Brian Borcherdt in one of his Tuesday night solo gigs at Elixir. (Matt Naporowski)
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Borcherdt builds his mystery
As his music may suggest, Brian Borcherdt craves mystery.
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Roots Rocker to play Grad Club
Luke Doucet always seems to have a hand in multiple projects at any given time, and has for many years. This veteran has worked with the likes of Sarah McLachlan, Chantal Kreviazuk and Blue Rodeo. He’s also done some producing work, is the front man of the rock band Veal, and also has a successful solo career. Luke took some time on an oh-so-rare day-off to talk to the Journal about his upcoming tour, which will be making a stop at The Grad Club tonight, and his new album, Outlaws [live + unreleased], due to be released this week.
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Campus Spotlight: Staged and Confused Productions
Staged and Confused is a production company started by second-year drama student, Michael Murphy. Murphy spoke with the Journal about the company and their future productions.
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A killer zombie flick
Oh, zombie movies. What other genre provides both informed social satire and graphic cannibalistic disemboweling? Ever since George Romero let zombies loose in the mall in the original Dawn of the Dead, filmmakers have been toying with the metaphor of zombie as the modern man; lurching around aimlessly in masses, concerned only with their selfish, primal desires—which are, for the most part, an unquenchable hunger for “brains, delicious brains.”
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Gael alumni prep for post-Olympic life
After the experience of a lifetime at this summer’s Olympic Games in Athens, Oskar Johansson and Bernard Luttmer are coming back down to earth. The Queen’s alumni were in Kingston last week after a well-deserved break in the Greek Isles, and they took some time to talk to the Journal about their Greek Odyssey and what comes next.
