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Album Review: Corb Lund Horse, Soldier Horse Soldier!

I’m sure Corb Lund knows about a lot of things but he knows about two things especially well: horses and military history. So it should come to no surprise that he named his fifth album “Horse Soldier, Horse Soldier!” And even less of a surprise that almost every song on the album deals with at [...]

Album Review: The Details - Draw a Distance. Draw a Border.

Winnipegs’ The Details is a hard working band. Since forming at the tail end of 2005 they’ve hit the ground running, touring nonstop across Canada. Along the way they’ve managed to record a critically acclaimed EP entitled Marching Sound and have just released their first full length Draw a Distance. Draw a Border.
The Details: Reunion [...]

Girl Nobody: Balaclava Casino Heist - Break Up To Make Up

Shortly after their debut album “The Future Isn’t What It Used To Be.” (2004) the Vancouver based band Girl Nobody decided to call it quits. Lucky for us they decided to set their differences aside and record their sophomore effort “Balaclava Casino Heist“, with producer Futcher (The Be Good Tanyas) on the boards. Oddly [...]

Free the Jena 6

In Jena, Louisiana two black kids sat under a tree. Unbeknownst to them, this was a “white tree.” The next day nooses were hung from the tree to let the boys know of their mistake. The boys told the superintendent what happened and he dismissed the ordeal as a “prank.”
This sparked a protest in the [...]

Lee’s Pandora’s Box

G. W. Pabst’s Pandora’s Box
The last movie I watched was, believe it or not “Pandora’s Box” (Serendipity baby) The 1929 silent film directed by G. W. Pabst and based on the plays of Frank Wedekind. Aside from a handful of Charlie Chaplin movies, I don’t think I’ve ever watched a silent movie from beginning to [...]

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