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The Spinney Brothers are an acclaimed bluegrass band from the Annapolis Valley in Nova Scotia, known by bluegrass fans all over North America for their masterful musicianship, tight, rich vocals, and amazing performances. They’ve just put out their seventh album since 1993, When the Golden Leaves Begin to Fall (reviewed this issue). Wanda Waterman St…. Read more »

CD: The Spinney Brothers, When the Golden Leaves Begin to Fall Release date: 2008 Label: Independent Down-Home Southern Bluegrass with a Shot of Fundy Spray My earliest bluegrass memory was watching Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs on The Beverly Hillbillies. I liked their playing, but the sitcom context told me this kind of music was… Read more »

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The Paint Movement is an Ontario-based progressive indie rock band made up of vocalist/guitarist Kevin Kralik, drummer Glenn Candy, bassist/vocalist Jason Haberman, and saxophone and keyboard player Jason Loftman. They’ve just released their first CD, Our Eurythmy, with Nevado Records. The following are notes from a conversation between Wanda Waterman St. Louis and Jason Loftman…. Read more »

DVD: My Winnipeg Theatrical Release: June 13, 2008 DVD Release: 2009 Produced by Everyday Pictures/Buffalo Gal Pictures Starring Ann Savage, Louis Negin, Amy Stewart, Darcy Fehr, Brendan Cade, Lou Profeta, Fred Dunsmore Conceived, directed, and narrated by Guy Maddin The Great White Northern Garbage Dump of the Gods Present at the medium’s table that night… Read more »

Fred Turner is the author of the recent book From Counterculture to Cyberculture: Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, and the Rise of Digital Utopianism (see Voice review this issue). He is currently teaching at Stanford University. The following are notes from a conversation between Turner and Wanda Waterman St. Louis. How did the idea… Read more »

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Book: Fred Turner, From Counterculture to Cyberculture: Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, and the Rise of Digital Utopianism Publisher: The University of Chicago Press Publication date: Paperback edition, 2008 How You Gonna Keep ?em Down on Maggie’s Farm After They’ve Seen Cyberspace? ?Between the late 1960s and the late 1990s, Brand assembled a network… Read more »

DVD: Adam’s Apples Theatrical release: 2007 DVD Release: 2008 Starring: Mads Mikkelsen, Ulrich Thomsen, Paprika Steen, Nicolas Bro, Ali Kazim Director: Anders Thomas Jensen Danish (subtitles) The Skinhead, the Rapist, the Terrorist, and the Country Parson ?And the moment that you wander far from me I wanna feel you in my arms again . …. Read more »