United Steel Workers of Montreal's new release By Lindsey Rivait
Arts Editor
March 11, 2009 More United and of Montreal than they are Steel Workers, the six-piece alternative country ensemble have been keeping themselves busy.
 After releasing their newest album Three on the Tree on Weewerk last month, the United Steel Workers of Montreal have been touring across Canada and will be making their way to Windsor for the first time on March 14.
The USWM are currently composed of Gern F. (vocals, acoustic guitar), Felicity Hamer (vocals, accordion), Sean “Gus” Beauchamp (vocals, acoustic guitar), Matt Watson (electric guitar), Eddie Blake (bass), and Christopher Reid (banjo, mandolin).
The new album definitely places a focus on the city of Montreal, its history, and its citizens—specifically the working class.
Songs dealing with making babies, sons shooting fathers, prostitutes, and even revolution are among those featured. >> | The Choking Man has no lights, no camera, but lots of action By Chris Kerr
Lance Writer March 11, 2009 Do you know how I know that Joey Ouellette’s new play, “The Choking Man,” is brilliantly acted? I know it because that’s all you get as an audience member.
 The Purple Theatre Company’s production of “The Choking Man,” which opened this Saturday at Mackenzie Hall, offers nothing by way of the technical aspect of theatre. There are no lights, no makeup, no costumes, and no music. There is only the sheer talent of the three actors on stage.
“The Choking Man” is about Dr. Matthew Taylor (Jay Gale) who begins working at a forgotten asylum and discovers Casey, a catatonic patient who seems to suggest a remarkable story. But is the patient (Joey Ouellette) trustworthy, and was there really a murder? Nobody seems to believe Dr. Taylor, even his girlfriend Jenny (Sephorah Pohjola) starts to believe that he is just as crazy as the patients at Rest Haven. >>  | | Campus Kiss | | Generation celebrates 2009 launch By Burton Taylor
Lance Writer March 11, 2009 For over 40 years, Generation has been an undergraduate English students’ publication of poetry, prose, and photography. 
In this year’s editions editors Kate Hargreaves, Cristina Naccarato, and Kaitlin Tremblay have put together a prodigious collection of work from student artists from across the province.
THE LANCE: The theme of loss is central to many of the poems and stories in the collection. Was this is a deliberate editorial choice?
KATE HARGREAVES: Not consciously, but in a way. When we put out the call for submissions, we did not include a theme requirement. However, when we had the editing package together, we noticed that loss ran through many of the pieces.
TL: Do you think there’s some connection between this city and this sense of loss in its young writers?
KH: I think that loss is something that comes up in a lot of writing really, regardless of location. Windsor has seen its fair share of loss and struggle lately, in terms of the economy and the effects that has on individuals, which may come out as reflections of personal loss in the pieces in Generation. >> |
