Features: February 2012 Archives
Monday February 27, 2012
Cirque de Soleil at the Oscars.
- by jeff douglas
Generally speaking, I am not a huge fan of the Academy Awards, or any awards extravaganza, and last night I avoided the show like the plague.
But when my wife called to me from the next room that the Cirque de Soleil was onstage and blowing her mind, I relented.
I'm glad I did. Such a beautiful piece of theatre.
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Friday February 24, 2012
Alberta condo evacuation.
This promotional video makes the Bellavera Green condominium complex in Leduc, Alberta, look dreamy. The truth turned out to be closer to a nightmare. Chris Melanson and Jessica Bjorkman moved into their brand new condo one year ago. Today they began packing to move out.
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Wednesday February 22, 2012
Musical Gloves to Moonshine.
What to post? That is the question.
Do I go with the Tennessee bootlegging hero, or the oddly hypnotic singing gloves?
My favourite thing about working on AIH is rolling into work every day and having no clue as to what will be on the program that evening. With a mandate that can roughly be summarized as 'Anything that happened anywhere today,' a broad road lays before us each morning. Broad and winding. That is what gives the show its unique tone and personality.
Last night's program was no exception.
Out of the gate we spoke with Syria's Charge d'Affaires in Canada about the conflict in his country.
Then we wound our way through a piece on the odour of ants on our way to Paris, Texas where land owners are angered over the KeystoneXL pipeline.
We gave Josh Friend of Kitchener, Ontario a couple of shots at vocalizing a low 'E' as he prepares to submit for a Welsh opera:
And we paid tribute to Pierre Juneau.
All of which led us to these pieces.
- The legalization of stills - now called 'micro-distilleries' - in Tennessee which centered on famed bootlegger Marvin 'Popcorn' Sutton, who didn't live to see his recipe go legit.
- A conversation with a Computer Engineering grad student University of British Columbia's Media and Graphics Interdisciplinary Centre named Johnty Wang and his amazing, expressive gloves.
As I said at the top, a very broad and winding road. But hey, chacun a son gout, right?
Enjoy:
What Does A Body Know? by Bob PRITCHARD from Art Music Promotion on Vimeo.
Categories: Features
- March 2012
- Fri., 30 – Budget 2012
- Thu., 29 – The Case of the Missing Lorax
- Tue., 27 – Olde School Shakespeare.
- Wed., 21 – Herbie Hancock's International Jazz Day
- Tue., 20 – True Lies.
- Mon., 5 – Carol on Definitely Not The Opera
- February 2012
- Mon., 27 – Cirque de Soleil at the Oscars.
- Fri., 24 – Alberta condo evacuation.
- Wed., 22 – Musical Gloves to Moonshine.
- Fri., 17 – Canadian Tire Money RIP?
- Mon., 13 – World Press 2012 photo of the year.
- Thu., 9 – Republican on Gay Marriage
- Thu., 9 – Malcolm X recovered.
- Wed., 8 – Norway to North Korea
- Mon., 6 – Caterpillar closing
- Mon., 6 – Black Sabbath Day
- Fri., 3 – Classical Pub Crawl
- January 2012
- Tue., 31 – Voice recognition in Scotland
- Fri., 27 – Cultural Hall of Shame (or) Poor OLD Jian
- Tue., 24 – Warning: news may not be good.
- Fri., 13 – Symphonic Cell
- Thu., 12 – Operation Migration is a go once again
- Wed., 11 – Pot Lungs
- Wed., 11 – Northern Gateway
- Wed., 11 – Dateline: Effin, Ireland
- Fri., 6 – Featured Audio: Bobsled Withdrawal
- December 2011
- Thu., 15 – Hummingbird Mystery Solved
- Thu., 1 – A Whale of an Accent
- November 2011
- Thu., 24 – Ann Patchett - Parnassus Books
- Tue., 22 – Return to Tahrir
- Wed., 16 – Featured Audio: New "Marcel the Shell" Video
- October 2011
- Mon., 10 – Jim Thomson responds to Don Cherry
- Fri., 7 – Swede meets weed
- September 2011
- Wed., 28 – Mount Allison Memorial Library
- Wed., 21 – Africville Heritage Trust
- Wed., 21 – Canadian Air and Space Museum Closure
- Thu., 15 – Minister of Agriculture Gerry Ritz
- August 2011
- Thu., 25 – Interview With Nurse Karen Graham In Tripoli
- July 2011
- Fri., 29 – Ireland Church Abuse (extended version)
- Fri., 1 – Afghanistan Archive Feature
- June 2011
- Fri., 24 – G-20 Bill Blair (Extended Version)
- Fri., 17 – Botswana Ambassador (extended version)
- March 2011
- February 2011
- Wed., 23 – Gene Sharp on Non-Violent Revolution
- January 2011
- Wed., 19 – Word of the Day: "Bicimaquina"
- December 2010
- October 2010
- July 2010
- Wed., 14 – Vermontasaurus
- October 2009
- Wed., 21 – Brian Jungen
- Wed., 14 – World's Hottest Curry
- Thu., 8 – Pothole Art
- June 2009
- Mon., 22 – Fastest Hummingbird
- Mon., 1 – Iran's Election Crisis
- April 2009
- March 2001
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