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(Cover photo by Darrol Hofmeister, sharpshooter photography)
What is it with rabbits this year? There's always rabbits in this town, lots of rabbits, but so far this spring they've been extra-abundant and extra-bold. last week I saw one playing Frogger on Victoria Ave. And last night I walked by one grazing in someone's yard that let me get within five feet of it to take a pile of photos.
The bunnies have grown brave! Here's what you'll find in the new prairie dog:
VIDEO GAMES LIVE The nerds are everywhere and they've gotten into EVERYTHING! Even Regina's Symphony Orchestra! Apparently Victor Sawa, the RSO's conductor, has been a nerd all along--and not just any nerd, but a video game nerd (the most dangerous kind!). Sawa's the driving force behind the sinister plan to bring Video Games Live to Regina. The concert--conducted by video game composer Tommy Tallarico, will reduce our city's once-proud orchestra to lowly video games musicians, playing background music for such tawdry cultural detritus as Super Mario and Prince of Persia. Oh, the horror. Oh, the humanity. Oh, it's on Monday and looks like a lot of fun, judging from Paul Dechene's cover story. By the way, the cover model is Beth Curry, upright bass player with the RSO. I think she might be a nerd, TOO. Eeek!
LIBRARY LAUNCH A few months back the RPL called for developers and architects for the planned redevelopment of the downtown library. Now they've picked their dance partners and the project moves to the public consultation phase. Gregory "Greg" Beatty reports.
TRAILER TRASH 2 Prairie dog's annual summer movie preview is back with reviews of the biggest, boldest and baddest trailers for films of the aught-nine season (except for Terminator: Salvation because a naughty writer--ANG!!!!!!!--missed his deadline). See Stephen LaRose trash the excellent Star Trek trailers because, I don't know, he's crazy! Read Jorge Castillo's comments on the nasty, nasty, nasty yet funny trailer for Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds! It'll be good! Really! Check! It! Out!
PLUS! The Sask. Party kills Sask's greenhouse gas targets! Saskatchewan's Green Party gets a new leader! John F. Conway (the "F" stands for Fantastic) discusses the new capitalist crisis! Gregory "Greg" Beatty talks to Saskatchewan author Nicholas Ruddick about his new book The Fire In The Stone about the--how do I write this in A! Punchy! Way?--cultural significance of the "cave-man" to literature, film and other art, and what the different iterations of the caveman (including cavewoman, of course--prehistoric parlance is sexist!) in films like 2001: A Space Odyssey and Quest for Fire, books like Clan Of The Cave Bear and TV shows like The Flintstones! And Seema Goel talks about bunnies! Cute, baby bunnies that you SHOULD NOT TAKE HOME TO BE PETS! And, as always, more!
The new prairie dog is out today! Look for it at 400 locations city-wide.
What is it with rabbits this year? There's always rabbits in this town, lots of rabbits, but so far this spring they've been extra-abundant and extra-bold. last week I saw one playing Frogger on Victoria Ave. And last night I walked by one grazing in someone's yard that let me get within five feet of it to take a pile of photos.
The bunnies have grown brave! Here's what you'll find in the new prairie dog:
VIDEO GAMES LIVE The nerds are everywhere and they've gotten into EVERYTHING! Even Regina's Symphony Orchestra! Apparently Victor Sawa, the RSO's conductor, has been a nerd all along--and not just any nerd, but a video game nerd (the most dangerous kind!). Sawa's the driving force behind the sinister plan to bring Video Games Live to Regina. The concert--conducted by video game composer Tommy Tallarico, will reduce our city's once-proud orchestra to lowly video games musicians, playing background music for such tawdry cultural detritus as Super Mario and Prince of Persia. Oh, the horror. Oh, the humanity. Oh, it's on Monday and looks like a lot of fun, judging from Paul Dechene's cover story. By the way, the cover model is Beth Curry, upright bass player with the RSO. I think she might be a nerd, TOO. Eeek!
LIBRARY LAUNCH A few months back the RPL called for developers and architects for the planned redevelopment of the downtown library. Now they've picked their dance partners and the project moves to the public consultation phase. Gregory "Greg" Beatty reports.
TRAILER TRASH 2 Prairie dog's annual summer movie preview is back with reviews of the biggest, boldest and baddest trailers for films of the aught-nine season (except for Terminator: Salvation because a naughty writer--ANG!!!!!!!--missed his deadline). See Stephen LaRose trash the excellent Star Trek trailers because, I don't know, he's crazy! Read Jorge Castillo's comments on the nasty, nasty, nasty yet funny trailer for Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds! It'll be good! Really! Check! It! Out!
PLUS! The Sask. Party kills Sask's greenhouse gas targets! Saskatchewan's Green Party gets a new leader! John F. Conway (the "F" stands for Fantastic) discusses the new capitalist crisis! Gregory "Greg" Beatty talks to Saskatchewan author Nicholas Ruddick about his new book The Fire In The Stone about the--how do I write this in A! Punchy! Way?--cultural significance of the "cave-man" to literature, film and other art, and what the different iterations of the caveman (including cavewoman, of course--prehistoric parlance is sexist!) in films like 2001: A Space Odyssey and Quest for Fire, books like Clan Of The Cave Bear and TV shows like The Flintstones! And Seema Goel talks about bunnies! Cute, baby bunnies that you SHOULD NOT TAKE HOME TO BE PETS! And, as always, more!
The new prairie dog is out today! Look for it at 400 locations city-wide.
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