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1.24.2010

Superbowl Showdown

If you'll refer to this Dog Blog post from last Sunday you'll see that I called an Indianapolis Colts vs New Orleans Saints Superbowl. Kick-off is set for Miami on Feb. 7 at 6:30 p.m. EST. Works for me.

More Grey Cup Fallout

This is a joke post, and is not intended in any way, shape or form to suggest that there's even the remotest link between the Rider Nation and the Aryan Nation that Hitler once led. Neither is this post intended to diminish the incredible suffering, sacrifice, death and destruction that occured during the Nazi era by equating it with the simple loss of a football game. Got it? Good. (YouTube)

Pick of the Day: Me & Orson Welles

I've never seen Citizen Kane, admittedly, but I still consider myself an admirer of Orson Welles. I'm a SF fan, see, and that 1938 radio adaptation of British writer H.G. Well's The War of the Worlds that Welles did where he induced millions of Americans already spooked by the rising menace of Nazi Germany in Europe and Japan in the Far East to panic in the belief that Martians equipped with deadly "heat-rays" had invaded the U.S. is an absolute classic.

Then's there's Rita Hayworth. You have to give him that one too. He was married to her for a time, and they made The Lady From Shanghai together in 1947. The Magnificent Ambersons was another of his cinematic highlights.

Welles truly was a larger than life figure. And the actor who plays him in this period drama (Christian McKay) apparently does a fine job of capturing his verve and energy. Set in 1937, the film [which screens tonight at the RPL at 9 p.m.] opens with Welles in rehearsal at the Mercury Theatre for Broadway's first Shakespearean production -- Julius Caesar, conceived by Welles as anti-Nazi parable, and ultimately a stunning triumph.

There's some other fluff about Zac Efron being a young actor hired by Welles to play a minor role and him falling for a beautiful production assistant played by Clare Danes. My advice to you is to ignore it. Welles is the story here. Here's the trailer. (YouTube)

Also worth checking out today is the Regina Musical Club's presentation of The Schumann Letters at the University Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Held to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the composer's birth, this musical work chronicles the courtship of Schumann and his wife Clara.

1.23.2010

A Wall I Can Get Behind

Maybe this is something we should think about doing? (Onion News Network)

The Most Courageous People At The Regina Anti-Prorogue Rally

Two very friendly and polite young people who are far, far braver than the government they support.

The Regina Anti-Prorogue Rally

Protest the Prorogation Today

Today, Canada-wide protests against the prorogation are happening. If Harper's decision to shut down parliament has made you angry, you can vent some of that frustration starting at 1pm on Scarth Street Mall.

Saturday Morning Cartoon

Today's Saturday morning cartoon's theme is that of the great and mighty shark.

First up is a lame 1976 cartoon from Hanna-Barbera called Jabberjaw.

Jabberjaw is another of Hanna-Barbera's Scooby-Doo and Josie and the Pussycats knock offs that they liked to pump out. It's 2076 and Jabberjaw is a talking great white shark who is also a drummer in a band full of humans.

In the 1994, in an attempt to cash in on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles craze, DIC Entertainment came up with Street Sharks. The story has four brothers getting turned into half shark / half human crime fighting creatures. They dislike pizza though and say lamer catchphrases like "jawsome". Ugh.

Pick of the Day: Spanish Flair/Behemoth

If there are any Reginans out there with a love of both Classical and Heavy Metal music, they'll be in a bit of a quandary tonight.

At Connexus Arts Centre, the Regina Symphony Orchestra is presenting its Masterworks concert Spanish Flair with guest artists violinist Raymond Ko, soprano Sophie Bouffard and the South Saskatchewan Youth Orchestra playing works by Bizet and other Latin composers. Then at the Exchange you've got Polish metalmeisters Behemoth (pictured), with Shining and Septic Flesh in support.

Bummer, eh? Two kick-ass shows, but they're on the same night, so if you're a fan of those two admittedly diverse genres you can only catch one.

Mind you, it could be worse. How? Well, if you happened to be a Classical/Heavy Metal fan who was also a country music buff you'd be forced to choose between three gigs -- the above two, plus Alan Jackson and George Canyon at Brandt Centre. Talk about a dilemma, eh?

Mind you, again, it could be worse. Just imagine for a sec that you were a Classical/HeavyMetal/Country music fan who was also into hip hop, then you'd have to chose between four gigs -- the above three, plus a special early show at the Cathedral Village Freehouse featuring Regina's Def 3 and Vancouver's Moka Only.

Visual art fans, meanwhile, can check out the opening of Lyndal Osborne's show ab ovo at the Sherwood Village Branch Gallery at 2 p.m. Curated for the Dunlop Art Gallery by Catherine Livingstone, it explores the idea of seeds and seed banks. Look for a review in an upcoming issue of prairie dog.