ARTS
Strange Theatre
by Brady Tighe
“That sure looks like it fucking
hurts.”
That’s the thought that ran
through my mind when I stalked
into Inside Out Tattoo Works. There’s
a picture on the foyer’s far wall of a
man in shorts with a number of metal
hooks threaded through his skin
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Nanaimo Art Gallery
by Brady Tighe
Cartoonist and film enthusiast
George Oliver has teamed up with
the Nanaimo Art Gallery, located
at 150 Commercial St., to bring a
presentation of animated films to
a lunchtime audience every Wed.
starting Apr. 7 until June 30
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Fallout Shelter Albums
by Brady Tighe
All right, so the nice guy on the TV
news has let you know that there
are mere moments before the entire
world gets obliterated in a murderous
fireball of whatever murderous
fireballs
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A Cacophany Of Honesty
by Stacey Seiben
From being lead vocals to the popular
local band Open Parachute to
releasing his first solo album, God
Hates a Coward, Christopher Arruda
has come a long way musically,
and is now more excited than
ever to talk about his upcoming
project
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Music For The Masses
by Melissa Manhas
Many people believe that, from an
evolutionary perspective, music
serves no apparent useful purpose.
Recently, researchers have begun
to explore the potential reasons for
the robust musical capacity that humans
have
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Theatre One's Fringe Flicks
by Brady Tighe
Continuing its tradition of edgy
and off-the-beaten-path cinema,
Fringe Flicks, presented by TheatreOne,
is showing Horse Boy, on
Apr. 11-12 at Avalon Cinemas. This
is the 10th season of Fringe Flicks
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End Of The World Tunes
by Brady Tighe
The world is going to end at some
point. The nuclear bombers are going
to hit the wild blue yonder, or
some kind of biological weapon
is going to rip us all a new one, or
maybe the zombies will rise and
devour us all
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REVIEWS
CD Review: Luke Kuzava: Zombies Can't Dance
by Brady Tighe
Zombies are one of the hottest
topics around at the moment. Their
slow, creeping death walk has infiltrated
almost every artistic medium,
from books to films. Music, however,
remains untouched with the
stench of the living dead. Until now
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Game Review: Left 4 Dead 2
by Kiel Wipp
March 1: I sit here quietly in this
concrete room, trying to tune out
the phlegmy growls coming from
just beyond the door. I think they’re
eating that bird. Crap on my only
shirt, will you? Fucker
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Movie Review: The Crazies
by Brady Tighe
Horror movies have been nose-diving
slowly into cliché and lameness
for so long it’s hard to remember
those golden years when they were
good. The Crazies continues a long
trend
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