705: Great Outdoors 2009 Apr. 22, 2009
Film Reviews
Cover
Great Outdoors 2009
Vue Staff
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Front
Vuepoint
Tick, tock, tick, tock
Scott Harris
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Letters to the Editor
Vue Readers
Chernobyl: Gone fission
Looking to avoid tourist crowds this summer? Try Chernobyl, now with slightly less radiation
Doug Murray
Dyer Straight
This is class war
Gwynne Dyer
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Issues
Alberta gets it wrong (again)
Cutting infrastructure spending and focusing on P3s bucks global consensus, means less bang for the buck
Ricardo Acuña
/ http://parklandinstitute.ca
Slingshot Hip Hop
It takes an occupation to hold us back
Scott Harris
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Beyond the Meltdown
Real economics 101
Malcolm Azania
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Sex workers unite!
May Week Labour Arts Festival
Scott Harris
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Infinite Lives: Guilt and grief over RPGs
Legends of Zork
Darren Zenko
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In the Box
Goodbye, 2008-09
Signing Off
Dave Young
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Queermonton
Worth fighting for
Tamara Gorzalka
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Arts
International Dance Day: No girls, no music—no dance?
North Americans still struggle to 'get' contemporary dance. Trouble is, it doesn't want to be understood
Fawnda Mithrush
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The Wizard of Oz: Take me down to Emerald City
Jeremy Baumung has a blast in Oz, even without a brain
Bryan Saunders
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La Traviata
Heard this one? : It may not be unique, but Traviata has stuck around for good reason
Fawnda Mithrush
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Strays
Try, try again: It took a comment from a classmate to help Elyne Quan understand Strays
Paul Blinov
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Hopscotch: Kingdom come
J.G. Ballard
Josef Braun
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Some Unabashed Optimism
Successful failure: Sasaki's wit and irony aren't always enough in Some Unabashed Optimism
Adam Waldron-Blain
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Dish
To the Pint
Want some 250-year-old beer?
Of course you don't, but how about a beer with that much tradition?
Jason Foster
/ tothepint@vueweekly.com
Way of Life: Mode de Vie
Show me the way: Way of Life does it a little different, and different is pretty good
Angie Roos
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Odette Boily
Stir it up: Blender the most important tool in the box for Odette Boily
Jan Hostyn
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The Harvest Room
Venerable Edmonton mainstay keeps thing fresh
Gordon Morash
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Film
DVDetective: Donkey Punch
Hedonist hypocrisy: Drugs and death abound in Donkey Punch
David Berry
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Music
Murder by Death
The great pancake robbery: Adam Turla loses his breakfast to Shane MacGowan
James Stewart
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Eamon McGrath (includes video)
Eden Munro
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Doug Hoyer: It’s all in the past
Doug Hoyer looks back while moving on
David Berry
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Enter Sandor
Once more into the Fray
iTunes Passes: The battle for iTunes sales gets a little more complicated
Backlash Blues
Electroclash backlash?
Roland Pemberton
Melissa McClelland (includes video)
A brand new Day: McClelland unveils her latest record
Eden Munro
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The Get Down: Three years and five songs ago
After a long wait, the Get Down gets down to releasing its first EP
Bryan Birtles
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Jorma Kaukonen
Bryan Birtles
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Atmosphere
Carolyn Nikodym
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Attack in Black
Apr. 18, 2009 / Pawn Shop
Gravy
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Music Notes
Music Notes
Eden Munro
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Outdoor Adventures
Jasper: Trail less travelled
Tourist off-seasons present opportunity
Casey Blais
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Algonquin Provincial Park: Remote paddle preserve
The allure of canoe-only access in Ontario lake country
Bryen Dunn
/ bryendunn@vueweekly.com
Hinton: Working on the chain gang
Hinton bikers pitch in to build free community bike park
Jeremy Derksen
/ jeremy@vueweekly.com
Tofino: I am ‘Surf Wax America’
And so can you! Surf camps build beach mojo
Bobbi Barbarich
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Costa Rica: Going eco in the jungle
Mike Garth
/ michael@vueweekly.com
Church of bike
A look back at 75 years of cycling in Edmonton
Adam Smith
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Freeride: Open season on Rabbit
Like the Energizer Bunny, bike park keeps going and going
Jeremy Derksen
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Patagonian Wastelands: In the Patagonian wastelands
Discovering rare oases in an uninhabitable desert
Colin Cathrea
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Outdoors Insider: Fishing for wishes
Bobbi Barbarich
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Geocaching: Get your geo-senses tingling
Serena Fairbrother
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Women’s Mountain Biking
Where my ladies at?
Bobbi Barbarich
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Caribbean: Motorbiking among ‘los muertos’
A 100cc Caribbean adventure
Andrew Derksen
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Butrint: Sinking ruins of Albania
Former communist state preserves world-class hike as nature encroaches
Sheena Rossiter
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Costa Rica: Andrew and the volcano
It takes three attempts to finally reach 2906-metre summit
Andrew Derksen
/ andrew@vueweekly.com
New Sounds
Heaven and Hell
Eden Munro
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Emilie-Claire Barlow
Maria Kotovych
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Booker T
Eden Munro
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k-os
Kristina de Guzman
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Metric
Mike Angus
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Superchunk
Eden Munro
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Haikus: Quick Spins
Whitey Houston
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Dry Branch Fire Squad
Maria Kotovych
/ maria@vueweekly.com
Jay Anthony Willis
Maria Kotovych
/ maria@vueweekly.com
Great Outdoors
Jasper: Trail less travelled
Tourist off-seasons present opportunity
Casey Blais
/ casey@vueweekly.com
Algonquin Provincial Park: Remote paddle preserve
The allure of canoe-only access in Ontario lake country
Bryen Dunn
/ bryendunn@vueweekly.com
Hinton: Working on the chain gang
Hinton bikers pitch in to build free community bike park
Jeremy Derksen
/ jeremy@vueweekly.com
Tofino: I am ‘Surf Wax America’
And so can you! Surf camps build beach mojo
Bobbi Barbarich
/ bobbi@vueweekly.com
Costa Rica: Going eco in the jungle
Mike Garth
/ michael@vueweekly.com
Church of bike
A look back at 75 years of cycling in Edmonton
Adam Smith
/ adamsmith@vueweekly.com
Freeride: Open season on Rabbit
Like the Energizer Bunny, bike park keeps going and going
Jeremy Derksen
/ jeremy@vueweekly.com
Patagonian Wastelands: In the Patagonian wastelands
Discovering rare oases in an uninhabitable desert
Colin Cathrea
/ colin@vueweekly.com
Outdoors Insider: Fishing for wishes
Bobbi Barbarich
/ bobbi@vueweekly.com
Geocaching: Get your geo-senses tingling
Serena Fairbrother
/ serena@vueweekly.com
Women’s Mountain Biking
Where my ladies at?
Bobbi Barbarich
/ bobbi@vueweekly.com
Caribbean: Motorbiking among ‘los muertos’
A 100cc Caribbean adventure
Andrew Derksen
/ andrew@vueweekly.com
Butrint: Sinking ruins of Albania
Former communist state preserves world-class hike as nature encroaches
Sheena Rossiter
/ sheena@vueweekly.com
Costa Rica: Andrew and the volcano
It takes three attempts to finally reach 2906-metre summit
Andrew Derksen
/ andrew@vueweekly.com
