Alex Bloom
Busty and the Bass’ Alistair Blu discusses origins, inspirations, and the artistic process
November 6, 2017By: Alex Bloom Busty and the Bass is a Montréal-based band composed of nine members: Scott Bevins (trumpet), Mike McCann (trumpet), Chris Vincent (trombone), Nick Ferraro (alto saxophone and vocals), Louis Stein (guitar), Milo Johnson (bass), Julian Trivers (drums), Eric Haynes (piano, keyboard), and Alistair Blu (keyboards, synths, vocals, and rap). The Peak spoke with Victoria, BC-born Alistair Blu about songwriting, their musical inspirations and how the band got started. The members of Busty and the Bass met and started the band while studying music at McGill University, getting their name at “some drunken music frosh orientation,” according to…
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The Boom Booms’ vocalist Aaron Ross talks about artistic process, inspiration, and travel
October 18, 2017Interview by: Alex Bloom The Boom Booms are a Vancouver-based alternative-soul band. They won second place in the 2011 Peak Performance Project (not associated with The Peak newspaper), garnering a $75,000 prize. They spent the summer touring and just released…
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Must-see event: African Descent Evening
October 12, 2017By: Alex Bloom The African Students Association is hosting an African Descent Evening on Friday, October 13 from 6–9 p.m in the Saywell Atrium on Burnaby Campus. The event is centred around the celebration of various African cultures, and everyone…
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Threads: From the Refugee Crisis: Kate Evans discusses her latest graphic novel
October 3, 2017The Peak sat down with UK-based graphic novelist, Kate Evans to discuss the inspiration behind her new book Threads: From the Refugee Crisis. It is a graphic novel about the stories of the many people who have been forced to…
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Must-see event: Indigenous Day 2K17 Burn the Borders
September 25, 2017By: Alex Bloom This event, put on by the First Nations Student Association, will be taking place on September 28 at SFU’s Convocation Mall. As stated on their Facebook page, the event will be held “on the Unceded Territories of…
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Why Game of Thrones season 7 is both the best and worst season yet
September 4, 2017By: Alex Bloom First of all, I’m a huge fan of Game of Thrones and I read all the books, so I really wanted to love this season. Second of all, spoiler alert: I will be discussing many events from…
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GoT has serious issues, man
July 24, 2017By: Alex Bloom and Janis McMath The Red Viper — certainly no stereotype While there is not much representation of non-heterosexual relationships or characters in Game of Thrones, when those characters do appear they are far from token characters. Sir…
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Kiss of the Fur Queen is a nuanced appraisal of the damages wrought by residential schools
July 23, 2017By: Alex Bloom Written by acclaimed Indigenous-Canadian writer Tomson Highway, Kiss of the Fur Queen is a powerful read that deals with the themes of identity, colonization, abuse, sexuality, and post-traumatic stress. It is a heavy novel, so be aware…
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Best and worst albums to have sex to
July 22, 2017By: Alex Bloom, Courtney Miller, Natasha Tar Valtari by Sigur Rós Composed of select instrumentals and explosive endings, almost every minute of this album could be the soundtrack of sensual sex. Each song is framed in about the same way: slow,…
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Must-see event: World Naked Bike Ride – Vancouver
July 20, 2017By: Alex Bloom It’s that time of year again: the Vancouver naked bike ride will be held on July 22 at Sunset Beach. There will be activities such as body painting as well as some performances starting at 12 p.m.…
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