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The Born Ruffians’ return to form.

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Saskatchewan filmmakers try a brave, new approach to getting their movie made BY ADAM HAWBOLDT

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n the fall of 1935, one of the largest manhunts this country has ever witnessed tore through the badlands of Saskatchewan.

The saga began just after midnight on October 5th. Constables William Wainwright, of Benito, Manitoba, and John G. Shaw of the Swan River RCMP detachment stopped a group of young Russian Doukhobors driving an unlicensed car. They were let off with a warning, but soon after the constables wondered if these guys were responsible for a recent robbery in Pelly, Saskatchewan, and decided to double back.

The young men were located in Arran, Saskatchewan, and the officers loaded Joe Posnikoff, John Kalmakoff and Pete Woiken into the back of their police cruiser to take them for questioning. Big mistake. As the car made its way along the cold dark country road, one of the men pulled a knife and attacked Wainwright; the other two prisoners went after Shaw.

The aftermath? Two dead officers and three killers on the run.

Over the next couple of days the trio of farmers sped west, trying to avoid capture, as newspapers wrote

about them and radio waves were flooded with descriptions of the crime. Then, more than a thousand miles from where it all began, the manhunt ended in a hail of gunfire and five more dead.

What led these three farmers to such drastic measures? Had they really committed the robbery in Pelly?

and television industry. Producers, actors and directors fled the province in search of work, while those who stayed and wished to make their way had to figure out innovative means of pursuing their interests.

Aspiring filmmakers Eric Thiessen, Derek Hyland and Joel Salt are hoping that one of

…our movie is an interesting part of … history that a lot of people don’t know about.

ERIC THIESSEN

Why did they execute Constables Wainwright and Shaw? What happened in the days and nights between Pelly and Banff, where it all came to an end?

The fascinating story of this deadly manhunt is the subject of a new project by a team of Saskatchewan filmmakers.

When the government cut the film tax credit in the budget, it was a huge blow to Saskatchewan’s movie

those ways is through an out-ofprovince company.

“CineCoup is a company out of Vancouver that wanted a brave, new way to make indie films in Canada,” explains Thiessen. “They wanted to use the power of the Internet and audience participation to help get films made.”

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movie. CineCoup then hosts it on their website, and fans from across the country can rate and vote for which trailers would make the best film.

“Think about it like this,” says Thiessen, “Instead of using a traditional way to build a fan base — make a movie and hope people will come out and watch it — they’re using the Internet to build a fan base, then make a movie fans want to see.”

CineCoup launched the project in December, and gave applicants two to three months to make a trailer for submission. Which, admittedly, isn’t a whole lot of time to conjure up a movie idea, piece together a concept for a trailer, and then write and film it.

Lucky for Thiessen and his crew, though, their trailer (which they’re calling West) didn’t have to be made from scratch.

“I’d heard the story of those three farmers who got mixed up with police, and started working on it,” explains Thiessen. “I’d written an outline for the movie back in the summer, and thought [the CineCoup project] would be a great opportunity to put this into action.”

So he enlisted the help of Hyland and Salt (two friends from high school) and got down to brass tacks, so to speak. Thiessen and Salt (the writer on the project) first put together an outline for the trailer.

“Then we filmed a test trailer with Legos,” chuckles Thiessen. “It had to be two minutes, so we made up little scenes with Lego, used our iPhones and timed it out really roughly so we knew what shots we would need to get.”

Once they had what they needed, the filmmakers set out to make their concept trailer.

“The two weekends we filmed it just so happened to be those two weekends in January when it was freezing,” remembers Thiessen. “It was, like, minus forty-something with the windchill and the car we were using, this ’28 Ford, didn’t have a heater.” But the show must go on, so the crew braved the prairie elements and made their trailer, then submitted it to CineCoup.

And now it’s a waiting game, as the CineCoup Film Accelerator runs

through to June 11. Interested parties can check out and vote for West at www.cinecoup.com starting March 21.

The CineCoup website says the company is looking for “independent films that are personal, edgy, uncompromising, outrageous [and] have heart.”

And at first glance, West fits the bill. But, according to Thiessen, the film has something else that may help separate it from the pack. “There’s been a change in the country and we’re really starting to focus on telling our national story,” he explains. “There’s a lot of great Canadian history out there, and our movie is an interesting part of that history that a lot of people don’t know about.”

But ultimately it isn’t up to CineCoup which film gets made, it’s up to fans who visit the website and vote. Right now there are 90 concept trailers on the site; voting will whittle that number down until ten trailers remain. “Those top-10 trailers get optioned off to companies to get made,” says Thiessen, “and one of the ten will get $1 million in financing and a guaranteed release in Cineplex theatres around the country.”

And Thiessen sure hopes that West makes the cut.

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Saskatchewan police officer aims to travel the world by motorcycle BY ADAM HAWBOLDT

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dmit it: at some point in your life you’ve passed a motorcycle, the sun reflecting off its polished chrome, and wondered what it would be like to ride it out of the city, towards the never-ending horizon.

But what is it that draws people to motorcycles?

Well, if you ask some, they’ll tell you it’s about the speed. They’ll talk about the thrill of zipping along the blacktop. Or, to paraphrase Hunter S. Thompson’s quote, “Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, ‘Wow! What a ride!’”

Ask others, and they’ll tell you the allure of the motorcycle comes from the freedom it affords. Unencumbered by the constraints of four-wheel travel, you’ll thrust yourself into a world of unfettered sensory experiences: the warm breeze on your face, the smell of road kill, hot tar, burning fuel. The impact of rain pitter-pattering against your body as you cruise along a prairie highway. This, they’ll tell you, connects you with nature in a way sitting behind a wheel of a steel cage never can.

But if you ask Saskatchewan’s Patrick Barbar why he loves riding, he’ll tell you something a little different.

“I like the speed. I like experiencing the climate and the smells,” says Barbar, a police officer from Saskatoon, “but what I like best is how riding facilitates meeting people. It’s a much more complete travel experience. If you stop at a gas station with out-of-province plates, people will come up and talk to you. They’ll ask about the bike. They’ll want to know where you’re going. If you have a lot of luggage, they’ll ask how far you’re going.”

series that chronicles [actors] Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman riding their BMW adventure bikes around the world.

I watched the whole series in two nights, and had one of those there-gotta-be-a-better-way moments. I realized there was more to motorcycling than just making trips to the Rockies.”

So Barbar traded in his Yamaha V-Star 1110 cruiser for a more practical

Crossing into Syria was a nerveracking experience.

PATRICK BARBAR

And it’s because of this love of human interaction, this desire to meet new people, that Barbar plans to travel the world on his bike.

For his 40th birthday, Barbar is giving himself a special gift: a motorcycle adventure that will carry him nearly 26,000 kilometres, through 31 countries, in just 120 days.

“In 2006, I came across a BBC series called The Long Way Round,” remembers Barbar, who had been riding for a couple of years by then. “It’s this 12-hour

Suzuki DL 1000 adventure touring bike, and began making plans to see the world.

His first big trip? Turkey.

Together with his then-wife, Barbar traveled to the Eurasian country in 2008, rented a couple of 650s and rode all around Turkey, taking time to dip down into Syria — his father’s homeland.

“Crossing into Syria was a nerveracking experience,” he recalls.

“I’d filled out my card truthfully, told them that I was a police officer.

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afford to travel. More and more uniformed officers kept coming up to the counter where I was standing. The first guy had one star on his shoulder, the next had two stars, the third guy had three. They were all talking and I don’t speak Arabic. So yeah, I was nervous.”

In the end, Barbar made it across the border with the help of a taxi driver. And even though this Syrian experience presented a less-thanideal obstacle, it didn’t deter Barbar from future adventures. Far from it.

Since then, he’s ridden down to Mexico twice (once solo, the other time with company) and in April he plans to check Scandinavia, Europe and Africa off his motorcycle bucket list.

my route into central France. I was doing some research, planning to visit a bunch of World War One and Two landmarks, like Juno Beach and Ypres, and I came across a story about a guy from Wynyard, Saskatchewan, named Peter Dmytruk.”

And as it turns out, Dmytruck was kind of a big deal.

A tail gunner in the Second World War, Dmytruk’s plane was shot down.

He survived by hiding in the woods before he was found and nursed back to health by the locals. He soon joined the French Resistance and — as legend has it — was so fierce a fighter he became known far and wide simply as “Pierre Le Canadien.”

Long story short, the Nazi’s eventually found Dmytruk and executed him.

To honor his valour and contribution to the war effort, the people of Les Martres-de-Vyre built a monument to commemorate Pierre Le Canadien.

“From what I read, people still gather there every year,” says Barbar. “I can’t wait to roll into town with Saskatchewan plates on my bike. Of course, I’m going to be able to talk to the town folk. People are going to be curious.”

And, in the end, that’s what Barbar’s epic journey is all about — seeing the world and meeting new people.

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You don’t just hop on your bike and embark on a 26,000-kilometre trip overseas. Generally, that’s not the way it works. There’s planning to do. A lot of planning. You have to save the money, find the time to travel, research different countries, get your papers and insurance in order, etc., etc.

Then there’s the whole issue of getting your motorcycle across the cold, black Atlantic.

“When I first started planning this trip, I looked at all the shipping companies that would transport my bike by means of ocean,”says Barbar, who is taking a six-month sabbatical from work to make the trip.

“But with those, you have to ship your bike months in advance. That didn’t really appeal to me, so I found a company in the States that does air-freight shipping … that way, if the bike doesn’t make it, neither do I.” With that logistic taken care of, Barbar turned to mapping out his route. For that, he bought a large wall map, and began drawing lines from destination to destination. Most of these places form a uniform oval that starts in Western Europe, bends down into Africa, goes up through Eastern Europe and into Scandinavia before dipping back down.

But in France, there’s a detour into a little, off-the-beaten-path town called Les Martres-de-Veyre.

“If you look closely,” says Barbar, pointing to the map on his iPad, “you’ll see there’s a deviation in

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NOT A FLIGHT OF FANCY

It’s time Canada changed its approach to airport security

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irport security is often the bane of many a traveller’s experience, and we think it’s time to figure out a more efficient and effective way of getting people onto a plane while ensuring the safety of everyone involved.

Think about how the system operates now: you stand in long lines, are forced to take off your belt, shoes, and any bulky sweaters, etc. You have to unearth everything from your pockets, get scanned with a metal detector, and wait for your carry-on to be x-rayed. Heck, if you’re one of the lucky ones, you might even be asked to go in the special line and have your entire body scanned or submit to a body search, which, let’s face it, can be a little invasive. It’s a long, drawn out process that not many people enjoy and most people endure grudgingly.

But in this post-9/11 world, it’s something, for good or ill, we all have to do deal with if we want to fly.

Here’s the thing, though: this process isn’t efficient and it doesn’t always work. And we think it’s time to make some changes.

Where is this all coming from, you may ask? Well, here’s a quick,

employee board the plane with the weapon; it was later later detected at another airport in the States. But that’s not the point — the point is a person was able to get on a plane with a knife.

…it’s people — and not the items they may have … that are dangerous.

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little story for you, dear reader. Not so long ago, a Verb employee was taking a flight back to Canada from the States. Unbeknownst to this person, there was a paring knife stowed in an inside pocket of the carry-on that was brought on the plane. Now, we all know a paring knife is in no way, shape or form allowed on an airplane.

But somehow the security screening processes missed the knife and let our

And while this person obviously had no ill intent, this example illustrates the holes in our current system.

So we propose that airports in Canada start incorporating the method used in Israel. Ben Gurion Airport, in Tel Aviv, is noted as one of the world’s most secured airports. See, Ben Gurion employs a number of highly trained behaviour profilers — experts at analyzing people and reading body CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE »

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language — whose job it is to talk to travellers before they get on the plane.

These profilers are placed strategically throughout the boarding process, and are part of a series of unobtrusive security measures. The first set of profilers you come across is at a roadside check-in before you even get into the airport’s compound, where travellers are asked a few innocuous questions.

The answers are not as important as the means in which they are delivered, and the profilers scrutinize how people respond.

Once in the terminal, the people at the check-in counter are trained to ask a series of quick questions, during which they maintain constant eye contact. And the assessments of people’s actions doesn’t stop there. Undercover profilers roam the airport, watching how people interact as they wait in the security lineup, for for their next flight, or as they mill about. If a person appears to be acting oddly, these profilers will strike up a conversation to determine what’s going on.

The basic premise behind this way of approaching security is that it’s people — and not the items they may have stowed in their pockets, laptop bags or purses — that are dangerous.

Assessing an individual, rather than rooting through their belongings, is a far more proactive means of approaching safety in the air. And it’s not until these profilers are satisfied with their security screening that passengers board a flight — there is no need to have them remove their shoes or give up their water bottle.

So how effective is this model?

Well — very. You see, even though Ben Gurion Airport faces numerous potential threats each day, airport security

hasn’t been breached since 2002 (when a forgetful individual left a weapon in his backpack, in a situation similar to the one experienced by our employee), and no airplanes that have been leaving the airport have ever been hijacked. Simply put: profilers work.

Now, we know that these security measures sound like they would increase the amount of time it takes to board a plane, but that’s not so. At Ben Gurion, which handled over 13.1 million passengers in 2012, it takes under 30 minutes to get from parking lot to boarding area. If our employee had meandered through a security screening like that, there would be no issue about a knife stowed in a carry-on because the person with it is reasonable and poses zero threat to anyone’s safety.

So not only is this process effective at eradicating potential threats, not only is it extremely proactive (whereas the current system is merely reactive), but it’s also remarkably quick and efficient. So what are we waiting for?

Eradicating all potential threats by physically stripping travellers of any object that could be fashioned into a weapon will not guarantee our safety.

Ensuring that dangerous people — and not potentially dangerous water bottles or shoes or paring knives — do not get on planes is the way to go.

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ON TOPIC: Last week we asked what you thought about Canada’s new office of Religious Freedom.

Here's what you had to say:

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– The office of Religious Freedom is as much of a mistake as the National Gun Registry or the Young Offenders Act. These two programs were introduced by the Federal Fiberal Party. Harper is entitled to one more screwup!!!

Where’s Separation of Church and State.

– The only true way people can be free of religious persecution is to be free of religion. Embrace secularism. It’s astounding that, even here in NA, we are entrenched in so much religious animosity.

franchise paid 110K , someone off the street buys one for 600 to 1000 dollars. U dropped the value of my business from 110 k to 600 dollars. that is not fair or realistic. Imagine if we did that with house prices!!!

OFF TOPIC – To your taxi article. U want to deregulate so I as a wonder of a taxi

In response to “All Hail...” Editorial page, #66 (February 22, 2013)

– We lost a big one in 453. The real question is who are we in the West up against now? Try spouting religious freedom in Constantinople today. Or in Israel. 5 Million a year is peanuts to help persecuted minorities around the World.

– Verb: I really don’t know what the government was thinking on this one. Your article really hit the high points of the useless waste of 5 million bucks a year. I am not disillusioned with these guys entirely but will be watching them more closely.

– Office of religious Freedom sounds like a good idea why wouldn’t you want people to help those religious minorities who are persecuted by villains?

– Heads up to Kate McMillan creator of the SDA blog I remember the message from one side before the Iraq War … American tanks covered in flowers, gas at 30 cents a litre, Sadam’s WMD on display for all to see, etc….I wonder which perspective turned out to be the reality….CBC or the others.Yes, there sure was “disconnect”.

In response to “Welcom to the blogosphere,” Local page, #68 (March 8, 2013)

SOUND OFF – New pope old white man with repressive views same as old pope whats the big deal

– New pope francis I God Bless You! – new office of religious freedom is a very bad idea. Its only going to start war & make people have 1 another because of there views

– A Government Office of Religious Freedom looks like an oxymoron...what can they do?...make you accept other’s religions?

– Mulcair sucking up to Wall down in US is total BS. What a idiot

– Check out that Jurassic Park behind-the-scenes video on Gizmodo!

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– I HATE TEN DIGIT DILING!

– To the texter claiming mr. solo is right, you probably don’t know that Christianity is not a religion but it’s rather a faith and a personal relationship with God. If mr solo would be in support of human rights and religious freedoms, maybe he wouldn’t be trying to take something like Merry Christmas away and allow it rather to be added to. It seems to me that mr. solo could be compared to The Grinch Who Stole Christmas.

– Tuesday Star front page story that proposed changes so that majority of future serviced lots to go to professional home builders..gotta wonder why the pros dumped cash into the Atch campaign

– To the person whose truck wasstuck at the Willows even though I was unable to dig out yourb truck the least you could have said would be “thanks for trying”.

– I wonder how many people will not use the blue recycling bins. It’s a good idea but people may find it easier just to throw everything in the garbage.

– http://www.nationalpost. com/m/wp/posted-toronto/ blog.html?b=news.nationalpost. com/2013/03/12/lucky-moosebill-loosens-self-defence-citizensarrest-laws: re. New citizen’s arrest laws giving more lee-way as long as it’s made within a reasonable amount of time; suspects no longer have to be arrested right away if they’re caught red-handed in the act. Some civil liberties could be at stake since shopping mall security guards might use that new law to search ladies’ purses if they’re suspected of shoplifting!! It’s better to let 10 guilty persons go feee than to hassle or arrest an innocent person!!! :0

– Through politics protest participation and the courts for 130 yrs Metis and Indian have worked to resolve the outstanding issues and impacts of colonialism. We don’t make bombs take hostages or kill people like they do everywhere else in the world with such issues.

We set a sterling example of intelligent patience perseverance and peace for the world. Its long past time mainsteam society joined us in setting this example of peaceful resolution. Idle No More!

– I feed the wild city rabbits n squirrels in a corner of the yard.

Poop would build up there but when people walk their dogs the dogs seem to be eating it.

– Fast dog food. Concrete box dog kennel high rise or carboard plastic dog house. Cattle car jet plane ride. Livestock barge boat ride.

Cattle car balloon ride!

– All the power of the Great Spirit , be with you. Our Creator is proud of you 4 woman. I am sure of it. After working in Alberta as a construction Surveyor for 27 years building some of the biggest Refineries there. It has come to a point to where I cannot be I part of it no more, cause of what I have seen and learned. Steam injection to me has become a dirty word.

Why in short; Water destroyed.

Suncor Firebag is one of the only sites I know of that has a Water Disposal Treatment Plant to Clean the water before it is put back into the environment. New practice is like where I was CNRL Kirby Lake Project. They suck up Brackish Water from deep wells clean it to be used in process, but instead of being cleaned again before disposal, they and many other new Producers dump it into Deep Salt Caverns that they say contains it. You must add this to your agenda (Please).

– Ah man! Still winter! I wonder if there’s some kind of amnesty

on sins during Lent with no Pope?

Might help pass some time.

– You know what I could really go for right now? More winter…..

– I did a lot of trapping with my dad in the 1960s. Extreme exposure to climate physically demanding sucks in a lot of ways.

But it is something to do in winter.

– No excuse for road rage on our streets! We ALL need to share the road. Be kind to others on the roads. Don’t try to weasel in and out of traffic. That’s not respectful.

Let’s all try to get along and drive with courtesy.

– Parvovirus is fairly lethal for dogs. Its spread in feces by minimal contact a lick. Not cleaning up dog turds when you walk your dog is spreading it. Doglover?

– Too many grasslands and natural wildlife habitats are being redeveloped and we call this progress?

– No coke No toke No smoke No joke n broke ass broke! Thats DOWNtown!

– If excitement lives here what lives over there?

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Billy Talent releases Dead Silence, reflects on two decades of music BY ALEX J MACPHERSON

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illy Talent have been making piercing, aggressive rock and roll for twenty years — an eternity in an industry where careers are measured in months or even weeks. The band’s latest record, Dead Silence, marks something of a departure for the Mississauga foursome, a conscious shift toward a leaner and tighter — though no less penetrating — version of the band.

Although it includes more than enough spiky rock to keep longtime fans of Billy Talent happy, Dead Silence also shows off the band’s willingness to experiment with new sounds and new types of song.

I caught up with Ben Kowalewicz, whose sharp, crackling voice is an integral part of the band’s sound, to learn more about one of the longestlived bands in the country.

Alex J MacPherson: In a world where so many popular albums are merely vehicles for a couple of singles, Dead Silence feels refreshingly like a cohesive album. How important was that to you while you were making it?

Ben Kowalewicz: We’re old-school kind of cats, and I can still remember the days of getting excited about buying records. You’d go to the local record store, race home, rip open the packaging, listen to it, hit repeat, and read all the lyrics. It became a moment, and we try to adhere to that musically.

AJM: I was also surprised by the title.

Why didn’t you call it Billy Talent IV?

BK: We got the artwork from a fellow, Ken Taylor from Melbourne, Australia. We found him, sent him some lyrics and demos and things, and he came back with the cover, which is now the cover of the record. To stick a big number IV on there would look pretty foolish. One of the songs, “Dead Silence,” we put that on top and it made complete sense. We’re the kind of band that trusts our gut.

sense to me. A lot of times when you’re talking about twenty years, usually their best years are behind them. And I feel exactly the opposite at this point in my life. I think the best things from us as a band are still to come. This is the best work we’ve done up until this point, but I’m excited about the future.

I’m not, like, dreading it.

AJM: Perceptions are a way of life in the music industry, and so is the

I try not to think about [us being together for so long] because it’s just f**ked.

BEN KOWALEWICZ

AJM: Ian D’Sa has had a hand in production before, but he took the reins on Dead Silence. Tell me about that.

assumption that popular is bad. But is that something you struggle with?

BK: We have been perceived over the years as a certain type of band, and I think once people — if they actually dedicated, you know, a little bit of time and effort — would see there’s a lot more to what we’re doing and how we do it. I cannot even imagine ever playing with any other people besides these three guys.

BK: He was really humbled and flattered that we had the faith in him, and honestly he worked so hard — I’ve never seen a stronger work ethic. He knew what he wanted to hear, and he wouldn’t stop. Trusting the four of us and being together for twenty years, we have a pretty good chemistry and know what we want and know how it’s supposed to sound — we just stuck to our guns and trusted Ian with our vision. And we couldn’t be more happy with the result.

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Born Ruffians’ return to form

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irthmarks is the cleanest and clearest record Born Ruffians have ever made.

Without sacrificing the schizophrenic energy that shaped its predecessors, Birthmarks has pushed the Toronto band into new musical territory — the land of glassy guitars, pristine soundscapes, and quality production. But don’t think for a second Born Ruffians have abandoned their manic lo-fi roots. By making Birthmarks sound better than its predecessors, Luke Lalonde and his bandmates created more space for it to sound worse.

The critical moment comes at the end of “Rage Flows.” As the song reaches its frenzied apex, the dangerously catchy dance riff devolves into a cacophony of overdriven valves and torn speaker cones. This fuzzed-out breakdown is the heart of the record, and it shows that Born Ruffians are pushing the boundaries of independent rock music. It is not surprising, then, that Lalonde thinks of it as a new beginning.

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“The track list, I think, is structured around that point, of your speakers blowing up,” he says, referring to the album’s knife-edged contours. “I feel like the last two records were, like, a certain type of aesthetic.

And this one is different. The title is definitely a reflection of how we feel about the record and the music.”

Born Ruffians emerged nearly a decade ago. After releasing The Makeshift Metric Catastrophe as Mornington Drive, the group changed their name and cut a pair of blistering rock records. Their debut EP and Red, Yellow & Blue are exuberant celebrations of minimalist guitar rock — cagey songs paired with clever arrangements. Birthmarks feels like a return to form after Say It, which was released in 2010, proved disappointingly conservative.

“I always feel like we’re kind of striving to grow all the time,” Lalonde muses, struggling to balance the impulse to expand against the expectations of his many fans.

“We’re happy with what we’ve done, but I think the aim is always

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to reach a new audience and a bigger audience — not necessarily just to write for the people that you already have. But the fans you have are a special thing.”

Lalonde likens rock bands to friends. Just as someone can only make room for so many friends, he can only make room in his life for so many bands. But Birthmarks is perhaps the best kind of greeting imaginable: cheerful, challenging, and redolent of possibility.

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URBAN VERNACULAR

Laura St. Pierre and the fringes of the city

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magine a world where the impulse to survive is dominant, a world where the fringes of society feel impossibly distant.

This disturbingly familiar place is where Laura St. Pierre’s mind lives. Urban Vernacular is her attempt make sense of it. “‘I’ve looked a lot at vernacular architecture. That is to say, architecture without architects,” says St. Pierre, who, with her cherubic face and bob haircut and black plastic glasses, looks more like a teacher than an artist. “What has struck me about the vernacular architecture I’ve looked at, and this spans everything from an igloo to an adobe mud hut to a grass sod house, is that

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they’re made by the people who live in them, and they’re made from material that’s right there.”

Urban Vernacular upends the pastoral, the bucolic. Plastic bags and cardboard boxes stand in for blocks of snow and sod. St. Pierre started the project in 2009, fashioning the detritus of society into rickety dwellings. Then, when the city is sleeping, she takes hundreds of photographs, which are eventually stitched into large-format panoramas.

The resulting cityscapes, one of which will be assembled in AKA Gallery and plastered on a billboard outside, are not easy to read. Some people interpret them as condemnations of consumerism, others as an

open question on the decline of western civilization. St. Pierre prefers to let viewers draw their own conclusions.

“I want them to create a story for themselves, coming from their experience rather than me imposing something very didactic on them,” St. Pierre says, adding that she uses a character — the Scavenger — as the ultimate creator of her images. “A descendant of the rag-pickers from industrialization in Europe,” she says of the Scavenger, who does not appear in the work, “just kind of surfing on excess, looking for whatever he or she can find, and then making something out of that.”

Urban Vernacular raises more questions than it answers: how are we to see the world today? And what

are we to do about it? “For myself,” St. Pierre says, “art is a way to learn about the world. It’s like looking at the world through a specific set of binoculars.”

The beauty of Urban Vernacular is simple. St. Pierre can provide the binoculars, but she can’t tell anybody what to look at — and what to let fade into the background. That is a choice only the viewer can make.

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THE WAR AGAINST CLICHÉ Proud Animal, DIY, and the perils of compromise BY ALEX J MACPHERSON

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t happened because Barbara Adler and Gavin Youngash didn’t know very much about cowboy clothes.

“We got into square dancing, and we went to see this awesome square dance,” Adler told me last year, a few weeks before she and Youngash left Vancouver for their first tour as Proud Animal. “We were stoked on hanging out, so we said we were going to form a square dance band.

We were going to be a folk duo, and from there take over the world.” The project collapsed when plaid shirts and mother-of-pearl buttons became a reality. “It sort of turned out we don’t know anything about country shirts,” she said, “so from that folk duo world domination plan it turned into a songwriting project.”

Adler was trying to explain how the band started, how a rock band emerged from a vaguely ironic fixation with hillbilly dancing; what emerged was a story of restless creativity and a desire to push boundaries, to challenge themselves and their listeners. Today, Proud Animal is a democratizing influence in a world dominated by the twin tyrannies of genre and style. Adler and Youngash have spent the last twelve months convincing people that a “rock and roll band” is a restrictive concept; their eponymous debut, a quirky EP featuring offbeat instruments and expressive harmonies, is an able demonstration of the thing that makes Proud Animal great — an absolute unwillingness to compromise.

“It started as a decision that this is what we want to do more than anything,” Adler says, explaining the band’s commitment to the Do It Yourself ethic, a countercultural movement born in the underground punk movement and nourished by people who see no reason to prostrate themselves before The Man. DIY can be coarse and ideological, a cloak for people who delight in screeching about the manifest evil of capitalism and corporations; but it can also be an earnest expression of integrity and authenticity — the desire to make something good. This is how Adler and

and grant applications, “but I think it started to be something I believe in largely because I don’t always agree with how the music industry runs.”

The music industry, which in this context means big record labels and associated apparatus, is extremely complex, and far too much ink has been spilled on its (alleged but not yet apparent) decline into irrelevance.

Adler’s concerns are practical; she worries that signing up is selling out, and that implicit in the promise of mainstream success is an artistic compromise. “We have friends or acquaintances who are going through

The agenda was very spontaneous when we recorded [Proud Animal]. There was a lot of stuff we figured out … in there.

GAVIN YOUNGASH

Youngash think. Their commitment to doing it themselves was a necessity that evolved into a way of life.

“I think necessity is the biggest thing,” Youngash muses, “When you get an idea to start something, and you just want to get stared, you wind up doing a lot of things yourself.” Adler agrees. “The business and organizational side of it is not the first thing people get excited about, and I think definitely that goes for me,” she laughs, pointing to the abject misery of long nights spent writing press releases

the label process right now, and a lot of it is really exciting,” she explains.

“They’re getting all these great opportunities that sometimes you can feel a bit envious of. But the flipside is they’re getting bossed around a little bit more, they’re getting herded around, and there’s something about that that doesn’t appeal to me.”

Youngash is more philosophical.

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newest arbiter of cool. “A good example is the whole indie music thing, which did start off as an independent music motion because for whatever reason people couldn’t get on labels,” he explains. “Now that it is way more popular — and there’s a sound and a way to market it — it’s called indie but [those bands] are on labels.”

The upshot of their DIY roots is that Proud Animal was conceived as a fiercely independent band, an outfit that valued artistic freedom above commercial success. This approach has clear benefits — “making your own thing can give you a sense of freedom,”

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Adler deadpans — but it is not easy.

“I’m amazed by how many e-mails it takes to book a show that you’ll get paid fifty bucks for, in the middle of nowhere,” she laughs. “The work output for the guaranteed money is almost comical sometimes.” Booking tours is a nightmare, a sea of doubt punctuated by moments of pure desperation.

Recording an album, though, is even more difficult. Proud Animal was cut in two short, intense sessions, and it captures the band at a pivotal moment. “I think at first we had assumed

an identity as a band that wound up not being what the kind of music that we were going to make was going to be,” Youngash says, adding that each stint in the studio reflected a different aspect of their sound. “The agenda was very spontaneous when we recorded it. There was a lot of stuff we figured out when we were in there. And we’re still figuring it out.”

Inchoate and raw, Proud Animal covers a lot of territory. “Little Hinge” and “Leave The Radio On” are postfolk pop, complex little songs held together by offbeat instrumentation and Adler’s demure vocals. “Open Up The Dark” is more straightforward: a simple pop song driven by a propulsive acoustic guitar riff and the smooth intersection of voices that happens anytime Adler and Youngash sing together.

The best song on the record, “Alice,” features rich electric guitar chords and Youngash’s plaintive howl. It rises and falls like the arc of a relationship, building to massive crescendos before sinking back into silence.

Proud Animal does not follow a consistent arc or embrace a specific theme, but every song captures Adler and Youngash stretching to explore uncharted waters: cheerfully devastating pop, sombre rock and roll, and the limits of offbeat instrumentation. Adler says she is trying to use the accordion more often, but the band’s foundation in openness suggests that she could just as easily take up the vibraphone or the alphorn.

This curiosity, this restless creativity, is what makes Proud Animal great. But it is important to remem-

ber that art is not life; art is merely a representation of life, and it would be irresponsible to suggest membership in a recusant underworld can guarantee creative purity and commercial success. Proud Animal are members of the broader DIY community, of course, but it is their unwillingness to compromise — and not some abstract ideal — that makes their music worth hearing. Barbara Adler and Gavin Youngash are earnest and hardworking reminders that barriers and boundaries are constructs. Their survival as a band is a ringing condemnation of the disconsolately universal forces of kitsch and cliché.

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SIMPLY D’LISH

Photo courtesy of Adam Hawboldt.

Fun restaurant near Broadway full of energy and excellent food

BY ADAM HAWBOLDT

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early everything in d’Lish has a story behind it.

The red and orange painting of a heart with the word “LOVE” in the centre was created by owner Tisha Paget’s daughter. The blue and beige color scheme in the main room of the restaurant is based on a beach near a town in Mexico where Paget vacations.

The paintings for sale on the wall are by a friend who wanted to be part of her new venture. The pennies embedded in the floor symbolize old endings and new beginnings.

All these things — the artwork, the pennies, the color scheme — lend d’Lish a certain je ne sais quoi, a funky charm that grabs your attention the moment you enter.

The other thing that will grab your attention, if you listen closely to the customers, is the way they respond to the food.

While sitting there the other day, perusing the colorful menu that hangs high on the wall behind the counter, I heard not one but two customers singing praise to the owner in less than five minutes.

The first customer, an elderly gentleman, told Paget the food was so good he’d be back as soon as tomor-

“Oh, people just love it,” she says.

“It’s made with alder smoked bacon.

Bacon makes everything better.”

Indeed it does. So I decided to get a bowl of the chowder. I also decided to get a panini. The No Joke Chicken Spinach Artichoke sounds good, and the “Not Your Mom’s” grilled cheese would sure hit the

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[The chowder] is made with alder-smoked bacon. Bacon makes everything better.

TISH PAGET

row. Another customer, a younger lady, gushed about the bacon and potato chowder, saying she would “take the entire pot home” if she could. This quip about the chowder piqued my interest, so I asked Paget about it.

spot. But after chatting with Paget, she convinced me to go in another direction entirely, and get the Roast Beast Royale.

I’m glad she did.

Served up on a ciabatta bun, the Roast Beast Royale panini consists of slow-roasted beef, caramelized onions, Havarti cheese, garlic and cream cheese.

And man, is it good! Savoury and sweet, it’s just what the doctor ordered for a guy (or gal) looking for a d’licious lunch.

The same goes for the bacon and potato chowder. Hearty and packed with big bacon taste, the moment it touches my taste buds I understand why the lady wanted to take the whole pot home with her.

And since this soup is so good, I got to wondering what the rest of the soups — which change daily — are like.

LET’S GO DRINKIN’ VERB’S MIXOLOGY GUIDE TNT

INGREDIENTS

You’ve all tried (or at least heard of) a gin and tonic, right? Of course you have! It’s one of those iconic drinks that most people sample at least once in their lives. But what about putting a Mexican spin on things and making a tequila and tonic?

2 oz tequila (the better the brand, the better your drink) 4 oz of tonic water three lime wedges

DIRECTIONS

Fill a shaker with ice, then add in the tequila and tonic water before squeezing in the juice of two of the lime wedges. Shake well. Pour the concoction in a short glass filled with ice, and add the final lime wedge as garnish.

Guess I’m going to have to pay another visit and find out. d’Lish by Tish Cafe 702A 14th Street East | 306 652 5483

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A$AP ROCKY

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In a way, A$AP Rocky was destined to become a rapper. Born Rakim Mayers, the Harlem native was named after legendary New York hip hop artist Rakim (of Eric B & Rakim fame). After experimenting with rap growing up, A$AP Rocky assembled the A$AP Mob in 2007 — a crew that included rappers, producers and video directors. Rocky’s singles “Peso” and “Purple Swag” piqued the curiosity of RCA Records, and the rest, as they say, is history. With a smooth flow and a penchant for drawing out syllables, A$AP Rocky has developed a loyal following of fans who dig his lyrical style, which sounds something like New York-meets-Houston.

Check him out when he takes the stage at the Odeon. Tickets available at www.theodeon.ca

Everyone has their own nostalgic songs. You know, the ones you listen to and you’re automatically transported back to a time and place in the past. For me, Hayden’s “I’ll Tell Him Tonight” is one of those songs. When and where it transports me isn’t important; what matters is that Hayden is the kind of musician who leaves a lasting impression. A notoriously reclusive singer/songwriter from Ontario, Hayden’s music runs the gamut from indie acoustic rock to grunge to alt-country. Most of it is low-key, deeply affecting, and wildly personal.

If you’ve never heard Hayden play or seen him perform live, you might want to swing by The Basement at the end of March and see what he’s all about. If you like good music, you won’t be disappointed.

Since forming in 2001, this fourpiece from Vancouver has garnered critical acclaim and a rabid following for their pop-rock sensibilities and top-notch musicianship. Consisting of Josh Ramsay, Matt Webb, Mike Ayley and Ian Casselman, Marianas Trench makes well-crafted pop albums that stand out, especially their ‘09 release, Masterpiece Theatre, which debuted on the Canadian Albums Chart at #4 and contains the #1 hit songs “Cross My Heart” and “All To Myself.” Their most recent record, Ever After, is no slouch, either.

Its first single, “Haven’t Had Enough,” reached #1 on the iTunes Canada charts and was certified platinum.

Marianas Trench will be in town in mid-April; tickets are available through Ticketmaster.

– By Adam Hawboldt

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SASK MUSIC PREVIEW Submissions for 2013’s Breakout West Festival, which is happening in Calgary October 3-6, are now being accepted. Submissions for the Western Canadian Music Awards and Western Canadian Music Industry Awards are also open, and the deadline for all three is 11pm on April 1, 2013.

For more information, please see: http://breakoutwest.ca/submissions/ guidelines-and-categories/

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PIANO FRIDAYS: SHELDON CORBETT / The Bassment — Take in some smooth jazz stylings on the Kinsman Yamaha S6 grand piano. 4:30pm / No cover JAZZ JAM: BRETT BALON TRIO / The Bassment — If you sing or play an instrument, come on down! 9pm / $5 (jammers get in for free) DJ AASH MONEY / Béily’s UltraLounge — DJ Aash Money throws down a highenergy top 40 dance party every Friday night. 9pm / $5 cover RIFF RAFF / Buds On Broadway — Hardhitting power pop music. 9pm / $6 WHO DREW A PORNO / The Fez on Broadway — A progressive, funky country punk rock act. 9pm / Cover TBD DJ ECLECTIC / The Hose & Hydrant — Local turntable whiz DJ Eclectic pumps snappy electronic beats all night long.

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DJ SUGAR DADDY / Jax Niteclub — Able to rock any party, this local crowd favourite has always been known to break the latest and greatest tracks. 9pm / $5 cover INDIGO JOSEPH, RORY BOREALIS / Lydia’s Pub — Two great acts, one low price. 10pm / $5 DJ BIG AYYY & DJ HENCHMAN / Outlaws Country Rock Bar — Round up your friends ‘cause there’s no better country rock party around. 8pm / $5; ladies in free before 11pm THE DAVE NELSON TRIO / Prairie Ink — Light jazz and latin standards. 8pm / No cover THE TREWS, 54-40 / Prairieland Park — Two awesome Canadian bands help kick of the CIS Cabaret. 8pm / $44.75 (ticketmaster.ca) MITCHY THE KID / Spadina Freehouse — This local DJ drops sick beats. 9pm / No cover TERI ANN STRONGARM / Stan’s Place — Come out for a night of rocking tunes.

9pm / No cover DUELING PIANOS / Staqatto Piano Lounge — Terry Hoknes, Neil Currie and Brad King belt out classic tunes and audience requests,from Sinatra to Lady Gaga.

10pm / $5 PARTY ROCK FRIDAYS / Tequila Nightclub — Featuring DJ Dislexik. 9pm / Cover TBD PANDACORN, TECHNOLOGY / Vangelis - Two rockin’ bands, one great price.10pm / $5

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HOUSE DJS / 6Twelve — Resident DJs spin deep and soulful tunes all night.

9pm / No cover BLACKWATER, PANDAS IN JAPAN, BASEMENT PAINTINGS / Amigos Cantina — A night full of sweet music and good times, presented by Grilled Cheeseapolooza.

10pm / Cover TBD HORNBY/SIKALA/LEMANCZYK TRIO / The Bassment — A fusion of European and North American jazz. 9pm / $15/20 DJ CTRL + AUSTEN ROADZ / Béily’s UltraLounge — DJ CTRL throws down a high-energy top 40 dance party along with Austen Roadz every Saturday night.

9pm / $5 cover RIFF RAFF / Buds on Broadway — Hardhitting power pop music. 9pm / $6 NATURE OF / Fez on Broadway — A talented five-piece from Alberta. 9pm / Cover TBD DJ KADE / The Hose & Hydrant — Saskatoon’s own DJ lights it up. 8pm / No cover DJ SUGAR DADDY / Jax Niteclub — Able to rock any party, this local crowd fa-

vourite has always been known to break the latest and greatest tracks in multiple genres. 9pm / $5 cover END OF THE RAINBOW DRINKING PARTY / Louis’ — Featuring The Pistolwhips, The Grove, ricky Rock, JH43 and Milton Hamfat. 7pm / Cover TBD BASS INVADERS / Lydia’s Pub — Bass for your face on a fine Saturday night.

10pm / $5 DJ BIG AYYY & DJ HENCHMAN / Outlaws Country Rock Bar — Round up your friends ‘cause there’s no better country rock party around. 8pm / $5 DOUG BOOMHOWER TRIO / Prairie Ink — A local jazz trio. 8pm / No cover OUR LADY PEACE / Prairieland Park — Come party with OLP at the CIS Cabaret.

8pm / $62.50 (ticketmaster.ca) COLLECTED BY FUSE COLLECTIVE / Spadina Freehouse — A group of local musicians doing their thing. 9pm / No cover TERI ANN STRONGARM / Stan’s Place — Come out for a night of rocking tunes.

9pm / No cover DUELING PIANOS / Staqatto Piano Lounge — Terry Hoknes, Neil Currie and Brad King belt out classic tunes and audience requests, from Sinatra to Lady Gaga. 10pm / $5 MISCHA DANIELS / Tequila Nightclub — Come celebrate St. Patty’s Day a day early. 9pm / $5 MYSTERY SQUAD, FILTHY SENORITAS, GOOD ENOUGH / Vangelis - Come listen to this trifecta of sweet bands. 10pm / $5

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ELECTRIC SIX / Amigos — A six-piece from Detroit rocks. 10pm / $15 DJ AASH MONEY, LOUNGE PISTOL, DJ SUGAR DADDY / Béily’s — It’s a St. Patrick’s Day extravaganza! 4pm THE EILEEN LAVERTY BAND, CIRCLING OVER SHANNON, THE RIVER CITY REELIN’ ROCKETTES / Dakota Dunes Casino — Come spend St. Paddy’s Day with proper Irish music. 6:30pm / $40 (tickets.siga.sk.ca) DJ KADE / The Hose & Hydrant — Saskatoon DJ lights it up with hot tunes. 8pm / No cover NESS CREEK AUDITIONS / Lydia’s Pub — Come out and see the acts vying for a spot at this year’s Ness Creek festival.

2pm / Cover TBD SUNDAY JAM / Stan’s Place — Celebrate St. Patty’s Day with various artists. 8pm SUNDAY JAM / Vangelis Tavern — The Vangelis Sunday Jam is an institution, offering great tunes from blues to rock and beyond. 7:30pm / No cover

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MONDAY 18 METAL MONDAYS / Lydia’s Pub — If hard, heavy awesomeness is your thing, swing by, listen to some killer music and get in on some concert giveaways. 9pm SYNAPTIC / Vangelis — A great night of electronic fun. 10pm / No cover

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AVEY BROS. / Buds On Broadway — Blues done right. 9pm / $6 DJ SUGAR DADDY / The Double Deuce — Able to rock any party, this crowd favourite has always been known to break the latest and greatest tracks in multiple genres. 9:30pm / $4 cover VERB PRESENTS OPEN STAGE / Lydia’s Pub — 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 / No cover OPEN MIC / Somewhere Else Pub — Come out to show your talent. 7pm / No cover

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HUMP WEDNESDAYS / 302 Lounge & Discotheque — Resident DJ Chris Knorr will be spinning all of your favourite songs and requests, every Wednesday night.

9pm / No cover until 10pm; $3 thereafter JOHN JEROME AND THE GREAT 88 / Beaumont Film and Record — A talented indie duo from the East coast. 8pm / Cover TBD AVEY BROS. / Buds On Broadway — Blues done right. 9pm / $6 TERRI CLARK / Dakota Dunes Casino — With more than four million albums sold, this lady has made her mark on country music. 8:30pm / SOLD OUT THE AVENUE RECORDING COMPANY PRESENTS OPEN MIC / The Fez on Broadway — Hosted by Chad Reynolds. Sign up and play at this weekly event. 10pm / No cover DJ KADE / Hose & Hydrant — Saskatoon DJ lights it up with hot tunes. 8pm / No cover DR. J ‘SOULED OUT’ / Lydia’s Pub — Dr. J spins hot funk and soul every Wednesday night. 9pm WILD WEST WEDNESDAY / Outlaws Country Rock Bar — Don’t forget to come and ride the mechanical bull. 9pm / Cover TBD GREGORY S. EDMUNDS / Spadina Freehouse — Come out and listen to some sax music. 8pm / No cover DUELING PIANOS / Staqatto Piano Lounge — Terry Hoknes, Neil Currie

and Brad King belt out classic tunes and audience requests, from Sinatra to Lady Gaga. 10pm / No cover

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MASTA ACE, STRICKLIN, THE BUNDIES, WORSDSWORTH / Amigos Cantina — A night of hip hop and dope MCs. 10pm / Cover TBD AVEY BROS. / Buds On Broadway — Blues done right. 9pm / $6 THROWBACK THURSDAYS / Earls — Come experience the best in retro funk, soul, reggae and rock provided by Dr. J. 8pm / No cover THUNDER RIOT W/CONKY SHOWPONY / The Fez on Broadway — Come dance the night away as this local DJ plays the kind of music that’ll get your feet moving. 9pm / $5 DJ KADE / The Hose & Hydrant — Saskatoon DJ lights it up with hot tunes. 8pm / No cover DJ SUGAR DADDY / Jax Niteclub — Local DJ 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 / $5; free cover with student ID before 11pm

FRIDAY 22

HOUSE DJS / 6Twelve Lounge — Funk, soul & lounge DJs liven up the atmosphere at 6Twelve. 9pm / No cover PIANO FRIDAYS: MAURICE DROUIN / The Bassment — Come check out Drouin tickle the ivories of the Kinsman Yamaha S6 grand piano. 4:30pm / No cover ROOTS SERIES: TROY MACGILLIVRAY AND FRIENDS / The Bassment — A bluenoser who is hellfire on a fiddle. 9pm / $5 (jammers get in for free) DJ AASH MONEY / Béily’s UltraLounge — DJ Aash Money throws down a highenergy top 40 dance party every Friday night. 9pm / $5 cover HUNG JURY / Buds On Broadway — Playing covers from AC/DC to Fleetwood Mac. 9pm / $6 DJ ECLECTIC / The Hose & Hydrant — Local turntable whiz DJ Eclectic pumps snappy electronic beats. 8pm / No cover DJ SUGAR DADDY / Jax Niteclub — Able to rock any party, this local crowd favourite has always been known to break the latest and greatest tracks in multiple genres. He Is sure to have you on the dance floor in no time. 9pm / $5 cover JUAN SEBASTIAN LAROBINE, MALIKA SELLAMI / Le Relais — A laid-back

evening with talented musicians. 8pm / Ticket info @ 653-7440 MAT THE ALIEN / Louis’ Pub — Otherworldly beats from a talented DJ. 9pm / Cover TBD DJ BIG AYYY & DJ HENCHMAN / Outlaws Country Rock Bar — Round up your friends ‘cause there’s no better country rock party around. 8pm / $5; ladies in free before 11pm SURROUND SOUND / Paved Arts — Featuring John Cage, Jennifer Butler, Gareth Cook, Darren Miller, Jeff Morton and WL Altman. 7pm / SOLD OUT TROY HUDSON TRIO / Prairie Ink — Hudson is a talented singer/songwriter not to be missed. 8pm / No cover LORI J WARD WITH FAYDE AND DISLEXIK / Spadina Freehouse — The kind of music that’ll make you bob your head.

9pm / No cover 0KM 2 EMPTY / Stan’s Place — Come out for a sweet night of rocking tunes. 9pm / No cover DUELING PIANOS / Staqatto Piano Lounge — Terry Hoknes, Neil Currie and Brad King belt out classic tunes and audience requests,from Sinatra to Lady Gaga.

10pm / $5 PARTY ROCK FRIDAYS / Tequila Nightclub — Featuring DJ Dislexik, doing his spinning thing. 9pm / Cover TBD FLYING FOX AND THE HUNTER GATHERERS W/ PROUD ANIMALS / Vangelis — Awesome operatic indie jazz. 10pm / $5

SATURDAY 23

HOUSE DJS / 6Twelve — Resident DJs spin deep and soulful tunes all night.

9pm / No cover B.A. JOHNSTON / Amigos Cantina — Hilarious folk from Ontario. 10pm / Cover TBD JAZZ DIVA SERIES: CAROL WELSMAN TRIO / The Bassment — A major talent of both voice and piano. 9pm / $35/40 DJ CTRL + AUSTEN ROADZ / Béily’s — DJ CTRL throws down a high-energy top 40 dance party along with Austen Roadz every Saturday night. 9pm / $5 cover HUNG JURY / Buds — Playing covers from AC/DC to Fleetwood Mac. 9pm / $6 BOB SEGER AND THE SILVER BULLET BAND / Credit Union Centre — A legendary rocker from Detroit. 8pm / $66.50265.50 (ticketmaster.ca) PSYCHO DEELIA / Fez on Broadway — A local band playing the hard stuff. 9pm / Cover TBD DJ KADE / The Hose & Hydrant — Saskatoon’s own DJ lights it up with hot tunes.

8pm / No cover

DJ SUGAR DADDY / Jax Niteclub — Able to rock any party, this local crowd favourite has always been known to break the latest and greatest tracks in multiple genres. He is sure to have you on the dance floor in no time. 9pm / $5 cover VULTURE KULT / Lydia’s Pub — Rock and roll for the modern age.10pm / $5 DJ BIG AYYY & DJ HENCHMAN / Outlaws Country Rock Bar — Round up your friends ‘cause there’s no better country rock party around. 8pm / $5 WAYNE BARGEN / Prairie Ink — Finger style acoustic music. 8pm / No cover MITCHY THE KID / Spadina Freehouse — A local DJ doing his thing and doing it well. 9pm / No cover 0KM 2 EMPTY / Stan’s Place — Come out for a night of rocking tunes. 9pm / No cover

DUELING PIANOS / Staqatto Piano Lounge — Terry Hoknes, Neil Currie and Brad King belt out classic tunes and audience requests, from Sinatra to Lady Gaga. 10pm / $5 SEXY SATURDAYS / Tequila Nightclub — Featuring DJ Dislexik. 9pm / Cover TBD (ladies get free cover before 11pm)

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BURT WONDERSTONE NOT SO INCREDIBLE

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New Steve Carell movie funny, but not that funny BY ADAM HAWBOLDT

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hen it comes to movies about magicians, one film stands heads and shoulders above the rest — The Prestige.

If you’ve seen it, you know what I’m talking about. If not, drop whatever you’re doing RIGHT NOW and go watch it. Seriously — it’s that good. So good, in fact, that it’s the movie by which all other magician movies — past, present, and future — should be judged.

Well, almost all.

See, the latest magician movie, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone,

Incredible Burt Wonderstone take itself seriously.

can’t really be lumped in with flicks like The Prestige or The Illusionist.

… this isn’t the best comedy [but] there are enough dumb laughs and decent acting to hold your attention.

ADAM HAWBOLDT

Why? Because not once — not once! — during its one-hour-andforty-minute running time does The

And depending on who you are, that can be a good thing or a bad thing.

Me, I’m an idiot. I love comedies like, say, Anchorman, Zoolander, and Talladega Nights. Movies that revel in their own silliness, with characters who are cartoonish and remain cartoonish throughout the entire film.

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone is one of those movies.

No, it’s not as good as the best Will Ferrell-esque movies. And it sure as heck ain’t The Prestige. But all in all, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone is a funny movie that’s worth a watch (unless, of course, you hate idiodyssey comedies, in which case avoid this film like the plague).

Directed by Don Scardino (30 Rock), and written by Jonathan Goldstein (Horrible Bosses) and John Francis Daley (of Freaks and Geeks fame), The Incredible Burt Wonderstone is about two magicians — Burt (Steve Carell) and Anton (Steve Buscemi) — who are facing career problems.

When we first meet Burt and Anton, they are 10-year-old kids who are being bullied. They find solace from their unfortunate reality in the form of a “Become a Magician” kit featuring the famed illusionist Rance Holloway (Alan Arkin).

Jump ahead a few decades, and Burt and Anton are a magic team playing the Vegas strip. They’re rich.

They’re famous. But their show is dated and the boys are at odds with each other. Fame has gone to Burt’s head and he’s living the life of a rockstar, having sex with groupies and blowing massive amounts of money.

THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE DIRECTED BY Don Scardino STARRING Steve Carell, Steve Buscemi, Jim Carrey + Olivia Wilde 101 MINUTES | PG

Then things go from bad to worse when a David Blaine/Criss Angelstyle street magician named Steve Gray (Jim Carrey) shows up on the scene and steals Burt and Anton’s thunder. Faced with their possible demise, the pair must adapt if they are to remain relevant.

Hilarity ensues.

Well, not hilarity, so to speak, but there are a lot of laughs in The Incredible Burt Wonderstone. Especially when Jim Carrey is on screen. The guy all but steals the movie.

Don’t get me wrong, this isn’t the best comedy you’ll ever seen. Not even close. But there are enough dumb laughs and decent acting to hold your attention. Just don’t go into the theatre expecting to burst out cackling every few minutes. The laughs in The Incredible Burt Wonderstone are more of the amusing chuckle variety.

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ARE YOU TRYING TO SEDUCE US, MR. HOFFMAN?

Dustin Hoffman’s directorial debut, Quartet, a light, well-paced comedy BY ADAM HAWBOLDT

T

he history of Hollywood is littered with actors who have tried their hands at directing.

Some of them turn out to be just as good behind the camera as they are in front of it: think Clint Eastwood, Robert Redford, Charlie Chaplin. Some are way better as directors than as thespians, like Ben Affleck and Ron Howard.

And then there are the actors who don the directorial beret and give us cinematic monstrosities. Harsh, I know. But anyone who has seen Crispin Glover’s What Is It? or William Shatner’s Star Trek V know exactly what I’m talking about.

So where does Dustin Hoffman fit on this spectrum with his directorial debut, Quartet?

Well, it all depends, for starters, on what you think about his new movie.

Adapted for the silver screen by playwright Ronald Harwood (the guy who wrote the original play), Quartet

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likes to draw links between opera and hip hip — and Cissy (Pauline Collins), who can sing opera when her mind isn’t slipping.

Problem is, while Wilf, Reginald and Cissy are all competent musicians, the act lacks any real star power.

Enter Jean Horton (Maggie Smith), a former famous diva with the voice of an angel.

Problem solved, right? Not exactly.

See, Jean doesn’t sing anymore, and Reginald (who, along with Cissy and Wilf, have history with Jean) doesn’t

[Quartet is] a light comedy with a bit of heart and a whole lot of good acting.

ADAM HAWBOLDT

features Michael Gambon (that’s Professor Dumbledore for you Harry Potter fans) as an old director named Cedric, who is living in a retirement home for professional musicians.

The home is running low on cash, so for the annual gala concert to raise funds, Cedric decides to put together a group of former musicians to star in the show. He enlists the help of the ever-horny Wilf (Billy Connolly), Reginald (Tom Courtenay) — who

want anything to do with the home’s new resident.

And while this may not sound like the most amazing of storylines, it somehow works well enough to produce a light comedy with a bit of heart and a whole lot of good acting. Sure, it may wring one too many laughs out of the whole horny-old-people-wantingsex schtick, but Hoffman does a good job of giving the movie a grounded, well-paced feel.

QUARTET Dustin Hoffman Michael Gambon, Maggie Smith, Billy Connolly, Tom Courtenay + Pauline Collins DIRECTED BY STARRING

98 MINUTES | PG

So as far as Hoffman’s directorial debut goes, he aced it.

Right. Now, the other factor in determining where Hoffman falls on the actor-turned-director spectrum is how you feel about Hoffman as an actor.

Personally, he’s one of my favourites. Just look at the line-up of amazing movies he’s starred in: Papillon, Marathon Man and All the President’s Men, to name just a few. How can’t you love the guy? And that’s why I have to create a new category for Hoffman.

Yes, Quartet was a good movie and Hoffman directed it with competence.

But the man is such a wonderful actor, let’s wedge him into the good-directorbut-great-actor category, alongside, oh I don’t know … Robert De Niro?

Quartet is currently being screened at Broadway Theatre.

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Tequila Nightclub’s Grand Reopening 1201 Alberta Avenue (306) 668 2582 MUSIC VIBE / Hip hop, R&B, pop, and live DJs FEATURED DEALS / All draft $5, and vodka rockstar shots for $4.50, TOP EATS / Nachos and boneless dry ribs SOMETHING NEW / Tequila’s grand reopening features new renovations,

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CROSSWORD CANADIAN CRISS-CROSS DOWN 1. Well-mannered 2. Has a loan from 3. Ran into 4. Like some skirts 5. Curl one’s lip 6. Gave birth to 7. Somewhat 8. Car modified to go very fast 9. Woollen hat 11. Imitation gemstone 12. Opera singer 14. Start again 17. Equal level 20. Tendon 21. Verified fact 24. Part of a relay race

26. Decide on 28. Decorative design, as for wallpaper 29. Window part 30. Adjust slightly 31. Tempting quality 32. Armed conflict 33. Defensive obstacle 34. Because of 35. Mild exclamation 38. Less common 41. Run like water 43. After all the others 45. Compass heading 47. Romanian currency unit

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29. Period of development 32. Operating power of an appliance 36. Cobbler’s tool 37. Anger 39. Grown up 40. One’s own person 42. Creative work 43. Molten matter 44. Big rig 46. Jubilant 48. Monetary unit of Denmark 49. Varnish ingredient 50. Pitcher with a flaring spout 51. Extremely enthusiastic

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ACROSS 1. Magnificent display 5. Persian word for king 9. Part of the intestine 10. Canadian brand of coffee 12. Remove written words 13. Newspaper employee 15. Eye part 16. Imitate 18. Faithful, as a friend 19. Check for accuracy 20. Switch on 22. Worn with age 23. Artist’s studio 25. Cowboy competition 27. Football player 28. Young dog © WALTER D. FEENER 2012

HOROSCOPES MARCH 15 – MARCH 21 ARIES March 21–April 19

LEO July 23–August 22

SAGITTARIUS November 23–December 21

It may not be spring yet, but you should try cleaning your life up a little. It’s time to throw out all the negative things you’ve amassed over winter.

You’ll have a chance to step into the spotlight at some point this week, Leo. And you know you’ll want to, but resist the urge. Nothing good will come of it.

Success is just around the corner, Sagittarius, so keep on keeping on.

Don’t give up. All your hard work is about to be rewarded.

TAURUS April 20–May 20

VIRGO August 23–September 22

CAPRICORN December 22–January 19

You’re going to be bombarded with information this week, Taurus. Which can be a good thing, but only if you can recognize the useful stuff.

If the chance to take a trip comes up this week, don’t hesitate. Take it, Virgo. It doesn’t have to be a long trip; any sort of journey will be worthwhile.

In the mood for romance, Capricorn? The vibe is in the air this week. Take advantage of it while you can — it won’t last forever.

GEMINI May 21–June 20

LIBRA September 23–October 23

AQUARIUS January 20–February 19

Do you like surprises, Gemini? If not, too bad. There will be a few of those lying in wait for you this week.

Keep your eyes peeled.

Start something new this week, Libra; it doesn’t matter what it is, just start something. But be sure to finish it: incomplete projects don’t bode well for you.

If you’ve been toying with the idea of doing something new and daring, Aquarius, quit toying around and just do it. Even if it feels like a bad idea.

CANCER June 21–July 22

SCORPIO October 24–November 22

PISCES February 20–March 20

Your energy will be high this week, Cancer, both mentally and physically. Enjoy them and put them to good use — you’ll be pleased with the results.

Some useful opportunities could present themselves this week. Too bad your head will be so far in the clouds you won’t be able to recognize them.

If you have the chance to sneak off to an abandoned taffy factory to look for treasure this week, take it, Pisces. Which is to say: be adventurous!

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