COVER STORY:

Six string outlaw
Alberta-inspired ‘Honky-tonkumentary’ captures spirit of an era
By Christa O’Keefe

Terrific Guy
Matt Murphy’s modesty
By Christa O’Keefe

LETTER:

A neighbourhood to be reckoned with
By SEE Reader

NEWS:

Our hidden health system
"Myth" and mystery preventing an accurate diagnosis, says professor
By Mark Wells

The biggest question:
What will they do with private health care?
By Mark Wells

News Briefs
By Mark Wells

Polygamy, propaganda, insurgency, and homosexuality in the news
Rewind
By Mark Wells

Get to know your trash
Active Citizen
By Mark Wells

OPINION:

Making Stephen smile
Conservative pillow-talk for the unwashed masses
By Fish Griwkowsky

Fire pumps and fuck-ups
Rant Acid
By SEE Reader

IN PRINT:

Second stanza
Six months into post, Poet Laureate fully engaged and making an impact
By Allsion Kydd

re: reading
By Jay Smith

RESTAURANTS:

Great balls of flavour
La Shish is an unlikely falafel champion
By Monte Krueger

Capsule restaurant reviews
By SEE Staff

MUSIC:

Blues for S.A.D.
Blues On Whyte jumpstarts fest season, combats mid-winter blahs
By Cam Hayden

Nickelbackup
Live still is; Danko resuscitating the rock
By Tom Murray

Roll’n with the homies
Local rapper makes his debut with a poundin’ record
By François Marchand

Fascinating fusion
Lunch At Allen’s a feast song craft
By Cam Hayden

Hades has a flat-top
Raygun Cowboys release Underworld Boogie; zombies rejoice
By Christa O’Keefe

Deep Routes
By Cam Hayden

Margin Walker
By James Stewart

Walking the line
Brian Wilson’s last, and purest, expression of pop genius
By Lech Linkiel

No connection
?uestlove’s super-hyped performance falls flat
By François Marchand

Remix
By Prosper Prodaniuk

CD Reviews
By SEE contributors

Days in the life
By Tom Murray

ON SCREEN:

Genius or joker?
Antonioni’s Passenger a playground for students, not audiences
By Celia Nicholls

Canadian psycho
Controversial Karla sends mixed message
By François Marchand

Into the White
Southern sojourn fueled by alt-country boom
By Mari Sasano

Transamerican eyeful
Huffman superb playing a man longing to be a woman
By Tom Murray

Not Mickey Mouse
Animation festival films unrelentingly ambitious
By Mari Sasano

Fatal confection
Near-death Latifah turns up chutzpah, charm
By Mike Hebert

Cock and bull story
The Matador disarming but disarmed
By Kevin Wilson

Worth a song
Country–rock mockumentary terrific fun
By Christa O’Keefe

Perky Globes
Pre-Oscar award show informative hype or wretched tripe?
By Erik De Waal

Capsule Film Reviews
by SEE Contributors

ON STAGE:

Intimacy in simplicity
Helen’s Necklace considers loss and the kindness of strangers
By Eva Marie Clarke

Needs more light
But indoor/outdoor work generates plenty of heat
By Eva Marie Clarke

The big lie and the awful truth
Portraying Glasgow drag life hard on performer
By Gilbert A. Bouchard

Strindberg’s fresh Image
Curtain Raiser
By Eva Marie Clarke

VISUAL ARTS:

Altered state
Richard Boulet takes us into A Schizophrenia
By Christa O’Keefe

Transformer
Katarzyna Vedah’s visual alchemy
By Christa O’Keefe

AT THE BACK:

Terms of endearment
The bizarre names people give their "cratches"
By Josey Vogels