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“This game never plays the same twice!” – Star Trek: The Next Generation Interactive VCR Board Game

By
Racan Souiedan

In case you’re not familiar, VCR board games emerged in the 1980s as a form of supposed interactive multimedia, before finally peaking in 1991 with the horror classic Nightmare. While fulfilling a novelty role and providing plenty [...]

Taylor Kirk aka Timber Timbre from the rural settings of Brooklin, ON makes you feel like you’re alone in a wooden shed and all you have is a book and a hunting rifle for shooting cans. His songs are folky and swampy but also none of the above. The Arts and Crafts artist takes time [...]

Amy McDonald and Chris Franklin Blackmore come together digitally with the magic of Gobble Gobble’s Cecil Frena. Birthday Tentacles brings you to another place. Here is a review in a form of haiku.

Texture magazine is the brainchild of a few calgary kids, Jesse Locke and Marki Sveen (they’re badass-rad by the way).

 
Space: The Lonesome Frontier – A Brief Look at William Shatner’s Myouterspace.com
By
Racan Souiedan
After hearing so much lately about the legendary William Shatner’s newest venture, Myouterspace.com, I decided to take a look for myself in the hope of discovering what the actor behind Captain Kirk and T.J. Hooker could bring to the already crowded realm of [...]

A fellow tumblr, doorman and art installer (sorta) and obviously a Swayze fan.

1) How do you best describe your tumblr? Well, my Tumblr is a slow morphing dribble of pretty, funny and serious things that are happening to me and around me. It used to be edr.tumblr.com. It was originally supposed to be a collective [...]

SASKMUSIC IS PROUD TO PRESENT
“Making Friends with the Media: A Publicity-Savvy Seminar with Grant Lawrence”
In 2010, the media surrounds us at every turn. All of those mediums are at your disposal to publicize and promote your music should you use the media to the correct advantage. In this very informative and positive seminar, Grant Lawrence, [...]

Kids making real things, real again. Calgary needs some all ages space, we know that.
Opening in March, Local Library is a new all-ages arts space housed at Central United Church!!!!!
Art shows and bands, its a recipe for a good time. No seriously, Jamie Oliver said so!!!!
To kick off the opening of our new space, [...]

WE’RE STILL HERE, VANCOUVER! — i can totally see deanne saying that.
Sad Mag proudly launches issue 3, the bold and beautiful Black & White issue, Friday March 19 at the Legendary ANZA Club
(3 West 8th Avenue, vancouver bc).
Get a first look at the new issue, and meet the emerging artists beyond the pages of the [...]