Daryn Wright
Sugaring Season sweetens up autumn
October 9, 2012Beth Orton's new album is one part honey one part spice. By Daryn Wright The first thing one notices when listening to Beth Orton’s Sugaring Season is that she is able to perfectly and simultaneously render imagery of both the lament of summer and autumnal acceptance. The album cover is a side profile of Orton, wearing a collared white shirt, her hair in a comfortable up-do, overexposed lighting highlighting the shadows. These visuals do well to introduce the listener to the kind of album Sugaring Season is: an uncomplicated one, with floating melodies and careful acoustics. The album opener, “Magpie”,…
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Welcome back: the arts at SFU
September 10, 2012No need to fret: your welcome back arts guide begins here By Daryn Wright Somewhere, amongst the modernist architectural catastrophe that is SFU, there exists an arts community. Yes, it’s hard to find amongst those thick cement walls and uncomfortable…
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More than words: The Acorn’s understated fare
September 3, 2012The Acorn brings elegance to vegetarian dishes. By Daryn Wright There is a peculiar raising of stakes that occurs when waiting for a seat at a restaurant. It is hardly noticeable when the wait is short, or when the would-be…
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Trading helmets for fedoras
June 25, 2012By Daryn Wright Photos by Mark Burnham/a> Vancouver Cycle Chic is a new initiative aimed at growing the appeal of bikes with fashionable cyclists The bicycle is a clean, efficient alternative to motorized transportation. Yet it is either ignored by…
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Album review: The Idler Wheel by Fiona Apple
June 25, 2012By Daryn Wright An entirely acoustic album founded on Apple’s usual vulnerability and honest lyrics After seven years, Fiona Apple is back, putting her piano-banging hands and sultry voice onto The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the…
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Hive: The New Bees 2 theatre collaboration promises a honey of a show
May 21, 2012By Daryn Wright Resounding Scream will be bringing several theatre companies under one roof for a series of site-specific performance shorts Chapel Arts, an event space at the edge of Strathcona, is about to give honeycomb housing to a dozen…
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Fashions of the world wars’ intermission
March 19, 2012By Daryn Wright ‘Golden age thinking’: the belief that a time before our own was better, more progressive, and in this case — more chic Serving as a reminder of a time before our own, mannequins stand sentinel in the…
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‘Rock art’ orchestra
February 20, 2012By Daryn Wright Conductor-turned-gliding instructor-turned-cellist of anti-orchestra tells his story to The Peak Dress Led Zeppelin up in a crisp white shirt and tie and you get Bryan Deans of Plastic Acid Orchestra. Sipping espresso in JJ Bean, Deans revealed…
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Ghost town: SFU’s absent arts community
January 23, 2012By Daryn Wright Photo by Jenny Waters What can we blame this time for the student–campus disconnect? I’m not the first to observe the state of SFU’s arts community — or put more broadly, culture community. There is a unique…
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