By Jason Herring, January 12 2016 —
When David Bowie returned to the music industry in 2013 with The Next Day, he fared better than most aging rock stars who come back for a victory lap. Though it lacked groundbreaking … Read the rest
December 1, 2015 —
As 2015 draws to a close and album releases slow down, it’s a good time to reflect on the past year’s music and discuss the albums deserving of recognition as the year’s best.
While it’s easy … Read the rest
By Jason Herring, December 1 2015 —
Exceptional video games have dominated 2015, with titles like the post-apocalyptic Fallout 4 and the endlessly addictive car-soccer game Rocket League experiencing massive critical and commercial success.
But while major studios put out … Read the rest
By Jason Herring, December 1 2015 —
Carls Jr. opened up their first Calgary location on Dec. 1, and they invited some writers from the Gauntlet to a media event for a first-hand experience.
We happily accepted their invitation. After … Read the rest
By Jason Herring, November 26 2015 –
Fifty years ago, CBS first broadcast the Peanuts cartoon A Charlie Brown Christmas. It’s since become a Christmas staple, touching on the holiday’s over-commercialization and the winter blues as Charlie and his friends … Read the rest
By Jason Herring, November 17 2015 —
Though the annual Calgary Underground Film Festival (CUFF) doesn’t take place until April, festival coordinators are hosting CUFF.Docs, a mini-festival showcasing a diverse range of documentary films, from Nov. 19–22.
The festival began … Read the rest
By Jason Herring, November 3 2015 —
Every October, the University of Calgary’s campus and community radio station, CJSW 90.9 FM, holds their annual funding drive to raise money for station improvements. This year, the station raised just under $255,000 … Read the rest
By Jason Herring, Nov. 3 2015 —
It’s been five years since American harpist Joanna Newsom released Have One on Me, but it’s taken nearly all that time to fully unravel that record — a poetic and meticulous odyssey that … Read the rest
By Jason Herring, Nov. 3 2015 —
English novelist David Mitchell is an expert at telling stories with different voices. His most popular novel, Cloud Atlas, took six seemingly unrelated short stories occurring across several centuries to create an intricate … Read the rest
By Jason Herring, November 5, 2015 —
The University of Calgary’s Taylor Family Digital Library (TFDL) is well-equipped for students to study or work on assignments and papers. The entire library stays open until 11:00 p.m. each day, its upper … Read the rest
