Chris Rehage is a German university student who began to walk across China in 2007. After completing a third of his journey he decided to return home and finish his degree. Rehage chronicled this walk, and his reasons for ending it, in his website The Longest Way, which holds a fascinating array of incredible photos… Read more »
Book: Boualem Sansal, The German Mujahid Publisher: Europa Editions Publication date: 2009 Translated by Frank Wynne from the French title Le Village de l?Allemand ou Le Journal des Frères Schiller Reconciling the Irreconcilable ?Solemn judgement gives the crimes back their full horror and restores to the guilty some part of their lost humanity. Silence perpetuates… Read more »
Book: John Geiger, The Third Man Factor: The Secret to Survival in Extreme Environments Publisher: Penguin Canada Publication date: 2009 Someone is Out There ?Who is the third who walks always beside you? When I count, there are only you and I together But when I look ahead up the white road There is always… Read more »
Giant Hand is Kirk Ramsay, an impetuous young dude with no musical background who one day decided to start making music anyway. He enjoyed a surprisingly immediate?and positive?response from listening audiences. Recently Kirk made both the cover of Ottawa Magazine and the ?Hottest Bands in Canada? list. See Voice review of his debut album, Coming… Read more »
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This column originally appeared August 14, 2009, in issue 1731. CD: Stompin? Tom Connors, The Ballad of Stompin? Tom Label: EMI Release date: 2009 Still Putting a Boot Through the Floors of Those Who Will Not Hear ?Then came Sudbury Saturday night, at the Gumboot Cloggeroo They made me the Chairman of the Board, ?til… Read more »
Please wait a moment for the comic to load if you have a slow connection This column originally appeared January 16, 2009, in issue 1702.
This article originally appeared November 6, 2009, in issue 1742. Alex Kajumulo is a Seattle-based recording artist and producer at Babukaju Records. His song ?Maza Africa? was a finalist in the 2007 International Songwriting Competition. His songs and live performances are vibrant and joyful celebrations of love and justice. Kajumulo freely mixes musical genres in… Read more »
DVD: Watchmen Theatrical Release: March 2009 DVD Release: July 2009 Starring: Malin Akerman, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Patrick Wilson, Carla Gugino, Stephen McHattie Director: Zack Snyder Screenwriters: David Hayter, Alex Tse Composer: Tyler Bates Warner Brothers The Razing of the Clockwork Universe and the Epiphany of Its Impassive God… Read more »
Garage á Trois is a dynamic and highly innovative jazz/rock quartet comprising the amazing Skerik, Mike Dillon, Marco Benevento, and Stanton Moore. Together they create groundbreaking, electrifying, genre-crossing instrumental music. (See the Voice review of their recent release, Power Patriot.) Recently, sax player Skerik took the time to talk with Wanda Waterman St. Louis about… Read more »