<p>June 16<sup>th</sup>, it’s a Saturday night at Junctions, and local band Marceno are set to take the stage to perform their newly-released debut “A Good Day Waits”. After a set by Palaver, there’s a break before the lights kick in, along with some soundchecking before singer Melanie Benson appears out of nowhere and they burst […]
Martial arts sensei celebrates 35th anniversary
<div> </div> <div> </div> <p>The Japanese martial art known as Aikido is distinct from many other fighting styles. As Derm McDonald, the sensei (meaning “teacher”), at the Aikido Institute of Newfoundland (his dojo) explains, Aikidoka are not training to injure anyone, to win, or to bolster ego.</p> <div> </div> <p><span style="color: black;">“We train to strengthen our bodies and minds; […]
Music: activism as therapy
I believe music – the ‘angry’ kind, and others – has saved my life, or at least my identity. I suppose everyone goes through the tough trials of adolescence and home life. If we survive that, we can survive just about anything, right? I had to endure the never ending rage of my ill-tempered father, […]
A Western Goodbye
Steve Parsons, for those who don’t know, is a songwriter from Newfoundland, Canada. He’s your old storyteller, much in the vein of classic artists like Dylan and Syd Barrett, and songs like those contained on his latest release A Western Goodbye (on which he plays all your standard instruments) are sorely needed in this day and age. […]
And for my next trick, I will eviscerate the emo label…
The ‘emo’ label is loosely based on the term emotional. It takes the term, sectors it off and slaps negative connotations onto it, implying that’s it’s a ‘bad thing’ to be an emotional being. To be or look emotional means you are apart of the entire section of society deemed emo because you look, act, […]
Culmination of Information
The public adoption of the Internet was provoked by the need for quick, efficient information exchange. In the early 90s, the Net was exactly what we needed, and it flourished. As of June 2005, approximately 223 out of 328 million of all North American residents – nearly 70 % – were qualified as being Internet […]