(Not-So) New Dog!

Cover by Alex Whyte

This post is supposed to go up the day the newest prairie dog comes out but as you might recall from all my blog-whining last week, I've been sick. Still moving slowly, actually. Like even slower than usual, I mean. Annnnnnnnnnnyway, the new issue is out and if you haven't picked it up yet you should RIGHT NOW--it's pretty good. Here's a short outline of what you'll find inside:

BACK TO SCHOOL It's our annual collection of bossy essays to university-bound kids, this year featuring rhyming, Seussian verse and fun drawer-rings. Topics include how to drink, how to eat, how to think, how to screw and how to not be an asshole. We've also got a huge feature on the urban planning /economic development /housing issues around surburban campuses and why downtown schools are probably better which is a moot point in this town since the U of R isn't going anywhere. yeah, that's the long-winded part.

FALL ARTS GUIDE Two humongous features in one issue! This year's feature is about how everyone takes the arts for granted despite their measureable economic impact; much like the way the unpaid labour of a different era's housewive's was unnappreciated even though it kept capitalism rolling along. Also, a column by Carle Steel on the her personal finances.

POTTING SHOT Pro-marijuana activist Marc Emery swung through the 'Vag on his extradition tour earlier this month and Stephen LaRose interviewed the soon-to-be-deported pot activist. Good article. Someone remind me again why pot needs to be illegal but you can legally drink yourself unconscious? Oh yeah--arbitray double standards, political cowardice and psycho American law enforcement, and an extra-shitty federal government. Also, there's a great Gwynne Dyer column on the batshit-crazy U.S. war on drugs.

OF COURSE THERE'S MORE, JEEZ News Quirks, Top 6 columns, music previews and CD reviews, David Suzuki, restaurant reviews, film reviews, Beatty on Vernon ah Kee's show at the MacKenzie art Gallery, event listinngs, Queen City Confidential and Ask Greg, and probably some suff I forgot [EDIT: like the "t" in "stuff"]. So pick it up! You'll like it!