Bedouin clashes alone

By: Larissa Robyn Johnston    Post Date: Fri, 05/03/2010 - 2:03pm
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Since he's always been Jay Malinowski, it wasn't hard to go from holding the title of Bedouin Soundclash's lead singer to being a self-titled musician, Malinowski said.

And although he just released a record on his own, Bright Lights & Bruises, Malinowski is still a part of the reggae-soul band that earned many awards including a Juno in 2006 for New Group of the Year.

“It wasn't as much not wanting to do anything with Bedouin as it was just needing to do something different,” Malinowski said. “I was going through a lot of personal changes that wouldn't necessarily fit to writing with the band so I just had these songs and put out a solo record.”

The soul-folk sound of Bright Lights & Bruises reveals the singer-songwriter's more personal side and has a darker sound than Bedouin's warm beats, he said.

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Film Review: Valentine's Day

By: Valentine's Day    Post Date: Fri, 05/03/2010 - 2:02pm
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Director Garry Marshall (Pretty Woman, Princess Diaries) has taken the joy and heartbreak of the holiday to the big screen in this year’s romantic comedy Valentine’s Day.

On the most affectionate day of the year, couples set in Los Angeles express happiness, disappointment and even hostility towards the holiday. A long list of top-notch actors provides a Love Actually-esque story of seemingly independent, yet intertwining character relationships.

The film starts with Reed Bennett (Ashton Kutcher) who is engaged to Morley Clarkson (Jessica Alba).  However, Bennett ends up alone as Clarkson decides she wants to concentrate on her career — a shame to even think about.

The tone goes from exciting to unbelievable in under 30 minutes — but with their close friends constantly questioning the engagement, it makes sense that the relationship was not meant to be.  Figures there was some sort of heartbreak right off the bat to keep the audience entertained. Bennett’s best friend Julia Fitzpatrick (Jennifer Garner) is left in denial as secrets from her boyfriend, Dr. Harrison Copeland (Patrick Dempsey), are revealed.

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New light on CKCU

By: Colin Harris    Post Date: Fri, 05/03/2010 - 2:00pm
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There is a new voice on CKCU. The seven-year running Salam Ottawa, a Muslim radio show, will be replaced by Light on the Path. Although you will be able to hear the show's new DJ, you'll probably never know his name.

“I have to be careful about showing off,” said the third-year law and psychology student. “In Islam there is an understanding that showing off, called ‘riya,’ is very bad. While I am very excited about the show, I don't want my name associated with it because I don't want to show off.”

He explained the changes listeners will notice.

“The focus of Salam Ottawa was a younger audience, focused towards high school and university kids that are Muslim. When we look at the overall Muslim demographic of the national-capital region, there's about 100,000 Muslims, and so the show was leaving a lot of them behind,” he said.

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New sun rising over aboriginal experiences

By: Andrew Nguyen    Post Date: Fri, 05/03/2010 - 1:59pm
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The theme of this year’s New Sun Conference on Aboriginal Arts, “Something Else Again!” was an opportunity to educate people about aboriginal arts, experience and the community, said host Allen J. Ryan, New Sun chair of aboriginal art in culture.

The 9th annual conference was hosted in the Minto Centre and Fenn Lounge on Feb. 27.

 “We’re in a period of reclamation of rebirth and it’s an energizing time to witness the celebration of aboriginal culture,” Ryan said. “Indigenous people have a real sense of connection and creativity on the backdrop of suppression over the last century.”

At the front of the room sat an enormous mural by self-taught artist Christi Belcourt.

Belcourt, who has done an in-depth study on the medicinal uses of plants, said she wanted to transfer traditional beadwork to the canvas. With acrylic paint, Belcourt used a raised dotted pattern to mimic the floral beadwork patterns of the Métis and First Nations.

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Banjo-ing across Africa

By: Arik Ligeti    Post Date: Fri, 05/03/2010 - 1:53pm
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 Bela Fleck has been around a while, you could say.

The famed American banjo player first broke out onto the music scene back in the 1970s, before starting his successful bluegrass/jazz fusion group Bela Fleck and the Flecktones.

As of late, though, his focus has trailed off into a very different musical area.

With a year-long break from his work with the Flecktones back in 2005, Fleck headed to Africa.

“I wanted to go to where the banjo came from and interact with the musicians there,” Fleck said.

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Ottawa gets flashed

By: Andrew Nguyen    Post Date: Fri, 26/02/2010 - 5:28pm
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“If I told you the location, it would ruin the surprise,” said Emily Hollander, a second-year psychology student at Carleton who organized a freeze flash mob Feb. 12.

A flash mob is a group of people who get together and perform a spontaneous action then quickly disperse as if nothing happened.

The term, coined by Bill Wasik in 2003, “was originally an assault on hip culture,” said Kevin Bracken, the creator of interactive public art group Newmindspace.

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