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Vol. 61, Issue 188
Master of the nightmare Alice Cooper talks about his upcoming Cranbrook show, the Hollywood Vampires, Jim Morrison, Satan, life as the dark outsider, the ‘70s, and the best band he’s ever had
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MLA busy with Core Review
Bennett challenges fellow ministers to take ‘bold approach’ SALLY MACDONALD Townsman Staff
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our and a half decades, 26 albums and a persona that completely and controversially changed the look of rock concerts have made Alice Cooper one of the most prominent rock acts in the world. And that rock icon is promising Cranbrook audiences the highest energy show they’ve seen in a while. Since the early 1970s, when his shows created controversy and scandal with their focus on horror, the macabre and elements designed to shock, an Alice Cooper concert has become one of the hottest tickets on the international touring circuit. Cooper spoke to the Daily Townsman from Arizona on a searing hot day there, and cold rainy day in Cranbrook. “It’s a ritual,” he said. “An Alice Cooper concert is going to be something that’s almost traditional now. They want the guillotine, they get the guillotine. They want Alice in a straitjacket — absolutely.” Alice Cooper is bringing his “Raise the Dead” tour to Western Financial Place in Cranbrook on November 13. And the Godfather of Shock Rock is enthusiastic about what he and his band are presenting. “The show is very hard rock,” Cooper said. “It’s in three sections. It starts out being really glam Alice, then it goes to nightmare Alice. We do a little section in the show called ‘Raise the Dead,’ where it’s really about all my dead drunk friends.”
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Kootenay East MLA Bill Bennett has been busy this summer working on the B.C. government’s Core Review. Bennett, who is the Minister Responsible for the Core Review, as well as the Minister of Energy and Mines, sent a letter to each government minister on Tuesday with instructions on the next step of the Core Review. “The focus at this stage of the process is that we want them to come in and talk to the committee about the ministry’s mandate and
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the mandate of all of their Crowns,” said Bennett, pointing out that there are about 90 Crown agencies in the B.C. government.
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Four-year terms of endearment Cranbrook city councillors ponder UBCM resolution
ARNE PETRYSHEN Townsman Staff
Alice Cooper, coming to Western Financial Place in Cranbrook Nov. 13.
A recent Union of B.C. Municipalities resolution calls on the provincial government to increase municipal election terms to four years, from three. The move is meant to bring the provincial and municipal elections inline. In Cranbrook, mayor and council took the opportunity to weigh in on
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the subject. Mayor Wayne Stetski said he was conscious of the financial savings when he weighed the option. “I voted in favour as it reduces the cost – for every 12-year period there would be only three municipal elections instead of four,” Stetski said.
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