535: Sisters, Such Devoted Sisters Jan. 18, 2006
Cover
Extremely weird Sisters
Russell Barr mixes violent fact with outrageous fiction and dresses it all in
drag in darkly funny one-man show
Paul Matwychuk
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Front
Three Dollar Bill
X marks the spot
Richard Burnett
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Vuepoint
Electile dysfunction
Ross Moroz
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Race for the prize
With election day looming, Vue zooms in on the main candidates in what has become
the country's most disputed riding,
Ross Moroz
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Gnawing anxiety
T.C. Boyle's Tooth and Claw is an unsettling journey into raw
human nature
Brian Gibson
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Infinite Lives
Art of war
Darren Zenko
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Arts
Pearls of wisdom
Coralie Cairns goes on an eye-opening search for Helen's Necklace
Paul Matwychuk
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Theatre notes
Carolyn Nikodym
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Dish
Grape Expectations
THIS WEEK: Torres Mas La Plana Cabernet Sauvignon 1999 ($40)
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California droolin’
Sun-kissed cuisine tempts the prairie palate at Murrieta's Bar & Grill
Christopher Thrall
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Dish Review
Here’s Taloukin’ at you, kid
Of all the Lebanese bistros in all the towns in all the world, you have to try La Shish Talouk
Christopher Thrall
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Film
Assassination tango
Pierce Brosnan is a dissolute hitman going loco in Mexico City in The Matador
Paul Matwychuk
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Gender bender
Duncan Tucker's Transamerica revs up the road-trip film while
exploring sexual identity
Brian Gibson
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Criminal Barbie
Laura Prepon's portrayal of Karla seems too pretty for the notorious criminal
Brian Gibson
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Unfunny business
Albert Brooks's Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World is a horribly
failed attempt at bolstering foreign re
Carolyn Nikodym
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The Gram Parsons project
Uninspired Guy Terrifico attempts to add fictitious singer to '70s
country-rock pantheon
Paul Matwychuk
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A rambling man
Musician Jim White guides a tour of the poor, rural American South in Searching
for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus
Brian Gibson
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Trading places
Jack Nicholson's character in The Passenger discovers that you
can't escape from yourself
Josef Braun
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Music
Live.. live!
After 15 years, Live frontman Ed Kowalczyk is still living a music lover's dream
Ross Moroz
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Shameless plug
Life for Shameless Records founder Glen Erickson is anything but easy, even
if his band name say different
Tyson Kaban
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New Sounds
Vue Staff
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I love a Gershwin tune
Revered pianist Kevin Cole and the ESO breathe new life into the classic works
of the Gershwin brothers
Sarah Chan
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Road most traveled
Edmonton's Bramwell Park reflects on a life of hitchhiking and music
David Berry
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Distant Replay
THIS WEEK: Matthias Kroller discusses Taj Mahal's The Natch'l
Blues
Music Notes
Music Notes
Ross Moroz
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Snow Zone
Marmot magic
What better way to get into the Jasper in January spirit than a trip to Marmot
Basin?
Colin Cathrea
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The most wonderful time of the year
With Jasper in January in full swing, Vue looks ahead to the month's main events
Hart Golbeck
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In good Company
Newly opened Jasper Brewing Co. serves up fine stout and gourmet meals to hungry travellers
Jeremy Derksen
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Stagger lines
Vue's unofficial guide to partying in Jasper
Hart Golbeck
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