Album Review: Craig Cardiff – Floods & Fires
Craig Cardiff is a Canadian folk musician who hails from Waterloo, Ontario. A practiced veteran of the music scene, his latest release is the Juno-nominated Floods and Fires.
CIVL Shuffle: Dope hip hop edition
CIVL Radio station manager Aaron Levy is an indie kid at heart, but don’t forget that two of the first three CDs he ever bought in 1998 were Puff Daddy & The Family’s No Way Out and Ma$e’s Harlem World. Here’s some dope hip hop to check out.
Book Review: A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin
A Dance with Dragons has some of the best characters of the series, but is ultimately a huge disappointment; the fifth book in the A Song of Ice and Fire series is nearly as dull as the fourth.
Through the Lens of Empowerment: Seeing Sitelines in S’olh Temexw
The Sitelines in S’olh Temexw gallery opening on March 30 saw the culmination of a year’s worth of work from the Lens of Empowerment Project at UFV.
Book Review: Just Kids by Patti Smith
Renowned folk artist Patti Smith relays her past in the 2010 National Book Award winning memoir, Just Kids in passionate, delicate prose.
Haute Stuff: Mad Style in Mad Men
However, as great as a television return to Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce may be, I have to say (with some embarrassment as I attest to my fashion-minded ways) that my eyes were more so on the clothes than anything else!
The American Stonehenge inspires web series
Georgia was the last of the original 13 colonies of the USA. In 1979, it became home to the Georgia Guidestones – also known as the American Stonehenge. Jay Fergusun, director and creator of Guidestones: an interactive thriller, was intrigued by this American phenomenon when he first heard about the monument in 2009 from an article in Wired magazine
Dine & Dash: Noodle Road
Noodle House’s menu consists of a mix of Korean, Chinese and Japanese dishes that all focus on noodles, while also offering a cozy intimate setting with a mixed deco approach of tiles, large floral wallpaper and white bamboo dividers, which creates an interesting atmosphere for diners.
How the gaming industry left kids behind
The age of the average gamer has been getting older and older for the last couple decades. Though the ‘80s saw gaming directed towards primarily children, the average gamer these days is in their late 30s. For older gamers, it seems positive – more games aimed at them. But it has serious implications for the gaming industry as a whole that the younger generation seems less interested in gaming.
VA Grad Show: A whole lot of Eklektisch
This last week the Visual Arts’ Eklektisch show displayed the creative works of eight diploma graduates at the Kariton Gallery in Abbotsford. “Eklektisch?” No, it is most definitely not an English word and not a spelling mistake either, but rather German for “eclectic.” Eclectic by dictionary definition means to be made up of the best, picking out what you like about something—in this case art—and composing something else with those elements.
SoundBites (Poor Moon, Paul Weller, Of Monsters and Men, Old Mare)
Reviews of the latest releases from Poor Moon, Paul Weller, Of Monsters and Men, and Old Mare
CIVL Shuffle: Alt-Juno edition
Aaron Levy is still CIVL Radio’s station manager. He works hard, and he plays hard.
The Secret Lives of SUS
Yet while the staff of SUS wandered mild-mannered about the campus and the office this year busy doing their good works on behalf of the student body, little did we know that each of them had their own surprising secrets outside campus life. So now, let us take a look at our past year’s VP social, VP academic, VP finance, rep-at-large, communications administrator and SUS president and their fascinating lives.
Film Review: Mirror Mirror
The story, said to be told from the queen’s perspective, indicates a shifting of the Snow White tale to be skewed more in the delusionary indulgences and startling blood and fabric of Tarsem’s other films. However, what is significant here is how he, while still claiming the story as his, has scaled his attention-grabbing down to a smaller scale. He has framed his characters not as grains of sand, but as impressive storybook characters.
Album Review: Bonfire Madigan – Saddle the Bridge
Starting off moody, with “Mad Skywriting,” Bonfire Madigan’s album Saddle the Bridge has depth beyond the words of any music review. Having started playing cello at a very young age, Madigan shows throughout this album her mastery of the instrument.
Q&A: Bonfire Madigan
I was fortunate enough to be put in contact with the talented cellist Bonfire Madigan who will be visiting The Reach Museum in Abbotsford on April 5. Her take on what music is and where she finds inspiration is all explained in the most understandable form; Madigan’s ability to draw the reader through her music is just as prominent in her answers in this interview.
Book Review: Footnotes in Gaza by Joe Sacco
In his vividly-illustrated graphic novel Footnotes in Gaza, Joe Sacco gives readers a glimpse into the present day lives of disenfranchised Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip.
Album Review: The Ting Tings – Sounds from Nowheresville
The album is receiving wide-spread praise. For some reason, the collective music industry seems to have turned itself into an overexcited puppy dog and wet itself over how innovative this album is. Here’s a secret for you, readers: it’s not.
Haute Stuff: Fashion flies south
It was during the full flush of El Paseo Fashion Week that I made my trip, and though I did not make it to any of the shows, the streets were compensation enough.
Double Dine & Dash: Donairo’s & Peggi’s Donair
I’ll start by saying that if you’ve never had a donair, you are seriously missing out. Pita. Shaved, roasted meat. Miscellaneous vegetables. Sauce. I stand by the idea that the simplest food is the best, in terms of being tastiest or healthiest. Donairs are a prime example of this rule.
Cascade Arcade: Angry Birds Space is true sequel to popular time-waster
Although Angry Birds has had a few different iterations since its original release—Angry Birds Seasons and Angry Birds Rio—each one has functioned more as a level pack than a true sequel. Things have changed in the latest release, as Rovio has opted to take the game, literally, out of this world.
SoundBites (The Shins, Gentleman Jesse, The Wooden Sky, Mati Zundel)
Reviews of the latest releases from The Shins, Gentleman Jesse, The Wooden Sky, and Mati Zundel
Q&A: Fields of Green
Fields of Green is Kyle Tubbs, Kevin Dreger, Connor Tkach, and Johnny Jansen. They hail from Kelowna, BC, and describe themselves as “eccentric yet aggressive” indie-folk-alternative. They are currently working on their second full-length album. The four of them sat down after band practice to answer a couple questions for The Cascade.
Film Review: The Hunger Games
Director Gary Ross implants his adaptation with a sense of protraction, disaffected line readings, and mannered circumstance, barely referencing, let alone investigating, the morbidity hanging over the event that takes place in the second half of the movie.
