Day: February 22, 2013

Contest: The Coastal First Nations Dance Festival @ UBC Museum of Anthropology – March 9, 7:30PM

There are three different ways to enter our ticket giveaways.  Go ahead and pick 1, or all 3. 1. Facebook – Like our Facebook Page, then leave a comment on our wall telling us why you want to go! 2. Twitter – Follow Us @VancouverWeekly, then Retweet our contest entry: “RT: to win tickets Coastal First Nations Dance Festival – Sig Performance @MOA_UBC -March […]

From Ascension to Descension

Usually, long-haired figures in rainy back alleys are people you should avoid. But sometimes, they happen to just be the lead singers of popular rock bands. Walking up to them is, understandably, a gamble most people don’t usually take. On Monday afternoon, I was standing in a back alley behind The Vogue Theatre, when I […]

Take a Ride to the Pharcyde

The Pharcyde: a time when The Cosby Show and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air were still TV regulars, MC Hammer had yet to file for bankruptcy, and O.J. Simpson was just another ex-football star. In 1992, The Pharcyde‘s debut album, Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde, shook up the hip hop world by running against the […]

Mira and Elroy

There once existed a magical body of water in a faraway kingdom, rarely visited by mankind. Schools of fish, a turtle and assorted water creatures lived happily within the pool. One summer day, a lovely red bird swooped down from the blue sky and dipped her copper colored beak into the water. Mira spread her […]

Ben Rogers – Cowboys and Indians (live performance)

[youtube]http://youtu.be/pa5WZb5I_fQ[/youtube] North Vancouver native Ben Rogers combines storytelling steeped in the classic folk traditions of Dylan and Springsteen with the gravelly voice of a chainsmoking Tom Waits.  “Cowboys and Indians” tells a tale of forbidden love in the Old West and its consequences, and you can almost smell the whiskey fumes mixing with the guitar […]