Jeff Thorburn / killbeatmusic.com Jeff Thorburn / killbeatmusic.com We’re often told that success and happiness come from, amongst other things, being yourself. Calgary’s Chad VanGaalen has made a career of doing the exact opposite. The two-time Polaris Prize-nominated multi-instrumentalist is best known for his genre-bending song-based material. That he ended[Read More…]
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The contributions of a great technological innovator
note005.blogspot.com Two weeks ago, one of the greatest pioneers of the 21st century technology industry passed away. He was responsible for some of the most important technological innovations, and his work moulded the computer world into its current state. Dennis Ritchie was one of the greatest innovators of his time.[Read More…]
One of America’s first hipsters
Rock n’ roll tested the ‘50s. Hippies protested the ‘60s and ‘70s. Similarly, the hipster subculture of recent years has been challenging the established conventions of youth, and doing so with increasing press, influence, and sartorial expression. In theory, hipsterism—through independent thinking, progressive politics and, perhaps most clichéd, an artsy[Read More…]
Costume how-to
Halloween is fast approaching—the time of year when introverts come out of their shells, extroverts can become downright obnoxious, and costume geeks go insane. It’s our annual chance to be whoever we want, and to step into a completely different outfit, with a completely different character. Here are a few[Read More…]
A McGill graduate starts his Ph.D south of the border
When I finished university, I knew I was ready to plunge into the next great adventure: more school. So, I took those bold steps one floor up the ivory tower and here I am: almost two months into a History Ph.D at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Grad school[Read More…]
Exploring Montreal’s agricultural past this autumn
Noah Caldwell-Rafferty To me, autumn is not an urban season. Its characteristic elements do not translate well through a city’s lens. Yellowed leaves, pumpkins, and apple cider are organic parts of nature, and their imagery doesn’t stand up well amidst the chaos and concrete of the city; they dwindle and[Read More…]
Failure to predict the apocalypse is nothing new
Friday, Oct. 21 came and went without so much as a hint of jubilant trumpets or rumbling heavens. Despite warnings from Harold Camping, a Californian radio-evangelist, the rapture did not come. Considering his past failed predictions, the uneventful Friday came as no surprise to many. A couple of months ago,[Read More…]
In concert: The Barr Brothers
Sam Reynolds “Where did you all come from?” vocalist and guitar player Brad Barr rhetorically asked the audience midway through the Barr Brother’s official self-titled album release show last Tuesday at La Tulipe. He was speaking to the fact that the band had already self-released the album last year to[Read More…]
Montreal native delivers 50th annual Massey lecture
Each year, the CBC, in conjunction with the House of Anansi Press, and Massey College in the University of Toronto, hosts the Massey Lecture, a series of lectures given by an expert guest speaker on their original research. In honour of the 50th anniversary of the lecture, CBC invited Montreal[Read More…]
McGill hosts conference on clergy sex abuse
Lindsay Cameron Lindsay Cameron To many, the clerical abuse scandal in the Catholic clergy was something that happened in 2002 when media reports were first released, and has only appeared in the public consciousness sporadically since then. This is certainly not the case within the Catholic Church. On Oct. 14[Read More…]