Wednesday November 25

If you’re on Granville, head to The Venue for Moneen if you dig the
alexisonfire-esque stylings of this Ontario emo band. You’re by the
waterfront? Find yourself at Heathenfest fearturing Belfagor and Scythia if
hearing damage is your fancy.

My pick: Heathenfest unless you’re wearing girls’ jeans.

Thursday November 26

Blue Rodeo will be at the Center for the Performing Arts tonight, with
supporting act Skydigger. If you feel a little more classical, head over to
the Orpheum for Russian Composer Night which is sure to feature excellent
romantic music from the famous five.

My pick: VSO— it’s worth the sit

Friday November 27

One hell of a night for live music in Vancouver; Punk Gods SNFU are
rocking the Biltmore Cabaret with their friends in Left Spine Down. If
you’re in the downtown core, the Commodore Ballrom hosts Daniel
Wesley for a great night with some local pride. Are you up for some dancing
instead? Go to the Grandview Legion hall for local ska legends Los Furios’
CD release party, featuring the Bone Daddies. Or, check out Malone’s Pub
for the Mary’s Gunns show; pricy beer, and usually the crowd is full of
assholes, but the show ain’t bad. The Trews are playing the Rio Theatre, but
this sucker’s sold out, so scalp if you must.

My pick: Every show has its perks, but my faith lies in the Furios

Saturday November 28 ;

Hang around Pat’s Pub if you like the stylings of White Owl and Sex
Church, which guarantees to be a good night. Or you could strut on down

to Pub 340, where all the rockers of Vancouver will be hanging out with
Stones tribute band Mick Believe & Tongue. Supporting act the Mighty
Lightening Hendrix Tribute will be there as well; so missing this bill would
be a bummer.

My pick: Go to 340, man, it'll trip you out.

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Spider-Man takes to web “singing”
Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark adding some final touches to the

long-awaited musical

 

 

 

 

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By Angela Espinoza

he long awaited Spider-Man musical
has finally found its leading man:
Reeve Carney. Carney is already
the lead singer of the up-and-coming band
Carney, which I feel can best be described
as an indie take on the Maroon 5 rip-off
genre popularized by The Last Goodnight.
Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark is not
the first theatre adaption of Sam Raimi’s
Spider-Man trilogy. The first adaption was

be absolutely fantastic, or the whole thing
will be a mess of colossal proportions.
Given Taymor’s credibility with the stage,
I assume the direction will be done well,
however as a film director, she clearly
learned nothing from casting Wood as a
singing female lead. Not that Wood is a bad
singer, she’s just... sub-par. Carney as the
lead aside, I worry this show is focusing
more on star potential than on the show
itself.

I'd be lying if I said I wasn’t interested

“To pick the lead singer of a popular MySpace band over a
professional theatre actor seems to further prove they’re relying
on star power over show value.”

produced in Saudi Arabia in 2002, based on
the first film of the series. Universal Studios
Hollywood also concocted their own large-
scale production based on the first film,
entitled Spider-Man Rocks! , which ran
from May 2002 until August 2004.

Turn Off the Dark is the first
Broadway-based Spider-Man adaption,
which so far seems to be going all out in
hopes of achieving recognition, spending
upwards of $54 million on the production
. First off, U2’s Bono and The Edge will
be writing original music for the entire
show. Actress Evan Rachel Wood will
be portraying Mary Jane Watson, while
Scottish actor Alan Cumming, best known
for his role as Nightcrawler in X2: X-Men
United, will be portraying Norman Osborn,
a.k.a. The Green Goblin. The musical is to
be directed by Julie Taymor, known for her
critically praised The Lion King musical
adaption and whatever Across the Universe
was supposed to be.

That being said, we can all expect one
of two things will happen: the show will

in seeing it myself, although I do find the
idea a tad strange. The Spider-Man story
just doesn’t seem dramatic or powerful
enough to be a mature musical -- it seems
like something more for a child to enjoy,
especially considering the introduction of
a new villain known as “Swiss Miss’...
good god. Now, if someone wanted to do a
musical adaption of Batman, I can see that
being an epic experience. In all honesty
though, I’m just mainly interested in seeing
if J. Jonah Jameson gets his own song
entitled “Pictures of Spider-Man”... hey, it
could happen!

Back to Carney, he certainly has the
right voice, and he does look considerably
like Tobey Maguire, so I think we can say
he’s been properly chosen. Although, to
pick the lead singer of a popular MySpace
band over a professional theatre actor
seems to further prove they’re relying on
star power over show value.

The show is expected to premiere on
Broadway in February 2010.

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