Reviews

 The Boys Are Back

By: Jacob Savard

Ricky, Julian, and Bubbles. For years these boys have ruled television, as much as they have ruled the trailer park. The Trailer Park Boys have been local celebrities and heroes for many years. They have produced seven seasons of the show, including extra footage and special episodes, along with the movie, The Big Dirty a few years ago. Now the boys are back with a new movie, Countdown To Liquor Day//.//  Countdown To Liquor Day, was a sturdy comeback for the boys. Over the past few years there has not been any new episodes for the Trailer Park Boys, but they decided the finish off the Trailer Park Boys series with this new movie. There was much anticipation for the new movie, and to most viewers, it did not disappoint. For the most part the comments and reviews been quite positive. A big part of the movie was some old jokes they brought back-- Bubbles' love for kitties and Ricky lack of common sense. They kept a lot of characters and some similar schemes but in a new light. For example, when Jim Lahey wrecks Sunny Vale Trailer Park and builds his own park, almost anybody who has ever watched the show could guess what comes next. It fills me with joy to know that the Maritimes have some talented actors who have made a successful career producing TV shows and movies in Nova Scotia. Being from the Maritimes I am filled with joy every time I watch the antics of Ricky, Julian , and Bubbles. This was a great Countdown To Liquor Day.

Recipe Review A Cooking Extravaganza with Katie and Susannah  As the days start to get shorter and colder, people tend to want homier, warmer food. With this in mind, we decided to embark on a culinary escapade that would reflect the tastes and colours of autumn. We started with a zucchini mushroom soup. Predicting that it would only take a short amount of time, we had hoped that we could get the soup out of the way quickly, leaving us with ample time to spend on the rest of our meal. Were we ever wrong. Turns out that the only zucchini we had available to us was a home grown monster zucchini we fondly named King Arthur. King Arthur had been left to grow unattended, and reached a truly remarkable size for a vegetable. Not only did it require two hands to hold, but it took the two of us over 30 minutes to chop it up. Aside from our zucchini woes, the recipe was easy to follow and took little time and even less effort. The end result proved to be slightly reminiscent of pond sludge in appearance, but, when topped with freshly grated parmesan cheese and a little parsley, a flavourful fall soup. With the soup finished, we decided to move on to delicate potato pancakes called frittatas. The frittatas took almost no time to make! They smelled amazing as they were frying and even looked nice! However we were disappointed to discover that the taste did not live up to our expectations. We both found them bland, and required hefty amounts of ketchup to merely choke them down. Another major con to the potato frittatas was the backbreaking effort required to wash the frying pan when we were finished. We recommend that if you do try this recipe, you use a non-stick frying pan. With soup and frittatas, the only thing left to make was dessert. We decided to make tomato soup cake, a spice cake that contains a can of tomato soup to add moisture. We were uncertain as to how the cake would turn out, as we couldn’t imagine a cake with tomatoes in it. However we were pleasantly surprised when the rich red spice cake received rave reviews. When asked, most people thought it was a pumpkin cake. Finally, a success! If we were to recommend any of these recipes, we would definitely recommend this cake. Surprise your friends and family when you tell them just what is in the dessert, and that when they think they’re eating a decadent dessert, they’re actually getting a full serving of vegetables! What more could you ask for? Tomato Soup Cake Recipe 
 * 1/3 cup butter
 * 1 1/2 cups flour
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">1 tin tomato soup
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">1 tsp bakind soda
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">1 tsp baking powder
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">1/2 cup raisins
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">1/4 cup mixed peel (optional)
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">1 tsp cinnamon
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">1/4 tsp cloves
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">1 cup sugar

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Dissolve baking soda in soup. Cream butter and sugar, add soup. Add flour, spices and baking powder. Add raisins and peel. Bake in a greased loaf pan at 375 º for 1 hour.

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<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Written by the creator of such well known series as //Nip/Tuck// and //Popular,// Glee can be described as easily as giving its title. It is a feel-good musical comedy that sharply contrasts the many gritty, crime centered dramas that are currently on tv.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">The show itself is both wildly original and unmistakably stereotypical. Each character represents a different stereotype which reflects teens today. Cheerleaders, football players, theatre kids and more come together to form the glee club under the guidance of Will Schuester, a Spanish teacher. From the overachieving and unpopular Rachel to Tina, an Asian-American gothic student with a speech impediment, each character has a specific set of quirks which makes them both entertaining and also unique.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Aside from their acting skills, most cast members also have vocal backgrounds. Many performed on Broadway before being approached about playing a role on the show. This serves to make the musical numbers in the show not only compelling, but also believable.Mary McNamara of The Los Angeles Times was correct in calling "Glee", “the first show in a long time that’s just plain full throttle, no-guilty-pleasure-rationalizations-necessary fun.”

__<span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 190%; text-align: center;">Call It Fate for These Four Bands __ <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">By Julie Thompson <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">From the vibrating floor boards to the sweat dripping off the 450 young adults in the Capital Winter Club on Septermber. 30th, these four bands sure know how to entertain their fans! The first two bands named "I Am Commiting A Sin" and "Kingdoms" came on stage with a smash. They both rocked the building and got the crowd pumped up and ready for the next sensational bands: "Ten Second Epic" and "Silverstein".Ten Second Epic stuck to their most popular songs from the album "Count Yourself In", singing songs such as "Suck It Up Princess", "Count Yourself In" and "Old Habits Die Hard". They also added "Lifetimes", as heard on the radio. This is the second time I've seen Ten Second Epic live and they were as breathtaking as expected. After the third band played, the body heat was so intense that the fire alarm sounded and the crowd was asked to evacuate the building. When the fire fighters discovered it was not an emergency, the sweaty crowd re-entered the building in hopes everything was ready to rock. I walked into the doors to the phenomenal sound of one of my favorite bands, Silverstein. I made my way over into the screams and movement of the crowd. They raved and cried to such older songs as "Smile In Your Sleep", "My Heroine" and my personal favorite "Call It Karma", where I was up front latched onto a complete stranger as we screamed to each other "You'll call it fate! I'll call it karma!" The bands' newer songs weren't as much as a hit as the older ones for me but they still got people in a frenzy.

Leaving the show, all I could hear other than laughter and screams was "That was amazing!" or "That was the best show ever!" Overall, it was one of the best shows I have ever been to in my entire life! I'm very excited for each and every one of those four bands to come back and play another smash hit concert in the near future!

__**Chaos At The Winterclub**__

On September 18th A Textbook Tragedy appeared at the capital winter club, With A Sight For Sewn Eyes and other local guests. Starting off the night with there first live performance was Beth Cooper. I am a member of Beth Cooper so I will spare you any shameless self-promotion. If you want to find out anything more about the set you will have to ask someone who was there.

Up next was local favorites Celeta. There set that night was my favorite to date. The highlight of the night for me was there cover of Born Of Osiris’s “Bow Down”. Unfortunately during there set there guitarist Brock Lewis broke a string. The only thing I would have like for them to do that they did not would be for them to play there song “just another” that they have not played in a long time.

Following Celetas ambitious set was verses. Verses where making there comeback after a year of inactivity. They reappeared with two new members, Fredericton metal scene veterans. Guitarist Andy McDonell and vocalist Seth Boyd with these new additions on top of having Kyle Clark on drums I knew it had to be good. I found that with new vocalist Seth Boyd they lost a large amount of there melodic side; but gained a gravelly heaviness that I really liked

Next to take the floor was A Sight For Sewn Eyes. ASFSE, are my favorite metal act coming from the east coast there amusing chaotic style along with there refined professionalism makes them (in my opinion) a shoe in to be eaten up by some lucky record label. The crowed loved them, and they had everyone more then ready for a textbook tragedy.

Last but certainly not least it was time for A Textbook Tragedy to make there appearance. They opened with “white lightening” and from the first note the crowed was out of control. It looked like a battleground in the capital winter club. Before the break down in “West Coast Answer” they called for a wall of death. By the time it was done there where probably more people on the ground then there where standing. Fortunately they played my favorite song “Godspeed centipede “ and they closed with “Dude Im on Alesse “. By the time they where done. I was at a loss of words, mainly because I had lost my voice.

- Jon Peters

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