By Lindsey Rivait
Arts Editor
January 20, 2010

Leif Vollebekk is rocking out in Windsor this Thursday on the heels of the release of his album Inland on Tuesday.
Inland was originally released independently in Nov. 2008. Vollebekk would sell copies at shows and personally drop them off at record stores.
Now the Montreal folk artist is enjoying working with his label, Toronto’s Nevado Records, especially since they gave in to his request to release Inland on not only CD, but on vinyl as well.
“It’s pretty expensive, but I’m happy. The label has been really cool. They were like, ‘Okay Leif, vinyl doesn’t make a lot of sense financially.’ And I was like, ‘Oh, but I really want it.’ And they were like, ‘Okay.’ I’m not even sure how they let me,” Vollebekk recalled.
Unquestionably, Vollebekk has a passion for vinyl. When he recorded Inland, he made it with the two-sided vinyl format in mind—winding up and winding down twice—which makes Inland’s vinyl transition flawless.
Vollebekk is an avid vinyl collector and admits that he doesn’t buy CDs anymore.>>

By Josh Kolm
Lance Writer

January 20, 2010

As part of collaborative efforts that coincide with the Detroit International Auto Show, the Art Gallery of Windsor’s “Here in My Car” and Artcite’s “Here in My Car: Beyond Autopia and Autogeddon” are now on display.
The AGW’s portion of the exhibit, which opened Jan. 15, provides a fascinating look at how cars have infiltrated our culture and what they have meant to society in the past and today.
Two of the more popular pieces at the opening reception were near-scale models of two very different cars.
One, a 1987 Monte Carlo made out of wood, was up on blocks and was missing several key components of the engine and interior. The missing knotholes in the wood was made to look like rust damage, the feeling was that the car had been stripped for parts.
The other one, an SUV, looked to be in perfect condition, and the cast-iron used to create it made it seem indestructible. But upon walking behind the sculpture you see that it is a façade, and the representation of recent automotive ideals is totally empty on the inside.>>

By Jouvon M. Evans
Lance Writer
January 20, 2010

With the recent release of ABC’s television show Castle Season 1 on DVD, the company concurrently released this epic tome of fiction.

For fans, the grand appeal of Nathan Fillion (of Firefly and Dr. Horrible’s Sing a Along Blog fame) and the emphasis on cute flirtation with his co-star Stana Katic are enough to make this book a must have.
Just take a peer at the reviews on Amazon.com where fans voted and reviewed as generally enthralled with their purchase. This despite the discrepancy between the width of the paperback Nikki is seen enjoying in a bubble bath compared to this slim hardcover.
There’s no denying this book is a fun romp for the imagination through the routine drill of a crime and capture television series as events unfold, beginning with its cheesy cinematic title.
Indeed, New York City is going through a heat wave, threatening to drive citizens crazier than usual while a cool, calculating murder case refuses to be solved when it has more twists at each clue than the NYC subway system.
Detective Nikki Heat, who suffers from a blatant problem in her less than subtly alluded to past and an insufferable name given to double entendres, has Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Jameson Rook following her around on special permission from the mayor and with a certain sexual appeal she can’t shake. >>