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We review the latest movies. 22 / Film

Inside the world of a PUA. 4 / Local

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The SSO tackles Handel’s masterpiece. 15 / Arts

We visit Winston’s + Stan’s Place.

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alone but not lonely Rare red panda comes to SK. 6 / Local

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Fantastic Filipino

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Our thoughts on a mandatory winter driving course. 8 / Editorial

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Weekly original comic illustrations

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Welcome to the game

Local pickup artist reveals secrets, explains the evolving nature of the seduction community by ADAM HAWBOLDT

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t all starts with a positive mindset.

Before Dave ever gets to the bar, before he ever opens his mouth or tries to talk to a girl, he has to get his head right. That’s why, in the hours leading up to going out, he’ll get together with a friend and talk about the previous night of sarging.

Sarging, in case you don’t know, is a term in the seduction commu-

nity that means going out into the field (usually a pub or club) with the explicit intention of picking up girls.

And Dave?

Well, he’s a pick-up artist. That’s PUA for short.

“Every PUA wants to chat about game,” says Dave. “I usually go out sarging with this one guy, so before we go to the bar what I like to do is talk. Put myself into a positive headspace, which involves talking about game. Maybe the last time he was out, a guy encountered a problem. Maybe last week he got a number and it was a flake. Any number that’s a flake we call wood.

You don’t want wood. So we’ll talk about that. I’ll help him out. Ask him when he texted her. What did he say to her? Did he meet her friends? Was there another guy there? Stuff like that. You break it down and get to the point where maybe you figure out the issue.

Maybe you don’t. At the end of the day you never know, but talking about it gets you in the right headspace.”

Once all the talk about game is over, Dave and his fellow PUA will head to the bar. In the car on the way there, if they’re not really in the mood to sarge, they play games.

Silly games, Dave admits. “Did you watch WWE when you were a kid?” he asks, taking a sip of coffee from the white mug he’s holding. I nod and Dave says, “You remember Ric Flair? The ridiculous stuff he used to say? Me and my buddy will mimic that in the car. It’s stupid, it’s childish. But that’s the point. It gets your head out of ‘oh work was tough today, oh my car is broken.’ It takes you out of your everyday life and puts you in a good mood.”

Mood established, mindset right, it’s time to hit the bar.

The game is on.

“Soon as you walk in, you want to make sure you’re targeting interactions right away,” says Dave. “Soon as you walk through

the door, you open. It could be a girl that works there, a girl you know, a total stranger. Doesn’t matter, you’re just opening.”

An opener in the seduction community isn’t what you think.

It’s not some cheesy line like, say, “Did it hurt when you fell from heaven” or anything like that. No, a PUA opener is often an innocent, field-tested question that elicits advice or an opinion from a girl. It gets them talking, makes them feel comfortable. “Most guys start out with a systems-based approach,” explains Dave. “When you do this, and you’re going out lots, it’s almost like being in the Matrix. If you have a system you can almost see how a conversation is going to play out.”

Dave takes another sip of coffee and says, “You know how they say a really good chess player is always playing a bunch of moves ahead?

It’s sort of how it feels. If you say something, you know how she’s going to respond. She’s going to give one of maybe three answers.

When she gives you her answer you’re going to give her this response or that response. You know how it shakes down.”

But only if you’re a seasoned PUA. If that’s the case, after the opener, you know how to read body language, spot IOIs (indicators of interest), deal with AMOGs (alpha males of the group), and avoid MPB (male pattern blindness). You intimately understand the ideas of DHV (displaying high value), qualifying (the act of proving to someone how worthy you are), and stacking (moving from one story to another).

You also know that, once upon a time ago, you were an AFC (average frustrated chump), and running game was far from easy.

The modern seduction movement got its start back in the 1970s, when a guy named Eric Weber wrote a book called How to Pick Up Girls!

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There was no community back then, just a bunch of guys trying to figure out a way to bridge the vast disconnect between men and women.

Then came the late ‘80s, and with them the publication of How to Get the Women You Desire into Bed. The book was written by Ross Jeffries, who also taught workshops on neuro-linguistic programming and speed seduction. It was around these techniques that the first seduction community emerged.

But the modern seduction community didn’t come around until the early ‘90s, with the advent of the Internet. As the web gained popularity, PUAs from around the

people began paying attention to the previously underground movement. Websites sprung up, VH1 produced a show called The Pickup Artist, men who previously had problems talking to women now had a way to overcome their fears and shortcomings.

But, as mentioned before, at first it wasn’t easy for the newbies. Still isn’t. “Most people who get into this stuff, it’s sort of understood that it’s because of a bad breakup,” explains Dave. “Any guy I’ve brought into it, that’s how it happened. But a lot of guys brush up against this stuff and figure it’s not for them. It’s a lot to take in, a lot to handle. Most

Soon as you walk in, you want to make sure you’re targeting interactions… dave

world had, for the first time, a way to compare methods they used to approach women.

The community grew slowly.

Then, in 2005, the seduction community gained the attention of mainstream culture when Neil Strauss — a writer for magazines like Esquire and Rolling Stone — infiltrated the pseudo-secret community and wrote a book called The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists. After that, more

guys give up right away. When you’re learning, it’s very stilted.

Very contrived and robotic. And in the beginning you get shelled, totally blown out of the water.”

But for all the rejection, there’s an upside to running game.

“Some guys are so nervous they can’t even talk to girls,” says Dave.

“They are totally incapable of having a conversation. But if they stick with it they go from being that guy to a guy capable of having a real

conversation with a girl — which is worlds apart.”

And yet for all the positives the game can have for certain guys, for some people on the outside there exists an ew-factor associated with game. They see it as being unethical or manipulative.

But Dave sees the whole thing in a different light.

“I’ve been heavily involved in this for about two years, been poking around for about six. And I tell you, it’s gotten considerably less creepy in that time,” says Dave. “You have to understand.

When this all started, these guys who developed these systems were kind of losers. They were code breakers. They didn’t have any of the keys. They didn’t have the government clearance to be a cool guy so they’re trying to change the game. They saw these females as adversaries, puzzles. It was an us-versus-them mindset. Win-lose.

But that’s changed. The way I see it, it’s win-win. If I’m really interesting and she’s into it, we both win. I get to hang out with a cool girl who’s cute. She gets to hang out with an interesting guy.”

Whatever happens after that, Dave isn’t saying.

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Alone, but not lonely Rare red panda arrives in Saskatchewan by ADAM HAWBOLDT

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he journey begins at 2595 Roblin Boulevard in Winnipeg. That’s where you’ll find the Assiniboine Park Zoo, where Phoenix the red panda was born.

It’s November 18th, early in the morning on a sub-zero winter day. Zoo workers place Phoenix in a crate, then load the crate into the back of a truck.

He’s two years old, Phoenix is.

Right around the age when, if he were born in the wild, he’d be leaving his family to carve his own path in the world. To head out on a solitary journey all his own. But today, being born in captivity, Phoenix’s departure from his family is markedly different.

In the back of the truck, Phoenix is alone. Just him, his crate, and the

sound of wheels rumbling along the Trans-Canada highway. Engine humming, wind whistling past the enclose space where Phoenix rests.

Where he’s headed, Phoenix has no clue.

Past Brandon and Yorkton, the truck drives. What Phoenix is doing, it’s hard to say.

By nature, most red pandas are nocturnal and crepuscular, meaning they sleep most of the day and become active during dawn and dusk.

So if Phoenix is adhering to his nature, chances are he’s asleep at times during the nearly 800 kilometre journey he’s embarking on.

Chances are, shortly after he wakes up, Phoenix, like most other red pandas, will clean his fur like a cat. He will lick his front paws, then rub his back, stomach and sides.

Sometime late in the evening on November 18th, after more than eight hours on the road, the truck transporting Phoenix reaches its final destination in Saskatchewan — the Forestry Farm Park and Zoo in Saskatoon.

Phoenix is whisked immediately from the back of the truck into quarantine. There he will be alone again, away from the other animals at the zoo.

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But don’t feel too bad for Phoenix. Red pandas are solitary animals who only seek company during mating season.

This is not mating season.

The red panda is known by many names. In Nepal, it’s commonly called bhalu biralo (bear cat). The Sherpa people of Nepal and Sikkim call it ye nigiva ponva, a Sunuwari word meaning bear. The Lepcha people call it sak nam, the Limbus know the red panda as kaala.

In English they are known as red pandas or lesser pandas, but not many people use the latter term. The word lesser seems a tad too pejorative.

pauses for a second to cough, then says, “We also feed it leaf-eater diet biscuits, which are readily available through Missouri and other feed suppliers. Then also give it fruit and vegetables that are human quality.

That’s all we use.”

The diet for Phoenix came from the Species Survival Plan program.

He’ll actually come and point and touch for food and things. john moran

For narrative purposes, we’ll continue to call ours Phoenix.

Native to the temperate forests of the Himalayas, red pandas like Phoenix grow to be about 50-64 centimetres long, from head to backside.

That’s slightly larger than a domesticated cat. Their bushy tails usually measure somewhere between 28-59 centimetres. They have long, reddishbrown fur on their bodies, black fur on their legs and underbelly, and light fur on their faces. With its white badges and upright ears, the red panda’s face looks similar to that of a raccoon. Adding to the cute factor is the red panda’s wadding, ambling gait — caused by their rather short and stubby legs.

As for their diets, well, red pandas like Phoenix mostly eat bamboo.

Which invites the question: where is the Forestry Farm Park and Zoo going to get this staple food for Phoenix?

After all, Saskatchewan isn’t exactly a hotbed of bamboo production.

“Feeding him won’t be a problem,” says John Moran, zoo manager. “We’re bringing in bamboo from Ohio right now. We’ve also sourced another place out of Vancouver Island that can supply us with bamboo.” Moran

It was also through the SSP that the Forestry Farm Park and Zoo acquired the animal.

“Getting [Phoenix] started when we made an application to the SSP,” says Moran. “The next step, they sent us a huge questionnaire that you have to respond to. It has to include pictures and diagrams of your holding facilities, how you plan to display the animal, staff expertise, veterinary care, a commitment to importing the food or putting a plan in place to grow it locally — and that’s just the start of the process.”

A process that, on that cool day in mid-November, brought Phoenix to his new home.

The quarantine space is an enclosed building on the Forestry Farm Park and Zoo grounds. Separate from the other buildings, it consists of interior and exterior holding pens that keep new animals away from other species.

This is what Phoenix will call home — at least for now.

“Whenever a new animal comes in, it goes straight into quarantine,” says Moran. “That’s the procedure.

In transport, a lot of times, animals can pick up various diseases or bugs. So we quarantine them, segregate them from the whole population. That way, if it did pick up something in transit it won’t transmit it to other animals.”

These days, when Phoenix isn’t being tested for parasites or other things, he’s hanging out in quarantine either eating (once in the morning and once again in the evening), resting, or being trained by the Forestry Farm Park and Zoo staff.

“He’s not afraid of people,” says Moran. “He has already done some behavior training. He’ll actually come and point and touch for food and things. So we’ll continue to work on that over the course of the year. We also need to weigh him occasionally, so some of his training has to do with that, getting him to go into the box that’s on a scale.”

And, by all accounts, so far Phoenix is doing well. Red pandas, which have been classified as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature because there are less than 10,000 of them left on Earth, are highly adaptable to living in captivity.

Given the solitary nature of the creatures, that isn’t surprising.

But Phoenix won’t be alone for long. Soon enough he’ll join the other animals in the zoo. And one day, if all goes right, they may even find a mate for him to spend some time with — when he wants.

“That’s the goal,” says Moran.

“The SSP knows our long-term goal is to participate as a breeding facility. That may be a couple of years down the road or they could call in nine months.”

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Winter woes A mandatory winter driving course would help save lives

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ook at any news source during the winter months in Saskatchewan and chances are you’ll see a few old familiar headlines cropping up. “Crash on Highway 11 closes northbound lanes,” “Man injured in crash near (insert pretty much any town here),” or “Icy conditions blamed for crashes around Saskatchewan,” for example.

Hop in you car on a random, snowy day and it’s easy to see where these headlines come from. Cars are in ditches or snowbanks after losing control in slippery conditions. Semitrucks are jackknifed on highways.

Rolled over vehicles dot the roadside. And yet, even though winter driving requires a vastly different set of skills than driving during dry conditions, there is nothing that

mandates drivers must demonstrate their prowess at navigating our winter roads before getting behind the wheel of a car. And we’re not just talking about keeping yourself from injury — knowing how to maneuver a car properly in cold weather will also allow you to protect yourself against other, less able drivers.

Which is why Saskatchewan car owners should be required to take a winter defensive driving course.

Now, less you think we’re exaggerating about the necessity of educating Saskatchewan drivers how to proceed when Old Man Winter is in town, just look at the stats from last year and the first few months of 2013. According to SGI, between November 2012 and January 2013 there were 10,000 more collision claims than there had been in the

same three-month time span the previous year. Specifically, that works out to 41, 367 claims over just those three months Why? Well, because if you recall, during those months we got hammered by winter. Snow storms and icy roads played a big factor in the increased number of accidents.

And it wasn’t just the first three months, either. In March, after a particularly large snow storm, the RCMP reported they had responded to over 155 motor-vehicle crashes in less than two days. And this winter isn’t looking any better. It’s only early December and we’ve already had a blast of the cold and icy. Who knows what’s coming down the pipeline this year.

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accidents and there will be more as weather conditions worsen. Which is why we think we should implement province-wide winter driving courses.

Currently, SGI offers a five hour classroom-based course on defensive driving, which, according to their website, will teach you “how to prevent collisions no matter the road conditions.” But what needs to run in tandem with that is actual, practical, hands-on experience. So here’s what we propose: every new driver wishing to obtain a license must enroll in a winter driving course that is a combination of both classroom theory and on-road practice before ever being issued a license. A course like this teaches you how to control your car in snowy and icy weather. It teaches you how to gain confidence while driving in winter, how to effectively control skids, and how to employ proper stopping techniques in less-than-desirable conditions.

Courses like this also teach you about traction, cornering techniques, how to create buffer zones and use your eyes (both your focal and peripheral vision) to spot danger and avoid it.

And while programs like this should be mandatory for all new drivers, we think those who have been behind the wheel for years could always use a refresher or might find some new tips worthwhile.

And that’s why we propose making the program optional for existing motorists, but including a tantalizing incentive — say, a reduction on insurance premiums during the winter — should they choose to participate.

We’ve written in the past about the importance of educating people to be safe, defensive drivers, and we stand by that now. But hand in hand with promoting a responsible attitude behind the wheel is cracking down on those motorists who simply don’t care — after all, they are not just putting themselves at risk when they get behind the wheel. So along with a winter driving course, we would like to propose more aggressive penalties for those who tailgate, cut other drivers off, or engage in a number of other unsafe practices in their cars.

You only need to look to Germany, which houses one of the more famous highways in the world, to see how seriously they take road infractions. For example, if you’re

caught tailgating, a ticket will run you nearly $500 for a first-time offense — which is, of course, a huge deterrent. So let’s throw the book at those who will not adjust their driving for winter conditions.

In Saskatchewan, SGI notes, the punishment changes depending on the infraction, but perhaps an across the board percentage hike on tickets issued for dangerous driving between October and February will help eliminate maniac motorists from our roads.

But harsher penalties, though a part of the solution, only occur after the problem has already happened.

Reactive is never as good as proactive, which is why our efforts should be focussed on preventing accidents

in the first place, not just punishing them after the fact. So let’s make Saskatchewan a safer province for us motorists to drive in, starting with teaching a defensive course tailored for our cold and icy streets. Because, let’s be honest: we’re staring down a few more months of this at least, and we can’t just stay indoors.

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On Topic: Last week we asked what you thought about an opt-out organ donation system. Here's what you had to say:

– I don’t want the default to be that the government can harvest my organs should I die unexpectedly and haven’t made those wishes known yet. The default should always be protecting the sanctity of the body.

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– It’s tremendously sad that so many Canadians are dying waiting for an organ. I can’t imaging being so sick knowing you were going to die, and knowing that there is actually this one thing that could save you and you just can’t have it. I’m a proud organ donor and encourage everyone to put that sticker on their health card! You could make such an amazing difference in so many people’s lives:)

– Absolutely not, try mandatory organ donation. Too many good people die (not just in Canada) waiting for organ transplants; if your religion forbids it don’t come here or don’t die here. The first

people to forfeit organs should be prisoners, let the punishment fit the crime you have taken a live so now you will save lives

– Opt-out sounds great. I know people are lazy so auto signing up makes sense. I say do it!

– I read your opinion article with interest. Is your writer an organ donor or signed up to be one?

Because if not, then they should shut up.

–Along with donating organs, everyone should also donate blood.

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People die every day needing those things, and donors can give it and still live. It’s not a situation where you have to die to help someone. We should be trying to take care of each other better.

– Make organ donation mandatory. Why are we letting so many people die needlessly?

OFF TOPIC – The H. H. Humphrey quote used in the feature article on John Gormley was great. “Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent ,debate. Perhaps Gormley could do a show or two on the way the Harper government uses another triple D -- deny, dissemble, denigrate

world. Rain forests are declining at an alarming rate, natural resources are being depleted, never to be there for future generations. How is humankind thinking of the future and leaving something for our children and our children’s children. Stop the industrial robbing of our environment. It’s not infinite resources that we have on Earth.

– Sick of everyone complaining about the tax hike to help repair roads. Something obviously needs to happen driving in the city in winter is horrible. Where did you think the money was coming from?

– Why do people always talk about the weather? We all know it’s cold out but do we really need to tell each other about it too?

– An over 7% tax hike. Great.

Saskatchewan is booming except it’s also taxing to high heaven its residents. This myth that we’re all roleing in money has to stop. Who can afford this? Maybe the cash can come from the mayor’s fancy salary.

– We all work for something.we all work somewhere for someone. We all need to work together for the better. We need to work for Better ...Vote APP Aboriginal peoples party of Saskatchewan APP0S

– Be careful out there, fellow drivers :) Remember, we can’t stop as quickly so watch when changing lanes or slamming on your brakes.

And be aware of pedestrians and bikers! Let’s all get home safe :)

– Champions refuse to be offended.

– Winter driving might suck, but it really brings out the kindness in strangers. I’ve never been stranded for more than five minutes in the city before someone pulls over and asks if I need a hand. Everyone gets how much it sucks!

ter driving course? Pick up a copy of Verb to get in on the conversation:

– Anybody who is angry is not free.

– It’s the most wonderful time of the yeaaaaaar! :D

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Making A Comeback

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Saskatoon band Autopilot is back at work after years away from the stage by Alex J MacPherson

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was recorded by Saskatoon music scene veteran S.J. Kardash at Full Color Music and Recording, and released in September. It offers a rich palette of spiky guitar riffs, punchy power chords, and spacey effects. And just like Autopilot’s 2007 release, Now It’s Time You Know What You’re Losing For, Diamond Rough is an extended meditation on life and death, hope and despair. But while guitarist and songwriter Marlon Harder

t has been six years since Autopilot released an album. But after a long involuntary hiatus which was precipitated by health problems, the edgy indie rock trio is back and better than ever. Time off does not appear to have blunted the band’s appetite for songwriting or performing, and their new album, Diamond Rough, picks up where the last one left off more than half a decade ago. The new record

is reluctant to discuss the cause of the band’s extended break, he insists that Diamond Rough is much more than a sad reflection on the past. In a recent telephone interview, the Saskatoon-based songwriter opened up about writing and recording, as well as the decision to transform Autopilot into a four-piece band.

Alex J MacPherson: Congratulations on the new record. It’s been

quite a long time coming, almost six years since Now It’s Time You Know What You’re Losing For. What took so long?

Marlon Harder: I don’t know how much I want to say about that, but I had some issues I had to sort out — I guess I could say health-wise — so that took a little bit to work out. A little longer than expected but everything’s back to a hundred percent. We’re going very hard now. It’s time to make up for lost time.

AJM: Were you writing during your time off? Or were most of the songs on this record written in the last year or so, since you’ve been back at it?

MH: I think since the beginning of the break we probably have written upwards of forty songs that didn’t make it on the record. As time went on we just kept on scrapping them.

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These ones were generally written at the same time. We’ve been doing demos since last January or March or so.

AJM: You made this record with S.J. Kardash at Full Color Music and Recording, and in the past you’ve worked with plenty of other Saskatchewan artists, including Joel Passmore

people. It was good, we were both really focused and knew what we wanted to do and what we needed to get done. I did some of the demos over there with him, and it worked out really good from the beginning.

There were no issues at all.

AJM: Diamond Rough feels like a continuation of some of the ideas on

AJM: And now you’ve got Jeremy Rigby playing guitar and bass in the band. How has it felt, moving from a three-piece to a four-piece sound?

…everything’s back to a hundred percent. We’re going very hard now.

It’s time to make up for lost time.

the last record. Did you have a pretty clear idea going into the studio, after so much time away, what you wanted the record to achieve?

MH: We’re dabbling into the fourpiece. I don’t know, it could be a five-piece one day. It’ll sound fuller, that’s for sure. The records, this one and the one from the past, have had layers of guitars, accents and effects and whatnot. Now we get to really experiment with that and just get the full sound of it.

MH: I think we knew what we wanted the end product to be, but that always changes when you go

AJM: Is it difficult to balance the fuller sound against the spikiness of the riffs and hooks on the record?

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from Rah Rah. How important is it to keep Autopilot in this province, or maybe work with friends?

MH: I guess working with friends that have really good ears and know what they’re doing, there’s a comfort. Also in knowing the

into the studio. You have different ideas and work from there. There’s always arranging and things like that that we do in the studio. And as far as writing lyrics go, I’m always one who wanted to get it perfect.

Reworking things right to the last minute. So I guess you never really know what’s going to come out. The songs always change, is what I’m trying to say.

You’ve always used a fair amount of white space in your songs.

MH: To a point, yeah. But I’ve never really thought that there needs to be a whole bunch going on at one time AJM: I mentioned continuing themes earlier, and as far as lyrics go it seems like you’re once again trying to nail down the big ideas — life, death, that sort of thing MH: There’s definitely an aspect of, yeah, talking about death or thinking about it in all the lyrics, even from the beginning of Autopilot I guess. But this record is different from the other ones in that we used to write a little more political lyrics, and this time it’s more maybe experiences and other things I guess.

I think it was just the progression with writing and whatnot. I don’t know, just trying something different. It wasn’t that I didn’t want to write political lyrics or whatever, but I guess it just didn’t come that way. It wasn’t something that came to mind. It was different.

AJM: Ultimately, it sounds like Autopilot is in good shape after a few rocky years, like you’re in a good place.

MH: We’ve been working really hard to get the word out on the record. We did a tour in October, a stretch out east. And then we’re going west, a short tour to Vancouver. And we’ve been getting a really good response in the States, so we’re going to hopefully work out some stuff down there and start touring down there a little bit more. What I do want to get across is that we’re not a sick band.

Everything’s good.

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W.O. Mitchell’s riotous curling comedy is full of poignant questions by Alex J MacPherson

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rairie curling rinks are not short on dreamers.

Nearly everyone who has thrown a takeout or drawn one to the button has thought about skipping a rink to the Brier. Dreams like that are as remarkable as the faded photos lining the walls or the Pilsner bottles stacked behind the bar. But only one curler has been willing to stand at the crossroads and make a pact with the Devil, wagering his soul against his curling ability in one of the greatest games ever played. That curler’s name was Wullie MacCrimmon, and his willingness to risk an eternity in hell for a chance at glory and a plaque on the Brier tankard is chronicled in The Black Bonspiel of Wullie MacCrimmon, a classic comedy by W.O. Mitchell.

“It’s very much like Faust, which speaks to human frailty in many ways,” says Kent Allen, who is returning to Persephone Theatre to play the Devil, a salesman travelling through Alberta in the 1930s eager to snap up available souls.

“Some of the people we meet can resist and some can’t quite resist

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the chance to perhaps cheat, or see the ends justify the means.” Like Faust, the story of the disgruntled scholar who sells his soul for a lifetime of sybaritic delight, The Black Bonspiel of Wullie MacCrimmon asks the immortal question: what are you prepared to risk to get what you want?

While the basic framework of Mitchell’s play is the same as that of Faust, Goethe could never have imagined a curling game featuring a rink skipped by the Devil and rounded out by three tremendous scoundrels — Macbeth, Guy Fawkes, and Judas Iscariot. Yet this is the compromise Wullie extracts from the Devil. If he and his friends — who he must persuade to join in — can defeat the Rink of the Damned on a sheet of curling ice, their souls will be spared. The Devil agrees, setting the stage for the strangest curling game ever played and further blurring the line between right and wrong.

“This is the essence of the argument, what do we face? What’s the bargain I make with myself?” Allen says of the pact Wullie makes. “In this play, it’s about the bargain you make

with the Devil. And that’s what human beings have been doing since they’ve been able to throw rocks.” In other words, Wullie’s pact is a representation of the moral calculus we use to justify means and ends. And The Black Bonspiel of Wullie MacCrimmon dives headfirst into the grey abyss between right and wrong.

And Allen isn’t particularly interested in leaving the audience with a concrete answer. “For a play that is so intrinsically and apparently simple, it covers a tremendous amount of bases,” he says, “in terms of self-analysis and expectation and character. Hopefully we can bring those kinds of values to the stage and people will take away from that whatever they choose.”

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Victor Sawa on the lasting appeal of Handel’s masterpiece

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n spite of its origin as an oratorio celebrating the birth, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, George Frideric Handel’s Messiah has transcended both religion and classical music, to become a symbol of the holidays and a touchstone for traditions around the world. Because Handel’s surviving manuscripts contradict

tired of it. It’s like Beethoven’s Ninth, it’s never humdrum.”

In July 1741 an English librettist called Charles Jennens sent Handel, who was then immersed in Italian operas, the text of a new oratorio. In a letter Jennens wrote to a friend, “I hope he will lay out his whole Genius and Skill upon it, that the Composition may excell all his former Composi-

It’s not a cornerstone of the music literature for nothing. victor sawa

each other, there can be no definitive version of Messiah. It is bigger than the man who composed it, bigger than any one person. And according to Victor Sawa, who conducts a performance of the Messiah each December, Handel’s masterpiece belongs to everybody.

“It’s not a cornerstone of the music literature for nothing,” Sawa says of Messiah, which premiered in 1742 and emerged as an important Christmas tradition in the 20th century.

“There are other pieces that are wonderful too, and I love them. But this has a special place. I’ve done this live twelve, thirteen, almost twenty times, but it’s always fantastic. You don’t get

tions, as the Subject excells every other Subject. The Subject is Messiah… [sic].” Handel wrote the music for Messiah in twenty-four frantic days, a furious pace for even the most prolific composers. And while he continued to tinker with the score until he died in 1759, the Dublin premiere was an overwhelming success.

Messiah, which is sung in English, is divided into three distinct parts.

The text is drawn directly from the King James Bible, and includes selections from Revelations, Psalms, and Paul’s First Epistle to the Corinthians.

Handel’s ambition knew few bounds, and Messiah casts the sweeping story of Christ’s birth, life, and death against

a lush backdrop of orchestral music, powerful yet restrained. A few sections, including the famous “Hallelujah” and “Amen” choruses, are known to people around the world, but nearly every section contains a dazzling melody or flourish.

Performing Messiah is as difficult today as it was almost three centuries ago. According to Sawa, the nature of modern symphony orchestras makes finding rehearsal time almost impossible. Because the massive oratorio is scored for an orchestra, several soloists, and a large choir, managing more than a few passes is difficult. The sheer size of the score is also a significant challenge. “It’s hard,” Sawa says with a laugh. “There’s a lot of choruses, a lot of cuing, a lot of tempos to remember. It’s a big undertaking.” But the end result is worth the investment. As Sawa says, Messiah is famous for a reason, and few pieces of music can compare to the sparking crescendos and towering fortissimos that define one of the most famous traditions of them all.

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Karrnnel Sawitsky has spent his entire life pushing the boundaries of his instrument by Alex J MacPherson

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he arc of Karrnnel Sawitsky’s life is to no small degree defined by his ongoing love affair with the fiddle — with the shapely wooden body, the four gut strings, the elegantly curved horsehair bow. Sawitsky grew up immersed in the world of traditional fiddle music. Jigs and reels and mournful airs became the soundtrack to his life. But it wasn’t long before he was contributing sounds of his own to the mix. By the age of four Sawitsky was onstage with his sisters, Kimberly and Kanndece, and his father, Orest. They traveled across North America, playing to crowds small and large as the Sawitsky Family Fiddlers. From these humble beginnings emerged one of the most expressive fiddle players and innovative composers in the country. Sawitsky has dedicated his career to mastering his instrument and bridging the

gulf between past and present.

Never content to do what someone else has already accomplished, he is always looking for new opportunities. This restlessness has led him into collaborations with musicians from every major musical tradition, from classical to pop and rock, and he has incorporated the distinctive sounds of these movements into his own compositions. His catalogue, both as a solo artist and a member of the genre-bending string quartet the Fretless, redefines what fiddle music is — and what it can be.

“I guess I never really thought about it like that,” Sawitsky says, his characteristic modesty intact, “but there is that aspect of it, whether it’s in the creative process or on the performance side: you make an effort to do something different. And if you find yourself getting to the point of doing the same thing as anyone else you’re like, let’s take a step back and see how we can make this differ-

ent. That’s the refreshing thing about music for me, that there is no right or wrong.” Sawitsky has always been something of a genre-bender. One recent solo project, a groovy single called “101” that casts spiralling fiddle lines against a backdrop of funkinfluenced guitar and bass lines, is a perfect example of his unwillingness to be tied down. Sawitsky’s latest venture into unexplored territory is a second outing with the Fretless, four talented young folk musicians masquerading as a classical string quartet. By infusing traditional fiddle music with intricate arrangements, unusual chord progressions, and the sort of energetic performances usually reserved for a rock and roll show, the Fretless have upended expectations across North America.

The group, which consists of Sawitsky, Ivonne Hernandez, Eric Wright, and Trent Freeman, emerged in 2011, when the four musicians gathered in Vancouver, B.C. to discuss

their ideas for a new project, something that had never before been done. Their first album, Waterbound, was released a year later, and the four string players are currently ensconced in a Victoria studio, furiously arranging and recording their

Scissors. Hernandez grew up dabbling in both traditional fiddle styles and classical violin, while Wright studied classical music before being seduced

by Irish fiddle music. But the Fretless is more than just the sum of its parts.

The raison d’être of the group is to

…if you find yourself getting to the point of doing the same thing as anyone else you’re like, let’s take a step back… karrnnel sawitsky

sophomore release. In many ways, the Fretless is a reflection of its members‘ backgrounds. Like Sawitsky, Freeman came out of the traditional folk movement, his mastery of the form rewarded by a 2012 Canadian Folk Music Award for his album, Rock Paper

expand on old ideas instead of simply replicating them. Waterbound infused lively folk melodies with the unmistakable tone and texture of a string quartet and the groove of a good pop song; its combination of familiar ideas and unexpected twists captures

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the essence of Sawitsky’s musical vision, which is rooted in tradition yet unbound by artificial borders and distinctions. And making another record with the group allowed him to further explore the furthest reaches of fiddle music, an experience as difficult as it is invigorating.

“For a solo project, obviously your creative control is that much bigger,” he says, referring to his latest eponymous solo album, which was released in 2009 and featured thirteen blistering fiddle tracks, and his 2010 collaboration with banjo player Daniel Koulack that produced the spirited Fiddle & Banjo. “It’s your project, it’s your name out there,” he continues. “On a solo project, I rely a lot on the players I’m using. I lean on those guys a lot, but more as responsive ears. With the Fretless, it’s right from step one the band sitting down and hammering everything out.” In other words, making solo records and making records with the Fretless are two radically different endeavours.

The latter is a particularly long and involved process.

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Unlike rock and roll songs, which typically stack riffs and solos and fills on top of a relatively simple chord progression, the Fretless’ songs use interlocking melodies and harmonies.

The chord progression is implied by the moments at which the various lines intersect. The musical elements must be assembled in unison, and each instrument is a vital part of the whole — and losing one can cause the whole edifice to crumble. Because of the complexities of composing such songs, it is not uncommon for the group to spend hours, or even days, working on twenty seconds of music only to scrap it the following day. (“The stuff on the floor in the end is amazing,” Sawitsky says with a laugh.)

But the payoff is worth the investment. Because Sawitsky and the other

band members spend so much time composing and arranging, the finished songs are rarely predictable — an engaging counterpoint to the tired chord progressions and structures that define so much popular music. At the same time, the band works hard to keep their material accessible.

“I think this time it’s been a lot more of a collective and conscious effort to make it interesting to us, but also interesting to other people,” Sawitsky says of the most recent recording sessions, which find the four musicians striving to expand on the ideas laid out on Waterbound. “So it’s kind of continuing that process of making sounds with these four instruments that maybe people haven’t heard, and trying to create grooves where people will be like, ‘Wow, I can’t believe that’s a string quartet.’” But the difficulties inherent to making innovative records do not stop once the songs are composed and arranged. Unlike guitars and mandolins and most other stringed instruments, which use wire frets embedded in the neck to ensure that each note played rings true, violins, violas, and cellos have a smooth fingerboard. This makes finger placement intuitive rather than scientific. The tone of the note is entirely dependent on the player.

“Especially with string players, fretless instrument players, going into the studio, it shows you every nook and cranny of your instrument that you don’t want to hear,” Sawitsky says with a wry laugh. “If you’re playing for people in a show the allowance for those little mistakes or those little nuances that you probably don’t want to hear is that much wider. But when you’re in the studio, in an isolation booth, it’s just you — you’re listening to yourself on the speakers and you’re like, ‘oh god, I sound like that…’ That’s the common reaction.” This problem is compounded when recording live off the floor, a technique in which all the musicians sit in a room together and play in unison. In such situations, one botched note can ruin an entire take, an out-of-tune instrument a whole afternoon of work. At the same time, recording live off the floor imbues the finished song with an energy that is all but impossible to capture using any other method. In other words, Sawitsky spends a lot of time trying

to find the ideal fulcrum of perfection and passion.

“You always want to capture that energy of the performance in the studio, but at the same time — and almost counter-intuitively — you want to make it perfect, as perfect as you can,” he says of the problem he encounters every time he ventures into the studio.

“It’s this almost back and forth fighting routine between, do we leave that performance piece in there? It’s full of energy but it’s not quite perfect. Or do we redo it and lose some that performance energy and have it perfect to the ears?”

Making a second record with the Fretless gave Sawitsky an opportunity to refine this delicate balancing act. But while his life is currently dominated by his work with the band, Sawitsky is the sort of musician who is never content to do just one thing. His latest project is perhaps his most ambitious: a record that embeds his mastery of instrumental fiddle music into the context of popular pop and rock.

After admitting that he dislikes the comparison, Sawitsky explains that he envisions a record similar to Carlos Santana’s 1999 offering Supernatural, which featured collaborations with a number of pop vocalists, including Rob Thomas, Dave Matthews, Lauryn Hill, and Cee Lo Green. “I love that idea,” he says, “especially if I could write a bunch of stuff and co-write a bunch of stuff and get to the point where I can just call up people I know, some of my favourite musicians, and do something like that. That’s the direction I’m pulling towards.” Or, more accurately, one of the directions he is being pulled. After all, Karrnnel Sawitsky has never stood still. Stagnation is anathema to him. His life and his career are about movement, his restless urge to see what else can be accomplished with nothing more than a fiddle and a dream. “Obviously I love writing fiddle tunes,” he says. “But I’m doing things beyond that. I’m trying to grow outside my comfort zone.”

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Lasa Restaurant and Lounge serves mouth-watering Filipino breakfast by adam hawboldt

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onganiza is a Spanish sausage, similar to chorizo. Longanisa is its Filipino counterpart. Depending on where you go in the Philippines, longanisa can taste different. In Vigan, a little town in the province of Ilocos Sur, the longanisa is kind of garlicky. In Lucban, Quezon, it has more of an oregano zip.

I found this out on Wednesday, when I ventured to the establishment in the city’s north industrial area.

It was just after 10am in the morning, and the place was packed. Next to me a group of older gentlemen were deep in conversation, talking about everything from compressors to medieval furniture to Mel Brooks.

Behind me, in the lounge part, the television was tuned into TSN, showing highlights from the previous night’s hockey games.

Sitting in a booth, facing the front window, I scanned the menu. There was your standard breakfast fare — eggs and bacon, omelets, pancakes.

There was also classic lunch and dinner dishes, like hamburgers, wraps, quesadillas and ribs.

But the real star of the menu was the Filipino food, which boasted everything from Bistek to Adobo, Tilapia, and Sinigang.

But those are the entrées. Since it was still morning and I hadn’t eaten yet, I turned my attention to the Filipino Breakfast section. There were four choices: tosilog (marinated lean pork), tapsilog (marinated beef slices), porkchop, and

At the Lasa Restaurant and Lounge here in Saskatoon, the longanisa — made in-house and marinated in the owner’s mom’s secret Filipino recipe — skew more to the sweet side. Sweet with subtle hints of garlic and other herbs. And you know what? They are some of the best sausages (not just longanisa) that I’ve ever tasted. Fact.

Another fact: the Longsilog breakfast at Lasa is one of finest in the city.

let’s go drinkin’ Verb’s mixology guide Weng Weng

Ingredients

Since Lasa is a Filipino restaurant, let’s keep the theme going and show you how to make this lethal cocktail from the Philippines.

1 oz gin 1 oz vodka 1 oz tequila 1 oz rum 1 dash brandy 1 dash grenadine 2 oz orange juice 2 oz pineapple juice ice

Directions

Put everything into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake until frosty. Pour into a Collins glass. Garnish with an orange slice or a cherry. Prepare to get sloppy drunk.

longsilog (which centres around the aforementioned longanisa).

Since you already know which one I chose, let’s get down to the nitty gritty.

The longsilog breakfast consists of a heaping mound of garlic-fried rice topped with two eggs, a side of Asian slaw and two sausages, cut in half and arranged standing up on the plate.

The rice was garlicky, slightly crispy and utterly fantastic. The eggs (ordered over easy) were cooked to perfection. The slaw — made from carrots, onions, peppers and ginger — was light and refreshing. And the sausages, well, as I said before, they were sweet and lean and flat-out amazing.

And the best part? The entire plate worked perfectly as a whole.

From the savoury rice to the sweet sausages to the gingery slaw to the vinegar-based dipping sauce that comes with the sausage, the entire plate was balanced and delicious.

So delicious that I think Lasa’s is my new go-to breakfast spot in the city. Yep, it was that good.

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@ O’Brians Event Centre Friday, December 13 – $30+

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@ O’Brians Event Centre Saturday, January 18 – $45+

Man oh man, does this guy know how to get a party started! Whether it’s producing or DJing, Southhampton’s Featurecast (aka Lee Mintram) creates the kind of music that lights up rooms and packs dance floors.

With his own unique sound — one that involves the effortless blending of funk and breaks, with some damn fine scratching and cutting tossed into the mix for good measure — Featurecast has been steadily pumping out chart-topping hits for quite some time now. It’s the kind of sound that has led him to play gigs all over the world, from the U.K. to Europe and beyond. He’ll be stopping in Saskatoon in mid-December to rock O’Brians. If dancing is your thing, this isn’t a show you want to miss. Tickets available at www.theodeon.ca

The music industry is full of people looking to be your typical rock star.

You know the kind: hard partying, long nights, drugs, groupies, etc.

But there are also people like the Karpinka Brothers, musicians with warm and caring personalities who put on shows everywhere from local bars to care homes in the city. Playing a brotherly brand of pop-folk music, the Karpinka Bros. — Shawn and Aaron — have worked hard at their craft and in doing so won the hearts of music lovers in this city with their light, bright, effervescent sound. They have become fixtures on our city’s indie rock scene and if their latest album, There’s a Light, is any indication, they’ll remain a fixture for years to come. Tickets for the show will be available at the door.

Did you know that J. Cole was born in Germany? No? Well, how about this: did you know his original rap names were Blaza, then Therapist? Or that he was the first-chair violinist for the Terry Sanford Orchestra back in the day?

There’s a lot people don’t know about the up-and-coming rapper. But one thing is for certain — give his music one quick listen and you’ll know you’re hearing a guy who can flat out rap.

Having started at the ripe-old age of 12, J. Cole (born Jermaine Lamarr Cole) started his career by making a couple of mixtapes. In 2009 he appeared on Jay-Z’s album The Blueprint 3, on the track “A Star is Born.” Since then he has released three studio albums, the latest one being 2013’s stellar Born Sinner. He’ll be in Saskatoon in the new year. Tickets at www.theodeon.ca.

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Sask music Preview SaskMusic supports the SaskCountry Christmas for the Saskatoon Crisis Nursery! Taking place at Saskatoon’s Mayfair United Church on December 11 at 7pm, the event will feature Saskatchewan country musicians coming together in support of the Crisis Nursery, a non-profit organization that helps children during times of family crisis and emergency. The line-up includes Jay Semko, Eli Barsi, Amy Nelson and more. Tickets are $20, and available at piratic.com and Saskatoon Co-op food stores.

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Dr. J / Spadina Freehouse — Local DJ dropping beats you can’t ignore. 9pm / No cover Jomama / Stan’s Place — A rockin’, feettapping good time. 9:30pm / No cover Dueling Pianos / Staqatto — Terry Hoknes, Neil Currie + Brad King. 10pm / $5 Party Rock Fridays / Tequila — Come tear it up. 9pm / Cover TBD DJ Nick Ruston / Uncle Barley’s — Come and check him out! 9pm / Cover TBD Guy and The Fellas / Vangelis — With The Ray Elliott Band. 10pm / Cover TBD

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House DJs / 6Twelve — Funk, soul & lounge DJs liven it up. 9pm / No cover Six Moons Later / Amigos — With Brendan Flaherty + more. 10pm / Cover TBD Saskatoon Foodbank Pianothon / The Bassment — With Brett Balon and more.

9pm / Cover is non-perishable food items Gong Show / Béily’s UltraLounge — Come celebrate Beily’s 9th birthday. 9pm / $5 BPM / Diva’s — Resident DJs spin electro/ vocal house music. 10pm / $5 Penny Reign / Buds — Hard-hitting power pop. 10pm / Cover TBD DJ Eclectic / The Hose — Local turntable whiz pumps snappy beats. 8pm / No cover DJ Stikman / Jax — Kick off your weekend. 9pm / $5 Fame the Musical / Marion Graham Collegiate — From the big screen to a local stage. 7pm / $8 Dream / O’Brians — The #1 Fleetwood Mac tribute band. 5pm / SOLD OUT DJ Big Ayyy & DJ HENCHMAN / Outlaws — Round up your friends. 8pm / $5; ladies in free before 11pm Tim Vaughn / Piggy’s — A local guitar whiz. 9pm / No cover Neil Hendry / Prairie Ink — A singer/songwriter plays classical guitar. 8pm / No cover The Nylons / Roxy Theatre — Come out for a Christmas spectacular. 7:30pm / $33+ England / Royal Canadian Legion (Nutana Branch) — Show and dance! 8pm / Tickets @ Nutana Legion, McNally Robinson

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House DJs / 6Twelve — Resident DJs spin deep and soulful tunes. 9pm / No cover The Pistol Whips / Amigos — With All Mighty Voice. 10pm / Cover TBD The Toon Town Big Band / The Bassment — With Donna Hay. 9pm / $15/$20 DJ Aash Money + DJ Sugar Daddy / Béily’s — These two throw it down. 9pm / $5 Men Without Shame / Buds — Playing classic glam rock. 10pm / Cover TBD SaturGAY Night / Diva’s — Resident DJs spin exclusive dance remixes. 10pm / $5 DJ Kade / The Hose — Saskatoon’s own DJ lights it up with hot tunes. 8pm / No cover DJ Stikman / Jax — Ladies night with the Jax party crew. 9pm / $5 cover Max Ulis / Le Relais — A night of diverse electronic music. 9pm / Cover TBD DJ Goodtimes / Longbranch — Playing the hottest country music. 8pm / $4 cover Fame the Musical / Marion Graham Collegiate — From the big screen to a local stage. 7pm / $8 Dream / O’Brians Event Centre — North America’s #1 Fleetwood Mac tribute band.

5pm / $59.50 (includes supper from the Bell & Whistle) DJ Big Ayyy & DJ Henchman / Outlaws Country Rock Bar — Round up your friends ‘cause there’s no better country rock party around. 8pm / $5 Tim Vaughn / Piggy’s — Come get your rock on with this local guitar whiz. 9pm / No cover

Wayne Bargen / Prairie Ink — A fingerstyle acoustic guitar player. 8pm / No cover DJ Albert, Bounce! / Freehouse — Spinning music to move you. 9pm / No cover Jomama / Stan’s Place — A rockin’, feettapping good time. 9:30pm / No cover Dueling Pianos / Staqatto — Terry Hoknes, Neil Currie + Brad King. 10pm / $5 DJ Anchor / Sutherland Bar — It’s the video mix show! 10pm / Cover TBD Holiday Gospel Spectacular / TCU Place — Timeless holiday classics. 7:30pm / $11+ (tcutickets.ca) Saturday Night Social / Tequila — You’ll be moving and grooving. 9pm / Cover TBD DJ Thorpdeo / Uncle Barley’s — Spinning hot tunes all night. 10pm / Cover TBD Bill Durst / Vangelis — One of the best blues singers around. 9pm / Cover TBD

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Meaghan Smith / The Bassment — A singer from Toronto. 8pm / $20/$25 Industry Night / Béily’s — With DJ Sugar Daddy. 9pm / $4; no cover for industry staff DJ KADE / The Hose — Saskatoon DJ lights it up with hot tunes. 8pm / No cover Stan’s Place Jam / Stan’s — All music types welcome. 8:30pm / No cover The Huron Carole / TCU Place — Tom Jackson + friends. 7:30pm / $50+ Blues Jam / Vangelis Tavern — The Vangelis Sunday Jam offers great tunes from blues to rock and beyond. 7:30pm / No cover The Cecilian Singers / Zion Lutheran Church — Singing seasonal choral music.

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Monday 9

DJ Audio / Dublins — Spinning dope beats.

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DJ SUGAR DADDY / The Double Deuce — This crowd favourit rocks. 9:30pm / $4 DJ Nick Ruston / Dublins — Spinning dope beats. 9pm / Cover TBD Monster Truck / O’Brians — Hamilton’s best rock band. 8pm / $25.25 Verb presents Open Mic / Rock Bottom — Come and rock the stage! 9pm / No cover Open Mic / The Somewhere Else Pub — Come show your talent. 7pm / No cover DJ Carlos / Stan’s Place — Playing your favorite songs. 9:30pm / No cover

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DJ Modus / 302 Lounge & Discotheque — Spinning all your favourite tracks. 9pm / No cover until 10pm; $3 thereafter DJ Aash Money / Béily’s — Spinning dope beats all night. 9pm / Cover TBD Jesse Roads Band / Buds — An Albertan hard-rock trio. 10pm / Cover TBD Souled Out / Diva’s Annex — Featuring the spinning talents of Dr. J 9pm / $2 DJ Memo / Dublins — Spinning dope beats.

9pm / Cover TBD DJ Kade / The Hose — Saskatoon DJ lights it up with hot tunes. 8pm / No cover Bam Margera / O’Brian’s — This jackass is putting on a concert. 7pm / $20+ Buck Wild Wednesdays / Outlaws — Come ride the mechanical bull! 9pm / $4; Holiday Hoopla / The Refinery — Bring the family! 10:30am / $7(advance)/$9(door) catherine lewans / Rock Creek (Willowgrove) — Come out to enjoy some sweet tunes. 8pm / No cover DJ Carlos / Stan’s Place — Playing your favourite songs to lighten the work week.

9:30pm / No cover Dueling Pianos / Staqatto — Terry Hoknes, Neil Currie and Brad King. 10pm / No cover

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Holy Chit / Broadway Theatre — Featuring Red Blaze, Leonard Adam + more. 7pm / Cover TBD Caught in a Dream / Buds — An Alice Cooper tribute show. 9pm / Cover TBD

Throwback Thursdays / Earls — With

by Dr. J. 8pm / No cover DJ Kade / The Hose — Saskatoon DJ lights it up with hot tunes. 8pm / No cover DJ Goodtimes / Longbranch — Playing the hottest country music all night. 8pm / $4 Holiday Hoopla / The Refinery — Bring the family to sing with Sylvia. 10:30am + 7pm / $7(advance)/$9(door) DJ Carlos / Stan’s Place — Playing your favorite songs to lighten the work week.

9:30pm / No cover Triple Up Thursdays / Tequila — Featuring DJ Dislexic. 9pm / Cover TBD Dean McNeill / Third Avenue United Church — With Michelle Aalders. Noon / No cover Bastard Poetry / Vangelis — With Brendon Lenkart. 9pm / Cover TBD Open Stage / The Woods — Hosted by Steven Maier. 9pm / No cover

Wires n’ Wood / Prairie Ink — Latin, jazz, and gypsy music. 8pm / No cover Holiday Hoopla / The Refinery — Bring the family! 10:30am + 1pm / $7+ Bonnie, Kiera, and Sylvia / The Refinery — An evening filled with music, laughter, stories. 7:30pm / $12+ Joey Stylez / Rock Bottom — With Deejay Elmo + more. 10pm / $10 Jett Run / Stan’s Place — A rockin’, feettapping good time. 9:30pm / No cover Dueling Pianos / Staqatto — With Terry Hoknes, Neil Currie + Brad King. 10pm / $5 Party Rock Fridays / Tequila — Come tear it up. 9pm / Cover TBD DJ Nick Ruston / Uncle Barley’s — Come and check him out! 9pm / Cover TBD The Seahags / Vangelis — With The Lonesome Weekend. 10pm / Cover TBD

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House DJs / 6Twelve — Resident DJs spin deep and soulful tunes. 9pm / No cover Karpkina Bros / Amigos — With Smokekiller. 10pm / Cover TBD Maurice Drouin’s Jazzy Christmas / The Bassment — Playing your jazzed-up Christmas favourites. 9pm / $20/$25 DJ Aash Money + DJ Sugar Daddy / Béily’s — These two DJs throw it down. 9pm / $5 cover Screamlyne / Buds — Local rock quintet.

9pm / Cover TBD SaturGAY Night / Diva’s — Resident DJs spin exclusive dance remixes. 10pm / $5 DJ Kade / The Hose — Saskatoon’s own DJ lights it. 8pm / No cover DJ Stikman / Jax — Ladies night with the Jax party crew. 9pm / $5 cover DJ Goodtimes / Longbranch — Playing the hottest country music. 8pm / $4 cover DJ Big Ayyy & DJ Henchman / Outlaws — Round up your friends ‘cause there’s no better country rock party around. 8pm / $5 Doug Boomhower Trio / Prairie Ink — Playing jazz standards. 8pm / No cover Jett Run / Stan’s Place — A rockin’, feettapping good time at Stan’s. 9:30pm / No cover

House DJs / 6Twelve Lounge — Funk, soul & lounge DJs liven up the atmosphere at 6Twelve. 9pm / No cover Autopilot / Amigos — With Indigo Joseph.

10pm / Cover TBD Kim Salkeld / The Bassment — It’s Piano Friday! 4:30pm / No cover Tim Williams / The Bassment — With Brian McAreavey. 9pm / $17/$23 DJ Aash Money / Béily’s — DJ Aash Money throws it down. 9pm / $5 cover Screamlyne / Buds — Local rock quintet.

9pm / Cover TBD BPM / Diva’s — Resident DJs spin electro/ vocal house music. 10pm / $5 DJ Eclectic / The Hose & Hydrant — Local turntable whiz DJ Eclectic pumps snappy electronic beats. 8pm / No cover DJ Stikman / Jax Niteclub — Kick off your weekend with all your favourite party hits..

9pm / $5 cover Winter White Party / O’Brian’s — With Featurecast. 9pm / $30 DJ Big Ayyy & DJ HENCHMAN / Outlaws — Round up your friends. 8pm / $5; ladies in free before 11pm

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 DJ Anchor / Sutherland Bar — It’s the world famous video mix show! 10pm / Cover TBD Saturday Night Social / Tequila — Electronic Saturdays will have you moving and grooving. 9pm / Cover TBD

DJ Thorpdeo / Uncle Barley’s — Spinning hot tunes all night. 10pm / Cover TBD The Seahags / Vangelis — With The Barrelmen. 10pm / Cover TBD

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Blue-collar badassery

Out of the Furnace a gritty tale of two brothers by adam hawboldt

B

efore we dive headfirst into this, you have to know something: Scott Cooper’s new movie, Out of the Furnace, isn’t for everyone.

If you aren’t a fan of visceral, inyour-face violence, or if you get bored by grey-and-gritty blue-collar dramas, you might want to see something else this weekend.

But if you’re anything like me — if you love the backwoods novels of Frank Bill and Daniel Woodrell, have a soft spot for the tragic workingclass feel of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska, and really, really dig ‘70s cinema — you should run (don’t walk) to the cinema and watch Out of the Furnace.

Featuring a stacked, all-star cast, Cooper’s new flick (his last film was the terrific Crazy Heart) is about a pair of brothers in over their heads.

The year is 2008. The place, a small, Rust Belt town in Pennsylvania. Russell Baze (Christian Bale), a local steel mill worker, gets sent to prison after killing a man in a drunk-driving accident. While he’s away, his younger brother Rodney (Casey Affleck) — a war vet suffering from PTSD — gets in deep to a bookie named Petty (Willem Dafoe).

Gambling debts mount.

By the time Russell gets out of jail, things have taken a turn for the worse. His girl, Lena (Zoe Saldana), is now dating the sheriff (Forest Whitaker). His little brother is competing in bare-knuckle boxing matches to get the cash to pay Petty back. And to compound problems, Rodney is getting ready to fight a big match sponsored by a hillbilly meth dealer/drug lord named DeGroat (Woody Harrelson.)

DeGroat isn’t the kind of guy who messes around. Just watch the opening scene and you’ll realize that much. So when DeGroat tells one of his fighters to throw a fight, the fighter

out of the furnace Directed by Scott Cooper Starring Christian Bale, Casey Affleck, Zoe Saldana, Woody Harrelson + Forest Whitaker

106 minutes | 14A

And along the journey, the audience is treated to a realistic tale full of moral ambivalence that unfolds slowly but surely towards a pitchperfect climax.

But none of that would be possible if not for the actors. And, if nothing else, like the best movies from the golden days of ‘70s cinema,

[Bale] plays Russell with a quiet, subtle nuance that grabs your attention…

Adam Hawboldt

Out of the Furnace is an actor’s movie. And boy, do the actors ever show up. Everyone from Casey Affleck to Willem Dafoe, Woody Harrelson to Zoe Saldana hit the mark. But in the end, it’s really Christian Bale’s film. Playing a man who is always

does it — or else. Problem is, Rodney isn’t much of a fight thrower.

I don’t want to ruin it for anyone, so let’s just say that, from the beginning of Out of the Furnace to the end, the Baze brothers walk a dark and dangerous road.

longing to do the right thing but keeps getting set back by fate and circumstance, Bale simply slays it.

He plays Russell with a quiet, subtle nuance that grabs your attention and never lets go — especially in the scenes with Saldana.

But don’t take my word for it. Go see Out of the Furnace and decide for yourself. For people of a certain

bent and certain taste, it’ll be a great experience.

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Moving to a new beat

Kill Your Darlings takes a look at the Beat Generation from a different angle by adam hawboldt

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N

ot many people know this, but two of the Beat Generation’s best writers — Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs — once wrote a novel together.

The victim was a former professor and alleged lover of Carr named David Kammerer.

The only reason I mention any of this — the murder, the love triangle, the book — is because it forms the

Think of it as a portrait of the artist as a young man fueled by alcohol, weed, speed, nitrous oxide and love/lust.

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True story.

The book is called And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks, and it’s about a time in both writers’ lives before they were famous. Written as a mystery novel and divided into alternating chapters with each man writing as a different character, And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks tells the story of a murder which both men were present for and subsequently arrested for as accessories. The killer’s name was Lucien Carr, a friend of both writers, and the lover of another Beat great — Allen Ginsberg.

basis of John Krokidas’ debut feature film, Kill Your Darlings.

Now, before you get all uppity and blame me for talking about the murder and ruining the entire movie for you, rest easy. The murder is revealed in the opening sequence of the film (not to mention it’s based on a historical event), so relax.

Nothing new has been spoiled.

I will spoil this, however. Unlike the book, which was told through Kerouac’s and Burrough’s eyes, Kill Your Darlings is about Ginsberg (played here by Harry Potter, ahem, I mean Daniel Radcliffe), and the

kill your darlings John Krokidas Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Ben Foster, Jack Huston, Michael C. Hall + Dane DeHaan Directed by

100 minutes | 14A

love triangle that’s formed between himself, Carr (Dane DeHaan) and Kammerer (Dexter’s Michael C. Hall).

But that isn’t the only thing the movie is about.

It’s also about the Beat Generation before it was the Beat Generation. Back before any of them had written anything of substance. Back when Ginsberg was a wide-eyed and anxious student at Columbia University. That’s where he meets Carr and falls for him. Eventually, Carr introduces Ginsberg to a young, merchant marine named Kerouac (Jack Huston) and this screwball called Burroughs (Ben Foster). Drugs, sex and the quest for a “New Vision” ensues. Think of it as a portrait of the artist as a young man fueled by alcohol, weed, speed, nitrous oxide and love/lust.

And you know what? This is a refreshing angle to see in cinema.

Over the last little while there have been no shortage of Beat-related movies: there was On the Road,

which deal with the apex of the Beat Generation (not so terrifically, may I add). There was Big Sur, which looked at Kerouac and company later in life. There was James Franco’s Howl, which examined the life of Ginsberg during his obscenity trial.

But this movie here, this is something different, something we’ve never seen before: a look at these famous people before they made names for themselves. Which makes it an interesting watch. Interesting, but not excellent. Yes, the acting is pretty good, and there are some great scenes (particular-

ly the one in which they sabotage the library), but at times Kill Your Darlings comes off as a tad uneven. No matter, though. It may not be perfect, but it’s well worth a watch.

Kill Your Darlings is currently being screened at Roxy Theatre.

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Horoscopes december 6 - december 12 Aries March 21–April 19

Leo July 23–August 22

Sagittarius November 23–December 21

A wise person once said, “Always leave ‘em wanting more.” That’s advice that you would be wise to follow this week, Aries.

Whatever you do, don’t initiate an argument with a loved one this week. It will end poorly for both of you.

An argument may break out amongst friends this week, Sagittarius. Fight the urge to get involved — doing so will end badly for everyone.

Taurus April 20–May 20

Virgo August 23–September 22

Capricorn December 22–January 19

You may find yourself going around in circles on a certain project this week, Taurus. Try to straighten yourself out.

Your mind may be telling you one thing, your intuition another. Be sure to follow your intuition this week, Virgo. It’ll pay off in the long run.

If things get hectic this week, Capricorn, make a plan and stick to it. Do that, and it’ll be smooth sailing from here on out.

Gemini May 21–June 20

Libra September 23–October 23

Aquarius January 20–February 19

At some point this week, someone may make you wait longer than you want. Don’t be impatient — it will be worth it in the end.

Someone you know may be really upset this week, Libra. Try your best to comfort them and find out what’s going on. They might need you right now.

Feeling confused? Get outside and go for a brisk walk, Aquarius.

It’ll help clear your head and put things into perspective.

Cancer June 21–July 22

Scorpio October 24–November 22

Pisces February 20–March 20

Try to clear your mind this week, Cancer. If not, you could work yourself into a fevered frenzy. Take a deep breath and a step back.

Emotions will run high later in the week, Scorpio. Whatever you do, don’t let them get the better of you. Cooler heads will ultimately prevail.

Make sure you spend some quality time with a loved one this week, Pisces, especially if you haven’t seen him or her in awhile. You won’t regret it.

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