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We've been taking some flak for a recent typo in Planet S Magazine.  The ribbing has been (generally) gentle and good natured.  It's always humbling to make a boo boo, but compared to what TV personalities have to put up with, we have it easy.When you make a mistake on TV, people share it and before long you are all over the world.   That can be embarrassing.  On the ot

 Just a quick FYI that Native Earth Performing Arts’ production of Almighty Voice and His Wife is playing in Saskatoon THIS WEEKEND ONLY for three shows, January 27-29, at the Backstage Stage in the Ellen Remai Arts Centre. The production is being presented by Hardly Art, an independent theatre company belonging to playwright and Saskatoon Library’s Writer in Residence, Yvette Nol

 It's that time again folks!  Time for DISPATCHES FROM THE FUTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!  No...wait.  I mean, time for The Sheepblog!  Sheepdog drummer Sam Corbett has been cool enough to send me his thoughts on their success and daily goings-ons, so I've slapped them up here in blog form!  In this installment, Sam tells us just how fucking cool it is to record an album

Whether you’re for it or against it, smoking the ganja is the subject of a local film that is fighting its way through production.A local filmmaker named Shayne Metcalfe, from ISEE Motion Pictures, is making a movie about medical marijuana called Bad Seed.  It looks at the political, spiritual and ethical attitudes that surround the issue.Right now, he’s seeking funding to complet

I recently had the intense pleasure of sampling Weczeria's rice pudding. Rice pudding doesn't normally register as an exciting dessert in my books. It's usually just sort of there, an added serving of starch at the end of a meal. But this rice pudding, more like a sweet risotto, all creamy and smooth, spiced just right, and topped with caramel sauce and vanilla bean whipped cream, has

Last year’s Lugo was an amazing par-tay with a totally wicked set up at the Mendel Art Gallery.  It’s on again, this Saturday the 14th, and you don’t want to miss it.  I’m betting tickets are going fast, as it was packed to the rafters last year.  If you’re living under a rock and don’t know what Lugo is --- it’s a celebration of Saskatoon&r

My pal Greg makes some great points on our sister's blog.  Concussions are a threat to the future of the NHL.  Star players are dropping like flies this season.  It can't be easy to sell tickets to a game when, on any given night, two or three of the star attractions will be N/A.  Then consider salary costs and all the medical expenses.Crosby is still hooped.  Pron

Wow.  I’m a dummy.  I recently wrote a blurb on Band Swap, a really fun night of music and reverie that involves the proceeds going to charity.  However, I mistakenly said that the proceeds were going to The Food Bank and Learning Centre, when they’re actually going to The Crisis Nursery.Everyone at Band Swap and The Food Bank were real Christmas sweethearts about the wh

This week, our intrepid blogging Sheepdog, Sam Corbett, regales us with the story of how they found out about winning the cover of Rolling Stone, the hilarious antics that followed, and what the best moment was in his mind.  Without further adieu, here is Sam Corbett's Sheepblog!   On Monday August 1st, at 3 pm, it was announced to the world that The Sheepdogs had

Thank dog we'll always have his work to inspire.  These presentations are so succinct.  Enjoy - or feel free to dispute!  

 I’ve been alerted (thanks Terry!) to a poll that contrasts U.S. Democrat supporters favourite television shows with those of  self-identified conservative Republicans. From Entertainment Weekly:In a report prepared exclusively for EW, the company calculated some of the favorite — and least favorite — TV shows of political partisans. (Specifically: the report measu

Here’s a quick reminder that, during this busy time of year, there’s still a bunch of really kick-ass theatre stuff going on. There's stuff to take the family to...and then there's SKIT SKIT!So, for all of you out there planning to make Santa’s ‘nice’ list this year, there are two family-oriented productions currently running. Persephone Theatre’s produc

Christmas treats!  New Black Keys, Amy Winehouse unearthed goodies, and my pick for this week, Charlotte Gainsbourg.  Gainsbourg is seriously talented as an actress and her music (Beck wrote the song below) is nothing if not interesting and compelling. What else launched today?  Click here.

I’ve heard grumblings lately that Planet S doesn’t nearly commit enough time and space to covering mainstream rap and hip-hop – or basically anything that doesn’t involve a white guy yelling into a mic while plunking at a guitar.That’s a half-truth.We at Planet S actually go through painstaking lengths to seek and search out music of all shapes, sizes and colours. The

Sooo: it appears that octopuses (yup--that's the correct plural, according to those in the know!) can now walk on land--and here's the video proof! (Scientific American) Clearly, they'll be running the show around here very soon, and here's betting humanity's gonna get the short end of the tentacle when it comes to who lives and who dies. I can't say I blame

Hey dudes and female-type dudes!  I am proud to present the second of an ongoing guest blog from Sam Corbett of The Sheepdogs, as he regales us with tales from the road.  Planet S, myself, and Sam Corbett present:The Sheepblog - Travelling in Styleby Sam CorbettOur first van was a hand-me-down from Ryan’s parents. It did a serviceable job for a couple years while we drove around Ca

Do you have kids that force you to listen to Selena, Katy Perry or whatever other despicable garbage the young 'uns are being force-fed?  Well I am about to save your child's musical soul, and at the same time, give you something beautiful!21 year old Ontarian Ariana Gillis releases her second album today.  Buy it, and share it with young people so that they can learn about the a

“You’ll shoot your eye out, kid!”That’s the line that everyone remembers from A Christmas Story.  Much like its holiday counterpart, It’s a Wonderful Life, A Christmas Story slipped under the radar upon its release in 1983, but in the last few years has become a Christmas classic.  And what some people don’t know is that it’s actually based on a

Hey music lovers!Because I love you so much, I present to you a new ongoing series of blogs from our own Sam Corbett, drummer for The Sheepdogs (and voted Best Drummer in the Planet S Best of Reader’s Poll).  Sam thought it would be a fun idea to document some of their adventures, so we at home could live vicariously through them a little.  Who doesn’t want to live that rock

It's Tuesday.  And Tegan and Sara is my pick of the litter this week.  Get Along looks like a pretty cool package.  Songs, two documentary films and a concert video.  If you know a Tegan and Sara fan - give this to them for their birthday or for no reason at all.I dunno....looks like the doc could be pretty freakin' boring, but if there's a concert video, I wou

A new album can seem like a great gift from the cosmos; like a religious nut receiving grace, you just want to tell everyone about it.  It can also be super disappointing.  That artist you love who puts out their sophomore slump album is a real bummer.  Of course, it’s fun to discuss these too. I keep a folder in my iTunes labeled “Heavy Rotation.”  It&rs

Sure, the loss itself wasn’t unexpected: it was clearly a David vs. Goliath-style battle, the oddsmakers had predicted a win for the favourites well in advance, and even diehards like myself weren’t holding out much hope, although we perhaps weren’t saying so publicly. Basically, we were just praying they’d keep it close.Instead, my stupid New York Islanders get hammer

Sure, if public opinion polls of late are even anywhere close to correct, this election’s gonna be a landslide for the Sask Party, and a devastating ass-kicking for the NDP, when it comes to the province as a whole — but Saskatoon looks like it’ll be exciting! Can Cathy Sproule hold Saskatoon-Nutana for the NDP after the retirement of NDP icon Pat Atkinson? Will Sask Party s

You know what excites me most about Prince coming to Saskatoon...a chance to hear him play guitar.  He's freakishly good!  The bummer?  Last time he was supposed to be here it was scheduled for TCU Place, and this time is CUC.  Crap!  On the other hand...this will likely be the best concert  that we'll see in the city for a long long time.  So get tickets

Right, this is a bit late in the day, so I’ll keep it short and sweet.Nomeansno has been around since 1979, and people are still struggling to figure out just how to categorize them: punk/ progressive /jazz /art / math rock?Whatever. Here’s betting they don’t give a flying fuck, and neither should you: brilliant doesn’t need a nametag.If you have to call them something, the

I don't know why I don't think this toy is funny.  Maybe it's because toys that aren't interesting annoy me.  This looks like another gimmicky piece of shit that will sucker about half a million North American parents into spilling 40 bucks for the 3 laughs it's gonna give gramma at Christmas dinner. Don't buy it.  Just watch the video below  twice then

Planet S' editor is a huuuge fan of wombats. Why? We don't know. But this video from The Guardian is dedicated to him. 

NOTE - A reponse to the response of the response from an article published in Planet S RE: A Value Village planned for the Stonebridge neighbourhood.Read that article HERE.Having relocated from Montreal back to Saskatoon on the cusp of prairies summer, I parked several boxes of vinyl records and garbage bags full of clothes in a friend’s spare bedroom in his newly purchased condo.I was going

I wish I could say I was surprised that Saskatoon-Dumboldt Conservative MP Brad Trost was attacking an excellent, lifesaving group like the International Planned Parenthood Fund — but that would be a lie, as he’s been doing so for years. Bad Brad’s evangelical anti-abortionism (stupid enough to start with) is so virulent that he’d wants to deny funding to a group that

Francophone music seems to be experiencing something of a boom in the prairies lately. On Wednesday, Montreal’s Karkwa, recipients of the 2010 Polaris Prize, will be making an appearance at the Roxy Theatre as part of their headlining tour across Canada. While the band’s fourth album, Les Chemins de verre, was recorded in Paris, France, it caught the ear of audiences in both Quebec and