Alex Downham

Volume 140 (2012-2013) – Assistant Arts Editor

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journal_ae@ams.queensu.ca

Stories

April 4, 2013

Awesome art, magical music, prominent plays

Musician Chris Adeney, who performs as Wax Mannequin, says seeing Canada while touring is his biggest inspiration for writing.

April 4, 2013

Molded by the road

Guitarist and vocalist Colin Robinson says Sweet Jets nearly broke up last summer due to a lack of communication.

April 4, 2013

Pulling out the stops

April 4, 2013

What We're Listening To

Student Elysia Maludzinski says she started @QUSongs because she wanted to create a way for Queen’s students to connect and bond over shared music tastes.

March 27, 2013

Creating musical connections

Gianna Lauren says she takes her unexpected experiences and uses them as inspiration.

March 27, 2013

‘I don’t want work in my pocket’

Yukon Blonde’s latest album Tiger Talk was long-listed for the Polaris Prize last year.

March 22, 2013

National nuances

Sarah Witiuk, ArtSci ‘12, said once she got back from her international exchange, she stopped getting invited to events happening in Kingston, so she wanted to post them in one easy-to-find place.

March 22, 2013

Outside the bubble

Brynn Higgins-Stirrup’s pieces in Union Gallery exhibited overt sexual themes.

March 15, 2013

Swimming too deep

Sex Ray Vision says they don’t have a favourite between playing covers and original songs.

March 15, 2013

Clear visions of rock

Peter Katz says the last time he played a gig in Kingston, he was supported by a 100-person choir called Open Voices who learned to sing some of his songs.

March 8, 2013

Practice, improve, perform and repeat

While Spookey Ruben describes his music as pop rock fantasia, his touring mate Thunderclap says he approaches music the same way he does method acting.

February 28, 2013

Bewildering beginnings

Drummer Mike Peters says when he and his band members were younger, they didn’t have agents and used to have to book their local community centre to play shows.

February 14, 2013

‘It’s called hardcore for a reason’

February 12, 2013

Think critically

While Less was filled with minimalist pieces, the artists are still able to express the meaning of their work.

February 11, 2013

Foundations reconstructed

In The Ballad of Valentin Sapunov, the lead character of geeky scientist Sapunov gains confidence as he battles against his nemesis and eventually finds love.

February 7, 2013

Sapunov’s first show

Queen’s student and musician Dorothea Paas says the Kingston music scene is so vibrant, you never know who has a secret talent.

February 7, 2013

Community listening

Aidan Knight says he sees other young people who have to continue their day jobs even though it’s not what they’re passionate about and he says he’s grateful that he gets to do what he loves every day.

February 5, 2013

Passion before a paycheque

Hamilton trio The Dirty Nil recall a series of unfortunate events during one evening of touring where no one showed up to their show and they were denied the free burritos they were promised.

February 1, 2013

TH&B’s exhibition Resurrection depicts the damage of the Great Ice Storm of 1998 through sculpture and film.

January 29, 2013

Eyes on civilization

January 25, 2013

Sharing isn’t stealing

Lindi Ortega says her music inspirations range from older musicians like Sam Cooke and “Blind” Willie Johnson to classic country musicians like Loretta Lynn and Kris Kristofferson.

January 22, 2013

Brooding balladeer

Despite the inherent difficulties of being an unsigned band, Hisland guitarist Mat Araujo (left) and drummer Rob Corrigan (second left), agree it’s easier to hold only themselves responsible for whatever happens.

January 18, 2013

Jack Daniel’s, mischief and music

After his group Attack in Black broke up, Spencer Burton continued on a solo career performing under the stage name Grey Kingdom.

November 23, 2012

Grey nights for Grey Kingdom

Current Swell lead singer Scott Stanton says the band always goes out of their way to make sure they get to play a gig in Kingston while they’re touring.

November 9, 2012

Sleep, drink, sing

In David Rokeby’s The Giver of Names, a camera detects the object on the pedestal and a computerized voice describes it.

October 19, 2012

Objects to words

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