Alienated in Vancouver

Tom in action, by Jillian King ...actually, so far there's only one confirmed: Tom will do a solo show at the Main , September 20th. Wo...

You know, Customs Japan was pretty lax when I was living there - I would get waved through without even having to open my bags, most of the ...

wendythirteen by Femke van Delft You know it’s spring in Vancouver when the Cobalt starts to smell like a rotten apple stuffed into a dirty...

The Canadian supreme court has stopped just short of declaring Guantanamo Bay an illegal institution, but it's moving in the right direc...

So, actually, Justin Sullivan of the New Model Army is not such a hard man to get hold of after all. We spoke this weekend and I'm in t...

I've always been skeptical of James Randi...

I love Patricia Highsmith (links herein are to either Wikipedia pages or auctions). Described variably as a misanthrope, an alcoholic, a b...

What he said.

What's been spinning this week: Eugene Chadbourne : New Directions in Appalachian Music (pictured), with Phil Minton and Paul Lovens. ...

Y'all are paying attention, right? The newest doc on Joe Strummer will soon be playing the Cinematheque . I am deeply happy that I got ...

Thanks to Femke for sending this on (she took it, of course). In Seattle, for the New Model Army gig last month, wherever the hell that was....

More information can be found on Errol Morris' site. The film opens tomorrow at Cinemark Tinseltown.

Hm. The Skinny #3 is on the streets, and alas, there are a few problems with my Daniel Johnston review as it ran. They omitted my paragraph ...

For fans of experimental music, noise, and weirdness: the Her Jazz Noise Collective will be performing as part of the all-female Women'...

Finally watched Taxi to the Dark Side , playing at the Granville 7. It's yet another film where the content - Abu Ghraib, Gitmo, and hu...

...though it's an imperfect film - too long, too digressive, with a rather overly-emotive soundtrack and a slightly overcooked earnestne...

So it starts out with some sort of war in classical times; we are armor-clad, buff warriors come in a boat to do battle, and somehow our str...

Priceless , but I wouldn't bid on it.

...the fuck? I wake up at 3AM from dreams of hanging out with Stephen McBean, of Black Mountain , Pink Mountaintops, Jerk with a Bomb, etc. ...

Just got this from the 1067 mailing list. Giorgio is director of Vancouver New Music and a very exciting composer of avant garde music; thi...