School’s Out” and “Poison,”
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DJ SUGAR DADDY — Able to rock any party, this crowd favourite has always been known to break the latest and greatest tracks in
Nazareth — Chances are you’ve heard the song “Love Hurts,” so chances are you know exactly who this hard-rockers from Scotland are. Don’t miss the show. 7pm, TCU Place. Tickets $45, available at www.tcutickets.ca.
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HUMP WEDNESDAYS —Resident DJ Chris Knorr will be spinning all of your favourite songs and requests, every Wednesday night! Doors at 7pm, DJ takes requests at 9pm, 302 Lounge & Discotheque. No cover until 10pm, $3 thereafter.
The Weber Brothers — This smooth rocking American group, headed by brothers Ryan and Sam Weber, is all kinds of good. 10pm, Bud’s on Broadway. Cover $6. DJ Quadrant Khan — Come down and watch as this local DJ tear up the dance floor. 9pm, Divas
Club. Tickets TBD. The Avenue Recording Company presents Open Mic — Hosted by Chad Reynolds. Sign up and play at this weekly event. 10pm, The Fez on Broadway. No cover. DJ Kade — Saskatoon DJ lights it up with hot tunes. 8pm, The Hose & Hydrant. No cover.
smooth rocking American group, headed by brothers Ryan and Sam Weber, is all kinds of good. 10pm, Buds on Broadway. Cover $6. DJ Aaron Paetsch — This local DJ will get your head bobbing, your feet moving and your butt up on the dance floor. 9pm, Divas Club. Tickets TBD.
Dr. J ‘Souled Out’ — Dr. J spins hot funk and soul every Wednesday night. Doors 9pm, Lydia’s Pub. No cover.
Throwback Thursdays — Come experience the best in retro funk, soul, reggae and rock provided by Dr. J. 8pm, Earls. No cover.
WHINE UP WEDNESDAYS — A night dedicated to promoting the best in reggae, roots, dancehall, African beats, Kwaito & hip hop. Hosted by Scott Turner & DJ Heywood. 10pm, Scratch. $5 cover.
Hip Hop Night — Hosted by Ease, this is a night of live performances, rap battles and DJs, with $150 in prizes to be won. Don’t miss it. 9pm, The Fez on Broadway. No cover
Dueling Pianos — Terr y Hoknes, Neil Currie and Brad King belt out classic tunes and audience requests, from Sinatra to Lady Gaga. 10pm, Staqatto Piano Lounge. No cover.
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Fred Eaglesmith — Come join this Ontario-based alt-county singer/songwriter for his Traveling Steam Show. You won’t be disappointed. It’s pretty darn good. 10pm, Amigos Cantina. Tickets $ 24, available at www.ticketedge.ca. The Weber Brothers — This
DJ Kade — Saskatoon DJlights it up with hot tunes. 8pm, The Hose & Hydrant. No cover. DJ Sugar Daddy & DJ J-Mats — Local DJs J-Mats and Sugar Daddy will be rocking the turntables to get you dancing on the dance floor! Every Thursday night will be filled with passion parties, pole dancing, shadow dancers and much more! 8pm, Jax Niteclub. $5 cover, free cover with student ID before 11pm. Want your show listed? Email layout@verbnews.com!
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“From there to here and here to there, funny things are everywhere.” That’s a quote from Dr. Seuss and, he was right. Start looking for humour in things this week, Pisces. You’ll be surprised.
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Pisces (Feb 20–Mar 20)
“The more that you read, the more you will know.” Dr. Seuss was right, Virgo. Reading expands your mind, and helps keep it that way. Pick up a book this week and give it a read.
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Virgo (Aug 23–Sept 22)
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Feeling a tad confused this week, Aquarius? Dr. Suess once said, “Sometimes the questions are complicated but the answers are simple.” Take a deep breath, nothing in life is too complicated.
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In Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax, a character says, “Unless someone like you cares a whole lot, nothing is going to get better.” This week, care enough to affect change. Show the world what you’re made of.
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Aquarius (Jan 20–Feb 19)
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Leo (Jul 23–Aug 22)
Pick a project and give it your all this week, Capricorn. Your odds of victory are fantastic. As Dr. Seuss put it, “Will you succeed? Yes you will indeed! Ninety-eight and three-quarters percent guaranteed.”
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Capricorn (Dec 22–Jan 19)
“Step with care and great tact. And remember that life’s a great balancing act.” Keep Dr. Seuss’s message in mind next week. Think before you speak, look before you leap.
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Cancer (Jun 21–Jul 22)
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“Today I shall behave as if this is the day I will be remembered,” Dr. Seuss once wrote. Your mission, Sagittarius, should you choose to accept it, is live each and every day this week the way.
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Dr. Seuss once asked, “Why fit in when you were born to stand out?” You know your star is meant to burn bright, Gemini. So why just let things happen? This week, start chasing down your dreams.
Sagittarius (Nov 23–Dec 21)
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Gemini (May 21–Jun 20)
You know what they say about trying new things? Dr. Seuss put it like this: “If you never did, you should. Things are fun and fun is good.” This week, escape your comfort zone and try something new.
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Scorpio (Oct 24–Nov 22)
“You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” Everything is a matter of choice, Taurus — your choice. So if things get too serious, maybe you should choose to let loose.
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Taurus (Apr 20–May 20)
Should you encounter any trouble this week, Libra, do what the good Doctor (Suess) suggests: ”I’ve bought a big bat. I’m all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!”
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Libra (Sept 23–Oct 23)
“There’s no one alive who is youer than you.” Dr. Seuss penned those words, Aries. And the thing is, he was right. You are unique. Don’t be afraid to dance to your own beat.
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Aries (Mar 21–Apr 19)
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