Alienated in Vancouver

The quality of suspense is an interesting thing. I no longer worry that much, when watching a film, about whether everything will work out f...

There's not much left on the ol' vinyl wishlist. Might add the odd thing as I think of it but I'm mostly doing pretty well. Thes...

Is it COVID? Dunno. No tests around the house and I'm told they're not easy to come by now, but it doesn't feel like a normal co...

The new Butts doc is screening at the Rio on Monday, and it is the most fun rock-doc I have seen in a long time -- since the Sparks movie, ...

So first off, let me clarify something about COVID. I do actually think Geoff Berner's views about COVID are a bit extreme. We talked ab...

Tony by me! Okay, so it's a bit arbitrary to pick this Friday to write a story about Vancouver music scene veterans playing at LanaLou...

You've all seen The Gambler, I hope? No, no, not the Mark Wahlberg film: the 1974 James Caan/ Paul Sorvino one, one of the darker films...

Ian Gillan last night in Abbotsford; all photos by me It's amazing I managed to have a great time at the Deep Purple show in Abbotsford ...

 Got nothin'.  Wrote pieces on the Bad Beats and the East Vandals on the Straight website the other week, didn't bother to post abou...

I wonder if, in terms of wildfires, the torrential downpour was a net gain last night, or if it was cancelled out by all the lightning? I...

CUT AND PASTED OFF FACEBOOK, because what the hell, let's keep social media evil: Boy Indigo Metrotown sucks. So I have time to kill bef...

All photos for this post by Allan MacInnis My first Metal Cruise last night. A fun experience! Wrote an advance article about it here , focu...