The Legend of Zeldaâa mind-bogglingly popular series of fantasy video games by Nintendoâturned 29 years old in February. Over almost three decades, Zelda has proven itself as one of the most consistent high-quality franchises in any entertainment mediumâand considering there are just over 15 titles in the series, thatâs pretty commendable.
Itâs a trend thatâs as old as the profession itself, but has only gained noticeable momentum in the past decade or so. It appears as though you canât even mention âlaw enforcementâ in a light that is anything but completely negative without some young kidâwho spends far too much time reading alternative news websites and YouTube commentsâjumping up your ass and verbally tearing you to pieces for implying that we donât live in a police state where the average law enforcement officer is a power-hungry closet murderer.
As of February 13, the Evergreen Line has officially had its grand opening bumped back from its initial date of July 29, 2016 to the fall season of the same year by British Columbiaâs Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure.
I imagine most of youâwhether itâs an occasional round of drunk Mario Kart with the squad or countless nights of choosing to poop in a sock rather than ditch your Warcraft guildâplay video games.
The Grammys: one of the few nights of the year where musicians and other famous folk flock to one place for mass mutual pats on the back. Thereâs plenty to say about February 8, the night of this yearâs celebration of popular music (as is the case with most of these events).
Love is in the air at our fine institution. Not only because Februaryâs most prolific holiday is upon us quite shortly, but also because I see relatively tame public displays of affection regularly. Quick pecks on the lips, handholding, and even something as simple as two intimate people transfixed by the conversation, smiling at one anotherâseeing all of these things, and experiencing them myself, just puts a big smile on my face.
With the advent of apps like Tinder, never in the history of humankind has it been as easy to get dates as it is now. Anyone with a smartphone can put themselves out there. That said, longterm relationships generally take a ton of work. Like most whimsical forces of nature, there isnât really a secret formula to a successful love.
âAggressive, boastful, complex, extremely heavyââthese words describe very well not only this particular genre of music, but also the greats who created it. Many of them were virtuosos and by the time a lot of them graduated high school, they were experts of their choice instruments, moving their fingers up and down their instruments so quickly that youâd need to be in bullet-time to see even 10 per cent of the moves they were making.
In 1959, jazz was king and Miles Davis had just recorded his magnum opus Kind of Blue with his now legendary quartet. While Davis and his contemporaries were releasing records by the truckload, you would never catch any âcatsâ complaining about the lack of soul in songwriting or questioning the talent of jazz musicians as a whole.
If I wrote that Whiplash is a movie about jazz drumming, that brief description wouldnât be exactly accurate. The plot of first-time director Damien Chazelleâs film centres around a jazz musician who goes to extreme lengths to achieve perfection in his craft. Itâs as much a love letter to jazz music as a film can be. Right from the ascending snare beat and the claustrophobic, shadow-drenched shot that introduces the film, Chazelle makes you very aware that this film is definitely not going to be like that one time at band camp.
