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Vuepoint Dyer Straight News Roundup Issues In the Box Bob the Angry Flower

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ARTS // 19 FILM // 24 24 DVD Detective

MUSIC // 29/ 30 On the Record 31 Music Notes 34 New Sounds 35 Loonie Bin 35 Old Sounds 35 Quickspins

BACK // 38 38 Lust for Life 38 Back Words 38 Free Will Astrology

LISTINGS 23 Arts 28 Film 36 Music 39 Events

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What's in a word? samantha power

// samantha@vueweekly.com

There was much uproar this past week about two students who were expelled from Stephen Harper's rally in London, Ontario. While it's unclear who did the tossing, the reason the teens were given was their potential affiliation with one of the opposition parties. At least one student was 19 and had not voted in an election before, she explained her pictures with opposition party leaders were due to her seeking out all options and—shockingly—even debate their merits amongst her friends and family.

There seems to be confusion about what constitutes debate here in Canada. With the recent federal appeal court ruling that Green Party leader Elizabeth May will not be allowed to participate in the federal leaders debate, there should be some questioning of who has control over which parties are allowed to speak.

The consortium of broadcasters—private corporations—are preventing her from speaking and are effectively stifling debate on national issues. Some will argue that May's presence is of little consequence as it is unlikely any of her candidates will be elected, or that because she does not have a member in Parliament she shouldn't be allowed to debate. But

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then why let Canadians vote for her and her party?

May's presence in the debate will change the tone and direction of leaders' answers, as was demonstrated by her participation in the last debate. Just as a Green presence in Parliament would change debate.

This seeming fear of diverse opinions is mirrored in many Canadians acceptance of the idea that a coalition is anti-democratic. In fact, a coalition exemplifies the idea of democracy. With people voting for the party they believe in and those parties forming a coalition to create a government, everyone is going to have to compromise and contribute to policy.

There may be a greater chance of voices being integrated into national policy than ever before if a coalition were to form. The casting of the word coalition in a negative light is an attempt to cast fear on a tool of a functioning parliamentary democracy simply to benefit one party.

All of this begins to feel a lot like there is a growing sense of fear, at the very least, apprehension at the very idea of debate. Students discouraged from seeking out each candidate, muzzling of voices present on a national stage, the very idea of cooperation being villified. As we seek to cast our votes on May 2 we may want to give some consideration of what our defintion of democracy is becoming. V

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COMMENT >> LIBYA

Obama abides in Libya

Like Bush Sr, Obama is compelled to use restraint against Gaddahfi Once upon a time, a US president was change. The United States had acted appalled by the actions of a murderous militarily because it "refused to wait Arab dictator. He got the United Nations for the images of slaughter and mass Security Council to pass a resolution graves before taking action," but there authorizing the use of force to would be no foreign troops in stop the dictator, put together Libya and no direct attempt to a coalition of NATO and Arab overthrow Gaddahfi. countries, and did precisely If Obama sticks to that rethat. Sound familiar? ly.com solve, then there is a very k e e w e@vue The president's name was good chance that Gaddahfi gwynn e George Herbert Walker Bush, will still be in power, in the Gwynn and the Arab dictator was western half of a divided Libya, Dyer called Saddam Hussein. Saddam five years from now. The cities of had invaded the sovereign state of Tripolitania (western Libya) have alKuwait, and the UN authorized Bush to ready been reduced to submission by his drive him out again. It did not authorize forces, with the sole exception of Mishim to invade Iraq and overthrow Saddrata, and the rebels in Cyrenaica (eastern am—so he didn't.

Libya) show no sign of being able to deThe senior Bush has been vilified ever feat his army in the field. since for sticking to the letter of the Should Gaddahfi try once more to reUN resolution, and not using his army conquer Cyrenaica, then the air-power to overthrow Saddam Hussein when of the coalition (basically the NATO he had the chance. What are the odds countries but also including a few Arab that President Barack Obama will do countries) will stop him again. But if he the same and not overthrow Muammar just consolidates his hold on the west, Gaddahfi in Libya? Pretty good, if you who's going to force him out? Certainly believe what he says. not the hysterical rabble of rebel fight"Our military mission is narrowly foers who repeatedly charge west along cused on saving lives," Obama said in the coast highway, and then come fleehis speech on March 28, denying that ing back as soon as they stumble into the the real goal of the air campaign against first ambush.

Gaddahfi's military forces was regime US troops could easily drive Gaddahfi

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from power if they were let off the leash, but Security Council Resolution 1973 does not permit the entry of foreign troops into Libya. Moreover, no Arab country wants to see this too-familiar sight once again.

If Obama abides by the terms of the UN resolution, however, he is likely to end up in the same awkward position as his predecessor, President George HW Bush. He will have sent US forces into

That's why the senior Bush would not exceed the limits of his authority as an enforcer of the UN rules against aggression. The UN had not authorized him to overthrow Saddam, and so he did not.

He then muddied the waters by calling on the Kurds and Shias of Iraq to rebel, and standing by while Saddam massacred them, but that does not invalidate his original decision.

Fast forward 20 years, and Barack Obama is trying to enforce a fragile new

If there is to be a real democratic revolution in Libya, then the Libyans must do it for themselves.

battle, and yet he will not have got rid of the bad guy. But is that such a terrible thing?

George Bush senior was acting to repel an unprovoked invasion when he committed American forces to the liberation of Kuwait, but he was also trying to restore the role of the UN Security Council as the bulwark against aggressive war. The Cold War had just ended, and Saddam's invasion of Iraq was an opportunity to demonstrate how the system should work.

UN rule: that the Security Council may authorize military intervention if massive abuses of human rights are being committed by the government. He has carried out the intervention, and the wholesale massacres that would probably have occurred if Gaddahfi's troops had overrun Cyrenaica have been averted.

That's the limit of Obama's UN mandate, so, like George HW Bush, he should now stop. The aerial campaign was meant to prevent mass killing, not to provide the rebels with close air support in what has

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become a civil war.

One side in this civil war is run by a brutal and cynical dictator, while the people on the other side are brave idealists seeking democracy, but that doesn't mean that foreigners should decide the outcome. That would be contrary to international law—and besides, if there is to be a real democratic revolution in Libya, then the Libyans must do it for themselves.

If that means that Libya must spend some months or years as a divided country, with the western half still under Gaddahfi's yoke, then so be it. The only legitimate tools that foreigners may use against him are financial sanctions, trade boycotts and diplomatic isolation.

Cut off his cash flow, and Gaddahfi might fall quite quickly. Or he might not, which would be a pity. But the only reason that Resolution 1973 got the support of the Arab League, and abstentions by China, Russia and India, was that it authorized military action to "protect civilians and civilian-populated areas under threat of attack." And that is all that the coalition should do. V Gwynne Dyer is a London-based journalist. His column appears every week in Vue Weekly.

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CRIME AND PUNSHIMENT

SLUTWALK 1500 people marched in Toronto in a controversially termed SlutWalk. Rallying around the phrase "Because we've had enough," women responded to a talk by a representative of the Toronto police who recommended women could avoid sexual assault by not dressing like a "slut." Organizers see the advice as an extension of victim-blaming that fails to address the root cause of sexual as-

As part of their Women in Canada series, Statistics Canada has released a report on women in the criminal justice system.

The most common offense reported was common assault, with women more likely to report being a victim of robbery than 10 years ago. The report states that even though the homicide rate was down over the last 30 years, women were more than twice as likely as men to be killed by a spouse.

As offenders in the system, women represented six percent of admissions to federal custody and 12 percent to provincial and territorial custody. The rate of women charged with a violent crime has increased in the last 30 years. The report attributes the increase as a result of the increased reporting and charge rate for common assault.

The entire Women in Canada series is expected to be published late in 2011.

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sault, suggesting that being in charge of their sexual lives should not mean that women are opening themselves to an expectation of violence, regardless if they participate in sex for pleasure or work. Women, and members of every sexual orientation and gender identification were invited to join the walk in support of the idea that women do not invite violence upon themselves.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK " ... the Prime Minister would be happy to meet with the young student for a photo when he’s in London next time so she can post it on her Facebook page."

—Ryan Sparrow, Conservative spokesman, on the expulsion of Awish Aslam from a Conservative rally April 6, 2011 National Post

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COMMENT >> JUSTICE SYSTEM

Issues

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Crime and punishment

Youth victims of crime need a voice in the justice system Harvey Voogd // MRJC.ca

Crime and punishment are staple issues of any campaign. Much of what we can expect this time around, if electoral history is any indication, is a focus on tough-on-crime talk in terms of offenders and determining their punishment.

If we hear anything about victims of crime, it will be as a corollary to the perceived leniency of offender sentencing and punishment. And if, God forbid, a young person commits a horrendous crime during the election period, expect

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a deluge of over-the-top rhetoric on youth crime. What we won't hear is serious discussion about children and youth as victims of crime.

Children and youth under 18 are more at risk of physical and sexual assault than adults, according to 2008 police services statistics. Sexual assault rates for children and youth were 1.5 times higher than young adults and the physical assault rate for youth aged 15-17 is almost the same as 18-24 year olds.

Among children under 18, girls were at greatest risk of sexual assault being five times more likely to be sexually as-

saulted than boys. Physical assault was higher for boys, nearly 1.5 times higher than the rate for girls. And children are at the risk of their own parents, with 33 percent of all victims of spousal violence reporting that children saw or heard family violence.

Children's risk of violent victimization increases with age. This trend is not surprising given that children are increasingly exposed to others and acquire more independence as they grow up, increasing their risk of victimization.

National Victims of Crime Awareness Week, April 10 to 16, is an opportu-

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nity to bring to light these issues and change the prevailing public view that sees youth primarily as offenders rather than victims.

Though things are changing, victims of crime still do not have a strong voice in our criminal justice system. Restorative justice offers one way for victims to have this voice. Under the theme "Victims Deserve to be Heard," the province of Alberta has been a Canadian leader in seeking to shift the criminal justice system's focus with regard to the role of victims. In 2004, the Legislature accepted a 10-year vision for programs and services for victims of crime in Alberta which listed six commitments. The final commitment states, "Alberta supports restorative justice programs in which victims feel safe and empowered, offenders are held accountable and communities are involved."

Restorative justice allows victims to tell their own story about the impact of the harm they have received and have their questions answered directly by the offender. It gives victims a direct and personal voice and participation in

the criminal justice system and allows an offender to acknowledge responsibility and accountability directly to the victim. The process also creates an opportunity for recognition of impact of harm to the community and hope for healing, closure and transformation to the victim.

Restorative justice aims to put key decisions in the hands of those most affected by crime. It can play an important role in Canada's justice system because of its focus on the need for every victim of crime to be treated with compassion and respect for their dignity. Let's take the opportunity to commit to ensuring that victims of crime are central to our criminal justice process and come out satisfied. V Harvey Voogd works as the Restorative Justice Programs Manager at the Mediation & Restorative Justice Centre in Edmonton, Alberta.

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Logical monsters

// Pete Nguyen

Conference hopes to teach scientific method to the weird

samantha power // samantha@vueweekly.com

D

aniel Loxton, like a lot of kids, was fascinated by monsters. "As a kid I thought I was going to investigate monsters for a living and in fact that's what happened." The writer and editor of Junior Skeptic magazine tackles the mysteries of ghosts, mythological animals like Griffins, the Roswell aliens and the existence of the Cottingley Fairies. Aimed at youth, Loxton hopes the magazine provides kids with the tools to grapple with the existence of not just mythological creatures, but common beliefs people hold to be true without question. His approach to issues is finding success.

Nominated for the Silver Birch award in Ontario, Loxton's book Evolution: How We and All Living Things Came to Be approaches a topic that isn't taught in the first 10 years of education in Ontario.

"There's no reason why a 10 year old or a six year old can't be taught the basic concepts," says Loxton.

Loxton's dedication to approaching big issues with the scientific method at a young age comes from his own experience. As a child he was interested in the paranormal realm, the existence of the Loch Ness Monster and Big Foot, and issues of cryptozoology, but it was a skeptic's outreach conference that brought the ideas of skepticism and scientific method to these issues that made Loxton realize

he was missing a piece of the puzzle.

"I walked into the panel expecting to hear what I was used to: intriguingly open-ended, ambiguous 'you decide' type talk but what I found there was a whole parallel literature on topics I knew nothing about. I walked in interested in mysteries and out interested in the same mysteries but I realized didn't have the whole picture."

For Loxton, the issue is scientific literacy and providing the tools for children to approach issues they're passionate about.

"Nobody owns critical thinking. Scholarship, critical thinking, investigation, everybody has a right to those things, but we aren't born knowing them. We have to be taught," says Loxton.

His approach to issues is mirrored in the approach of the Greater Edmonton Skeptical Society, which is why Loxton accepted the speaking engagement at LogiCon this Saturday. "Being [hosted] at the World of Science makes it a science-centric event and takes it away from some of the parallel rationalist movements like atheism. I like a real science basis to skepticism." The LogiCon also hosts a kids track of events and talks, and a beginners' series aimed at people new to skepticism.

While some adopt skepticism as a princple and can become judgmental of other's beliefs, the GESS has adopted the definition of skepticism, "Ideally,

skeptics do not go into an investigation closed to the possibility that a phenomenon might be real or that a claim might be true. When we say we are 'skeptical,' we mean that we must see compelling evidence before we believers."

"In the skeptics' world I'm known as a softie," says Loxton. He's willing to come to the defense of paranormal believers.

"My talk is titled 'The Reasonableness of Weird Things.' I know several people who believe in ghosts for the reason that they saw a ghost." says Loxton.

"You have to grant the reasonableness of factoring in your personal, visceral experience of seeing a ghost. Of course it leans on the scales of evidence. But there's no point in being judgmental about that, we should all be working together to understand what happened."

For Loxton, it's more about respecting people's desire to understand the world. "They're trying to find meaning in the universe," says Loxton. "The universe is a really big and wonderful place and getting as clear a view of that as you can is the best way to look after yourself." V Sat, Apr 9 (9 am – 4 pm) LogiCon 2011 Telus World of Science Cost: Admission to World of Science

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IN THE BOX

DAVE YOUNG & BRYAN BIRTLES // INTHEBOX@vueweekly.com

Back and forth

your recipe suggestions. DY No European Vacation

Looking back on the season and onward to the draft Here's your summary of the Oilers in March. Win. Win. Win. Loss. Loss. OT Loss. Loss. Loss. SO Loss. Loss. Loss. SO Loss. Loss. Loss. Here's April. 4-1 win in Vancouver. 2-0 win over Vancouver. Too bad April ends on the 10th for the Oilers.

And a big "boo hiss" to Raffi Torres and his cheap shot.

Prediction Roundup

At the outset of the season, I made some daring predictions. As usual, I was mostly full of it ("it" refers to a combination of excrement and optimism). Here are some selected predictions and results in brackets: Oilers record: 38-36-8 (Not even close.

So far, they are 24-43-11.)

First Oiler traded: Ryan Jones (Thankfully not traded; hopefully re-signed in July.)

Top goal scorer: Dustin Penner (Taylor Hall got injured at 22 goals. Penner had 21 on trade day. He has scored 2 more in LA. In with a technicality!)

Most Shootout Goals: Magnus Paajarvi (Nope. 0 for 2. Jordan Eberle had 4 to lead the team.)

Best Plus/Minus: Laddy Smid (Nope.

He was -10, poor even by 2010-11 Oilers standards.)

That's enough. I'll put the rose-coloured glasses back on next October. DY Roundup of Predictions

I made my predictions cautiously, being

new at this and not wanting to get my hopes up. Looking back at them, it seems that that strategy made as much sense as Sheldon Souray's negotiating tactics.

Oiler record: 32-40-10 (It seems even pessimism gave the Oil too much credit.)

First Oiler traded: Andrew Cogliano (but I still don't like his chances.)

Finish in the League: 29th (Is it too late to make a push?)

Most wins (goaltender): Gerber (Okay, so he wasn't brought back, but he did go undefeated at 3-0.)

First major injury: Khabibulin (Almost nailed this one. Khabibulin sat out six games in November with a groin injury, but Smid starting sitting out four games with a concussion two days earlier.)

BOB THE ANGRY FLOWER

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Unfortunately, the lesson I learned this year is that the only way to be successful with predictions is with more pessimism. BB Speaking of predictions ...

Kudos to my pal Matt who was sharp enough to point out another, more veteran columnist's brave prediction from the same week I played Nostradamus. Here's a much more colourful prediction from the Sun on October 6, 2010: "If this team finishes 15th in the Western Conference and 30th overall, this columnist will repeat an offer from Day 1 in the NHL and eat this column at centre ice at Rexall Place with sauerkraut, sour cream and bitter lemon."

Email terry.jones@sunmedia.com with

It was announced last week that the Oilers are no longer going to be starting next season in Europe. The NHL has been trying to grow the game across the pond for a few years now and the results have been mixed: not only have European fans not rushed to ditch their local teams for NHL squads, the intense travel can mess with the opening weeks of the teams that go over. So, maybe it isn't such a bad thing the Oilers aren't going. Jet lag can lasts for days—if not weeks—and next year fans are going to be expecting a lot more from the Oilers.

A slow start just won't cut it. BB Oiler Player of the Week

Paul Lorieau: O Canada's best friend in Edmonton ends a long career. DY Jordan Eberle: Though Torres tried to do him in, Eberle eluded the 42-point curse.

For now. BB

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Same café, different ville Café de Ville's second location shines

// Elizabeth Schowalter

Jan Hostyn // jan@vueweekly.com

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'm not a huge believer in the mantra that if one is good, more is infinitely better. There's something to be said for unique, exclusive, special. So the announcement that a second Café de Ville had opened in Sherwood Park was met—by me, anyway—with the teensiest shudder of trepidation. Still, because the restaurant has long bewitched and beguiled Edmonton patrons, I made the trek to Sherwood Park's version of this French fusion café.

My first impression was that this is not the warm, inviting Café de Ville I know and love. It's in a plain, uninviting strip mall instead of a characterfilled heritage building. And then there's the door: a single strip mall door that's quite adept at letting in all the blustery weather of the night instead of two heavy, you-are-aboutto-enter-somewhere-special doors.

There's no sheltering enclave, no grand welcoming sensation on the other side of that door.

There is a tastefully decorated room, though, and a simple but sleek interior.

Warmth radiates from the earthy rust and green walls, the ornate curtains and the welcoming booths lining the perimeter of the room. A blazing gas fireplace ups the comfort factor, but doesn't quite push the room into intimate territory.

Because dining at Café de Ville is an event, a friend and I started off by

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ordering a bottle of wine from the well-rounded wine list, a Chook Shed Shiraz ($40). Full-bodied with a lovely long finish, I found it to be eminently drinkable without broaching on overpowering.

While we sipped, we contemplated the menu. Although it's smaller at this location, less choice didn't seem to make our dinner decisions any easier.

I finally settled on a petit spinach salad ($10) and the Arctic char ($29), while my dining companion had crab cakes ($15) and pollo l'Italienne ($23).

Lucky for us, the addictive and buttery croissants that the café serves before the meal made the trip down the Whitemud. The basket landed on our table and within minutes, only a few scant crumbs remained.

As at the original location, presentation was simple but stunning. We simply wanted to dive in. The four crab cakes, with their light panko coating and a faint whiff of dill, disappeared in between mumbles of "light, crispy" and "so tender." My spinach salad, with its ample chunks of salty feta and sweet figs, was elevated further by lovely spheres of buttery macadamia nuts.

Our entrées were equally impressive.

The Arctic char was divinely moist and impeccably cooked, unquestionably the best fish I've indulged in in a very long time. The maple and whisky butter glaze could have had a bit more depth to it—I could only discern the sweet tones of maple—but overall,

decidedly delicious. I passed on a varied assortment of pasta, potatoes and quinoa in favour of extra veggies and wasn't disappointed. Café de Ville has always treated this oft-neglected side with the utmost respect, and this case was no different.

And yes, the pollo l'Italienne was equally memorable—or so I'm told. Al dente pasta, meltingly tender chicken and spicy Italian sausage in a tomato cream sauce that was worthy of bowllicking, had we not been in public place, that is.

Dessert options were presented on a tray with such stellar temptations as peanut butter cookie cheesecake and Bailey's crème brulée. I like the idea of being tempted visually rather than just reading about dessert off a menu, but often the desserts that are presented look, well, weary, and not that indicative of what the final product actually looks like when it does make its grand appearance. Still, I almost gave in.

This is not the original Café de Ville that wormed its way into my heart. It is a restaurant with its own identity, and that identity includes dishing up some of the most tantalizing food Sherwood Park has to offer. Sometimes more is better. V Mon (11 am – 2 pm); Tue – Fri (11 am – 2 pm & 5 pm – 10 pm); Sat (5 pm – 10 pm) Café de Ville in the Park 25 Sioux Road, Sherwood Park; 780.449.4765

SIXFACTS about Easter Eggs

// Pete Nguyen

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1) Eggs are an ancient pagan symbol of rebirth used during the spring equinox which were adapted by Christians to represent the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

2) In some Christian denominations, eggs are forbidden during Lent, a period of fasting leading up to Easter. This may have spurred the tradition of exchanging decorated eggs on Easter as people celebrated with a feast of the once-forbidden food.

3) The most famous Easter egg roll in the world is held at the White House.

The tradition dates back to 1814 when Dolley Madison, wife of former president James Madison, began it. It was stopped in 1877 when congress passed a law banning child's play on the Capitol grounds but was revived in 1878 and moved to the White House. It has been the source of controversy on more than one occasion: in 1954,

Mamie Eisenhower insisted that black children be included when previously they had not been, while in 2009 President Barack Obama made a point of reaching out to gay parents to include them in the event.

4) The world's largest pysanka—a Ukrainian Easter egg—is located in Vegreville, Alberta.

5) The most famous decorated eggs were created by jeweller Peter Carl Fabergé. Russian Tsar Alexander III ordered the first Fabergé egg as an Easter gift for his wife, Empress Maria Fedorovna in 1885 and the tradition was continued by his son Nicholas II until the Russian royal family was deposed in 1918.

6) "Easter egg" is the name given to in-jokes and hidden features in video games, software and DVDs. As part of its "Trustworthy Computing" initiative, Microsoft no longer allows Easter eggs in its software.

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WINE

Top of the boot

Exploring wines from Italy's Piedmont region Our recent wine group gathering plunged filled with the 2004 Barbera and our palinto one of Italy's most prestigious wineates were dowsed in the complex cherry making regions known as Piedmont and eucalyptus earth that balanced or Piemonte, where tradition and so well with the higher acid. A IDI hand-craftsmanship know no pleasure with food or just on V , I N VE rivals. This tasting brought its own. me to the conclusion that it's Widely planted in Piedmont kly.com sometimes fortunate to not and literally meaning "little e e w e vu jenn@ know what we're missing, so sweet one," Dolcetto is actun n Je we can discover it sooner. ally the opposite of sweet with Fulford its dry, tannic base with lots of Our exploration of the three main red Piedmont grape varietals, fruit presence and lower acidity. We known as Nebbiolo, Barbera and Dolcuncorked two Dolcettos from two disetto, started off with the very approachtinct appellations in Piedmont. The 2009 able Barbera. Known for its low tannin Dolcetto D'Alba, which comes from Alba, and high acid, these fruit-forward wines is known as a smooth and supple Dolcare the most-grown grape in Piedmont, etto. The wine definitely lived up to its and third most in Italy. Our glasses were reputation with its cherry bomb fruit and

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hints of vanilla combined with a smooth mouth feel. Next, the 2007 Dolcetta di Dogliani was a bit of a different beast, fuller and richer on the palate with red fruits and complementing herbaceous and floral characteristics.

Nebbiolo splashed into our glasses for the first of several times with a 1997 Barbaresco. While this wine was definitely over its peak, a few lively fruit flavours of dried plum and cherry, alongside hints of menthol-eucalyptus and tannin persisted. The 2004 Barbaresco vintage was still in its prime with a lush balance of cherry fruits, liquorice and menthol flavours rounding out the wine.

A little bit about Nebbiolo, the grape

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varietal that is the essence of both Barolo and Barbaresco wines: these wines require years of aging to balance out the tannin, and to bring out the complex

secondary and tertiary flavours such as cherries and raspberries, truffles, tobacco, wild herbs and dried fruit. In the past, these wines were often criticized as unapproachable, but with modern wine techniques creating a more balanced wine, that image is changing. Although Barbaresco and Barolo are both made from Nebbiolo, the fundamental difference in the wine lies in the climate and its effect on the wine's tannins. The tannin in Barbaresco will soften quicker, but will not age in the cellar as long as the harsher tannin Barolo.

Three Barolo's sat breathing— a decant is suggested before drinking—and awaiting our consumption. We submerged ourselves into the Barolos: complex aromas and flavours of the 1996 Barolo swirled in our glasses. The guest chair really outdid himself and brought an outstanding bottle of 2006 Barolo that was bursting with red fruit flavours and earth. We continued with a 2001 vintage that was aged to perfection after its decade in bottle. Aged notes of fruit and herbs accented the luscious tannin and structure.

Exploring the Piedmont region through wine is an experience, one I'd do again and—if you haven't—one you should try. V

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“At one point, Mack actually says he’s going to stop being a murderer and go into banking because there’s more money.”

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A city in flux

Backwater looks for transformation in Edmonton Paul Blinov // paul@vueweekly.com

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t's fair to call Edmonton a transitory city, with all the perks and frustrations that the term implies. People, artists in particular, perpetually come and go; the winter creeps into fall early and clings, even now, to spring, revealing a season's worth of filth on the street, while occasionally still dumping fresh powder down from above. In short, there's a perpetural sense of flux in the air, and it's the tension of that change that Amber Borotsik and Jesse Gervais are after in Backwater.

Sitting together in the basement of the Third Playing Space—itself a product of transformation, downgraded from prime theatre space to simple rehearsal hall a few years ago—she traces the instigating idea back to "lots of scientific and spiritual philosophies" that claim every seven years our cells completely regenerate. Every seven years, we're totally different, from a cellular standpoint.

"The conflict between that sort of idea—which I really love, because I think, 'Oh yeah, then I can write my own reality. I'm not stuck'—and then the fact that I wake up the same everyday in Edmonton, doing my same ol' thing," Borotsik explains.

"That's where the idea started: this longing for transformation I think people have," she continues. "Even in the spring now, we long for it to just transform so we can have spring, but we're kind of stuck in this winter.

And the fact, the reality that sometimes change is impossible.

Backwater chases transformation

"There's also something interesting I find about how powerfully Edmonton can transform," adds Gervais. "From how shitty it is outside and the terrible windrows and the horrible streets that are covered in snow and slush and disgustingness ... to how different it is when it's summer, when you can walk in the river valley. It seems like nature comes closer

to you when all that is swept away. And it just has a huge transformation."

Together with Gervais, partner in both the Windrow Performance company and real life, Borotsik's folded theatre, sound and visual art into dance with Backwater. It follows a trio of of characters in Edmonton—

an assistant's assistant's assistant's assistant to a key political figure (Borotsik), a blue-collar guy who blows a wad of cash on a huge "temple of a truck" (Richard Lee) and an artist/photographer (Gervais), trying to snag a shot of some mysterious wildlife—through ideas of transformation and identity, whether they're

ready for change or not.

That's the human element. Dave Clark, on sound design, has also been alongside them during the movement's construction. "He provides the character of the space, in a way, which is really fantastic," Borotsik says.

Space too, she notes, is important. It always has been for Borotsik.

"I don't know what it is about location, but I feel like, for me, it's a way into humanity, humans and the people who live there," explains Borotsik.

Windrow's previous dance-meets-everything engagement, 2008's Scythe, took home multiple Sterlings for exploring the transition from a rural upbringing to an urban cityscape.

Crafting together multiple disciplines isn't always an easy process.

Backwater started with characters, as well as a few key images, and was constructed outwards from there.

"We often go into the creative dark, where we don't know what's going to happen next," Gervais says. "We decide to put our voyeur hats on and just go into the dark, and just be OK with what comes out, and grab the things that stick, and throw the things that don't away. And it's a really challenging way to work. You have to be very ... ballsy. And honest."

"Yeah," Borotsik agrees."Honest with making something and going, 'Uh, no.

Sorry guys, let's throw it away.'" V Sat, Apr 9 – Sun, Apr 17 (8 pm) Backwater Presented by Windrow performance Catalyst Theatre (8529 Gateway Boulevard), $15 – $20

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Beyond the peepshow

NLT's season-closing Pervert heads toward XXX territory Paul Blinov // paul@vueweekly.com

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've seen so much porn now, because of this show," says Jocelyn Ahlf, in a mix of bemusement and regret. She's cast in Pervert, Stephen Massicotte's dirty-titled script that's closing out Northern Light Theatre's season somewhere on the seedier side.

The porn Ahlf's referring to comprises much of the set: a late night XXXstore, with wall-to-wall videos titled things that are unsuited for print. Skin

flicks aside, she's also quick to point out this is a play with more going for it than fake boobs and laughable doubleentendres—she notes it's a show best experienced with a healthy adult relationship or two under your belt.

The title itself hangs weightily, with built-in judgement and a sense of perception. Massicotte's script, based on his own experience working the late night porn-clerk shift, details his life alongside some regular and first-timer customers: what they're all using porn for, or what any of them are actually

getting from it.

"Which isn't necessarily their jollies, if you know what I mean," Ahlf notes.

"It's always a symptom of something else. There's so much more going on as to why these people are renting the porn that was interesting to me."

Ahlf herself has questions about the merit of porn itself: "If you do it without love, what does that do to your soul? Deep thoughts, hey? This is what we talk about in the green room."

The symptoms she's speaking to are

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the hints of what's lacking in the lives of Pervert's characters: porn clerk Tim and his girlfriend Trish; Kurt, a regular on an oxygen tank, knows the whole inventory inside out, but lacks any real relationships; Ahlf's Lisa and her husband Mike, struggling to spice up their spiraling relationship of fake orgasms and non-existent climaxes.

"I think the question brought up a lot is, 'What is a pervert?'" she notes.

"Because this guy who goes to the video store every single day, and takes out three videos, and has rented every

video in the store still sees one called Grandma Gets Her Cookies, and is like, 'Ugh. Pervert.'

"People judge other people, but I think it's really about if you judge yourself." V Thu, Apr 7 – Sun, Apr 17 (7:30 pm) Pervert Written by Stephen Massicotte Directed by Trevor Schmidt Starring Jocelyn Ahlf, Jason Chinn, James Hamilton, Mary Hulbert, Doug Mertz Varscona Theatre (10329 - 83 Ave), $15 – $26

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The Gertrude Stein Project is charming in its experimentation

The Three Musketeers brings out the wigs

// Ed Ellis

This is not a play

Gertrude and Alice Mel Priestley // mel@vueweekly.com

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roject" indeed: Studio Theatre's The Gertrude Stein Project is definitely not a play in the traditional sense of the word. The playbill dubs it a "performance creation," which is as apt a way of describing it as any. Resolutely interdisciplinary, it combines straightforward theatric narrative with spoken word, physical theatre, video segments (both pre-recorded and live footage shot and projected on stage), and contemporary dance delivered by a quintet of performers dubbed the White Core.

It is self-consciously witty and its experimentation neatly meshes with Gertrude Stein's own artistic endeavours.

American-born Stein (played by Peter Fernandes and Spenser Payne) was fa-

mous for dabbling in many different fields—psychology, poetry, fiction and theatre, just to name a few—as well as hosting weekly salons at her house in Paris, where she rubbed shoulders with some of the artistic greats (Picasso, Cezanne, Matisse) of her day.

Adapted and directed by Beau Coleman, The Gertrude Stein Project is loosely structured around the interviews that Leon Katz (Jamie Cavanagh) conducted with Stein's secretary and companion, Alice B Toklas (Nicola Elbro and Samantha Hill), several years after Stein's death. But these interludes are as structured as it gets; the rest of it unfolds as a wave of movement and sound across the stage.

With so much going on, it's inevitable that some things come across stronger

than others. There is an odd disconnect in this performance; at times it is thoroughly engrossing both visually and aurally, delightfully playful and surprisingly tender as we witness a pair of Gertrudes and Alices happily walking their poodle, laughing softly at a private conversation spoken just out of earshot of the audience.

Where things go a little wrong is in the overly long segments of straightforward narration, as well as in the video documentary of the actual Leon Katz discussing his research into Stein and Toklas. Film is a tricky thing to incorporate effectively into a stage piece, and in this case seems a little too pedantic, detracting from the wonderful movement and sound presented in the rest of the performance.

Nonetheless, this is a charmingly experimental piece of theatre, one that showcases the wide range of talents of these young performers. In particular, the casting choice that placed Peter Fernandes as one of the Gertrude Steins was truly inspired; his spoken word segments were by far the most captivating moments of the performance, neatly presenting the essence of Stein's interest in the sound of words over their meaning. And indeed, that's the way you should enjoy this piece: try not to get too bogged down in searching for narrative meaning—just observe and enjoy. V Until Sat, Apr 9 (7:30 pm) The Gertrude Stein Project Conceived and directed by Beau Coleman Starring Spenser Payne, Peter Fernandes, Samantha Hill, Nicola Elbro, Jamie Cavanagh Timms Centre for the Arts (87 Ave & 112 St), $10 – $20

All for one ...

Paul Blinov // paul@vueweekly.com

T

he last time Edmonton audiences saw Eric Morin, he was rounding out the in chorus in the Citadel's Beauty and the Beast as a relatively fresh face out of Ryerson's acting school, hailing from Timmins, Ontario, happy to take the relatively small gig with a major regional theatre.

What a difference a year can make.

That chorus time led Morin to the Citadel's Banff Professional Theatre Program, where he spent the early part of the year training in the mountain town.

He now finds himself cast in a pair of big-budget Citadel season-enders. In a month he'll appear in Little Women, but more immediately, Morin gets to raise his tipped sabre to the lime-lit air of centrestage as the swashbuckling protagonist of The Three Musketeers, d'Artagnan.

He's had little time to celebrate his bill-boosting fortunes, though: he's also currently neck deep in the associated amount of work, and has been for months.

"Since we got back from Banff, the first weekend in February, I know I've been at it for six days out of the week, Tuesday to Sunday, from 10 to 6," he admits at a 9 am phonecall, amidst Musketeers' tech week. "So it's been essentially a good test in terms of my endurance."

This Musketeers is a new Tom Wood adaptation, who previously adapted Pride and Prejudice, Peter Pan, Servant of Two Masters, and the seasonal staple, Christmas Carol, for the Citadel. It's a tale of brotherhood and fraternity set against the sweeping romance of 17th century France, where the eponymous trio of guardsmen live by "tous pour un, un pour tous" ("all for one, one for all.")

D'Artagnan isn't one of the titular trio, but they take the destitute youth under their fraternal wings, navigating the maelstrom of Paris at the time. The script follows his arc from innocence to experience in a cast of 29 with the costuming to match.

"I think we counted yesterday 61 wigs and counting," Morin grins, noting that the heaps of work are paying off as, in the midst of tech week, he's seeing every disparate thread come together into the richer whole.

"I just can't believe what the creative team's put together over these last seven weeks. The audience is going to be watching almost ... it'll be almost a movielike experience live on stage. It's pretty fascinating theatre still can do that in this day and age of videogames and technology and movies." V Until Sun, Apr 24 (7:30 pm) The Three Musketeers Adapted by Tom Wood Directed by Bob Baker Citadel Theatre (9828 - 101A Ave) $50.40 – $71.40

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State of grace

Edmonton author puts a lot of himself into new book Bryan Birtles // bryan@vueweekly.com

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here's plenty of Wayne Arthurson in his new book, Fall from Grace. Arthurson, a half-Cree, half-French Canadian reporter-turnedauthor has penned a mystery novel about Leo Desroches, a half-Cree, half-French Canadian reporter-turned-crime solver who sets out to raise the profile of a murdered aboriginal woman in Edmonton and stumbles upon a serial killer and a police scandal in the process.

Where the similarities end, however, is in Leo's myriad of vices.

Formerly homeless, Leo gets himself back onto his feet, barely, with a job in a newsroom but has replaced the rush that gambling once gave him—until it landed him on the street—with bank robbing, albeit politely. And while Arthurson doesn't share Leo's predilection towards crime, the two of them do share a desire to discover more about their Aboriginal roots, some-

thing Arthurson explores throughout Fall from Grace.

"Like Leo, I was out of touch with my Aboriginal side. It was there when we were growing up but it wasn't something we pursued. We didn't go to powwows, we didn't go to any special events, we didn't really get into much with that side," he says. "I'm not going all Grey Owl, wearing leather fringes and having my hair in braids, but I'm exploring certain things and accepting the fact that I'm Aboriginal. That's who I am and that's who I'll always be."

Setting the book in the character-driven world of print media gave Arthurson plenty to work with, he says.

Having cut his teeth in weekly newspapers— including Vue Weekly—Arthurson put a number of characters he'd met along the way into Leo's world.

"My first job out of journalism school was at a weekly paper in Olds, Alberta. I had to talk a bit about my editor, Neil, in the book because he's a great person who

gave me a great job and was an amazing character," he says. "There's all kinds of great characters in the weekly newspaper business and maybe as the series goes on I'll throw Leo into a weekly newspaper and see what happens there."

A sequel will come out next year and see Leo delve into the world of native gangs and native activism against oil companies. While that book is finished, Arthurson admits he doesn't know exactly what Leo will do next.

"I write partially blindly: I have a sense of where things are going and I may know the ending or where it wants to go and I know certain scenes that I want to put in," he says. "I know Leo quite well because I've been working with him for the last couple of years so I know how he'll react to things. I pretty much start going and I try to put the pieces together but sometimes the pieces just go where they want to go. I don't want to give away the ending [to Fall from Grace], but the ending wasn't designed that way, but I thought, 'Well, what if Leo does this instead?'" V Thu, Apr 7 (7:30 pm) Fall From Grace Book release

by Wayne Arthurson Audreys Books (10702 Jasper Avenue)

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Darker arias

Tosca takes a more theatrical approach to opera Paul Blinov // paul@vueweekly.com

W

hen Robert Herriot was, in his own words, "A budding opera nerd" of about 20, he was cast as an altarboy in Tosca. He had no singing lines, but it was his first experience with Puccini's opera and it left an indelible mark on him.

"We got into the theatre and I heard the orchestra ... and it was overwhelming," he says. "It was totally overwhelming to be that close to this music. Something sort of clicked and I had to go out and buy the box set ... I became almost obsessed with it. I just loved the music; I couldn't tell what it did, but it just did something to me."

Now a more-accomplished opera director with a career in proper bloom, that connection with Tosca remains.

It's Puccini's paired-down adaptation of Victorien Sardou's play, and reads like a gender-swapped Othello: the titular heroine, a singer, finds her relationship with a political upstart lover Mario Cavardossi, twisted by a lie from Scarpia, Rome's corrupt chief of police. The ensuing dark spiral downwards, was, Herriot notes, Puccini's first time tinkering with "verismo"—an unusually realisitic spin on the human condition and violence.

"It really allows the singer/actors, directors to approach the piece as if it were

actual theatre, apart from the music," he notes. "Some operas lend themselves to that, some it's a little trickier. But the nature of the music is such that the whole piece is like a great big underscoring and there's so many different layers in what [Puccini's] given us, musically. It's really one of the first times we hear him use in-

or the bigness of voice.

"We worked very hard to clarify the characters and the relationships and to pare them down so that they were able to really develop from there. By doing that, it plays the tension of the composition.

It often can be melodramatic; there's the tendency to go big because the music

The nature of the music is such that the whole piece is like a great big underscoring and there's so many different layers in what [Puccini's] given us, musically.

dividual themes for characters in situations. He did that in his previous operas, but in Tosca it's to a greater extent."

Herriot notes that the more theatrical aspect has been a large factor in his own approach for this Edmonton Opera production. Not that he's shied away from it in the past: last seen in Edmonton directing the HMS Pinafore, he pulled in local playwright Stewart Lemoine and actor Jeff Haslam, both of Teatro La Quincidina, to tinker with the script and maximize character. Herriot didn't bring in any ringers this time, but the focus was similar: not to get lost in the melodrama

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is big, and certainly there are moments of that. But we worked very hard to get to the core of who these people were, to make it that much more accessible. Because I think the relationships and the people have to be believable in a production in order to really fully get the impact of the piece." V Sat, Apr 9; Tue, Apr 12; Thu, Apr 14 (7:30 pm) Tosca Adapted by Giacomo Puccini Directed by Robert Herriot Jubilee Auditorium (11455 - 87 Ave), $32 – $160

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friends and loved ones both inside and outside their homes, through the full spectrum of artistic disciplines: sculpture, drawing, dance, spoken word and more. For us, the opportunity to seeing how youths define crime versus how we see it is a fascinating way to get to know the thoughts of the generation we're raising, directly or not. (Latitude 53 Gallery [10248 - 106 St])

Every Victim Matters Multimedia Youth Art Show / Mon, Apr 11 & Tue, Apr 12 It's art as outreach: the Every Victim Matters show lets youth explore their understanding of crime as it's affected them,

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"The remarkably simplistic sexism-posing-as-feminism of so many girl-assassin or female-killer movies makes cents—lots and lots of cents."

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Navigate the fog

Salvador Allende illuminates the mysterious political figure

Patricio Guzmán has devoted much of finest, most personal films. his career to navigating the foggy histoThis feeling is certainly among the ry of his native Chile, particularly those most compelling elements of Guzmán's few jubilant and turbulent years marked Nostalgia For the Light (2010), a masby the unprecedented non-violent terpiece essay film that traverses ascension of its democratically the Atacama Desert in search elected socialist government of distant stars and bones of and that long trail of dark the disappeared, and which I years marked by terror, ly.com dearly hope will be screening k e e w vue torture, order and oppresin Edmonton theatres soon. ctive@ dvddete sion that followed. There's Yet this feeling can even be s Jo ef this notion that Chile's elder in the more conventionBraun al found populace (those who didn't, like documentary Salvador AlGuzmán, go into exile), thinned out lende (2004), now available on DVD along its narrow stem of diverse topogfrom Icarus. After repeatedly encircling raphy, have constructed their fog by the Allende enigma, most famously way of a collective willful amnesia surin The Battle of Chile (1975 – 1979), rounding those aforementioned years.

Guzmán took this project as an opporThis amnesiac fog is invoked in the tunity to take direct aim at Chile's contitle of Guzmán's film Chile, Obstinate troversial fallen president, about whom Memory (1997). I wonder if the process there remains a conspicuous paucity of inherent in journeying through this fog, commentary. Yet there's nothing espeunable to apprehend a view of what's cially direct about Salvador Allende. It ahead or behind, hasn't contributed to finds its path as it proceeds. that special wandering, uncharted feelGuzmán narrates Salvador Allende, ing that accompanies some of Guzmán's while his soft voice can also frequently

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be heard off-camera posing questions.

Guzmán was in his early 30s during Allende's abbreviated term (and passed 15 days of detainment in the National Stadium following the coup) and is able to cull a healthy portion of Salvador Allende from his own archive of footage, shot between Allende's 1970 inauguration and 1973, the year of that other September 11, when US-backed military forces ousted Allende's government (a day Guzmán hauntingly evokes with repeated images of flames consuming the Palacio de la Moneda following the aerial bombing). Early in the film, Guzmán explains that he wants to get to know the Allende beneath the icon. He travels to Allende's native Valparaiso, where the city's former mayor persuasively insists that Allende (who received support from Cuba, but not from the USSR) was neither Marxist nor Leninist but libertarian, having received his first political education from an anarchist Italian shoemaker.

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man quietly dissipates, replaced by a more straightforward chronicle of Allende's pre-presidential political career, conveying his charisma and popularity, highlighted by memorable images such as the one of gleeful children chasing his departing campaign train.

Guzmán then details Allende's difficult presidency, his agrarian reforms and nationalization of the mining industry, the hostilities directed at his policies, and his outspoken contempt for US interference and multinational corporations. A revealing interview with former US Ambassador to Chile Edward Korry confirms Nixon's explicit commands to get rid of Allende by any means necessary. Yet, appropriately for a film about a politician devoted to workers and the poor, Guzmán finds many of his strongest sequences by giving the floor to ordinary Chileans. He documents a lively debate between several former UP militants about whether Allende should have defended the government

and properly armed the militia. This debate also pries open the thorny question of Allende's suicide, performed just as the army was about to take him prisoner, an event which only compounds the mystery of his life. One could argue that Salvador Allende falls short of its ostensible goal in that Allende is as enigmatic a figure by the film's end as he was at its start. But the fortitude of this enigma is also, it seems to me, the film's point. Allende, though revered

by Guzmán as he is by millions around the world, is a truly singular, enduringly contentious figure—so singular that few have made significant attempts to tell his story. The value of Guzmán's film is that even in its limitations it makes an enormous contribution to a conversation about Allende that needs to be maintained. In Guzmán's films the personal inevitably merges with the political, and the articulated memories of the filmmaker and his subjects continue to wage a non-violent war against the perils of forgetting. V

Win Win

Opening Friday Written and directed by Tom McCarthy Starring Paul Giamatti Garneau Theatre (8712 - 109 St)

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Win Win immediately announces itself as the natural successor to actorturned-writer/director Tom McCarthy's The Station Agent and The Visitor. McCarthy steers his alternately desperate or lonesome characters into each other's paths, his quiet collisions challenging them to reach out, to make space in their troubled lives for unlikely, difficult, though finally rewarding alliances.

But Win Win is where the filmmaker's themes begin to look a lot like formula—and somebody else's formula at that. By shifting away from the sombre warmth of the first two films into humanist comedy, McCarthy has, perhaps inadvertently, sacrificed what measure of tonal distinction his directorial ap-

Pep-talk time in Win Win

proach had previously nurtured. The result is a perfectly likeable if belaboured go-for-it movie that may very well get McCarthy his broadest audience yet, though few will likely walk away from it wondering about or even remembering who made it.

Paul Giamatti plays Mike Flaherty, a Jersey lawyer, family man and high school wrestling coach burdened with enough problems (dwindling practice, losing team, clogged toilet, busted copier, falling tree, dying boiler) that by the time he does something underhanded we've

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already forgiven him. Mike siphons some revenue out of an elderly client in the early stages of dementia played by Burt Young, an endlessly entertaining actor to behold when he gets pissed off. Along comes said client's grandson Kyle (Alex Shaffer), a teenager with an atrocious

dye-job on the run from a bad situation in Ohio. Having just delivered Leo to a nursing home and unwilling to send Kyle back to an empty house (mom's in rehab), Mike decides to take Kyle in ... and soon discovers the kid's a tiger on the mat!

You can see where this is going. Which, you know, is OK, but it really takes a while to get there. There's at least one utterly superfluous character here (Station Agent's Bobby Cannavale) and a halfdozen scenes that add precious little to the story or stakes, including an annoying paint-by-numbers mid-point montage set to Bon Jovi. The casting of Giamatti's a no-brainer: save a couple of pep-talky scenes where he strains a little, he's very enjoyable. Shaffer's so natural you almost don't notice him. Amy Ryan as the takeno-shit wife gives Mike's home life gravity and consequence. McCarthy clearly has a special gift with actors—it's just that Win Win feels too dependent on these actors to supply all the nuance.

Josef Braun

// josef@vueweekly.com

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Any compilation of short films is bound to be a little hit and miss, with some highs, some lows, and plenty of inbetweens—the cinematic equivalent of trail mix. The Best of Ottawa 2010 survey, culled from the more than 2000 entries to last year's Ottawa International Animation Festival, is no different. There's a couple salty cashews; a few sweet, sweet raisins; and, of course, no shortage of those pumpkin seeds that usually just end up stuck in your teeth.

One of the unique things that short animation can do as a medium is push into more abstract, impressionistic territory.

Of these flavourful appetizers, strong impressions are made by Canadian Steven Woloshen's jazzy "Playtime," as well as "A Gum Boy," a Japanese short about a boy who chews too loudly that's told almost like a jump-rope chant.

In fact, the best piece in the lot is another of these short shorts. "This Is Love" is a gorgeous, kinetic threeminute romp about a man visiting his girlfriend in China. Director Lei Lei (himself Chinese) creates a whimsical and colour-drunk world that looks crafted entirely out of patterns cut from the most stylish wrapping paper

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you've ever seen.

That's more than I can say for some of the longer pieces. Ruth Lingford's "Little Deaths," a series of sparse, almost contemplative interviews about orgasms, mistakes mood for profundity. It's unpleasantly self-satisfied—the kind of film that thinks it's a lot smarter than it really is. And in "Love & Theft," German director Andreas Hykade is really insistent on showing us how similar many cartoon faces look—some recognizable (your Spongebobs, your Betty Boops),

brick in search of coins, only to smash his head bloody; a doctor writes his depressed patient a prescription that reads "Go fuck yourself." O'Reilly uses self-consciously primitive, chunky 3-D computer animation, making the whole thing feel like the most surreal and depressing—not to mention X-rated— episode of Reboot you've ever seen.

The only short in the compilation that successfully treads deeper emotional territory (aside from perhaps Elise Simard's "La Traversée," which didn't work in the DVD screener I received)

A hobo jumps into a Super Mario-style brick in search of coins, only to smash his head bloody; a doctor writes his depressed patient a prescription that reads "Go fuck yourself." others unknown—or perhaps beloved only in Germany. I suppose this might excite those stoned teenagers who search the clouds in The Lion King for dirty words, but to my decidedly un-red eyes, it's pure pumpkin seed.

A better use of pre-existing characters comes in David O'Reilly's "The External World." This short, a joint entry from Ireland and Germany, uses 17 minutes of concentrated pixie-stick energy to conjure a darker, parallel cartoon universe.

A hobo jumps into a Super Mario-style

is "Prayers For Peace," by the United States' Dustin Grella. The film is done in stop-motion, and uses pastel drawings on a chalkboard, giving every frame a thoroughly personal texture. It's a heartfelt and graceful elegy to Grella's brother, who was killed in Iraq—and its coda, a field recording taken from his brother's laptop just before his death, provides an ending that's both chilling and utterly appropriate.

Michael Hingston

// Michael@vueweekly.com

hop

Hanna

Opening Friday Directed by Joe Wright Written by David Farr, Seth Lochhead Starring Saoirse Ronan, Cate Blanchett

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Can't keep the beat

Now playing Directed by Tim Hill Written by Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio, Brian Lynch Starring James Marsden, Russell Brand

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As a talking rabbit plays drums for a TV talent show judged by David Hasselhoff, the truth of Hop cracks open, like the Easter Bunny myth suddenly ruined for kids—this film is a cheap karaoke version of an animated comedy. It's not just that the story starts off with an unnecessary prologue. Or involves humour as strained as a constipated rabbit trying to poop jellybeans (a little bit of fecal magic that passes for one of the few semiamusing moments here). Or has sidekicks that just aren't that daffy or funny

(in this case, a chick, Carlos, talking like he's always about to say, "We don't need no stinking badgez!" in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre).

The story's slight—Easter Bunny-to-be (voiced by Russell Brand) runs out on his birthright to drum to his own beat in Hollywood but hooks up with slacker Fred O'Hare (James Marsden)—and almost every scene's overscored, overtold or overdone to the point of the jokes getting runny (EB and Fred actually sing "I Want Candy"). Hop seems to think filling out the formula and being super-duper eagerto-please is enough. Hobbling along, this bunny just ain't funny. I'd rather have that shaggy-haired Muppet on drums any day—now there was a real wild Animal!

Brian Gibson

// brian@vueweekly.com

Our titular adolescent-home-schooled superathlete (Saoirse Ronan) grows up near the North Pole receiving instruction in hunting and fighting by her survivalist dad with a past (Eric Bana). When she's finally ready to leave their frozen nest she does so knowing that a certain nefarious CIA operative (Cate Blanchett) will instantly be out to kill dad and maybe do something worse to her: there are intimations that she's got some sort of top-secret experimental juice in her genes. A genuine wild child whose knowledge of culture has been culled entirely from a slim encyclopedia but whose strength and agility is ninja-like, Hanna's story slides between her discovering the world and her killing a whole lot of people in it. (Though, if it makes you feel better, she doesn't seem to enjoy her displays of lethal child-violence nearly as much as Chloë Moretz does in Kick-Ass.)

Just another kid ... with ninja-like skills

professionally (and I don't use that word casually). Employing jump cuts, flashing lights and the Chemical Brothers, Wright seems eager to shake off the stateliness of his extant work, get the blood pumping, and start acting his age (he's not yet 40). Some of this is pretty fun and intriguing, but it's also uneven and confused and I'm not sure what to make of it as a whole. I appreciate Wright's willingness to eschew certain global thriller conventions (there's no titles announcing our current location being typed over establishing shots) and focus on sen-

sation over story (a good thing since David Farr and Seth Lochhead's sub-Bourne script is riddled with gaping holes: where did our snowy forest-spawned Hanna learn to use handguns and personal computers anyway?), but if my praise feels miserly it's just that Wright's rebooted stylistics feel tacked on much of the time, more schematic than suasive. Bizarrely, Wright claims to be influenced here by David Lynch, while Hanna feels so much more like Tony Scott.

Josef Braun

// josef@vueweekly.com

Director Joe Wright reportedly inherited the project from Danny Boyle, to whom Hanna, with its pulsing chase narrative, techno-friendliness and air of childish awe, seems more naturally suited. But then again, Wright, who previously helmed Pride and Prejudice and Atonement, hasn't really distinguished himself as being naturally suited for anything besides ultra-high production values, which he exploits very

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Still Showing FILM WEEKLY FRI, APR 8, 2011 – THU, APR 14, 2011

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CHABA THEATRE�JASPER 6094 Connaught Dr, Jasper, 780.852.4749

ARTHUR (PG not recommended for young children) FRI�SAT 7:00, 9:00; SUN�THU 8:00 LIMITLESS (14A) FRI�SAT 7:00, 9:00; SUN�THU 8:00

CINEMA CITY MOVIES 12 5074-130 Ave, 780.472.9779

The writer/director duo behind the Saw franchise return with a different shade of horror: the American ghost story. An unassuming family moves into a new house to discover there's more sinister spirits swirling around them. It'll make you jump without splashing even one bucket of gore across the screen.

Of Gods and Men 

Princess Theatre (10337 - 82 Ave) Based on a 1996 incident wheren seven monks were kidnapped and slaughtered, Xavier Beauvois's film looks beyond the lingering dread, instead ushering us into a realm of carefully nurtured quietude and resolute service in the face of the world's disorder.

Jane Eyre 

Princess Theatre (10337 - 82 Ave) This BBC adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's classic, has compelling performances and imagery rich with detail, even if it never quite finds balance of jumping backwards and forwards in time.

The Lincoln Lawyer 

THANK YOU (STC) HINDI W/E.S.T. DAILY 1:00, 4:30, 7:50 GAME (14A violence) HINDI W/E.S.T. DAILY 2:00, 5:00, 8:00 BIG MOMMAS: LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON (PG) DAILY 1:55, 4:25, 7:20 THE EAGLE (PG violence, not recommended for young children) DAILY 1:40, 4:15, 7:10, 9:45 THE MECHANIC (18A brutal violence) DAILY 1:45, 4:50, 7:30, 10:00 NO STRINGS ATTACHED (14A substance abuse, sexual content, not recommended for children) DAILY 1:15, 3:50, 7:05, 9:40 THE GREEN HORNET 3D (14A violence, coarse language) Digital 3D DAILY 1:20, 4:00, 6:55, 9:30 THE DILEMMA (PG coarse language) DAILY 9:50 TRUE GRIT (14A violence) DAILY 1:25, 4:10, 7:00, 9:30 YOGI BEAR (G) DAILY 1:35, 3:45, 6:30, 9:00 BLACK SWAN (14A sexual content, disturbing content, not recommended for children) DAILY 1:50, 4:35, 6:50, 9:20 TANGLED (G) Digital 3D DAILY 1:30, 4:20, 6:45, 9:10 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HAL� LOWS: PART 1 (PG frightening scenes, violence, not recommended for young children) DAILY 1:10, 4:45, 7:45

CINEPLEX ODEON NORTH 14231-137 Ave, 780.732.2236

YOUR HIGHNESS (18A crude sexual content, nudity) Digital Cinema, No Passes DAILY 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 8:00, 10:40 HANNA (14A violence) Digital Cinema DAILY 12:40, 3:30, 7:00, 10:00 SOUL SURFER (PG) No Passes FRI�TUE, THU 1:20, 4:00, 6:50, 9:20; WED 1:00, 4:00, 6:50, 9:20 ARTHUR (PG not recommended for young children) No Passes FRI�TUE, THU 12:50, 4:20, 7:10, 9:50; WED 1:00, 4:20, 7:10, 9:50 HOP (G) No Passes DAILY 12:00, 2:20, 4:50, 7:15, 9:45 SOURCE CODE (PG coarse language, violence) Digital Cinema DAILY 12:20, 2:50, 5:20, 7:45, 10:10 INSIDIOUS (14A frightening scenes, not recommended for children) Ultraavx DAILY 1:50, 5:00, 7:50, 10:30 SUCKER PUNCH (14A violence) DAILY 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 10:05 DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES (G) Digital Cinema DAILY 1:10, 3:50, 6:40, 9:00 LIMITLESS (14A) DAILY 1:30, 4:10, 6:55, 9:40 PAUL (14A language may offend) DAILY 1:45, 4:40, 7:40, 10:20 THE LINCOLN LAWYER (14A) DAILY 12:30, 3:20, 6:45, 9:30 BATTLE LOS ANGELES (14A violence) FRI, SUN�THU 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 10:15; SAT 4:30, 7:20, 10:15 RANGO (PG) DAILY 1:00, 3:40, 6:30, 9:10 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: LE COMTE ORY (Classification not available) SAT 11:00

CINEPLEX ODEON SOUTH 1525-99 St, 780.436.8585

A liquor-guzzling Matthew McConaughey makes for a surprisingly good Noir lead: with him in the shoes of lawyer Mick Haller—caught in the deceptions of his latest client's murder case— and alongside a strong supporting cast, the flick's conventions have just the right blend of grit and twist.

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YOUR HIGHNESS (18A crude sexual content, nudity) No Passes FRI�SAT 12:30, 3:05, 5:40, 8:25, 11:00; SUN�MON 1:00, 3:20, 5:40, 8:00, 10:20; TUE 1:00, 3:20, 5:35, 8:00, 10:20; WED 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 10:15; THU 12:55, 3:20, 5:40, 8:00, 10:20 HANNA (14A violence) Digital Cinema FRI�SAT 12:20, 2:55, 5:30, 8:15, 10:50; SUN, TUE�THU 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:45; MON 1:30, 4:45, 7:20, 10:00 SOUL SURFER (PG) No Passes FRI�SUN 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:50, 10:20; MON�WED 1:25, 4:15, 6:50, 9:30; THU 4:15, 6:50, 9:30; Star & Strollers Screening THU 1:00

ARTHUR (PG not recommended for young children) Ultraavx, No Passes FRI�SAT 12:00, 2:40, 5:15, 8:00, 10:35; SUN 12:00, 2:25, 5:00, 7:35, 10:05; MON�TUE 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:50; WED�THU 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:55 HOP (G) Digital Cinema, No Passes FRI�SAT 12:00, 2:30, 4:55, 7:20, 9:45; SUN 12:00, 2:30, 4:55, 7:20, 9:40; MON�THU 1:00, 3:30, 6:30, 9:00 SOURCE CODE (PG coarse language, violence) Digital Cinema FRI�SAT 1:15, 3:25, 5:50, 8:20, 10:50; SUN 12:15, 2:50, 5:15, 7:40, 10:10; MON� WED 1:40, 4:20, 7:25, 10:10; THU 4:20, 7:25, 10:10; Star & Strollers Screening THU 1:00 INSIDIOUS (14A frightening scenes, not recommended for children) FRI�SAT 1:40, 4:00, 6:20, 8:50, 11:15; SUN 12:10, 2:30, 4:55, 7:20, 10:00; MON�THU 1:45, 4:30, 7:25, 10:00 SUCKER PUNCH (14A violence) FRI�SAT 12:00, 2:35, 5:10, 8:00, 10:30; SUN�MON, WED�THU 1:45, 4:25, 7:05, 9:40; TUE 1:15, 4:30, 7:40, 10:05 DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES (G) FRI�SAT 12:05, 2:25, 4:40, 7:00, 9:15; SUN 12:10, 2:40, 5:00, 7:15, 9:30; MON�THU 1:45, 4:10, 6:50, 9:15 LIMITLESS (14A) FRI�SAT 1:00, 3:25, 6:00, 8:45, 11:10; SUN 1:15, 4:30, 7:15, 10:00; MON�THU 1:20, 3:50, 7:10, 10:10 PAUL (14A language may offend) FRI�SAT 1:15, 3:45, 6:15, 8:50, 11:15; SUN 12:50, 3:10, 5:30, 7:50, 10:15; MON�THU 1:30, 4:10, 6:45, 9:20 THE LINCOLN LAWYER (14A) FRI�SAT 12:40, 3:15, 5:50, 8:25, 11:00; SUN�MON, THU 1:20, 4:00, 7:00, 9:35; TUE�WED 1:20, 4:00, 6:55, 9:35 BATTLE LOS ANGELES (14A violence) FRI 12:30, 3:15, 5:50, 8:25, 11:00; SAT 3:15, 5:50, 8:25, 11:00; SUN 1:40, 4:20, 7:00, 9:40; MON 1:35, 4:25, 7:05, 9:40; TUE, THU 1:35, 4:20, 7:00, 9:40; WED 1:40, 4:25, 7:00, 9:40 RANGO (PG) Digital Cinema FRI�SAT 12:10, 2:50, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15; SUN 12:05, 2:35, 5:05, 7:30, 9:55; MON�THU 1:15, 4:00, 7:15, 9:40 THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU (PG coarse language) FRI�SAT 1:05, 3:30, 5:55, 8:20, 10:40; SUN 12:00, 2:20, 5:00, 7:15, 9:40; MON�TUE, THU 1:00, 3:40, 7:20, 9:50; WED 1:00, 3:40, 7:20 HALL PASS (14A nudity, crude sexual content, substance abuse) FRI�SAT 1:10, 3:40, 6:10, 8:40, 11:05; SUN 12:20, 2:40, 5:00, 7:45, 10:25; MON�TUE, THU 1:40, 4:20, 7:35, 9:55; WED 1:40, 4:20, 9:55 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: LE COMTE ORY (Classification not available) SAT 11:00 FOO FIGHTERS: BACK AND FORTH (Classification not available) WED 8:00

CITY CENTRE 9 10200-102 Ave, 780.421.7020

SOURCE CODE (PG coarse language, violence) Dolby Stereo Digital, Stadium Seating FRI�WED 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00; THU 12:00, 2:30, 7:30, 10:00 ARTHUR (PG not recommended for young children) No Passes, Stadium Seating, Dolby Stereo Digital DAILY 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:45 YOUR HIGHNESS (18A crude sexual content, nudity) Dolby Stereo Digital DAILY 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15 INSIDIOUS (14A frightening scenes, not recommended for children) Dolby Stereo Digital, Digital Presentation, Stadium Seating DAILY 12:05, 2:40, 5:25, 8:00, 10:35 THE LINCOLN LAWYER (14A) Dolby Stereo Digital, Stadium Seating DAILY 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES (G) Stadium Seating, DTS Digital DAILY 1:00 HOP (G) DTS Digital, No Passes, Stadium Seating DAILY 12:55, 3:20, 6:15, 9:00 HANNA (14A violence) Stadium Seating, DTS Digital DAILY 12:25, 3:25, 7:25, 10:25 SUCKER PUNCH (14A violence) Stadium Seating, Dolby Stereo Digital FRI,SUN�TUE, THU 12:35, 3:35, 7:35; SAT 7:35; WED 12:35, 3:35 PAUL (14A language may offend) Dolby Stereo Digital, Stadium Seating DAILY 10:20 LIMITLESS (14A) DTS Digital, Stadium Seating FRI�WED 12:40, 3:40, 6:40, 9:40; THU 12:40, 3:40, 9:40 CARMEN 3D (PG) No Passes, Digital Presentation, Exclusive Engagement SAT 12:30; WED 6:30

CLAREVIEW 10 4211-139 Ave, 780.472.7600

RANGO (PG) FRI 3:55, 6:30; SAT�SUN 1:15, 3:55, 6:30; MON�THU 5:15 LIMITLESS (14A) FRI 4:35, 7:10, 9:45; SAT�SUN 1:45, 4:35, 7:10, 9:45; MON�TUE, THU 5:00, 8:25; WED 8:25 PAUL (14A language may offend) FRI 4:25, 6:55, 9:25; SAT�SUN 1:25, 4:25, 6:55, 9:25; MON�TUE, THU 5:35, 8:20; WED 5:35

VUEWEEKLY // APR 7 – APR 13, 2011

SUCKER PUNCH (14A violence) FRI�SUN 9:15; MON�THU 8:05 SOURCE CODE (PG coarse language, violence) Digital Presentation FRI 4:50, 7:20, 9:55; SAT� SUN 2:10, 4:50, 7:20, 9:55; MON�THU 5:40, 7:45 HOP (G) No Passes FRI 4:10, 6:35, 9:00; No Passes SAT�SUN 1:40, 4:10, 6:35, 9:00; MON� THU 5:25, 8:00 INSIDIOUS (14A frightening scenes, not recommended for children) FRI 4:40, 7:15, 9:50; SAT� SUN 2:00, 4:40, 7:15, 9:50; MON�THU 5:50, 8:35 HANNA (14A violence) FRI 4:00, 6:45, 9:30; SAT� SUN 1:20, 4:00, 6:45, 9:30; MON�THU 5:30, 8:15 ARTHUR (PG not recommended for young children) Digital Presentation, No Passes FRI 4:15, 6:50, 9:35; SAT�SUN 1:30, 4:15, 6:50, 9:35; MON�THU 5:20, 8:10 YOUR HIGHNESS (18A crude sexual content, nudity) FRI 4:30, 7:00, 9:40; SAT�SUN 1:50, 4:30, 7:00, 9:40; MON�THU 5:45, 8:30 SOUL SURFER (PG) Digital Presentation FRI 3:50, 6:40, 9:20; SAT�SUN 1:10, 3:50, 6:40, 9:20; MON�THU 5:10, 7:50

DUGGAN CINEMA�CAMROSE 6601-48 Ave, Camrose, 780.608.2144

ARTHUR (PG not recommended for young children) DAILY 6:45, 9:10; SAT�SUN 1:45 HOP (G) DAILY 7:05, 9:15; SAT SUN 2:05 SOUL SURFER (PG) DAILY 7:00, 9:20; SAT�SUN 2:00 SOURCE CODE (PG coarse language, violence) DAILY 6:55, 9:00; SAT�SUN 1:55 PAUL (14A language may offend) DAILY 6:50, 9:05; SAT�SUN 1:50

GALAXY�SHERWOOD PARK 2020 Sherwood Dr, Sherwood Park 780-416-0150

YOUR HIGHNESS (18A crude sexual content, nudity) No Passes FRI 4:40, 7:30, 10:10; SAT� SUN 1:45, 4:40, 7:30, 10:10; MON�THU 7:30, 10:10 HANNA (14A violence) Digital Cinema FRI 4:10, 7:15, 10:05; SAT�SUN 1:05, 4:10, 7:15, 10:05; MON�THU 7:15, 10:05 SOUL SURFER (PG) No Passes FRI 4:00, 6:45, 9:25; SAT�SUN 1:10, 4:00, 6:45, 9:25; MON�THU 6:45, 9:25 ARTHUR (PG not recommended for young children) No Passes FRI 4:05, 7:05, 10:00; SAT�SUN 1:20, 4:05, 7:05, 10:00; MON�THU 7:05, 10:00 HOP (G) No Passes FRI 4:45, 7:20, 9:50; SAT� SUN 11:50, 2:15, 4:45, 7:20, 9:50; MON�THU 7:20, 9:50 SOURCE CODE (PG coarse language, violence) FRI 4:30, 7:10, 9:45; SAT�SUN 1:50, 4:30, 7:10, 9:45; MON�THU 7:10, 9:45 DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES (G) Digital Cinema FRI 4:00, 6:40, 9:20; SAT�SUN 1:15, 4:00, 6:40, 9:20; MON�THU 6:40, 9:20 LIMITLESS (14A) FRI 3:45, 6:50, 9:30; SAT�SUN 1:00, 3:45, 6:50, 9:30; MON�THU 6:50, 9:30 PAUL (14A language may offend) FRI 4:15, 6:55, 9:35; SAT�SUN 1:30, 4:15, 6:55, 9:35; MON�THU 6:55, 9:35 THE LINCOLN LAWYER (14A ) Digital Cinema FRI�THU 9:55 RANGO (PG) Digital Cinema FRI 3:55, 6:55; SAT�SUN 12:45, 3:55, 6:55; MON�THU 6:55

GARNEAU 8712-109 St, 780.433.0728

WIN WIN (14A coarse language) DAILY 7:00, 9:10; SAT�SUN 2:00

GRANDIN THEATRE�ST ALBERT Grandin Mall, Sir Winston Churchill Ave, St Albert, 780.458.9822

PAUL (14A language may offend) DAILY 12:50, 6:55, 9:00 RANGO (PG) DAILY 2:45, 4:45 DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES (G) DAILY 1:00, 3:00, 4:55, 6:50 LIMITLESS (14A) 8:50 ARTHUR (PG not recommended for young children) No free admission passes accepted DAILY 12:45, 2:50, 4:50, 7:05, 9:10 YOUR HIGHNESS (18A crude sexual content, nudity) No free admission passes accepted DAILY 1:05, 3:05, 5:05, 7:00, 9:15 HOP (G) No free admission passes accepted DAILY 1:20, 3:20, 5:15, 7:20, 9:20

LEDUC CINEMAS Leduc, 780.352.3922

ARTHUR (PG not recommended for young children) DAILY 6:55, 9:30; SAT�SUN 12:55, 3:30

YOUR HIGHNESS (18A crude sexual content, nudity) DAILY 7:05, 9:35; SAT�SUN 1:05, 3:35 INSIDIOUS (14A frightening scenes, not recommended for children) DAILY 7:10, 9:30; SAT�SUN 1:10, 3:35 HOP (G) DAILY 7:00, 9:20; SAT�SUN 1:00, 3:20

METRO CINEMA 9828-101A Ave, Citadel Theatre, 780.425.9212

BEST OF OTTAWA 2010 (STC) FRI, SUN 7:00; MON 9:00 JOHN CANEMAKER: MARCHING TO A DIF� FERENT TOON (STC) FRI, SUN 9:00; SAT 7:00 NFB GET ANIMATED!: NEW RELEASES PROGRAM (STC) SAT 8:30; MON 7:00 WHEN THE DEVIL KNOCKS: BENEFIT (STC) WED 8:00 TURKEY SHOOT: TWILIGHT (STC) THU 9:00

PARKLAND CINEMA 7 130 Century Crossing, Spruce Grove, 780.972.2332 (Spruce Grove, Stony Plain; Parkland County)

ARTHUR (PG not recommended for young children) DAILY 7:15, 9:20; SAT�SUN, TUE 1:15, 3:20 SOUL SURFER (PG) DAILY 6:55, 9:15; SAT�SUN, TUE 12:55, 3:15 HOP (G) DAILY 7:05, 9:05; SAT�SUN, TUE 1:05, 3:05 PAUL (14A language may offend) DAILY 6:45, 9:30; SAT�SUN, TUE 12:45, 3:30 RANGO (PG) SAT�SUN,TUE 1:10, 3:10 SOURCE CODE (PG coarse language, violence) DAILY 7:10, 9:10 DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES (G) DAILY 7:00, 9:00; SAT�SUN, TUE 1:00, 3:00; Movies for Mommies TUE 1:00 INSIDIOUS (14A frightening scenes, not recommended for children) DAILY 6:50, 9:25; SAT�SUN, TUE 12:50, 3:25

PRINCESS 10337-82 Ave, 780.433.0728

JANE EYRE (PG) DAILY 6:50, 9:10; SAT�SUN 2:00 OF GODS AND MEN (14A) DAILY 7:00, 9:20; SAT�SUN 2:30

SCOTIABANK THEATRE WEM WEM, 8882-170 St, 780.444.2400

YOUR HIGHNESS (18A crude sexual content, nudity) No passes DAILY 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:20 HANNA (14A violence) Ultraavx DAILY 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:10 SOUL SURFER (PG) No Passes DAILY 12:40, 3:40, 6:40, 9:30 ARTHUR (PG not recommended for young children) No Passes FRI�TUE, THU 1:10, 4:10, 7:15, 10:00; WED 4:10, 7:15, 10:00; Star & Strollers Screening WED 1:00 HOP (G) No Passes DAILY 12:00, 2:20, 4:45, 7:10, 9:40 SOURCE CODE (PG coarse language, violence) Digital Cinema FRI�TUE, THU 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:15; WED 5:10, 7:40, 10:15; Star & Strollers Screening WED 1:00 INSIDIOUS (14A frightening scenes, not recommended for children) FRI�THU 2:00, 5:00, 8:00, 10:45 DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES (G) FRI�WED 12:20, 3:20, 6:30, 9:10; THU 12:20, 3:20, 9:30 SUCKER PUNCH THE IMAX EXPERIENCE (14A violence) DAILY 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:45 LIMITLESS (14A) Digital Cinema DAILY 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 PAUL (14A language may offend) FRI, SUN� THU 1:40, 4:40, 7:45, 10:30; SAT 4:40, 7:45, 10:30 THE LINCOLN LAWYER (14A) Digital Cinema FRI�THU 9:20 BATTLE LOS ANGELES (14A violence) Digital Cinema DAILY 1:50, 4:50, 7:50, 10:40 RANGO (PG) Digital Cinema FRI�THU 12:30, 3:30, 6:30 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: LE COMTE ORY (Classification not available) SAT 11:00

WETASKIWIN CINEMAS Wetaskiwin, 780.352.3922

ARTHUR (PG not recommended for young children) DAILY 6:55, 9:30; SAT�SUN 12:55, 3:30 INSIDIOUS (14A frightening scenes, not recommended for children) DAILY 7:10, 9:30; SAT�SUN 1:10, 3:35 YOUR HIGHNESS (18A crude sexual content, nudity) DAILY 7:05, 9:35; SAT�SUN 1:05, 3:35 HOP (G) DAILY 7:00, 9:20; SAT�SUN 1:00, 3:20

MUSIC

Magnetic heart

// David Last

Mark Templeton's new release constructed in analogue

An analogue mind in a digital world Bryan Birtles // bryan@vueweekly.com

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ark Templeton's latest EP—the limited-to-100 cassettes Scotch Heart—plays like a memory. Fading in and out above tape clicks and mechanical groans are faraway samples, haloing into the background and proceeding into the foreground, a mix of breathy choral singing and moments of tortured singing pummeled into spacey waves that wash through speakers.

Its creation was largely the result of chance—not only in the materials but in their constructive process. Offered the opportunity to release a tape by Iowa-based label Sweat Lodge Guru, Templeton explored magnetic tape as creative building blocks, utilizing reelto-reels his parents had purchased at a garage sale, manipulating the reel-toreel player, adding found sounds and field recordings he'd made onto cassettes and then adding instruments where they were needed.

"There is a large element of chance because you're kind of discovering," he says of the process. "You have the clay there and you're using your tools

to mould and shape the clay but a lot of times the finished piece gets thrown out. It's the same with a track, you're just using the sounds that are available and you're trying to deconstruct them and mould them and shape them into a new identity. For me I'm trying to make that process less lengthy, so I'm trying to be very intentional and

I'd get to release my music on."

The decision to limit the amount of tapes available to 100 was an easy one for Templeton: not only does it not make sense to print thousands of copies of an esoteric EP from a financial standpoint, limiting the release recreates a mystery around music that Templeton feels has been lost.

Now if they could only bring back eight-tracks I'd have another format I'd get to release my music on. there's still discovery and exploration but there's also a really strong intention as to what I want to hear and the way I want the piece to shape."

With the release of Scotch Heart, Templeton will have had his music released in every format available, which is something that drew him to the project in the first place.

"This kind of completes the formats for me: I've had music released digitally, CD, DVD, vinyl and now cassette, so I wanted to go full circle," he says.

"Now if they could only bring back eight-tracks I'd have another format

"I just think that in today's day and age a lot of the mystery of music is taken away by the Internet," he says.

"I mean, I'm super grateful that the Internet exists because it's provided me a lot of opportunities but I like the idea that once something's gone it's gone and for those who can't hear it there's a mystery about what that sounds like and what that experience is like." V Sat, Apr 9 (8:30 pm) Mark Templeton With Smokey, Zweitag Artery, $8 (advance), $10 (door)

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ON THE RECORD

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Heat of the moment

Deadhorse bottles time on its self-titled debut Calgary's Deadhorse recently released its self-titled debut album, a record overflowing with tripped-out, psychedelia-tinged rock 'n' roll. Guitarist/vocalist Danny Vescarelli spoke with Vue Weekly about the creation of the album just as the band set out on a trek reaching across the country to Montréal.

VUE WEEKLY: What were the recording sessions like for this album?

DANNY VESCARELLI: We transformed an old house in which a couple members live into a studio. It began with a few evenings of pre-production, with us just set up in the living room. Following that, Jay [Crocker, producer] brought in his gear and set it up in the cave-like basement. The band remained in the living room with many chords climbing up stairs to our amps which lived in the loft bedroom. [It was] no part-time recording project: instead, we all took time off from our jobs and worked full-time to record the bed tracks for the songs over four or five days of self-catered hilarity.

We recorded live because using clicktracks and having to hit every note perfect on a track-by-track basis probably would have broke up the band. More one-takes less heartbreak, we always say. However, it became clear early on that we would get stronger vocal takes if we did them afterwards. So apart form the odd take on [singer] Jennifer [Crighton]’s behalf, because, well, she’s a way deadlier singer compared to the rest of us, most songs were flushed out in Jay’s Sea Legs recording shack. "Haze

Pretty lights

Blues" stands alone as the one song on the record that exists as it was played that day—no overdubs, no nothing.

VW: Did you have an idea of what you wanted the album to be when you began?

DV: Apart from desiring a raw, warm sound courtesy of the producer we sought out, we didn’t really want the album to be anything more than a document of what the band had done up to that point. Something we could share with people and feel a sense of accomplishment about before moving on. A lot of sonic territory was covered, so it took a bit of tinkering with track order to get the record hanging together as a whole.

VW: If you were to trace the musical map that led you to this record, what would it look like?

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DV: It would look like the map from the Goonies, except it would have been framed behind a Steely Dan poster. Once retrieved from said frame, many-a crooked line would lead you all around Calgary, with the odd dead-end and detour in between numerous stops in record bins, rodeos and outer space. Unfortunately the path is bound to find you temporarily stuck in the prog-bog and, at its worst, severe blizzards. Narrowly escaping a psych-ward, this map will luckily lead all treasure-seekers through the hazeburg, ultimately following a rainbow with the final destination of Hilarioland. V Fri, Apr 8 (9 pm) Deadhorse With Jay Crocker, KRANG Wunderbar

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Matt Epp

fri, apr 8 (8 pm) / haven social club / $12

Matt Epp is releasing At Dawn, his fifth album overall and his first with his Amorian Assembly band, and he's launching the record with a tour that will see him bouncing from the Prairies to the West Coast and then across to the East Coast and finally back to Quebec. Epp is landing in Edmonton for the second gig of the trek, and he recently sent in a list of albums that soundtrack his life at home and on the road.

At home Oliver Schroer, Camino I first learned about the late Oliver Schroer and also heard clips of this record on CBC during an overnight prairie drive. Though it was sad to learn of his music only after he passed, I find there's both profound depth and a joyful, reckless abandon that creates the perfect atmosphere for morning.

Jonathan Richman, Her Mystery Not of High Heels and Eye Shadow Jonathan himself gave me this record of his after I kitten-sat for him at his home in San Francisco. I love its joy and freedom and it seems to make the rooms it plays in brighter. Just like the afternoon sun.

The Cardigans, Long Gone Before Daylight A great great record. One of my tops for sure. Nina's voice and writing is perfect for the stillness of night.

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On the road morning

NOON

NIGHT

Jesse DeNatale, Soul Parade I couldn't be more a fan of anyone's music than Jesse's, and am lucky to be his friend, too. This is my favourite day-starter of the two of his I've got on regular tour rotation; his first album, Shangri-La West, would be a hot late afternoon record for sure.

Neil Young, Freedom A wild, undefinable record, has the heat of the high sun in it.

Matt Mays, When the Angels Make Contact A psychotic bunch of jams designed by Mays and Tim-Jim Baker for a film that wasn't ever meant to come out. Though their higher purpose was to do just what they did: hypnotize the listener. I listened to this on repeat on several all-night hauls.

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Chuck Brodsky / Fri, Apr 8 (7 pm) With the boys of summer back on the field, it's the perfect time for Full Moon Folk Club to bring in Chuck Brodsky. Known for his songs about America's greatest game— baseball—Brodsky will be rounding third and coming home. (Full Moon Folk Club, $20)

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St Matthew Passion / Sun, Apr 10 (3 pm) The Richard Eaton Singers—along with the Alberta Baroque Ensemble and Cantilon Chamber Choir—present Bach's masterpiece of sacred choral music, St Matthew Passion—or if you prefer the German, Matthäuspassion—just in time for Easter. (Winspear Centre, $22 – $37) Recording Studio Networking Night / Tue, Apr 12 (7 pm) Musicians, producers, studio owners and engineers who are interested in meeting each other or trading tips would do well to attend this networking event, presented by Alberta Music and the Starlite Musician's Club. (Brixx, Free or $5 for non-members)

Feenix / Fri, Apr 8 (8 pm) After winning two Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards— for Best Rap or Hip-Hop Album and Best Rap or Hip-Hop Music Video—last year, Shawn Bernard, who raps under the name Feenix, returns with a new album, Collabonation. (Empire Ballroom, $10) Train Wreck / Sat, Apr 9 (7:30 pm) Do you like fist pumps? Do you like high fives? Have you ever heard a guitar solo that made you want to do fist pumps and then give high fives? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, you should seriously consider attending Train Wreck's CD release party this Saturday. (Blatchford Hangar [Fort Edmonton], $40) Clara-Jumi Kang & Gyorgy Tchazidze / Sun, Apr 10 (7:30 pm) Hey, no big whup or nothin' but Clara-Jumi Kang and Gyorgy Tchazidze will be performing—on the violin and piano respectively—at Muttart Hall this weekend. Both are prodigies still in their early 20s—Kang was granted a full scholarship to Juilliard at the age of seven—but I'm sure whatever you've done with your life is just as good.

(Muttart Hall, $35 – $40)

Cindy Doire / Thu, Apr 14 (8 pm) Having released two albums in French— 2007's La Vie en Bleu and 2009's Chapeau de Pluie—Cindy Doire has turned her smoky voice to English with the release of her latest album, Sticks and Mud. (Blue Chair Café, $10)

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Letters to Elise

All tied up and nowhere to go

Sat, Apr 9 (7 pm) With California Lane Change, Felix in Love, Hit or Miss Avenue Theatre, $10 (all ages) Fresh off a gig opening for their pals Stereos, local emo group Letters to Elise will be releasing its new EP, When It Meant Something, this weekend at Avenue Theatre.

Since the band's 2008 debut, Secret Lines, the band—taking its name from the Cure's song—has added a fifth member while making great strides to stretch its sound and mature beyond the members' average age of just 20 years old.

"We released our last one two years ago, and looking back on it, a lot of the songs

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were sounding the same," explains guitarist Brandon Pomerleau. "Over the years we've listened to other music and writing other stuff, going about it differently—different styles, trying to fit it all so that not every song sounded similar. We feel like we've accomplished that, and everyone seems to be liking what we've done."

Recorded with Randor Lyn at Turnkey Studios (Ten Second Epic, Stereos), When It Meant Something sees the band moving upwards from Secret Lines' solid foundation to a diversified set of songs that reflect the members' collaborative influences and a more mature sound. Rounded out by vocalist/guitarist Chris Marchlinski, keyboardist Mike Iwanyshyn, bassist Patrick

Moniz and drummer Tylor Mesenchuk, the five-piece brings a smart, powerful sound that's catchy without being simple, complex without being complicated. The key, Pomerleau notes, lies in the band's songwriting process.

"Usually Chris and I will write on our own time, bringing parts to the band and start working it together," he explains. "We go about the music first. Once that's done, then we start to think about the feel of the song, what the lyrics should be.

"Lyrically and songwriting-wise, we feel like we've taken a step forward and made it more personal."

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NEWSOUNDS Flying Fox and the Hunter Gatherers hans my Lion (Independent) 

More akin to a musical than even a concept album, Flying Fox and the Hunter Gatherers' hans my Lion runs the gamut from maudlin and pensive to bombastic and blustery. It will come as no surprise to the denizens of Winnipeg— where the band hails from—that Flying Fox and the Hunter Gatherers would take on a project of such a scope: the band previously wrote and performed a rock opera at the Winnipeg Fringe Festival inspired by the Maurice Sendak story Where the Wild Things Are that won the "Best of the Fest" award.

Effort is not its own reward, however, but luckily for Flying Fox the album's effort is matched by its execution. The vocal acrobatics of songwriter Jesse Krause are what stand out on the surface: his voice is expressive and dynamic, nuanced when it needs to be and almost perfectly suited for the frantic cacophony that plays under him but never fights for space.

It's that cacophony that could be the album's greatest strength: it is exuberant when necessary, measured when

required—no small feat considering the number of musicians and instruments crammed into the less-than-45-minute runtime. In addition to 15 musicians playing a total of 24 instruments—two people play the "trash can" while one plays "beer bottles in trash can"—there is a male chorus of 13 people. Three-piece punk bands can feel like herding cats, let alone the circus that this must have been. Yet it is mixed with such care that potential disaster has been turned into perhaps one of the greatest parties you've ever been to.

The album falls down at times when the story turns serious but the tone of Krause's voice remains melodramatic.

When that happens, hans my Lion risks veering into parody and feels ironically detached, something that doesn't serve the rest of the music. Nevertheless, hans my Lion is a smart and joyful record, daring in scope and exemplary in its execution. V Bryan Birtles

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The Cave Singers No Witch (Jagjaguwar) 

On the Cave Singers' third album, the tone is decidedly more grimy than in the past. The band has traded in its folk slant for a more bluesy intonation. There remains a major country-rock element, and the rambling tone of the band's preceding albums is further developed with most of the songs being composed of one continuous guitarplucked loop accented by tumbling drum shuffles. Vocalist Pete Quirk has adopted more attack in his voice, snarling lyrics like "Time's my accuser / Seasoned drug user / Round and round and round and here we go!" on stand out "Black Leaf." Overall, No Witch is a solid step forward.

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Jordan Norman before we say goodnight (Independent) 

Jordan Norman is at his best when he's introspective. In the quieter moments of before we say goodnight, Norman mumbles truth over softly-strummed guitar, sings melancholy over gently-swelling organ and sometimes cries out about the price of gasoline. Songs like "Kalifornia" and "Sounds Like..." embody this toned-down esthetic, whispering words between slivers of music, building to a crescendo, showing an accomplished level of control over the song's tone. Once in awhile, however, when he starts out rocking and stays there, Norman can find himself stuck in a bland sea, the songs in need something that will differentiate them. It only happens a few times though: the majority of the album is smart and creative, a cool and pensive wind for spring nights.

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Wild Nothing Golden Haze (Captured Tracks) 

Considering how widespread the retreat from all things chillwave has been— even by some of the archetypes of the pseudo-genre—it is actually commendable that Wild Nothing continues to tow the party line with reverberating washes and joyful summer vibrations. Golden Haze compiles a limited three-song EP the group released in June, some B-sides and two new jams. The title track, "Golden Haze," could be the band's best work yet. More concerned with tonal quality than complicated structures, Wild Nothing lathers a polished sunshine glaze on every element; tight drums, watery pop chords and a slow-blinking liquid croon wash the winter away.

Joe Gurba

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Kyp Harness Resurrection Gold (Independent) Sweet shambolic folk Sweet Joe Pantoliano Child molester vibe

American Idol 10th Anniversary: The Hits (RCA/Jive) A testament to The true power of TV Better watched than heard

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Nick Teehan Sidewalk Friend (Independent) Brief, campy good time Like a trip to Elk Island With your "weekend dad"

Adam Lambert Glam Nation Live (RCA) Mom feels so edgy Cranking her Lamberts to five Driving to spin class

Papermaps Papermaps (Sparks) Fine melodic pop Veers perilously close to Teen angst precipice

Grails Deep Politics (Temporary Residence) Post-rock masterpiece Just when you're comfortable They yank your pillow

1967 was a formative year for Pink Floyd and David Bowie: both were in the primordial stages of their music careers, both attempting to make leaping strides into public consciousness. 1967 was the year each released debut albums; it was also the year they both, incidentally, released kitchy songs about encountering gnomes. Bowie's chipmunk-voiced novelty single "The Laughing Gnome," detailing his meeting with a strange jovial figure, makes a strange, kindred spirit for Floyd's slightly more sombre "The Gnome": namely, that both are kind of silly, whimsical. As far as the endless march of time goes, these things sound dated. But one still holds up as an actual song.

Chorus: LG: "Ha ha ha / He he he / I'm the laughing Gnome and you can't catch me."

TG: "And then one day / Hooray, another way for gnomes to say / Oh my."

Ten-cent summary: The Laughing Gnome: David Bowie befriends a jovial little gnome, and proceeds to make gnome word puns for about three minutes, set to a driving pop beat.

The Gnome: Syd Barrett sings and strums about a scarlet-cloaked stout fellow who has a "big adventure" out in nature. A little more '60s druggy in terms of instrumentation.

Immediate Impact: LG: After both the Laughing Gnome and his debut album, David Bowie, failed to chart, he didn't release anything for two years.

TG: Barrett was fired from the band a year later. For reasons other than his gnome song, but clearly, they went off in different directions.

Novelty factor: LG: Silly, and the helium-voiced gnome really drives home the annoyance factor. As do the puns. It's been pointed out it makes a pretty good children's song, though, and that music would be a more boring place if he hadn't written something this trite.

TG: Silly, but it sounds like a Beatles B-side from Sgt Pepper. Which is to say, something you might actually listen to of your own will.

Winner: Pink Floyd An anecdote tells it best: Bowie held a contest in 1990 where fans could vote for what songs they wanted to hear on tour via phone message. Brit rock mag NME spearheaded a campaign to make "The Laughing Gnome" the most requested song. It was, but Bowie still refused to play it live. Even he doesn't want to hear it. And while I doubt Pink Floyd's gnome makes it into the setlist these days I don't think it's terribly embarrassing, either. It at least holds up as a document of '60s drug-led music. V

LOONIEBIN Library Voices "The Prime Minister's Daughter"

It's synth-pop that's surveyed the Canadian political landscape and picked a target. The track is more sly Decemberists storytelling than Rage Against The Machine revolt incitement, but this free download nonetheless shows the Regina eight-piece winking at the world they're part of, instead of living cozily within pop music's insular bubble.

The phrase "Parliament is making cuts" will never, ever sound as catchy in your ears as it does here.

Purple Hill "It's A Cyst"

Toronto's Purple Hill put a slick sheen on jangly guitars, sing like Bob Dy-

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lan mimicking David Bowie and here, add upbeat bassline and hooky gloss to a kind of (intentionally) gross lyrical concept. It's rock music clearly made with heart and gusto, and if it ultimately errs on the plainer side of the creative spectrum, at least they have a sense of humour about it.

Timber Timbre "Lonesome Hunter"

"What did that bad man put in you / Did those rotten kids cross a line?" goes the first lyric, set to a '50s-slowdance-piano under a more sinister vibe, eventually bursting with strings at the chorus. But adding a darker edge here doesn't really pack much punch, and Taylor Kirk's detached, echo-y vocals further remove you from any emotion the bedrock track builds. It sounds like he's in on a joke that he isn't looking to share.

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THU APR 7 28 DEGREES Experimental improvisation with Steven Johnson and his 12-string guitar with guest musicians. Bring your instruments every Thu ACCENT EUROPEAN LOUNGE folk/jazz/pop/singer-songwriter live music Thu; Gary Myers & Matt Morris (Hawaiian / Jazz); 9:30pm11:30pm; no minors; no cover THE ARTERY Dance Dance Revolution: A Fundraiser for the G20 Legal Defense Fund; 8pm AVENUE THEATRE Rockabilly Thursday! w/ Hellbound Hepcats, Hellfire Special & Buzz Elroy; 7:30pm; $10; no minors BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Rob Heath, Karla Anderson and Brian MacLeod; 8pm; $12 BLUES ON WHYTE Big Hank Lionhart and a Fist Full of Blues; Apr 6-9 BRIXX BAR Radio Brixx presents Diehatzu Hijets, Boats and Basic Space in the Brixx Bar & Grill CARROT CAFÉ Zoomers Thu afternoon open mic; 1-4pm THE COMMON The Keg (South Common) vs. The Keg (Strat); 9pm THE DOCKS Thu night rock and metal jam; Stephanie Harpe Band DRUID IRISH PUB DJ every Thu at 9pm; with Brian Maxwell DV8 Acoustic Chaos Thursdays: bring your guitars, basses, drums, whatever and play some tunes EDMONTON EVENT CENTRE Stereos with Neverest and Eric Solomon; all ages

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DJs 180 DEGREES DJ every Thu BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Tight Jams: every Thu with Mike B and Brosnake; Wooftop Lounge: various musical flavas including Funk, Indie Dance/Nu Disco, Breaks, Drum and Bass, House with DJ Gundam; Underdog: Dub, Reggae, Dancehall, Ska, Calypso, and Soca with Topwise Soundsystem

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Nervous Wreck, Hang Loose, Evan Symons, N.N. Maintain Status Quo; all ages; 7pm; $10 BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Hair of the Dog: The Magnificent Sevens (live acoustic music every Sat); 4-6pm; no cover BLUES ON WHYTE Every Sat afternoon: Jam with Back Door Dan; Big Hank Lionhart and a Fist Full of Blues; Apr 6-9 BOHEMIA The Skaley Bros., Matt Machette and Ryon Steal, Jeremy Pudlowski & Wasepic; 7pm (doors), 8pm (music); $5 at the door, members only (memberships available by donation); no minors BRIXX BAR Heaviside, The Ripperz and Bird Sang Song; 9pm CASINO EDMONTON L.A. Express Apr 8-9

CROWN PUB Acoustic blues open stage with Marshall Lawrence, every Sat, 2-6pm; Laid Back Saturday African Dance Party with Dj Collio, every Sat, 12-2am DEVANEY'S IRISH PUB Alesha & Brendon (folk/rock); 9pm; no cover Apr 8-9 DV8 Kroovy Rookers presents: Savage Henry and the Crabs Ain't Cool; 9pm EDDIE SHORTS Saucy Wenches every Sat

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OLD STRATHCONA PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE Monday Band at the Boston Pops (Cosmopolitan Music Society of Edmonton): Apr 8-9, 8pm; $20

NEWCASTLE PUB House, dance mix every Fri with DJ Donovan

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SAT APR 9

WILD EARTH BAKERY Echo Mazur (classical/world)

ALBERTA BEACH HOTEL Open stage with Trace Jordan 1st and 3rd Sat; 7pm-12

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Classical MUTTART HALL Florian Larousse (guitar); 8pm; $25 (regular admission), $20 (students, seniors and ECGS members) FINE ARTS CENTRE� STUDIO 27, FINE ARTS BLD � U OF A Art Song

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Sung in Italian with English supertitles; 7:30pm; $38-$160

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EXPRESSIONZ CAFÉ A Ryhthm Extravaganza; 8pm; $10 (adv), $12 (door) at the Cafe or at YEGLive

BUDDY’S DJ Arrow Chaser every Fri; 8pm (door); no cover before 10pm

FUNKY BUDDHA�Whyte Ave Top tracks, rock, retro with DJ Damian; every Fri

BOHEMIA Tomas Marsh, the Fantastic Brown Dirt, Whiskey Wagon, Ten Year Day & DJs; 9pm; $5; no minors

WINSPEAR World Music Showcase,

EMPIRE BALLROOM Feenix aka Shawn Bernard, Tomislav Milardovic, Will Belcourt, Lyrcally Certified; $10 (door)

BLACKSHEEP PUB Bash: DJ spinning retro to rock classics to current

IRISH CLUB Jam session every Fri; 8pm; no cover

OVERTIME�Downtown Thursdays at Eleven: Electronic Techno and Dub Step

RUSTY REED'S HOUSE OF BLUES Rusty Reed Band; cover $5

EARLY STAGE SALOON Brian "Breezy Gregg and the Greggs Family Band

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE DJs spin on the main floor every Fri; Underdog, Wooftop

CROWN PUB Bass Head Thursdays: Drum and Bass DJ night, 9pm

L.B.'S PUB Open jam with Kenny Skoreyko, Fred Larose and Gordy Mathews (Shaved Posse) every Thu; 9pm-1am; This week with Ky Babyn

RIC’S GRILL Peter Belec ( jazz); most Thursdays; 7-10pm

DV8 The Restarts(UK), Rebel Spell(Van) Intensives and No Problem; 9pm

BAR�B�BAR DJ James; every Fri; no cover

ELECTRIC RODEO�Spruce Grove DJ every Fri

ON THE ROCKS Salsaholic: every Thu; dance lessons at 8pm; salsa DJ to follow

PAWN SHOP Jenn Grant with Del Barber

DIESEL ULTRA LOUNGE Mims

BANK ULTRA LOUNGE Connected Fri: 91.7 The Bounce, Nestor Delano, Luke Morrison every Fri

HAVEN SOCIAL CLUB Matt Epp And The Amorian Assembly with Brock Tyler and Jay Smith; $12 (adv at Blackbyrd)

THE COMMON So Necessary: Hip hop, classic hip hop, funk, soul, r&b, '80s, oldies and everything in between with Sonny Grimezz, Shortround, Twist every Thu

JEFFREY'S CAFÉ Chet and the rest... with special guest Kira Hladun (pop/ rock); $10

NORTH GLENORA HALL Jam by Wild Rose Old Time Fiddlers every Thu

DEVANEY'S IRISH PUB Alesha & Brendon (folk/rock); 9pm; no cover Apr 8-9

AZUCAR PICANTE DJ Papi and DJ Latin Sensation every Fri

THE DRUID IRISH PUB DJ every Fri; 9pm

LUCKY 13 Sin Thu with DJ Mike Tomas

NEW CITY LEGION Nick & Brad Make a Hip-Hop Sockhop Featuring Old School / New School / Indie Hip-Hop You know, the fun shit!!; No cover; No Minors

THE COMMON NMRLS WLCM: Nik 7, Jaycie J, Artisan Loyalist (nmrls wlcm, Shout Out Out Out Out) ; $5 (door)

180 DEGREES DJ every Fri

GAS PUMP The Uptown Jammers (house band); every Fri; 5:30-9pm

CHROME LOUNGE 123 Ko every Thu

J AND R Open jam rock 'n' roll; every Thu; 9pm

NEST�NAIT Indie Night at the Nest; weekly free show every Thu; 4:30pm

COAST TO COAST Open stage every Fri; 9:30pm

DJs

FRESH START BISTRO live music every Fri; Pretty Kids (Blues, Jazz & Originals); 7-10pm; $10

CENTURY ROOM Lucky 7: Retro '80s with house DJ every Thu; 7pm-close

LEVEL 2 LOUNGE Funk Bunker Thursdays

NAKED CYBER CAFÉ Open stage every Thu, 9pm; no cover

CHROME LOUNGE Hard Attack; 9:30pm; no minors Apr 8-9

Masterclass with Adjunct Professor Dr Deen Larsen; 11am-1pm; free and open to the public

THE COMMON Boom The Box: every Fri; nu disco, hip hop, indie, electro, dance with weekly local and visiting DJs on rotation plus residents Echo and Shortround

HAVEN SOCIAL CLUB Erin Ross; $10 (door)

MARYBETH'S COFFEE HOUSE�Beaumont Open mic every Thu; 7pm

CASINO YELLOWHEAD The Classics; Apr 8-9

O'MAILLE'S IRISH PUB Big and Fearless; Apr 8-9 ON THE ROCKS Huge Fakers; Apr 8-9 PAWN SHOP Transmission Saturdays with Eddie Lunchpail and DJ Blue Jay; 9pm; No cover charge before 10:00 pm, $5 cover after QUEEN ALEXANDRA HALL Blues Jam; presented by the Edmonton Blues Society; hosted by David Nobes, Randy Forsberg, Cody Forsberg RED PIANO BAR Hottest dueling piano show featuring the Red Piano Players every Sat; 9pm-2am RIVER CREE�The Venue Two Kings, featuring Harry Shahoian and Kenny Wizz, a tribute to Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson; 8pm; $29.50

DJs 180 DEGREES Street VIBS: Reggae night every Sat AZUCAR PICANTE DJ Touch It, hosted by DJ Papi; every Sat BANK ULTRA LOUNGE Sold Out Sat: with DJ Russell James, Mike Tomas; 8pm (door); no line, no cover for ladies before 11pm

BLACKJACK'S ROADHOUSE�Nisku Open mic every Sun hosted by Tim Lovett BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Sun Brunch: PM Bossa; 10:30am-2:30pm; donation BLUES ON WHYTE The Mudmen BLUE PEAR RESTAURANT Jazz on the Side Sun; Audrey Ochoa; 6pm; $25 if not dining B�STREET BAR Acoustic-based open stage every Sun evening; hosted by Mike "Shufflehound" Chenoweth CORNERSTONE PENTECOSTAL Fellowship Jodi King with Manuela; 7pm; $10 CROWN PUB Band War 2011/Battle of the bands, 6-10pm; Open Stage with host Better Us Than Strangers, 10pm-1am DEVANEY’S IRISH PUB Celtic open stage every Sun with Keri-Lynne Zwicker; 5:30pm; no cover DOUBLE D'S Open jam every Sun; 3-8pm DV8 The Rotten, Bastard Son, and Off The Rails; 9pm EDDIE SHORTS Acoustic jam every Sun; 9pm

EXPRESSIONZ CAFÉ Country/ country rock Jam and Dance hosted

by Mahkoos Merrier, 2nd Sun every month, 1-5pm, admission by donation; YEG live Sun Night Songwriters Stage; 7-10pm

BUDDY'S Feel the rhythm every Sat with DJ Phon3 Hom3; 8pm (door); no cover before 10pm BUFFALO UNDERGROUND Head Mashed In Saturday: Mashup Night DRUID IRISH PUB DJ every Sat; 9pm ELECTRIC RODEO�Spruce Grove DJ every Sat FLUID LOUNGE Intimate Saturdays: with DJ Aiden Jamali; 8pm (door) FUNKY BUDDHA�Whyte Ave Top tracks, rock, retro every Sat with DJ Damian GAS PUMP DJ Christian every Sat HALO For Those Who Know: house every Sat with DJ Junior Brown, Luke Morrison, Nestor Delano, Ari Rhodes JUNCTION BAR AND EATERY LGBT Community: Rotating DJs Fri and Sat; 10pm

EXPRESSIONZ CAFÉ YEG live Sun Night Songwriters Stage; 7-10pm

FLOW LOUNGE Suspect; 10pm HYDEAWAY Open stage jam every Sun J AND R BAR Open jam/stage every Sun hosted by Me Next and the Have-Nots; 3-7pm MCDOUGALL UNITED CHURCH Chorale Saint-Jean Spring Concert; 3pm; $15-$20 (door, la Librairie le Carrefour, 780. 466.1066) NEWCASTLE PUB Sun Soul Service (acoustic jam): Willy James and Crawdad Cantera; 3-6:30pm O’BYRNE’S Open mic every Sun; 9:30pm-1am ON THE ROCKS Seven Strings Sun: Mad Young Darlings; 9pm; $5

NEWCASTLE PUB Top 40 requests every Sat with DJ Sheri

ORLANDO'S 2 PUB Open stage jam every Sun; 4pm

NEW CITY LEGION Polished Chrome: every Sat with DJs Blue Jay, The Gothfather, Dervish, Anonymouse; no minors; free (5-8pm)/$5 (ladies)/$8 (gents after 8pm)

RICHIE UNITED CHURCH Audrey Ochoa

OVERTIME�Downtown Saturdays at Eleven: RNB, hip hop, reggae, Old School

TRANSALTA ARTS BARNS Les Parfaits Inconnus Apr 8-10

PALACE CASINO Show Lounge DJ every Sat

WUNDERBAR Jim "Nowhere" Ralnyk

PAWN SHOP Neon Nights : Riot On Whyte RED STAR Indie rock, hip hop, and electro every Sat with DJ Hot Philly and guests

SUEDE LOUNGE DJ Nic-E spins every Sat

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BEER HUNTER�St Albert Open stage/jam every Sun; 2-6pm

BLACKSHEEP PUB DJ every Sat

RUSTY REED'S HOUSE OF BLUES Amos Garrett & the "Eh" Team; Apr 8-9

TRANSALTA ARTS BARNS Les Parfaits Inconnus Apr 8-10

SUN APR 10

BALLROOM The Next Big Thing: (vocal/band), Dance showcase; Mixmaster (DJ); hottest talent search every Sun; until May 29

SPORTSWORLD Roller Skating Disco every Sat; 1pm-4:30pm and 7-10:30pm

TEMPLE Oh Snap presents Step'd Up Saturdays with Degree, Cool Beans, Specialist, Spenny B and Mr. Nice Guy and Ten 0; 9pm

Y AFTERHOURS Release Saturdays

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE DJs on three levels every Sat: Main Floor: Menace Sessions: alt rock/ electro/trash with Miss Mannered; Underdog: DJ Brand-dee; Wooftop: Sound It Up!: classic Hip-Hop and Reggae with DJ Sonny Grimezz

SPORTSMAN LOUNGE Kyler Schogen Band; Apr 8-9

STARLITE ROOM Sonorous Odium, Enduring the Fall, Through the Trenches

WUNDERBAR really big SHOE! with Zebra Pulse, Pizzarrhea, and Dutch Hey Wagon; 8pm

SUITE 69 Every Fri Sat with DJ Randall-A TEMPLE Oh Snap! Oh Snap with Degree, Cobra Commander, Battery, Jake Roberts, Ten-O, Cool Beans, Hotspur Pop and P-Rex; every Sat UNION HALL Celebrity Saturdays: every Sat hosted by Ryan Maier VINYL DANCE LOUNGE Signature Saturdays

SECOND CUP�Mountain Equipment Co-op Live music every Sun; 2-4pm

Classical MCDOUGALL UNITED CHURCH Chorale Saint-Jean; 3pm MUTTART HALL Georgy Tchaidze (piano); 7:30pm WINSPEAR Featuring the Richard Eaton Singers, Alberta Baroque Ensemble, Cantilon Chamber Choir and a cast of soloists, conducted by Leonard Ratzlaff; 3pm

DJs BACKSTAGE TAP AND GRILL Industry Night: every Sun with Atomic Improv, Jameoki and DJ Tim BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Sunday Funday: with Phil, 2-7pm; Sunday Night: Soul Sundays: '60s and '70s funk, soul, R&B with DJ Zyppy FLOW LOUNGE Stylus Sun SAVOY MARTINI LOUNGE Reggae

on Whyte: RnR Sun with DJ IceMan; no minors; 9pm; no cover

Tue; with Mark Davis; all ages; 7:3010:30pm

SPORTSWORLD Roller Skating Disco Sun; 1-4:30pm; sports-world.ca

R PUB Open stage jam every Tue; hosted by Gary and the Facemakers; 8pm

MON APR 11 BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Sleeman Mon: live music monthly; no cover

RUSTY REED'S HOUSE OF BLUES Big Rock Open Jam Moses Gregg, Grant Stovel with Special Guest

BLUES ON WHYTE Sonny Rhodes; Apr 11-16

SECOND CUP�124 Street Open mic every Tue; 8-10pm

DEVANEY'S IRISH PUB Singer/ songwriter open stage every Mon; 8pm

SECOND CUP�Stanley Milner Library Open mic every Tue; 7-9pm

Hallowe'en horrorpunk, deathrock with Abigail Asphixia and Mr Cadaver; every Tue

NISKU INN Troubadours and Tales: 1st Wed every month; with Tim Harwill, guests; 8-10pm

FUNKY BUDDHA�Whyte Ave Latin and Salsa music every Tue; dance lessons 8-10pm

PAWN SHOP Death Angel with Mortillery and Fuquored; no minors

NEW CITY LEGION High Anxiety Variety Society Bingo vs. karaoke with Ben Disaster, Anonymouse every Tue; no minors; 4pm-3am; no cover RED STAR Experimental Indie Rock, Hip Hop, Electro with DJ Hot Philly; every Tue WUNDERBAR HOFBRAUHAUS Stuesdays: Wunderbar's only regular DJ night every Tue

FILTHY MCNASTY'S Reverend Kill (metal)

SECOND CUP�Summerwood Open stage/open mic every Tue; 7:30pm; no cover

KELLY'S PUB Open stage every Mon; hosted by Clemcat Hughes; 9pm

SHERLOCK HOLMES � WEM Stan Gallant; 9:30pm; Apr 12-16

WED APR 13

PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Acoustic instrumental old time fiddle jam every Mon; hosted by the Wild Rose Old Tyme Fiddlers Society; 7pm

SIDELINERS PUB All Star Jam every Tue; with Alicia Tait and Rickey Sidecar; 8pm

AVENUE THEATRE Battleship, the Perfect Trend, California Lane Change, Winslow, Prom Night in Black and White; 7:30pm; $10; no minors

ROSE BOWL/ROUGE LOUNGE Acoustic open stage every Mon; 9pm

Classical

SPORTSMAN'S LOUNGE Open stage every Tue; hosted by Paul McGowan; 9pm WUNDERBAR HOFBRAUHAUS Stuesdays: Every Tue Wunderbar's only regular DJ night YARDBIRD SUITE Tue Night Sessions: The Parkers; 7:30 (doors), 8pm (show); members & guests: $5

MUTTART HALL Gala Concert: featuring: Georgy Tchaidze (piano); Edmonton Recital Society; 7:30pm; $40 (adult)/$35 (senior/student) available at TIX on the Square

Classical JUBILEE AUDITORIUM =\egflgf Opera; Puccini – Tosca, with the Edmonton Opera Chorus and the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra.

Sung in Italian with English supertitles; 7:30pm; $38-$160

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Blue Jay’s Messy Nest: every Mon with DJ Blue CROWN PUB Minefield Mondays/ House/Breaks/Trance and more with host DJ Pheonix, 9pm FILTHY MCNASTY'S Metal Mon: with DJ S.W.A.G. LUCKY 13 Industry Night every Mon with DJ Chad Cook NEW CITY LEGION Madhouse Mon: Punk/metal/etc with DJ Smart Alex

TUE APR 12

FINE ARTS CENTRE� STUDIO 27, FINE ARTS BLD � U OF A Electroacoustic Music Concert; noon; free and open to the public

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: alternative retro and notso-retro every Tue; with Eddie Lunchpail; Wooftop: eclectic electronic sounds every Tue; with DJ Mike Duke BRIXX BAR Troubadour Tue: hosted

by Mark Feduk; with Guest Host Joel Lavoie and The Transistors; 9pm; $8

BLUES ON WHYTE Sonny Rhodes; Apr 11-16 DRUID IRISH PUB Open stage every Tue; with Chris Wynters; 9pm HAVEN SOCIAL CLUB Jodi King with Chloe Albert and Erin Faught

BUDDYS DJ Arrow Chaser every Tue; free pool all night; 9pm (door); no cover

L.B.’S Tue Blues Jam with Ammar; 9pm-1am

CHROME LOUNGE Bashment Tue: Bomb Squad, The King QB, Rocky; no cover

O’BYRNE’S Celtic jam every Tue; with Shannon Johnson and friends; 9:30pm

CROWN PUB Underground At The Crown: hip hop; open mic every Tue, 9pm-2am

PADMANADI Open stage every

DV8 Creepy Tombsday: Psychobilly,

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Glitter Gulch: live music once a month BLUES ON WHYTE Sonny Rhodes; Apr 11-16 BRIXX BAR Really Good… Eats and Beats: DJ Degree, friends every Wed; 6pm; $5 CENTURY GRILL Century Room Wed Live: featuring The Marco Claveria Project; 8-11pm CROWN PUB Dan Jam/open stage every Wed; 8pm-2am EARLY STAGE SALOON John's 60th Birthday Bash, join Allan Christie for Jammin' in the Saloon EDDIE SHORTS Acoustic jam every Wed, 9pm; no cover ELEPHANT AND CASTLE�Whyte Ave Open mic every Wed (unless there's an Oilers game); no cover EXPRESSIONZ CAFÉ Open stage with Randall Walsh; every Wed; 7-11pm; admission by donation FIDDLER'S ROOST Little Flower Open Stage every Wed with Brian Gregg; 8pm-12 GOOD EARTH COFFEE HOUSE Breezy Brian Gregg every Wed; 12-1pm HAVEN SOCIAL CLUB Open stage every Wed with Jonny Mac, 8:30pm, free; Early Show: Ryan McMahon & The Company Damn with guests, 7pm HOOLIGANZ Open stage every Wed with host Cody Nouta; 9pm NEW CITY LEGION Big John Bates, Rev. Deadeye; $15 (adv); No minors

PLAYBACK PUB Open Stage every Wed hosted by JTB; 9pm-1am PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Acoustic Bluegrass jam presented by the Northern Bluegrass Circle Music Society; Slow pitch for beginners on the 1st and 3rd Wed prior to regular jam every Wed, 6.30pm; $2 (member)/$4 (nonmember) RED PIANO BAR Wed Night Live: hosted by dueling piano players; 8pm-1am; $5 RIVER CREE Live rock band every Wed hosted by Yukon Jack; 7:30-9pm RUSTY REED'S HOUSE OF BLUES Gordie Matthews Band SECOND CUP�Mountain Equipment Open mic every Wed; 8-10pm WUNDERBAR HOFBRAUHAUS Open mic every Wed, 9pm

DJs BANK ULTRA LOUNGE Rev'd Up Wed: with DJ Mike Tomas upstairs; 8pm BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: RetroActive Radio Wed: alt '80s and '90s, Post Punk, New Wave, Garage, Brit, Mod, Rock and Roll with LL Cool Joe; Wooftop: Soul/breaks with Dr Erick BRIXX BAR Really Good... Eats and Beats: every Wed with DJ Degree and Friends BUDDY'S DJ Dust 'n' Time every Wed; 9pm (door); no cover THE COMMON Treehouse Wednesday's DIESEL ULTRA LOUNGE Wind-up Wed: R&B, hiphop, reggae, old skool, reggaeton with InVinceable, Touch It, weekly guest DJs LEGENDS PUB Hip hop/R&B with DJ Spincycle NEW CITY LEGION Wed Pints 4 Punks: with DJ Nick; no minors; 4pm-3am; no cover NIKKI DIAMONDS Punk and ‘80s metal every Wed RED STAR Guest DJs every Wed STARLITE ROOM Wild Style Wed: Hip-Hop; 9pm TEMPLE Wild Style Wed: Hip hop open mic hosted by Kaz and Orv; $5

VENUE GUIDE 180 DEGREES 10730-107 St, 780.414.0233 28 DEGREES 5552 Calgary Tr ACCENT EUROPEAN LOUNGE 8223-104 St, 780.431.0179 ARTERY 9535 Jasper Ave AVENUE THEATRE 9030-118 Ave, 780.477.2149 BANK ULTRA LOUNGE 10765 Jasper Ave, 780.420.9098 BILLIARD CLUB 10505 Whyte Ave, 780.432.0335 BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE 1042582 Ave, 780.439.1082 BLACKJACK'S ROADHOUSE� Nisku 2110 Sparrow Drive, Nisku, 780.986.8522 BLACKSHEEP PUB 11026 Jasper Ave, 780.420.0448 BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ 9624-76 Ave, 780.989.2861 BLUE PEAR RESTAURANT 10643-123 St, 780.482.7178 BLUES ON WHYTE 10329-82 Ave, 780.439.3981 BOHEMIA 10575-114 St BRIXX BAR 10030-102 St (downstairs), 780.428.1099 BUDDY’S 11725B Jasper Ave, 780.488.6636 CASINO EDMONTON 7055 Argylll Rd, 780.463.9467 CASINO YELLOWHEAD 12464153 St, 780 424 9467 CENTURY GRILL 3975 Calgary Tr NW, 780.431.0303 CHATEAU LOUIS 11727 Kingsway, 780 452 7770 CHROME LOUNGE 132 Ave, Victoria Trail COAST TO COAST 5552 Calgary Tr, 780.439.8675 COMMON LOUNGE 10124-124 St CONVOCATION HALL Arts Bldg, U of A, 780.492.3611

CROWN AND ANCHOR 15277 Castledowns Rd, 780.472.7696 CROWN PUB 10709-109 St, 780.428.5618 DIESEL ULTRA LOUNGE 11845 Wayne Gretzky Drive, 780.704.

CLUB DEVANEY’S IRISH PUB 9013-88 Ave, 780.465.4834 THE DOCKS 13710 66 St, 780.476.3625 DOW'S SHELL THEATRE�Fort Saskatchewan 8700-84 St, Fort Saskatchewan, 780.992.6400 DRUID 11606 Jasper Ave, 780.454.9928 DUSTER’S PUB 6402-118 Ave, 780.474.5554 DV8 8307-99 St EARLY STAGE SALOON 4911-52 Ave, Stony Plain EDDIE SHORTS 10713-124 St, 780.453.3663 EDMONTON EVENTS CENTRE WEM Phase III, 780.489.SHOW ELECTRIC RODEO�Spruce Grove 121-1 Ave, Spruce Grove, 780.962.1411 ELEPHANT AND CASTLE�Whyte Ave 10314 Whyte Ave EXPRESSIONZ CAFÉ 9938-70 Ave, 780.437.3667 FIDDLER’S ROOST 8906-99 St FILTHY MCNASTY’S 10511-82 Ave, 780.916.1557 FLOW LOUNGE 11815 Wayne Gretzky Dr, 780.604.CLUB FLUID LOUNGE 10888 Jasper Ave, 780.429.0700 FUNKY BUDDHA 10341-82 Ave, 780.433.9676 GAS PUMP 10166-114 St, 780.488.4841 GOOD EARTH COFFEE HOUSE 9942-108 St

HALO 10538 Jasper Ave, 780.423.

HAVEN SOCIAL CLUB 15120A (basement), Stony Plain Rd, 780.756.6010 HILLTOP PUB 8220-106 Ave, 780.490.7359 HOOLIGANZ 10704-124 St, 780.995.7110 HYDEAWAY 10209-100 Ave, 780.426.5381 IRON BOAR PUB 4911-51st St, Wetaskiwin JAMMERS PUB 11948-127 Ave, 780.451.8779 J AND R 4003-106 St, 780.436.4403 JEFFREY’S CAFÉ 9640 142 St, 780.451.8890 JEKYLL AND HYDE 10209-100 Ave, 780.426.5381 JUNCTION BAR AND EATERY 10242-106 St, 780.756.5667 KAS BAR 10444-82 Ave, 780.433.6768 KELLY'S PUB 11540 Jasper Ave L.B.’S PUB 23 Akins Dr, St Albert, 780.460.9100 LEGENDS PUB 6104-172 St, 780.481.2786 LEVEL 2 LOUNGE 11607 Jasper Ave, 2nd Fl, 780.447.4495 LIZARD LOUNGE 13160-118 Ave MARYBETH'S COFFEE HOUSE–Beaumont 5001-30 Ave, Beaumont, 780.929.2203 MCDOUGALL UNITED CHURCH 10025-101 St MUTTART HALL Alberta College, 10050 Macdonald Dr NAKED CYBER CAFÉ 10354 Jasper Ave, 780.425.9730 NEST NAIT Main Campus, 11762-106 St NEWCASTLE PUB 6108-90 Ave, 780.490.1999

NEW CITY LEGION 8130 Gateway Boulevard (Red Door) NISKU INN 1101-4 St NORTH GLENORA HALL 13535109A Ave O’BYRNE’S 10616-82 Ave, 780.414.6766 ON THE ROCKS 11730 Jasper Ave, 780.482.4767 ORLANDO'S 1 15163-121 St OVERTIME�Downtown 10304111 St, 780.465.6800 OVERTIME Whitemud Crossing, 4211-106 St, 780.485.1717 PAWN SHOP 10551-82 Ave, Upstairs, 780.432.0814 PLAYBACK PUB 594 Hermitage Rd, 130 Ave, 40 St PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL 10860-57 Ave REDNEX BAR�Morinville 10413100 Ave, Morinville, 780.939.6955 RED PIANO BAR 1638 Bourbon St, WEM, 8882-170 St, 780.486.7722 RED STAR 10538 Jasper Ave, 780.428.0825 RENDEZVOUS 10108-149 St RIC’S GRILL 24 Perron Street, St Albert, 780.460.6602 ROSEBOWL/ROUGE LOUNGE 10111-117 St, 780.482.5253 ROSE AND CROWN 10235-101 St R PUB 16753-100 St ,

780.457.1266

RUSTY REED'S HOUSE OF BLUES 12402-118 Ave, 780.451.1390 SECOND CUP�Mountain Equipment 12336-102 Ave, 780.451.7574; Stanley Milner Library 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq; Varscona, Varscona Hotel, 106 St, Whyte Ave SECOND CUP�Sherwood Park

4005 Cloverbar Rd, Sherwood Park, 780.988.1929 ʸ Summerwood Summerwood Centre, Sherwood Park, 780.988.1929 SIDELINERS PUB 11018-127 St, 780.453.6006 SNEAKY PETE'S 12315-118 Ave SPORTSWORLD 13710-104 St SPORTSMAN'S LOUNGE 8170-50 St STARLITE ROOM 10030-102 St, 780.428.1099 STEEPS TEA LOUNGE�Whyte Ave 11116-82 Ave SUEDE LOUNGE 11806 Jasper Ave, 780.482.0707 SUITE 69 2 Fl, 8232 Gateway Blvd, 780.439.6969 TAPHOUSE 9020 McKenney Ave, St Albert, 780.458.0860 TREASURY 10004 Jasper Ave, 7870.990.1255, thetreasurey.ca UNCLE GLENNS 7666-156 St, 780.481.3192 VINYL DANCE LOUNGE 10740 Jasper Ave, 780.428.8655, vinylretrolounge.com WHISTLESTOP LOUNGE 12416132 Ave, 780. 451.5506 WILD BILL’S�Red Deer Quality Inn North Hill, 7150-50 Ave, Red Deer, 403.343.8800 WILD WEST SALOON 12912-50 St, 780.476.3388 WINSPEAR CENTRE 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square; 780.28.1414 WOK BOX 10119 Jasper Ave WUNDERBAR 8120-101 St, 780.436.2286 Y AFTERHOURS 10028-102 St, 780.994.3256, yafterhours.com YESTERDAYS PUB 112, 205 Carnegie Dr, St Albert, 780.459.0295

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Gushing excitement

chelsea boos // che@vueweekly.com

Female ejaculation remains a mystery Dear Brenda: I masturbate quite frequently and, although I've been doing this for a while, I'm still slightly skeptical. Every time I climax, a rush of clear fluid comes out and I'm worried about what it is. I've never heard of clear cum before, but I have heard of girls accidentally peeing during intercourse. But I'm still not sure what's going on. What's happening to me?

Gushing with excitement

and that this is the most intense sexual experience you can hope to have. How-to videos, books and websites came out purporting to teach women how to squirt.

I think that this has done more harm than good. I'm glad that women who have this experience now know that they are not alone and that there's nothing wrong with them. On the other hand, I've talked to so many women who think there is something wrong with them because they don't squirt! The only thing we know m o .c kly Hi Gushing, for sure about squirting is that some womuewee v @ a d bren This totally happens for some women. en do it and some women don't. I'm all for a d n e r B We've come to understand it as female ejacexploring and seeking out new experiences, Kerber I just don't want to see anyone trying to make ulation but we don't know for sure what's in the fluid and where it comes from. themselves have an experience, just because Some people believe that women have tissues much they've been told it's the best thing ever. like the prostate that hold this fluid and then expel it I say all this only to let you know that if you're looking during orgasm, or that it comes from the skene's glands around on the Internet trying to find information about that sit underneath your urethra (the tube you pee out this rush of fluid that's happening for you, please take of). There have been a few studies that seem to indieverything you find with a grain of salt. Although many cate that this is true because the chemical analysis of sites present information on female ejaculation as if the fluid shows that it's quite different in composition it's totally factual, very little of it is based on actual rethan urine. But the studies have small samples and they search. Look for information that can cite the research. haven't been consistently replicated, so we still have a As for the question of whether there's something long way to go in proving conclusively that this is true. wrong with you, it doesn’t sound like it. If you're enjoySome people think that the fluid you're noticing is just ing what you're doing—if it feels good, and you don't nolots of vaginal lubrication that gets pushed out when tice any other signs that there's something wrong with your muscles contract during orgasms. Some think that your health, you are totally fine. If you're at all worried it is actually urine that comes out as a result of pressure about this happening when you have sex with someone on the bladder, urethra and pelvic floor. I think for any other than yourself, please don't. Female ejaculation has woman, it could be any of these three things, dependbecome such a huge part of our sexual lexicon that your ing on the circumstances. partners are highly likely to have heard of it, to understand that it's happening because you are thoroughly Female ejaculation has become a huge topic of interenjoying yourself, and to be greatly pleased by that. V est. No sooner did some women start talking about this experience than the "sexperts," the porn indusBrenda Kerber is a sexual health educator who has try and the toy industry jumped on board. Suddenly worked with local not-for-profits since 1995. She is the everybody was talking about "squirting." Soon it was owner of the Edmonton-based sex-positive adult toy taken as fact that a G-spot orgasm causes squirting boutique The Traveling Tickle Trunk.

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As you approach the thing, its bulbous red form, looms higher and higher above you. With every step closer, its shape shifts, and its weight seems to move from front to back. Graphic painted lines and highgloss car paint finish scream "SPEED!" Running Track, commissioned by the Edmonton Arts Council for the Terwillegar Community Recreation centre, is a piece created by a world renowned group of four sculptors that call themselves Inges Idee. Together, they have done site-specific, permanent public art commissions in Berlin, Tokyo, Paris, Vancouver, and now Edmonton.

In the first of a series of lectures on public art last Thursday, Axel Lieber, a member of the collective, gave an enlightening talk about public art and presented an impressive portfolio of some of the most poetic projects I have ever seen. Lieber revealed the fascinating process used to develop their sculptures, from brainstorming and sketch models to finished project. Run-

ning Track began as a foam model of a distorted figure running, and was simplified, abstracted, refined and enlarged until its current form emerged.

Very thoughtfully, it references the purpose and colours of the building it stands in front of. Lieber explained the inspiration for the piece came from athletics and sport, but also the general ideas of speed and dynamism. The piece seems like a modern take on the ideas of the futurist art movement. I can't help notice the resemblance to Umberto Boccioni's 1913 bronze statue, Unique Forms of Continuity in Space.

Bravo to MADE in Edmonton, the AGA, the Edmonton Design Committee and the Edmonton Arts Council for bringing the attention of Edmontonians to our visual culture with this Public Art Lecture Series. The series continues to shine a spotlight on public art and urban design in the city and around the world. You can find a schedule at madeinedmonton.org of upcoming events. V

FREEWILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 19) When he was three years old, actor Charlie Sheen got a hernia from yelling too much and too loud. I definitely don't encourage you to be like that. I do think it's an excellent time to tune in to the extravagant emotions that first made an appearance when you were very young and that have continued to be a source of light and heat for you. Maybe righteous anger is one of those vitalizing emotions, but there must be others as well—crazy longing, insatiable curiosity, primal laughter. Get in touch with them; invite them to make an appearance and reveal the specific magic they have to give you right now.

presidential elections. Some people are outraged by this, saying, in effect, "How dare you?! What do your political opinions have to do with my life?!" If you feel that way, you might want to stop reading now. It's my sacred duty to tell you that the twists and turns of political and social issues will be making an increasingly strong impact on your personal destiny in the months ahead. To be of service to you, I will have to factor them into my meditations on your oracles. Now let me ask you: is it possible that your compulsive discontent about certain political issues is inhibiting your capacity for personal happiness?

TAURUS (Apr 20 – May 20) The hydrochloric acid in our digestive system is so corrosive it can dissolve a nail. You contain within you the power to dematerialize solid metal. Why is it so hard, then, for you to conceive of the possibility that you can vapourize a painful memory or bad habit? I say you can do just that, Taurus—especially at this moment, when your capacity for creative destruction is at a peak. Try this meditation: imagine that the memory or habit or fantasy you want to kill off is a nail. Then picture yourself dropping the nail into a vat of hydrochloric acid. Come back every day and revisit this vision, watching the nail gradually dissolve.

CANCER (Jun 21 – Jul 22) If you were a poker player, the odds would now be far better than usual that you'd be voted one of the "50 Sexiest Poker Players in the World." If you were a physician volunteering your services in Haiti or Sudan, there'd be an unusually high likelihood that you'd soon be the focus of a feature story on a TV news show. Why? According to my reading of the omens, you Cancerians are about to be noticed, seen for who you are, or just plain appreciated a lot more than usual.

GEMINI (May 21 – Jun 20) Now and then I include comments in these horoscopes that might be political in nature. For instance, I have always endorsed a particular candidate in the American

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LEO (Jul 23 – Aug 22) No other country on the planet has a greater concentration of artistic masterpieces than Italy. As for the place that has the most natural wonders and inspiring scenery per square mile: that's more subjective, but I'd say Hawaii. Judging from the astrological omens, Leo, I encourage you to visit one or both of

ROB BREZSNY // FREEWILL@vueweekly.com those two hotspots—or the closest equivalents you can manage. In my opinion, you need to be massively exposed to huge doses of staggering beauty. And I really do mean that you NEED this experience—for your mental, physical and spiritual well-being.

VIRGO (Aug 23 – Sep 22) Healer Caroline Myss coined the term "woundology." It refers to the practice of using our wounds to get power, sympathy and attention. Why give up our pain when we can wield it to manipulate others emotionally?

When we're in pain, we may feel we have the right to do things we wouldn't otherwise allow ourselves to do, like go on shopping sprees, eat tasty junk food, or sleep with attractive people who are no good for us. In this scenario, pain serves us. It's an ally. Your assignment, Virgo, is to get in touch with your personal version of woundology. Now is a good time to divest yourself of the so-called "advantages" of holding on to your suffering.

LIBRA (Sep 23 – Oct 22) As an American who has lived most of my life in the US, I write these horoscopes in English. But for years they have also been translated into Italian for the zesty Italian magazine, Internazionale. My readership there has grown so sizable that an Italian publisher approached me to create an astrology book for Italians. Robosocopo appeared in Italy but nowhere else. It was an odd feeling to have my fourth book rendered in the Italian language but not in my native tongue. I suspect you'll be

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having a comparable experience soon, Libra.

You will function just fine in a foreign sphere— having meaningful experiences, and maybe even some success, "in translation."

SCORPIO (Oct 23 – Nov 21) You can gain more power—not to mention charisma, panache and love—by losing some of your cool. This is one time when too much self-control could actually undermine your authority. So indulge in a bit of healthy self-undoing. Gently mock your self-importance and shake yourself free of self-images you're pathologically attached to. Fool with your own hard and fast rules in ways that purge your excess dignity and restore at least some of your brilliant and beautiful innocence.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 – Dec 21)This week will be a time when you might want to get a hold of a toy you loved when you were a kid, and actually play with it again; a time when you could speak so articulately about an idea you're passionate about that you will change the mind of someone who has a different belief; a time when you might pick out a group of stars in the sky that form the shape of a symbol that's important to you, and give this new constellation a name; and a time when you could make love with such utter abandon that your mutual pleasure will stay with you both for several days.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22 – Jan 19) The Norwegian film Twigson is about a boy who feels so friendless and

isolated that he seeks companionship with a talking twig. In the coming weeks, I encourage you to be equally as proactive in addressing the strains of your own loneliness. It's an excellent time for taking aggressive action to soothe the ache. So reach out, Capricorn. Be humbly confident as you try to make deeper contact.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20 – Feb 18) During one of 2010's Mercury retrograde phases, astrologer Evelyn Roberts wrote on her Facebook page that she was doing lots of things you're "not supposed to do" during a Mercury retrograde: buying a new computer, planning trips, making contracts, signing documents. She said she always rebels like that, maybe her quirky Aquarian nature. More importantly, she does what usually works best: to pay close attention to what's actually going on rather than getting lost in fearful fantasies about what influence a planet may or may not have. During the current Mercury retrograde, Aquarius, I recommend her approach to you.

PISCES (Feb 19 – Mar 20) Damon Bruce is a San Francisco sports talk show host I listen to now and then. He told a story about being at a bar and seeing a guy with a tattoo of a life-sized dollar bill on the back of his shaved head. Bruce was incredulous. Why burn an image of the lowest-denomination bill into your flesh? If you're going to all that trouble, shouldn't you inscribe a more ambitious icon, like a $100 bill? My sentiments exactly, Pisces. Now apply this lesson to your own life.

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