All Entries Tagged With: "Kristi Alexandra"
Jammin’ with Ginger | Christmas music: enjoyable or annoying?
It’s been everywhere. In frequented coffee shops, on the radio, in department stores, on television Christmas specials. It’s the dreaded, continual haunt of holiday music.
Jammin’ with Ginger | Music lovers versus music criminals
This is Kristi Alexandra. She’s the Runner’s music columnist. She’s also a ginger. And she does have a soul. And she likes music with soul, too.
Ginger in the sack – Ladies: say yes to the lingerie
This is Kristi Alexandra. Ordinarily, she writes our (somewhat) weekly music column, but this week, she’s taken Groat’s post as resident sexy person. Enjoy!
Ozzy still rocking his throne of darkness
Many might have had the impression that seeing The Prince of Darkness perform at Rogers Arena on Nov. 14 would be a novelty. The guy’s a washed-up old acid head, you might think. He’ll never be as bad ass as his facade implied in the ‘70s. He’s a reality-show has-been, for satan’s sake. But at least you’ll get to say you’ve seen Ozzy Osbourne live.
Jammin with Ginger
This is Kristi Alexandra. She loves music. She’s also a ginger. And she does have a soul. And she likes music with soul, too.
Meet your editors
We at the Runner would like to extend a warm welcome back to Kwantlen for the Fall 2010 semester. Three of us are new around here and we had a lot of fun getting to know the ins and outs of the paper this summer. Now that school’s back in we’d all like to get to know some of you as well. Here’s a bit about us and feel free to drop by the office and we can all get to know each other a little better.
Jammin’ with Ginger: New technology, old-time blues
People are in love with nostalgia. Young people love to prove how much they know about things that happened years before they were actually aware of them (Yeah, you’re the world’s biggest Pavement fan. You’ve been following the band’s career since you were three. Very likely.), all while excluding those who were around during that time (“Yeah right, Mom. You don’t even know who Stephen Malkmus is!”).
Interest in film studies piques at Kwantlen as city-wide fests pick up steam
By Kristi Alexandra [culture editor] Employees of Vancouver’s Pacific Cinematheque are used to seeing university students coming through the theatre’s doors. Especially busy with its most recent film series, the Kurosawa Centennial. Students are filing in to experience the life-work of the prolific late Japanese director, whose films one could easily deduce was a contributing [...]
Tigers? In Arizona? Preposterous!
If you haven’t heard of Miniature Tigers thus far, you’ll know exactly who they are in the near future.
Aboriginal Gathering Place off to a slow but steady start
Kwantlen’s new Aboriginal Gathering Place, located in the main building of the Surrey Campus, has received significant attention for its contemporary design and architecture
Festival fever: Sasquatch in review
The Runner headed down to Washington to catch Sasquatch! the season’s first attempt at combining music, art and throngs of people. Here’s our take and a few of the artists’ look at what it means to be part of the festival culture.
To fill your festival duffel bag
Your festival survival guide. To help you survive. Duh.
Changing space of the local scene
This is Kristi Alexandra. She loves music. She’s also a ginger. And she does have a soul. And she likes music with soul, too. This week she talks about local music haunts.
The King Khan and BBQ Show: King-sized jerks
Being a longtime fan of The King Khan and BBQ Show, I was more than thrilled when Arish Khan (better known as King Khan) and Mark Sultan (BBQ) invited me into their modest hotel room above the Biltmore Cabaret for an interview with The Runner. Then I had the interview.
