The Dan-Tastic world of Dan Trouble

Local musician likes cheeseburgers

Emma Ornholt

I found out why they call her Dan Trouble. Ten minutes before our scheduled interview, I got a call from her manager telling me that Dan can’t be reached. I was worried my first interviewee had gone AWOL. Her manager then called back and told me she had just woken up, but her rabbits were hungry and desperately needed food....

Poetry competition encourages MUN’s creative writing community

Gregory J. Power poetry contest taking submissions

James McDonald

Memorial University is known for its active and engaging group of creative writers. The Gregory J. Power poetry competition, held every spring, is upcoming this month. “Contests like the Gregory J. Power Competition allow emerging poets to establish themselves as credible artists at a time when literary journals are suffering from cuts in federal arts funding,” said Lynette Adams, last...

Carey Mulligan passes the test

The new Audrey Hepburn arrives

Mildred Pierce

MUN Cinema Series This film is a totally delightful Sundance award-winning exercise in unholy seduction – a hugely refreshing spin on what is normally considered an unsavoury subject. An Education is a movie about an older man who stalks and seduces a 16-year-old girl, but there isn’t a creepy moment to be felt: Bravo for such sweet release. It’s 1961...

Cult of Persona

Old-school RPG gets a new coat of armour

Gerreth McGrath

The Shin Megami Tensei Japanese Role-Playing Game has always been golden in my eyes with its philosophical questioning of identity. When I heard that the original Persona had been ported, it pushed me to go out and get a PSP. So how does it stack up compared to its PS2 sequels? The storyline seems like standard Japanese Role-Playing Game (JRPG)...

Rocking out from New Delhi to Newfoundland

King Solomon mines St. John’s

Guruchathram Ledchumanan

Seeing the crowd at the Breezeway’s recent Rock and Metal night last Friday was like seeing the inmates take over the asylum. Skinny long-haired boys and pierced and tattooed girls in black T-shirts throbbed their necks in time to the metallic drumming. I felt like I found my army. One of the headliners responsible for the atrocities was 20-year-old MUN...

So you wanna be a photographer superstar?

Madam Internet’s YouTube picks of the Week This week I’ve decided to show you some videos about photography, since everyone and their mother thinks they’re professional photographers these days. You might expect to see something about the latest SLR, a vague explanation of the golden ratio, but instead you’re going to see some rather atypical photography methods. *Juice Box Pinhole...

Copycats imitating flattery online

Madam Internet’s YouTube picks of the week

This week’s picks are all about impostors. See look-a-likes, talk-a-likes, and even find out who you are like in these videos. Maybe sometimes imitations are better then the genuine article, or maybe not. SUB: Celebrity Look Alikes Tags: advice community dating personals random video blog wisdom celebrity look alikes www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7l7hugm8iI Here’s a fun montage of things, animals, and people that...

The best Valentine’s day songs ever

The greatest songs of heartbreaking loss

High atop the Sonic Temple, I receive the highest number of prayers to ease suffering hearts right after Valentine’s Day. The Western myth of romantic love is about as alien to popular reality as the Eastern idea of an arranged marriage. Nevertheless, some children never learn, but to ease their suffering I’ve selected a number of musical mantras to be...

Madam Internet’s YouTube Picks of the Week

Neighbourhood Dance Works asks the eternal question – so you think you can dance?

Shake what your momma gave you

Guruchathram Ledchumanan

Neighbourhood Dance Work is holding a “So You Think You Can Dance” fundraiser. Dancers can even send in YouTube videos of themselves from Feb. 1 to 14 and live auditions will be held on Feb. 21. Kelly Ann Evans will host the showcase on March 8 at the Arts and Culture Centre. The annual Festival of New Dance is Neighbourhood...

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Camping out for literacy

Two MUN students set up camp in the QEII

Julie Skinner

Four years ago, students at Queens University partnered with Room to Read, an organization that builds libraries in the developing world. Since then, the school has been hosting Live-in for Literacy, an annual event that has students camping out in some pretty unusual places – like in the backseat of a car or in the lobby of their campus library....

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