Issue 2075, Sep 27, 2007

Music

Trentemøller's tracks have an anxious undercurrent

Arts Features

Laughter in the dark

Theatre

Psychosis shatters character
Songs and style make for excellent Company
A Midsummernight's dream

Dance

A trip to flamenco's source

Music Arts

Chang goes straight to heart

Visual Arts

Bill Pechet: Finding Sudoku
Been Up So Long It Looks Like Down To Me

Comedy

Killer jokes trump bad rants
Best of Vancouver noted right comic, wrong dentist

Arts Notes

News from the art world

Arts Choices

4 can't-miss arts events

Letters

It's time to trash-talk mayor and his crew
Planner in exile denies being paid in gold bullion
CanCon TV coverage is very much appreciated
Gordo's green regime bulldozed Eagleridge
Story about city's race riot hit the mark

News Features

Electric companies
NDP promises fall fight on run-of-river power
Boomers differ by birth era
Burmese brace for violence
What issues should MLAs address in the fall session of the legislature?
Lawyers demand new process
Ex-hustler hopes to help men in sex trade
Economic "slow suicide" pounds U.S. buck

Straight Talk

Critic slams role of Canada in Haiti
Free Betty comes out swinging
War toys to become art on Gandhi's birthday
Vancouver International Film Festival accused of refusing to publicize controversial Chinese documentary
Police board member thwarted in her bid for a Conservative nomination in Vancouver Quadra
Larry Campbell's left-centre-left knockout punch

Straight Issues

NDP shuffles pack for aces

Commentary

A couple of tools get Persian Gulf all wrong
A strike about nothing throttles residents

Sports

Puzzling Lions need consistency for Cup run

Health Features

System stymies palliative-care advocate

Health Notes

Latch onto better health
Self-help course assists people with arthritis

Trigger Happy

Awards prove Canuck talent is everywhere

Travel Features

Vélos bring a new joie de vivre to Paris

Travel Notes

How to use (not abuse) your trusty concierge

Urban Living

Hot touches help spirit warm to hibernation

Style Watch

Fiat Mode XX
Designers get tea but no B.C. Fashion Week crumpet

Chic of the Week

Handwoven wrap by Simone Plusa
Couture Interiors: Living With Fashion

Dining Features

Local chefs are camera-ready

Best Eating

Lift a doog to the soul-warming eats of Iran

Uncorked

Wines with a good bite are real dream teams

Food of the Week

Okanagan Vinegar Brewery

Drink of the Week

The Peat Monster vatted-malt crafted Scotch whisky

Straight Goods

8 top food events

Book Reviews

The Gum Thief: A Novel by Douglas Coupland
The Outlander by Gil Adamson
Soucouyant by David Chariandy

Book Choice of the Week

Word on the Street / Alberto Manguel

Movies Features

Dallaire still haunted by his Rwandan devils
Silk director emerges from creative cocoon
Foxx loath to rule Kingdom
Looks like Canada
The fun, the soulful, and the wicked hit VIFF

Movie Notes

News from Hollywood North

Movie Reviews

Devil stares into the gaping horror of Rwanda
The Kingdom
Resident Evil: Extinction
Feast of Love
Mummy-Ji
Sydney White
Silk

Television

DVD Releases

What's new on DVD
AM-radio classics help Earlimart overcome block

Music Features

Open to interpretation
Lavender Diamond aims to save the world
Spirit of Dutch debaucher inspired Black Francis
Silk Road travels stoked McKennitt's creative fires
Hylozoists accidentally gain soccer-mom fans
Days of the New's Meeks faced his demons publicly

Local Motion

Green Hour updates the '60s

Concert Reviews

New Pumpkins fall just short of smashing
Tegan and Sara
Cannibal Corpse

Recordings

Foo Fighters target blue-collar Bud swillers
Kanye West; 50 Cent
Hot Little Rocket
Rilo Kiley
KT Tunstall
Super Furry Animals
Witchcraft
Short cuts

Music Notes

Get the lowdown on Vancouver's music scene

Music Choices

4 bands to see this week

Cartoons

Everyday Things
Straight Jab
Tar Paper Town
Midnight Inquirer
Ernie Pook's Comeek
Arnould

City Singles

Singles of the Week - Shannon | Cameo

Single of the Week

Straight Choices

2 public events for the socially conscious

Playlist

Top 50 albums of the week, Sept 27 - Oct 3, 2007

Pop Eye

Rock is a hairy business

Straight.com

About the Straight
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Feature Articles

Transportation

Honda's new Accord sizes up its old rivals

Real Estate

Keeping brokers honest

Blog - Politics

Everything you wanted to know about Sam Sullivan but were too afraid to ask

Blog - Movies

UBC's Film Production program is back in business
VIFF 07 Diaries, Part 4: Made in Asia
VIFF 07 Diaries, Part 3: Runaway girls
VIFF 07 Diaries, Part 2: The hits ... and almost misses
VIFF 07 Diaries, Part 1: And so it begins ...