Alienated in Vancouver

I haven't posted anything of interest to cryptozoologists for awhile, so here's a charming tuatara story I found in the Fortean Tim...

Ah, great. $780, I pay, for rent, for a bachelor's suite in the west end, where I'm in my fourth year of tenancy. I've grappled ...

Once again, the Vancity Theatre brings us the Spark FX Festival , commencing tomorrow with The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad at 7PM. Last year t...

People interested in Vancouver punk history and/or activism may be disappointed to discover that I have removed some fairly controversial ma...

The Golers play tonight at the Cobalt! As you will see, they are not really my thing, but they feature prominently in the sequel to that li...

After a few months of seasonal depression and exhaustion, where I didn't want to write at all, I had a brief creative spurt, followed by...

My favourite story that I wrote during my two year tenure with the sadly defunct, much-missed Nerve Magazine was my feature on the recording...

Not a great film, by far; I think I am going to side with the dissenters - Peter Rainer, here , who emphasizes the film's lack of origin...

Double bill tonight at the Rio on Broadway ! (I hope it's the original versions of both...)

...but not Vancouver's Thor, sorry to say. Still, check it out .

Not many films defeat me. I tried to watch Craig Baldwin's Mock Up On Mu last VIFF and ended up walking out, but I felt my doing so was...

Holy shit: I just read that Stooges' guitarist Ron Asheton died yesterday of a heart attack. This is very sad news - even moreso since ...

Sometimes the blurry shots are the best ones: Joe Keithley by Cindy Metherel I'm proud and a bit stunned to see it: a Vancouver punk ban...

I've occasionally done comic strips, dubbed "The Allan Funnies," for my own amusement, more than anything else. I don't ha...

Sounds like a must-see. Opened yesterday, not playin' much longer - check it out.

I only note obituaries here for people I was actually a fan of. I know Freddie Hubbard did some fine work, but I've never really followe...

I'm so excited! It opens next Friday! *see previously

(photo by Dan Kibke) It's cold and windy - the sort of wind that howls in trees and corridors, knocks a few things over here and there....

Though it is nowhere in our city at present, The Wrestler 's US release appears to have started this week; it's the film that suppos...

I've been enjoying my recent nights at the Railway - from seeing Nick Jones do Slim Whitman and David M. revise a certain old hit by Ric...