February 2009
11 posts
Uptown Magazine - February 26/09
The Yes Men Lecture Legendary culture jammers The Yes Men will be in town for a lecture and Q&A on March 3 at The Winnipeg Art Gallery. Known for their attention- grabbing stunts - which include printing their own version of the New York Times, posing as spokespeople for major corporations on TV and launching several fake websites - The Yes Men have used a variety of methods to thumb their...
MyWinnipeg.com - February 19/09
Never a Dull Moment By: Anthony Augustine Thursday Dre Day w/ DJ Co-op, Hunnicutt and special guest Mike the 2600 King. Hosted by John Smith. Hi-Fi Club 108 Osborne, 2nd Floor $5 (free before 11pm) For the last seven years, Minneapolis’ Mike the 2600 King and his buddies have thrown a party to coincide with West Coast pioneer, Dr. Dre’s birthday. Over time, the Twin Cities-born...
Winnipeg Free Press - February 19/09
Winnipeg: Love & Hate
FROM the complaints you hear around the water cooler about downtown or on talk radio when Hydro tries to buy some warehouses in the Exchange, to the familiar chorus of the Weakerthans’ One Great City, electronic badboy Venetian Snares’ album Winnipeg is a Frozen S***hole, and Guy Maddin’s brilliant “docu-fantasia” My Winnipeg, it easy to...
Uptown Magazine - February 19/09
Eight years ago, people probably thought Joe Silva was crazy to leave his full-time job to pursue his dream of producing house music. They were wrong. “It took me about five years to grow the balls to do it. In the meantime, I just stashed away as much money as I could,” explains the soft-spoken Silva. “I knew financially I was going to tank. It was going to be way different...
Uptown Magazine - February 5/09
CKUW’s 10th Anniversary CD
Propagandhi / Pip Skid / Novillero
It’s hard to imagine now, but for many years Winnipeg was one of the largest cities in Canada without a campus/community radio station. Although CKUW was established in 1968 as a closed-circuit station, it didn’t hit the FM airwaves until April 1999. There have been plenty of changes since the 450-watt station...
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Propagandhi - Fucking Rich Fucking the Poor...
WatchWow. This song is BAD. Cornell has totally jumped the shark.
Who is on Twitter?
People who are just back from a really awesome run.
People who are involved with “computers”.
DJs.
DJs at the airport.
DJs who are drunk.
People who don’t seem to have anyone else’s email address.
People who have forgotten how to use email.
People who have forgotten how to text.
DJs
People who are involved in “social networking” and optimizing the...