Love, Elska: a Fashion Editorial by Kasia Nawrocka +Martyna Turczynowicz

FREE.WEEKLY. VOLUME 68 // ISSUE 27 // JUNE 5

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LOVE, ELSKA: A FASHION EDITORIAL BY KASIA NAWROCKA KASIA NAWROCKA

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Bucky Driedger Bucky Inside the home Inside the home of Royal Canoe’s Canoe’s Royal of Underground Film Fest Marco Castillo Marco Film Fest eg Underground Winnip Timbre Timber THE UNITER // JUNE 5, 2014 03 FINALLY. We can sit on patios, drink fancy sodas and talk about something other than frozen pipes. Well, except for the hundreds of people that still have frozen pipes, ON THE COVER they’re probably still talking. Somebody should get on that. Elska Swandell’s new t-shirt line photographed by Kasia Nawrocka Things aren’t just heating up outside, there’s a may- for the Uniter. oral race with candidate announcements and Twitter criticisms in full effect. We’re excited to bring you the student and downtown POV and find out what you look for in a candidate! Speaking of what you look for, everyone should check out our reader survey - available at uniter.ca/ feedback - as we would really like to know how you read the paper and what you want to see in it. Are you not seeing what you think you should in the paper? Want to see your name, your stories, your ideas or your point of view? We recommend that you get up and volunteer this summer - email editor@ uniter.ca for details. You can also apply for any of our nifty positions - uniter.ca/jobs - and be a part of something interesting by starting a conversation in the pages of The Uniter, beginning this fall. You don’t have to be a student to work here - so get in touch and see what we’re about. We have a number of new writers on board in this issue, including the hilarious Jane Testar, the insightful Jillian Groening, the music-championing Broose Tulloch and the investigative Hannah Foulger, each bringing their unique POV to the paper. It’s pretty exciting. We’ve also got coverage of the Jazz Fest, the Winni- peg Underground Film Fest, alternatives for what to do on Canada Day, (mostly) local album, restaurant and film reviews, and even a look inside the home of Royal Canoe’s Bucky Driedger. We’ll be back in July and August with our summer festival guides. If you’ve got a Manitoba fest you think we should cover, email [email protected] to keep us in the loop. -NJF

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 GARBAGE HOUSE? WITH JANE TESTAR @TESTARJANE WEDDING GIFTS: COVERING BUCKY’S HOUSE. THE COST OF YOUR PLATE If you’ve ever stressed about how much money to give for “presentation” at a wedding, you’re likely to receive this advice,  with the certainty of a priest repeating a commandment: “Oh, you have to at least cover the cost of your meal.” And the sermon continues: “Weddings are expensive. The couple needs to pay for the wedding and start SUPPLIED their lives together. Be not a financial drain on them, my child.” to be true, guests would require knowledge When it comes to wedding gifts, in I throw a dinner party, I don’t expect guests And so we pray forgiveness, pull out of what the happy couple is spending on Emily Post’s Etiquette: 18th Edition, the to slap down a twenty to cover the cost of our cheque books and suck up the cost of the rental space, the dinner, the decora- Posts doth proclaim: the beef tenderloin. gifts for the three weddings we’ll inevitably tions, as well as the current market price of “The amount you spend is strictly a However, I’m delighted should guests ROYAL CANOE’S BUCKY DRIEDGER PLAYS IT UP be invited to this spring/summer, spend- swordfish to accurately calculate the price matter of your budget, how close you are bring a bottle of wine, flowers, or home- ing the “appropriate” $100 to $200 a pop. of their gift. to the bride or groom, and what you think made baking. DEBORAH REMUS Jesus. Next, the rule presumes that all guests is an appropriate gift. Even if you’re aware I don’t know who started the modern Well, you disciples of cost covering eti- have the exact same annual income. of how much is being spent on the wed- myth of guest cost covering. But I assume ARTS REPORTER @DEBORAHREMUS quette… I‘m about to burst your Dollar It also presumes that everyone gives ding, you are under no obligation to spend it’s the same evil person who invented the  Store bubbles. money, when many couples still opt for more than you can afford.” chicken dance. The first half of 2014 has been pretty busy The idea of “covering the cost of your gift registries that mercifully range in price, Praise the Lord. Wedding guests, be as generous as you’re for Bucky Driedger, the 28-year-old guitar- meal”… is a modern myth. often well below the suggested $100 - $200. Technically, guests are not required to able, and go in peace. ist that, until his career took off with the On par with “needing a second dress for But forget logic for now. Believers in bring a gift at all, as the definition of a JUNO-nominated Royal Canoe, fronted the reception”, or “chewing celery burns “covering your meal” feel it would be scan- gift is something that is given voluntarily. Jane is a writer and performer with the the Western Canadian Music Award-win- more calories than it contains”. dalously rude to give less than the cost of Though as kind people, most of us do (and Winnipeg sketch comedy troupe, Hot Thespian ning Liptonians. But before you cry “blasphemy!”, con- your dinner. In that case. let us consult an want to) give gifts for happy occasions. Action, an improviser with local improv After the JUNO nom, which RC received sider the logic of this rule. etiquette expert, the Priestess of Proper Don’t forget, a wedding is still just a troupe, Outside Joke, and the host of the CBC Comedy Factory Podcast. in the Alternative Album of the Year category First, for “covering the cost of the meal” herself, Emily Post. party the bride and groom chose to host. If for its second full-length Today We’re Believ-  ers, the band appeared on NBC’s Last Call with Carson Daly and opened up a North American tour for U.K. indie rockers Bom- bay Bicycle Club, a jaunt which just wrapped up during the middle of May in Houston, Texas. “It was kind of weird being nominated, it’s not something we were expecting to happen,  but it was great to kind of show off Winnipeg to the rest of Canadian musicians and stuff,” he says. The band will keep busy on the road until November when it plans to return home and start thinking about recording a brand new disc. “We’ve been working on some new ideas already, but nothing fully formed, just min- ing ideas and seeing what happens. We’re just hanging at home for two weeks right now and then we’re heading out to do festivals all summer,” Driedger says. “I think I’m looking most forward to Bonnaroo [four day festival based in Man-  chester, Tennessee] in a few weeks. I’ve always wanted to go so I’m really excited to be there. Plus I’ll get to see Outkast, who I’ve always wanted to see.”

1) ACOUSTIC GUITAR “That is my first ever guitar that I bought with money from working at McDonald’s.”

2) RHYME & REASON “This is a book of poetry I just got from a guy who I bought a bike from off Kijiji.” NICHOLAS FRIESEN 3) TRAVEL PHOTO 5) RECORD PLAYER 7) BROKEN BIKES 9) BOOKSHELF “I went to Vietnam with my brother right after high “This is the record player Matt Schellenberg and I had “Instead of gnomes we have bikes in our garden.” “Those are all my wife’s things.” school and we drove around on those dirt bikes right at the old house on Lipton Street where we started up in the mountains.” The Liptonians and I ended up inheriting it.” 8) BANDMATE’S STUFF 10) OTHER BOOKSHELF “This is all of Matt Peters’ [Royal Canoe vocalist] and “My things have their own shelf.” 4) YANKEE HOTEL FOXTROT BY WILCO 6) LICORICE some of Matt Schellenberg’s [Royal Canoe keyboard- ON VINYL “I have a licorice drawer in my kitchen where I keep ist] belongings because I’m the only one with a Visit royalcanoe.com for tour information “This is probably the record I’ve listened to more all my licorice.” basement.” and more. times than any other record.” ARTS ARTS THE UNITER // JUNE 5, 2014 07 GOLD SOUNDS

HOT DREAMS, There’s a lot of diversity in Hearing Trees’ simplicity - you could easily slot the local quartet’s sounds onto rock radio, into a dark club, onto your favourite indie blog, or in the background COOL TREATS of the scene where the teen lovers kiss from the first time - but it’s focused. There are obvious eighth generation post punk references to be made (opener “Room For You” takes you from Timber Timbre brings new Joy Division to New Order in under five minutes) but the sounds LP to Jazz Fest seem more like sincerity than homage. “Love Oblivion” is genuinely catchy and upbeat, but the spoken-word “Kites” feels somewhat out of place after these two. Closing with the epic DEBORAH REMUS @DEBORAHREMUS “Shipwrecker”, an acoustic-driven dirge that showcases Graham Hnatiuk’s baritone, it’s a promising debut from one of Winnipeg’s ARTS REPORTER most intriguing new acts. -Nicholas Friesen Ontario blues-folk project Timber Timbre decided to get a little less dark with Hot JEFF BIERK Hearing Trees Dreams, its fifth full-length record and fol- a lot was written there in terms of musical When it came time to actually record Tim- chose Hot Dreams to sum up the record as EP low up to 2011’s JUNO nominated Creep ideas, but a lot of the words came from my ber Timbre worked at the Banff Centre a whole. Independent on Creepin’ On. reflection of that place and that landscape.” in the Rockies and the National Music “It seems more elusive, plus it came from “I really do see this record as being more There’s a definite cinematic influence, Centre in Calgary with engineer Graham a time of being really enamoured with accessible and friendly. I realize it’s still though Kirk admits that’s popped up on Lessard (The Faunt) before taking it to someone and just thinking a lot about fan- quite dark, but not quite as menacing,” previous Timber Timbre releases as well. Montreal for mixing with Mark Lawson tasy, sex, desire, America and the Ameri- Ex-Women members Matt Flegel and Michael Wallace team up frontman and founder Taylor Kirk says. “I think in the past it was more incidental (Arcade Fire). can Dream, which are all themes on the with Calgary compadres Scott Munro (Lab Coast) and Danny “I think I was just happier this time while with this time I think it was deliber- This release also sees more collaboration record.” Christiansen (Sharp Ends) to deliver another lo-fi masterpiece around, I was just feeling better and I con- ately conceptual, highlighting a certain era than in the past, with multi-instrumen- in the form of a seven song cassette EP. “Unconscious Melody” is modern-day Bowie (especially when the word “fashion” is sider I felt more confident as a songwriter, of film and Hollywood. This was the first talist Simon Trottier becoming an actual uttered) while “Static Wall” is dream pop through mono car producer and arranger.” time I really wanted a particular track to co-collaborator alongside Kirk, who is the speakers in your grandpa’s Lincoln. The EP is upbeat and honest, The record was partially inspired by the sound like a Jack Nitzsche score from One initial sole member. fun but functional, retro but progressive. One might toss off time Kirk spent in Laurel Canyon, a Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest. I was making “Songwriting has always been solitary for Timber Timbre plays Union Sound early-Walkmen meets Velvet Underground comparisons (espe- neighbourhood located in Los Angeles, some really obvious references,” he says. me, I usually have a pretty focused idea of Hall on Monday, June 16 during cially on “Structureless Design”) or call them A Place to Bury California. “Being in Laurel Canyon ignited that what I want to accomplish with a record- the Winnipeg Jazz Festival with Strangers-light (“Dark Entries”) but you get more of a sense that “I actually fell in love and followed a influence for sure, I was close to West Hol- ing going in, but Simon is such a creative Les Jupes and Andy Shauf. these guys are just making the sounds that come naturally - and that’s all we need. woman who was renting a place down lywood and we’d go down to Sunset where person and had all those ideas kicking Doors 8 pm/Show 9pm. there. It was kind of like a vacation snow- there would be a different opening every around so a lot of them naturally made it - Nicholas Friesen Tickets are $18. Visit jazzwinni- bird thing, which I had never really done night. It kind of made me lament the films onto the record.” peg.com for more information. before. I was mostly just resting while look- I loved when a very different kind of cin- Beat the Drum Slowly was the initial work- Viet Cong ing at the songs and assembling ideas. Not ema was coming from there.” ing title, but in the end Timber Timbre Cassette Mexican Summer

SINGING This new EP from one of Winnipeg’s youngest folk vets, Raine Hamilton (Claire Morrison, Red Moon Road), serves up a healthy meal in just three tracks. “Time” is an upbeat stomper, fleshed WITHOUT PAUSE out by a full band, while “January” is as pretty as a brooder can get - complimented by menacing strings and balanced out by Marco Castillo plays a free Hamilton’s sugary vocals. “My Own Way” is kind of timeless - it could easily be placed over a montage in a period flick, an epi- show (and not just for the sode of Due South or an indie romcom out this summer. Lyrically, Hamilton’s work seems personal, but it’s nothing groundbreaking birds) (which isn’t a bad thing). While folk is a genre for the wordsmith, it’s also a medium for the player and the singer. Hamilton is BROOSE TULLOCH @BADBROOSE certainly skilled in all areas, but nothing immediately jumps out at you, which could work against her in Winnipeg’s overpopulated VOLUNTEER STAFF folk scene. - Nicholas Friesen Marco Castillo’s music is as warm and Raine Hamilton inviting as his personality. Small Packages “I love Winnipeg,” he says, “and despite Independent the cold it is such a nice place to live; the people are so welcoming and there are so SUPPLIED many options for restaurants, parks, and entertainment.” “In 2007 I got the opportunity to vol- “And now they have a Latin night!” sings without pause between the words, Castillo and his band Brazilian Beats are unteer because of my experience as a His 2012 followup album, the samba “becomes beleza beleza - beauty in Portu- It’s fitting that each song on this record would fit nicely next one of the standout entertainment options musician and backstage, so I was helping laden Trip To Brazil fared even better, win- guese. I had my song.” to Greg Macpherson’s “Remote Control” (or any of the singer/ at this year’s TD Winnipeg International during the day and at night I ran all over ning a Western Canadian Music Award Zabele was released in March 2014; it’s A songwriter’s mellower material) as this Winnipeg trio’s debut full Jazz Festival. You can see them live Friday to the shows.” for World Recording of the Year. The warm mix of Brazilian jazz and world length comes out on his Disintegration Records label. Over nine June 13 as a part of the free opening week- As he was about to learn, there was ever-humble Castillo credited his former music, a wonderful break from the coldest songs and nearly 50 minutes, singer/guitarist Jesse Hill lulls you end in Old Market Square. already a buzz about Marco Castillo. bandmates. winter in a century. into submission with a collection of slow-nodding musical waves, Whether he’s playing solo, leading a “I remember walking into the King’s “I was spoiled because I played with great backboned by his strong songwriting. When things do pick up, it’s only slightly, with “Since We Last Talked” easily being the most band, or volunteering, Castillo has been Head and introducing myself to Steve drummers back in Brazil, and for Brazilian upbeat, but still reminiscent of the slowest of the slow by such involved with JazzFest since 2007, less than Kirby, and he said right away, “I heard a lot music you need to have a really accurate beloved ‘90s outfits as the Inbreds and Pavement. With some a year after arriving in Winnipeg from Bra- of good things about you!” Castillo recalls. sense of rhythm,” Castillo explains. “There subtle diversity (“Nearwater” has some deadly soundscapes) the zil. “I thought to myself, Wow, he is the are so many aspects that make Brazilian disc works, but the songs also suffer due to their length (ranging “In 2006, after living for decades in Rio head at the Jazz Program at U of M! And Jazz unique, not only the accent on the Marco Castillo & Brazilian Beats play a free set at Old Market from four to eight minutes) and lack of diversity. If you’re in the de Janeiro, a city with 14 million people if he is saying that? Looks like I’m doing rhythms, that it’s hard to define in words.” Square on Friday, June 13 at right headspace, these beautiful freaks will creep up on you and you count the whole region, I was looking well!” For Castillo, the words usually follow 7:30pm as part of the TD Winnipeg keep you safe. for a small city,” Castillo says, “and I had The following spring he released his the music’s lead. international Jazz Festival. - Nicholas Friesen family from Guatemala living [in Winni- debut album Brazilian Season, topped the While working on a song for what Marco’s new record, Zabele, is Slow Dancers peg] who offered initial support.” college radio charts, and made the move would become his third album, he kept available now. Day After Rain He immediately got right down to busi- from volunteer to performer. repeating the melody on his guitar, “and Disintegration Records Visit marcocastillo.ca for more ness, playing every show and with every “[That summer] I had my debut at zabele, zabele, zabele just came out,” he information. artist he could, spreading the sounds of JazzFest with my band Brazilian Beats and sang. Zabele is a bird native to northern Brazilian jazz. I have played every year since,” he says. Brazil. “And zabele, zable, zabele,” he THE UNITER // MAY 8, 2014 08 SPECIAL FEATURE

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MANAGING EDITOR “BEING YOUNG AND SEEING THE WORLD FROM A YOUNG PERSON’S EYES community theater stage hand that’s trying to branch out” is how “ Elska Swandel, creator of local T-shirt line Love Elska, describes GIVES ME A REALLY FRESH PERSPECTIVE her style. “Recently I’ve been leaning towards more undone things, A I really like layering. I wear black almost all the time and if I wear FOR DESIGNING CLOTHES” colour it’s usually just a pop.” - ELSKA SWANDEL When Swandel, 18, started her line she notes that “it was definitely younger, very girly and aimed at cutesy teenage girls.” Lately, her style has evolved into “a more urban, electric, grungy look” and she wants the new shirts to reflect that. “It’s really quirky, a little grungier, a little more urban.” She doesn’t have to look far for inspiration. “I have insight to who I’m marketing to, because they’re my friends,” she says. “I am really lucky because I get to take inspiration from people I hang out with.” Swandel describes her friends as “contemporary young people that have an individual sense of style that doesn’t necessarily fit or is a little off,” and as people who find that “happy medium by not sacrificing their comfort for their personal style, and still express who they are with clothing. “Being young and seeing the world from a young person’s eyes gives me a really fresh perspective for designing clothes,” Swandel says, adding that “being immersed in youth culture, knowing what’s going on and bouncing off of that ” is where she gets her laid back look. It’s paying attention to what those around her are doing and discovering new things that allows her creativity to really flow. Ultimately, she wants the Love Elska line to be something that grows with her. “As I grow and my personal style and interests shift, I want the brand to keep shifting too,” she says. “I named it after myself, which was kind of weird, but now I have this connection to it. I want to keep it growing with me. ”

Elska Swandel’s latest collection will be sold at Paramix in Osborne Village starting June 25th. SING-ALONG- FILMS Six bands that should make like the Beatles and get on-screen for NICHOLAS FRIESEN @NICHOLASTRONAUT Working MANAGING EDITOR Whether or not Kanye West and Bret Easton Ellis are making a Yeezus film, we’re anxious to get more bands making movies in the vein of The Beatles in A Hard Days Night, The Monkees in Head, Run- D.M.C. in Tougher Than Leather, The Clash and The Pogues in Straight to Hell Students and The Ramones in Rock n Roll High School. Sure, the Flaming Lips gave us the painful Christmas on Mars and actors appear in films all the time, but let’s bring this genre back. Here is what we think might work.

THE BAND - TEGAN AND SARA of place as the kooky manager. The film -The Con, a heist caper/identity Musical moments - In the same way they hav- swap flick about two long lost sisters, thrust en’t recorded together in years, the band doesn’t together by the opportunity to revenge-rob the actually appear on screen together, but their songs man responsible for separating them at birth - play throughout, including the unreleased b-side their father (George Clooney). “Heaven is Denim and Suede”. THE CREW - Based on the final script by the Budget - $100,000 (shot on DSLR). late Frank Pierson (and doctored by Skip Woods) Critics say - “A meditative piece about what the flick is directed by photographer Autumn de it means to grow up buzzworthy, but casting the Greg Jennifer Greg Sharon James Wilde, who makes the jump from music videos to band members as themselves over a decade into Selinger Howard Dewar Blady Allum features here. their careers is a gigantic misstep. Coppola should The cast - George Clooney as the father, Olivia stick to working with his sister and father.” MLA for St. Boniface MLA for Fort Rouge MLA for Selkirk MLA for Kirkfield Park MLA for Fort Wilde as the woman who comes between the Release: Premiered out of competition at Premier of Manitoba 204-946-0272 204-482-7066 204-832-2318 Garry-Riverview sisters Quin, and Eugene Levy as the kooky uncle. Cannes, played New York and LA, VOD. Received a 204-237-9247 JenniferHoward.ca 1-855-695-1361 SharonBlady.ca 204-475-2270 Musical moments - The band’s tunes play Criterion Collection DVD. GregSelinger.ca GregDewar.ca JamesAllum.ca throughout (along with “hits” by Elliott Smith and Spoon), and there’s a karaoke scene in act two THE BAND - HAIM that brings the long lost sisters a little bit closer, The film -Don’t Save Me, a romcom about but this one leans of the side of drama without a married couple (Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig) who breaking the fourth wall. can’t conceive, resulting in the hire of the sisters Budget - $22 million. Haim as surrogates, but the couple worries the Critics say - “The Quin sisters’ star keeps ris- band’s meteoric rise to fame will compromise ing with this surprisingly calculated and beautifully the pregnancies, so they accompany the girls shot thriller.” on tour. Hilarity ensues. Release - Wide. The crew - First-time director Viggo Mortensen seems an odd choice, but the script THE BAND - WILCO by onetime SNL writer John Mulaney is can’t Peter Ron Nancy Dave The film -Art of Almost, an indie dramedy lose. Bjornson Lemieux Allan Gaudreau about teenage brothers (played by Jeff Tweedy’s The cast - The band members play loose real-life sons, Spencer and Sam) and the summer versions of themselves, with Taylor Lautner, MLA for Gimli MLA for Dawson Trail MLA for St. Vital MLA for St. Norbert they’ll never forget. 204-642-4977 204-878-4644 204-237-8771 204-261-1794 Dane DeHaan and Patton Oswalt as their The crew - Penny Marshall comes out of retire- boyfriends. Mortensen cameos as a gynaecol- 1-866-253-0255 Ron-Lemieux.ca NancyAllan.ca DaveGaudreau.ca ment to direct a script by James Franco (“He’s the PeterBjornson.ca ogist, while Eugene Levy is the band’s kooky voice of his generation!” the one time Laverne and manager. Shirley actress told E-Talk on the Toronto set). Musical moments - Everyone blasts The cast - Tweedy plays the father to his sons, through the fourth wall in this one, breaking Leslie Mann plays his wife and Tavi Gevinson is the into song at any given moment. Lautner’s girl next door. The band appears in “uncle” roles, cover of the Twin Peaks classic “Just You” and Eugene Levy is Wilco’s kooky manager. comes at just the right moment. Musical moments - The Tweedy family Budget - $40 million. garage acts as a drop in for various characters Critics say - “This absurdist comedy is to jam with drummer Spencer. Everyone from J more Head than Help, and it won’t do much to NJ Mascis to former Yuck frontman Daniel Blumberg hurt (or help) the Haim sisters’ career, but it’s Budget - $200 million pop up in minor roles, some invented for the film. audition to be in his “band”, but Uncles Nels, John, a fun watch. Oswalt delivers a star turn as Este’s Critics say - Preview screeners were to be Sebastien Grainger plays David, who finds and Mohinder Matt Flor Kerri Pat, Glenn and Mikael steal the show with a rousing Twitter-obsessed boyfriend.” sent out in November 2004, but were delayed upon loses the love of his life, Veronica (Emily Haines) in cover of Steve Miller’s “Jet Airliner”. Release - Wide. ODB’s death. an explosion. Leslie Feist plays Vivian Benson, who Saran Wiebe Marcelino Irvin-Ross Budget - $3 million. Release - The film remains unreleased, though warns David not to trust the narrator, Octavio St. MLA for The Maples MLA for Concordia MLA for Logan MLA for Fort Richmond Critics say - “Wilco is the most famous Amer- THE BAND - WU-TANG CLAN HBO secured the broadcasting rights in 2006. Laurent (Hugh Dillon). Eugene Levy plays David’s 204-632-7933 204-654-1857 204-788-0800 204-475-9433 ican band that’s never had a hit - and there’s no The film -A Very Wu-Tang Christmas, kooky uncle. MohinderSaran.ca MattWiebe.ca FlorMarcelino.ca KerriIrvinRoss.ca telling if this film will be it for them. Nevertheless, loosely based on the story of the birth of Christ. Musical moments - Metz fills in for Fucked it’s a delight for all ages.” But with Wu-Tang in New York City in 1999. THE BAND - METZ Up as the house band, leaving Grainger and Dillon Release - Limited/festivals. The crew - Jim Jarmusch co-directs with RZA, work- The film -David Comes to Life, the big to deliver the bulk of the songs. The film is notable ing off a script by David Shore (TV’s House). screen adaptation of Fucked Up’s lightbulb factory for showcasing the final on-camera performance of THE BAND - THE STROKES The cast - Shot in 1999, the film features the entire love story/rock opera. In the tradition of Sgt. the late Nash the Slash in a “duelling loop pedals” The film -Take It Or Leave It, a biopic Wu-Tang clan, including the late (but still alive at Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Fucked Up do battle with Oscar nominee Owen Pallett. starring one-time it boys The Strokes as quasi-ver- the time) Ol’ Dirty Bastard as Big Baby Jesus, a rap- not appear in the film. Budget - $1 million (Telefilm/Canada Council/Factor sions of themselves. per who doesn’t believe in Christmas. He is visited The crew - CanRock’s resident auteur Bruce grants) The crew - Longtime collaborator Roman by three ghosts (RZA, GZA and Method Man) who McDonald directs a script by Exclaim editor James Critics say - “The brilliant source material Coppola is looking to put A Glimpse Inside the Mind explain to him that he is the son of God. Eugene Keast, adapted from the original album (though is hit and miss in this interpretation, but it’s not of Charles Swan III behind him, directing a script Levy is credited on IMDB as Santa, though these the musical is set in 1970s England, the filmmak- the fault of the cast, crew, or even McDonald - it’s written by frontman Julian Casablancas. scenes are rumoured to be cut. ers chose to set it in present day Toronto, with purely on the shoulders of Fucked Up, who refused The cast - It’s mostly the band and their friends, Musical moments - Reportedly, it’s mostly McDonald noting “It’s a story that transcends space to appear.” giving the film a realist/docudrama feel. Mekhi performance footage and montage (basically one and time”). Release - Movie Central and Air Canada have the Phifer plays the wise neighbour who tells them to long music video) with a lot of full-frontal nudity The cast - Mostly musicians, though a few rights to the film, but McDonald has been known to go for the big time, while Eugene Levy seems out and martial arts. actors (Sarah Gadon, Shane West, Russell Peters) screen a director’s cut at warehouse parties. 14 THE UNITER // JUNE 5, 2014 CULTURE THE UNITER // JUNE 5, 2014 15 FILM HUGGING POLAR BEARS AND OTHER ADVENTURES SUPPLIED OF TRUTH AND MAGIC Canada Day: From Eh to Zed MELANIE DAHLING @SUGARDAHLING Plays June 25 & 26 at Winnipeg Cinematheque Wiebe is a unique and exhilarating filmmaking While doing some research on Of Truth and voice, blurring the lines between photography, BEAT REPORTER Magic, the new short film by Winnipeg director/ puppetry and animation to create a tactile puppeteer/musician Curtis L. Wiebe, I came cinema of light, shadows, and smoke that feels across the following quote from Julian Barnes: simultaneously classical and outside of time Every year we feel compelled to do, well… German documentary A flea’s skin would be too big for you is just one of the many SUPPLIED “…love is the meeting point of truth and entirely. something for Canada Day. Why not? We insane things you’ll see at WUFF 2014. magic. Truth, as in photography; magic, as in Wiebe wears his influences on his sleeve, live in a great country, and it’s always nice ballooning.” Despite the straightforward nature and they cover all of film history. His playful to have an excuse to get day-drunk. Like of the quote, and the fact that at least one magic recalls George Méliès. His creepy surre- most people, you probably leave plans to moment in the film involves both photography alism evokes Buñuel and Dali’s collaborations. the last minute then end up getting jostled and balloons, I still asked myself, “Could it be a The spy elements are equal parts ‘50s sci-fi around Osborne Village for a few hours. NJ coincidence? What does it mean!?” and The Manchurian Candidate. Greywooly is While there are a lot of way cool events CATS OF THE AVANT-GARDE This is a testament to the phantasma- straight out of Tintin. But he’s not making ref- in the Village, The Forks, and Assiniboine in the last 19 years, it’s likely the crew at chip in a few bucks. That way you can get and put vinegar on your fries. It might gorical power of this truly wonderful film. erences - he’s an original and unique filmmaker Park- maybe this year you’re looking for Winnipeg’s Archangel Fireworks was some really cool stuff.” not be the most patriotic thing to do- but Wiebe’s story involves an investigation by with the history of cinema running in his veins. something new. responsible for it. While their show at The you’ll spread a little Canadian cheer and AND OTHER WORKS CANADIAN STEREOTYPE the Department of Unusual Occurrences, a Hear this: nearly six months into 2014, Of Forks is always incredible there’s no deny- pick up some Vanilla Coke for your next MINI MANITOBA ROAD TRIP CHALLENGE! clandestine organization searching for an agent Truth and Magic is the best film of the year thus ing the appeal of making things go bang wedding social along the way. The Winnipeg Underground Film Fest is back (Andrea Kampen) who disappeared while on the far. It packs more ideas and creativity into its Craving a change of scenery on a small on your very own. JD Renaud, devoted Be the most Canadian person you can pos- Or just smoke something fun and watch trail of magician Autumn Greywooly (Wiebe). 20 minutes than any Canadian feature this year. budget? You may be familiar with what employee of Archangel, has a few tips sibly be for one day: Kids in the Hall. For your country. @THOMASPASHKO notes, barely hiding her excitement over Winnipeg’s street festivals have to offer, before you light that fuse. -Wear plaid. Wear a toque. Wear a plaid THOMAS PASHKO Wiebe’s filmmaking is firmly in the tradition Of Truth and Magic premieres at Cinema- what may be the fest’s weirdest content. of such Winnipeg Film Group legends as Guy theque on June 25 preceded by a program but there are a lot of fun events going on “First thing is you need a permit to do toque! VOLUNTEER STAFF “It’s honing in on this whole YouTube Maddin and John Paizs, utilizing cinematic of Wiebe’s earlier shorts and a short doc just outside our city. Selkirk claims to host them in the city, and it needs to be on your -Play street hockey. cat craze. The spirit animal of the Inter- language and conventions of bygone eras to about him. The same program plays June Manitoba’s best fireworks show, and also own property. However, if you’ve got a cot- -Eat back bacon dipped in maple syrup. net. So these are an experimental take on explore surreal and magical themes. But he’s 26. offers wrestling and a sand castle building tage or something outside the city limits, -Over pronounce your vowel sounds. A word like “underground” can mean a cutesy cat videos.” not just cribbing the style of his predecessors; contest. Gimli hasn’t released any offi- you’re cool to do pretty much whatever.” -Hug a polar bear. For fun alternatives on Canada lot of different things to different people. “It ranges from 1940s early avant- cial details, but has provided many kid- Renaud goes on to say that while they -Hug Rick Moranis. Day, visit But for the wizards behind the Winnipeg garde cinema to modern stuff that’s THOMAS PASHKO friendly activities in the past. Up for an have a many kinds of fireworks for sale, -Invite him to a kegger in an igloo you thompson.ca Underground Film Festival (WUFF), more tongue-in-cheek, to other stuff eight hour drive? Thompson has teamed the “in the air and go boom” variety are built with your bare hands. now in its second year, it means inclu- that might not even be intended as art,” up with Folklarama to organize a free show generally the most popular. You can have cityofselkirk.com sion. Zeghers continues. featuring globally influenced acts. some fun for $50, but it’s best to pool your AMBASSADOR FOR A DAY gimli.ca “We did an open call for films this “Cats morphing into croissants,” Fitz- resources. “Average shows people buy from Drive down to the states (bonus if you can archangelfireworks.com year,” festival co-founder Scott Fitzpat- patrick hints. BLOW SOMETHING UP us are about $100-$150… the best idea is to get a Kinder egg past customs). Be polite, rick explains to me over a pear-and-wal- Zeghers is also excited for the If you’ve taken in a local fireworks display get a group of people together and you all show them your plastic rainbow money nut-salad at the Yellow Dog Tavern. “In acclaimed 47-minute German docu- that we asked for moving-image works mentary A flea’s skin would be too big for that deviate from traditional cinematic you by Anja Dorienden and Juan David forms. Basically, something different González Monroy. “It’s about The King- from what you’re used to seeing.” dom of Dwarves, this amusement park His partners, filmmakers Aaron in China. All these little people live and Zeghers and Rhayne Vermette nod in work in a theme park. It’s this great doc- feel that’s coming across now.” agreement. “It’s not going to be just one umentation of their lives as performers YOU’LL GET The second piece is a solo Elliott created type of experimental,” Zeghers explains. and their downtime living in this weird for herself called “Get Served”, about her “It’s not all going to be 16mm black and housing facility.” time spent serving in restaurants, which white, it’s not all one thing. What does It’s the creators’ hope that their fest SUPPLIED SERVED was made last fall in Toronto under the define it is that they’re films produced can bring some fun experiments like mentorship of future dance legend Susie by independently driven artists. There’s these to a broader audience in Win- TEENAGE Winnipeg dancer Alexandra Burpee. no studio, no producer, no costume or nipeg, a city with a great tradition of Elliott takes Fringe show “The challenge [for the piece] was: how makeup department. It’s all DIY stuff experimental cinema. Plays June 5-8 at Winnipeg Cinematheque rometer of the most gullible viewers. do you work with props, how do you work with music, lighting, costume, makeup, all that doesn’t normally get the recognition “I think there’s an idea among people Is everyone else sick of teenage romanticism, or And the narration. Ugh. A collection of to T.O. or respect it deserves.” who haven’t experienced it that it’s aca- is it just me? For decades, the parlance of teen actors, including Jena Malone and Ben Whishaw of these things that really support a solo.” It will be Elliott’s first time producing a “Experimental is just a mode,” Fitz- demic and it’s not fun. But the truth is, films has been a deadly serious tone suggesting (obviously in their 30s), speak not as specific JILLIAN GROENING @JODIELAYNE patrick adds. “We’re focused on the especially in Winnipeg, we create some that everything that is happening to us right teens in a specific time, but as some sort of Fringe show on her own, but that pressure seems to be helping – not hindering – her community aspect of it. It’s a bunch of of the most fun experimental films in all now is very important. Even when I was a teen- all-encompassing personification of teenage VOLUNTEER STAFF people in a dialogue.” the world. We kind of pride ourselves on ager (which wasn’t that long ago) this attitude identity, or something obnoxious like that. ability to thrive. “It feels like I’m wearing 35 different Last year’s inaugural festival was the idea of fun formalism.” never spoke to me. Maybe it’s personal taste, Whatever movement they’re outlining (flappers, LEIF NORMAN self-curated, but this year the three but it never reflected my teenage experience, swing dancers, etc), they provide no insight Alexandra Elliott is a three-year veteran hats,” Elliott says calmly, despite the senti- opened the fest to any and all filmmak- and anyone who operated with a Breakfast Club- into individuality or the growing experiences of the Winnipeg Fringe Festival, and this accessible rather than abstract, movement the solo will be a little more in that world, ment. “It’s so rewarding. I think this is the ers. “I was so excited to do the open call,” level of self-seriousness seemed silly. that teen years are actually about. Instead, summer she’ll be injecting a healthy dose only pieces,” the dancer says. but also expressing a lot of dance and phys- highest stress I’ve ever felt.” Fitzpatrick says. “It was funny watching Maybe that’s why Matt Wolf’s Teenage feels like they make vague proclamations about how of contemporary dance to the local and the A graduate of the School of Contem- icality, and the quartet moves into a very Part of that stress is from the logistics how it came in. We opened the call in such a cynical act of pandering. This documen- revolutionary their fads are. Toronto festivals. porary Dancers in affiliation with the contemporary dance place.” of touring as a dance group “gypsy style,” November, and it closed at the end of tary from the director of Wild Combination: A But the film does everything to undercut “There’s an interesting statistic about University of Winnipeg, she’s been danc- Hilary Crist, Janelle Hacault, Lise renting a car, driving to Toronto, paying March. And around January or Febru- Portrait of Arthur Russell combines archival the historical importance of the movements it there being such a tiny percentage of peo- ing and choreographing professionally for McMillan, and Elliott herself will perform for gas, and, hopefully, eating. You can ple that go to the ballet, the theatre, the 10 years. While most of her earlier work the quartet, titled “When All Is Said”. help relieve some of it by donating to AE ary, I was like, ‘Oh no, we barely have a The second annual Winnipeg Under- materials, new footage, and saccharine celebrates. A score by Deerhunter’s Bradford opera, dance, and that most people stay in was created through Young Lungs Dance It’s an intense, physical work surround- Dance at aedance.wix.com/aedance. hundred movies. We’re not gonna have ground Film Fest takes place June narration to illustrate the beginnings of teenage Cox, while interesting, means the sequences enough.’” 27-29 at the Frame Arts Warehouse culture and youth movements, from turn-of- about jazz don’t contain any jazz music. The their little tube of arts and don’t cross pol- Exchange, Elliott has also presented many ing what Elliott calls tribal creatures. “And then we got 800,” Vermette says (318 Ross Ave). the-century to WWII. A lot of the archival film bravery of anti-fascist resistance groups is linate,” Elliott says. of her dance works through the Winnipeg “We don’t really feel human, and it’s our with a sigh. and photos is actually pretty interesting. But reduced to generic angst. “We’re all teens, we’re For contemporary dance shows to be Fringe Festival. last dying need to tell our stories,” she says. It’s a hell of a workload, but it’s bring- that makes the tacky new footage stick out like the same,” isn’t an interesting observation. delving into the theatre world is not only The two pieces Elliott is touring to “They’re not specific stories, they’re these Visit winnipeguff.com for more good for the performers, but also for the Toronto work well together in a Fringe epic tales passed down from our great great ing some unique and hilarious cinema to information. a sore thumb. It’s obviously modern, but it’s Individual accomplishments are. Teenage takes Alexandra Elliott will be performing our city, with three nights of shorts pro- all been filtered and desaturated to look ade- the wrong approach, and makes thrilling history audience. venue because “they’re just such different grandmothers and it needs to be expressed “Get Served” as part of the Bring grams and performances planned. quately Instagram’d to satisfy the hipness-ba- seem boring. “Contemporary dance right now is pieces,” Elliott says. “In Fringe festivals before the end of the world. Your Own Venue series at the “One program we’re doing is called starting to involve more props, more vocal- most of the time the audience is predom- “The movement is the meaning. The Winnipeg Fringe Festival this July. Cats of the Avant-Garde,” Vermette THOMAS PASHKO ization, exploration of themes that are inantly from the theatre world, so I think meaning is in the movement and I really CITY JUNE 5, 2013 17

WHAT’S UP DOC? Green Carrot Juice is feeding Winnipeg’s health food frenzy

RAEGAN HEDLEY ing; it encompasses everything,” co-owner was darting around offering people sam- minerals, and enzymes, than other tradi- Johnny Kien says. ples of their smoothies. I tried the best tional juice”, according to GC’s website. During my first visit, my partner and green smoothie ever ($6.50), and it lived Whether you are a health food fanatic, or I wanted to try the cold-pressed juice. I up to the name, while being green in just want to feel like one for a day, Green RAEGAN HEDLEY @RAEGJULES picked Summer Squeeze ($8.50) for me, colour, all you can really taste is the mango Carrot is a must. and he got Morning Greens ($9). With and the pineapple. VOLUNTEER STAFF strawberry, watermelon, pineapple, and The Monkey Business smoothie has a mint, Summer Squeeze is a burst of fla- light coconut taste to it, and is much more Walking into Green Carrot off of the bus- vor, and every item in it comes through in watery than the other smoothie I got to tling streets of Osborne village is almost the flavor of the juice. For the Hardcore sample; but it still had a great refreshing like taking a deep breath in. The calming Greens, I wouldn’t recommend this one if quality about it. The brownie – made in Hours green walls and reclaimed wood make the you aren’t a fan of mint (which my partner house – blew me out of the water. It was Mon – Fri : 7am-8pm JODIE LAYNE place warm and inviting, and the staff isn’t). The colour is a little intimidating – moist, decadent, and topped with toasted Sat : 10am-8pm greet you immediately to ask if this is your a dark rich green - but once you get past coconut for crunch; it is vegan, gluten WINNER: Toppings: 8/10 Sun : 11am-7pm first time. No matter how busy it gets, that, this is the perfect juice for the health free, nut free, and more or less guilt free. SMOKE’N BOB’S The standard ketchup, mustard, relish, onions, kraut, banana they take the time to explain the juicing food junkie. The only thing that is a bit of a bummer The Richardson Building at the corner of Portage and Main peppers, pickles setup with the addition of BBQ sauce, Srira- process, and make recommendations to On another hot summer day, I visited is the prices – for two large bottles of juice 132 Osborne St. I spotted a lineup at this cart, which I didn’t expect, and cha, mayo and OLIVES. I don’t know who needs olives on their almost every customer. But hey – the writ- them solo late in the afternoon and they you’ll be out a 20 – but you’re really paying (204) 691-0771 realized soon that it was with good reason: this was the best hot dog, but if you’re that one olive-lovin’ person: get thee to ing is on the giant chalkboard wall. had run out of the cold-pressed juice, so for the best quality product possible. An dog, by FAR. It was an organized operation, with one guy in D.D. Dogs. Follow Green Carrot on Twitter @ HOT DIGGITY “Our philosophy is right on our wall. I opted for a Monkey Business smoothie important tip: be sure to go early if you the front of the cart to take your money and provide you with GreenCarrotWPG Dawg: 8/10 an ice cold pop and/or chips while shouting your order to We believe in fresh, local, handcrafted, ($6.50) and a quinoa cacao brownie want the cold-pressed juice because they Strangely, everyone in line behind and in front of me ALSO someone I will refer to as “The Grill Master”. The toppings on real juice, and putting your best foot for- ($5.00), for a snack. While I was waiting tend to sell out fast. The juice is preserva- DANG got a veggie dog. Which was good for them, because they this one knocked it out of the park and the bun and dog were ward. There’s another way of healthy liv- co-owner/ex-Blue Bomber Obby Khan tive free, and is filled with “more vitamins, were fresh, cooked butterflied AND cut in half to fill the whole both noticeably fresh. Jodie Layne’s hot dog adventure length of the bun. It’s the small things when it comes to hot Bun: 10/10 dogs, you guys. Plus, they were the day’s cheapest at $3.50. Toasted to perfection and doughy in the middle - all you could JODIE LAYNE @JODIELAYNE Chip/Pop Selection: 7/10 ask for from a hot dog bun. Miss Vickie’s AND Hickory Sticks. They really went for it on this VOLUNTEER STAFF Toppings: 11/10 one. In the age where everyone’s a foodie, there’s something to Atmosphere/crowd: 8/10 be said for going the extra mile. They had crispy fried onions, which never came, from a house in the From the Latin music blasting out of the cart’s speakers to Hot dogs have been a staple in feeding a crowd salsa, kraut, onions, jalapenos, banana peppers, relish, simu- West End. When the residents informed the mats they set down on the Traffic Courts ledges FOR quickly since approximately forever. I’m pretty sure lated bacon bits, ketchup, mustards (including the PC Brand HANDI- Handi, customer service said the driver had OUR COMFORT, D.D. Dogs was straight up making an effort. cave people were eating their skewered mastodon Sweet with Heat, which is your new favorite mustard), honey tried the door but it was locked and no one And it worked. My hot dog eating experience was downright with fermented cabbage on top, even. Until last year mustard sauce, Sriracha, and lime chipotle freaking aioli. This was there. The six residents uphold they had pleasant. Light crowd, but pretty chill. TRANSIT my last memories of hot dogs were damp, slightly is some next-level stuff. been waiting with their friend, and the door Overall: 8/10 warm, napkin-wrapped soggy buns curled around was unlocked. A week later, when a driver Dawg: 7/10 a slightly rubbery, boiled little mystery meat-filled BLUES pulled up to the same house, for the same My veggie dog was average and not butterflied or spiral cut AVOID: tubes. They were passed out at birthday parties and client, two of the residents went outside (like the regular dogs). Those beef dogs and smokies looked YEWCH’S sports windups, topped with a squirt of yellow mus- to set up the removable wheelchair ramp, EXCELLENT and my inquires resulted in favorable reviews and Outside the Mountain Equipment Co-op building Clients frustrated with tard and a squiggle of ketchup. however, less than a minute later , the driver the word ‘juicy’ more than once. To be fair, my friend Shoni had only said she liked this cart Hot dog carts have been a staple of the downtown booking systems, drivers and left. Again, her friends filed complaints, but Chip/Pop Selection: 7/10 because it’s right outside her office and she sees its arrival as Winnipeg lunch rush. With its formerly restrictive never heard back. Standard selection, but on a cute and convenient rack. Also: +1 a sign of summer. The gent running this little operation was lack of respect street vendor laws, hot dog and fry carts/trucks were Jesse Turner, Accessibility Advisor at the pt for Dr. Pepper. friendly, but I was just not that into this dog at all. basically the only players in the street meat game. As University of Winnipeg, suggests that the Atmosphere/crowd: 5/10 Bun: 4/10 @ALITTLESPACED SUPPLIED a long-time vegetarian and new vegan, moving into HANNAH FOULGER service could be improved if the drivers Very professional/office-y crowd with soft-rock hits from the Stale-ish, dry, and untoasted. the city didn’t come with an appreciation for the art changes to the policy have made it difficult band travel alone on a large bus intended received training about how to work with ‘90s/early 2000s. Security guards/downtown BIZ everywhere. I of a street-side hot dog. In the past year or so, though, Toppings: 11/10 VOLUNTEER STAFF for her adjust to life’s curveballs. for many people, burning fuel on just two people with disabilities. walked and dogged on this one. I’ve realized there’s something to be said for sitting Basic with a few fancy mustards, including my beloved Sweet According to Michelle Findley at the clients. Although it can be annoying when Although Handi-Transit is a much val- on a curb or bench with some starch and some pro- Overall: 10/10 Would eat again, perhaps on a nice Albert with Heat. In Winnipeg, a city in which “winter only City of Winnipeg’s media department, the drivers hurry them into starting their trip 15 ued service, all three clients also agreed that tein smothered in various (usually pickled) toppings. St. Bench. service” had to be extended until the end of service receives over 1,800 requests a day. minutes early by ringing the doorbell, both the booking system could be improved. Dawg: 7/10 Mostly grilled up to order, with signs proudly boast- Dry and old tasting. Definitely a little overcooked, which might April this year, Handi-Transit is an invalu- “Late booking requests that were being Knight and Kehler appreciate most drivers Turner suggests an online booking program RUNNER UP: ing that they serve Old Country Sausage dogs, there’s also be due to the fact this was a one-man operation and able service, especially during those harsh manually added to the schedule were caus- for their “patience, diligence and grace”, would make the process easier, which could D.D. DOGS something so satisfyingly simple about eating a child- there was a lineup of people wanting Cokes after. winter months. Handi-Transit provides ing delays, adding to the workloads of despite long hours and an outdated book- allow for a shorter time between booking Broadway just outside the Traffic Courts hood party staple as an adult. transportation city-wide for many people already tight schedules for the drivers, and ing system. However, they both acknowl- and travelling. She would also like to see The lunch hour was coming to an end as I sauntered up to Chip/Pop Selection: 6/10 I asked my friends for their recommendations with disabilities as long as they book the in some circumstances, contributing to fur- edge that there are some bad apples among more drivers on the road, with more train- this pretty dead cart. Two men with really great mustaches Basic, but as always +1 pt for Dr. Pepper. (and did the delicious work for you) to determine trip by phone before 11 am a day prior. ther delays which negatively impacted the the largely respectable group, with Knight ing to serve people with disabilities. These were working the cart and were some of the friendliest folk Atmosphere/crowd: 5/10 our downtown vendors’ best dog. Gladiola Kehler, a Handi client, finds the quality of service,” Findley says. claiming to have witnessed a number of changes could see an invaluable program, I encountered. I wanted these guys to be first place, but my Eclectic mix of bus stop patrons, MEC shoppers, and construc- lack of flexibility inconvenient. “It makes Delia Knight, another Handi client, drivers becoming impatient with elderly cli- designed to give people their dignity, fully heart is easily won with crispy onions. tion site workers. A little hectic, but charming. Nowhere to sit, spontaneous outings, changes to schedule would like Handi-Transit to see more fund- ents for being slow. She says some drivers realized in respect to the many Winnipeg- Bun: 6/10 however. difficult,” Kehler says, before lamenting ing from the city to improve quality of ser- even “have it out” for certain clients. gers it serves. Fine, pretty fresh and not toasted. TOAST YOUR BUNS, PEOPLE. Overall: 3/10 Would have been average based on the that they used to accept late bookings, but vice, but is amused when she and her hus- In one case, a client waited for a ride experience, but those stale buns just killed me. THE UNITER // JUNE 5, 2014 19

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