Issue 2078, Oct 18, 2007

Music

Cop-show themes sparked Kavinsky's arresting electro

Arts Features

Through the eyes of Arden
Larisa Fayad Remembered

Theatre

Heart of City finds centre of Gravity
Stupidity scatters over time
L'homme invisible/The Invisible Man
Radio Daze

Visual Arts

Unworkable works of art
Louise Nevelson: Assemblages 1973–1986

Arts Notes

News from the art world

Arts Time Out

5 can't-miss arts events

Letters

Both protesters and war resisters targeted
Could tenants get screwed by TILMA next?
Zlotnik called on his "private citizen" pose
Ilich saves us all from empty-nest syndrome
OMG! Some SOB changed SOV to SUV

News and Views

Best of Vancouver 2007 | Best of City Life

News Features

Georgia Straight faces new ban in the City of New Westminster
Harper's move slows workplace diversity
Trout Lake rink cost triples
Troops set for lengthy stay in Afghanistan
Private police

Straight Talk

Canadian privacy under New York radar
Ferry workers toke on the job
Census reports fewer renters
Engineers wrong on Gateway: Cadman
Vancouver libraries could open this Wednesday
Vancouver library workers approve tentative agreement
Tent village activist advocates more faith-based activism
Larry Campbell's left-centre-left knockout punch

Straight Issues

UN examines homelessness
Where should we start in addressing homelessness?

Commentary

How the U.S. lost the war in Afghanistan

Health Features

Natural remedies for fatigue
Taking care of old drugs
Vancouver to play major role in researching possible drug for MS

Health Notes

Sitting next to the printer = sitting next to a smoker

Trigger Happy

Canada plays ratings game its own way

Travel Features

Political past scars Nicaragua's poetic city

Outside

Juryn's legacy lingers on mountain-bike trails

Fashion Plate

Extreme knitters jump feet first into challenge

Style Watch

Grey leopard-print pencil skirt
Adhesif sticks industry secrets to street label

Chic of the Week

La Belle Epoque

Dining Features

Set catering means not letting Brad go hungry

Best Eating

Salade de Fruits serves tasty fare sans froufrou

Uncorked

Gene maps, wine cops to serve and protect

Food of the Week

Vista D'oro Farms

Drink of the Week

Maréchal Foch wine

Straight Goods

8 top food events

Book Reviews

The Almost Moon
Bad Monkeys
Falsework

Book Choice of the Week

The Vancouver International Writers & Readers Festival

Movies Features

With Casey at bat, Ben takes his directorial leap
In Things We Lost, love found
In Wild, Hurt bites at reality
A Kid's brush paints a fuss
Caine keen to make Sleuth Pinteresque
After Tsotsi, a filmmaker delves into CIA's dark side

Movie Notes

News from Hollywood north

Movie Reviews

Rendition
Death at a Funeral
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
We Own the Night
Gone Baby Gone
My Kid Could Paint That
Into the Wild
Elizabeth: The Golden Age

DVD Releases

What's new on DVD

Music Features

Framptons come alive
Beautiful Basia Bulat is the real thing
Matthew Dear's lyrics are nothing personal
Dumpster discovery changed Plotkin's plot
Russian Futurist Hart's heart is in songwriting
WCO scales back cowbell in the interest of safety
Amendola's Believe draws on jazz, rock, and hip-hop

Local Motion

Young intentionally oblique

Concert Reviews

Sum 41
The Fiery Furnaces

Recordings

Babyshambles
Radiohead
Bruce Springsteen
Robert Plant/Alison Krauss
High Tension Wires
Manu Chao
Brown Brigade
Deborah Harry
Short cut record reviews

Who Are You?

It's Jill!

Music Notes

Get the lowdown on Vancouver's music scene

Music Choices

5 bands to see this week

Payback Time

Silky chill-out muzak

Cartoons

Arnould
Red Meat
Ernie Pook's Comeek
Straight Jab
Tar Paper Town
The Midnight Inquirer

City Singles

Singles of the Week - Kristy | Kobe

Straight Choices

Ideas of Note

Playlist

Top 50 albums of the week, Oct 11- 25, 2007

Pop Eye

Rainbows not worth the hype

Straight.com

About the Straight
Advertise at the Straight - Web Advertising

Feature Articles

Video Game Reviews

Lair
Jeanne D'Arc
Vampire Rain

Real Estate

RAV line draws density

Obituaries

Blog - Politics

Opposition irked by Homeland Security’s Secure Flight Plan
European Parliament backs “poppy for medicine” initiative in Afghanistan –will Canada follow?

Blog - Movies

NASA sends Luke Skywalker's light sabre into space
Celebrate Halloween with B.C. zombies