Month: June 2013

Pick Of The Day: The Besnard Lakes

Montreal-based, but with ties to Regina in the form of Jace Lasek (who co-founded the band with his wife Olga Goreas in 2003), the Besnard Lakes are touring in support of their latest CD Until in Excess, Imperceptible UFO which...

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R.I.P., Willie

And now for another indulgent note about a deceased pet. Willie the snake passed away last week. It’s all right: he had a good, long life and was very old. Willie was a male checkered garter snake and I bought him as an...

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Graham Clark’s Summer Plans

Graham Clark Artesian on 13th Friday 28 and Saturday 29 As a standup comedian, Graham Clark’s faced all kinds of audiences. But take a good Canadian boy like him, born and raised in Calgary but now finding his home in Vancouver,...

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