Deconstructing Mount Royal’s design
by Laura Lushington The Reflector It’s hard not to notice your surroundings when you spend four years of your life getting a degree at a university. When you take that brief moment to glance up...
Category: Arts
Noise 101 – CD Reviews for March 10
Amos Lee Mission Bell Blue Note Records This album is adult-contemporary at its best, which isn’t necessarily the best thing. I’m sure Lee is a very talented individual, but when he spouts lyrics like...
Methodical songwriting guides Calgary metal band
by Sarah Kitteringham The Reflector When I walk into the Canterbury Castle — the name given to the house of extreme progressive metal band Promethean Labyrinth — several things are immediately striking. A bloody,...
Former MRU student hosts local Jazz Jam
by Michael Bull The Reflector In 2005, Matt Doherty was working at Broken City when a new weekly showcase featuring some of Calgary’s best and brightest young jazz musicians reignited his love of music....
Quest to create viral video motivates Calgary band
by Therese Schultz The Reflector Oh, Lenore! who hail from Calgary can be described as a capricious hodgepodge of funky indie-rock with some audibles taken out of the punk, jazz and pop genres. Oh,...
Play this: Jack’s Road
by Lynne Hogan The Reflector Influenced by the writings of the 1950’s Beat generation, alcoholism, and Calgary band The Dudes, songwriter Conrad Marion wrote “Jack’s Road,” his first original song. Written when surfacing from...
Check out some of our favourite books in your free time
Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski Charles Bukowski’s take on his own childhood is a heartbreaking work that somehow never ceases to be gut-wrenchingly funny. It’s about getting beaten and beaten, over and over...
Noise 101 for Feb. 17, 2011
Jam soothes the student soul by Carter Arlette The Reflector Music is one of the many things that makes our species unique. The ability to take strings, sticks and skins, and arrange them in...
In space, no one can hear you scream
by Aaron Chatha Features Editor Turn off the lights, turn on the sound and make sure the batteries in the controller are full. Also, a change of underwear might not be a bad idea....
You’re an artist? Good luck making money online
By Zoey Duncan Publishing Editor I don’t have to tell you that every industry is trying to make money online — name me an industry that isn’t and I’ll point you to the nearest...
