Alienated in Vancouver

Sorry, folks - won't be anything until next weekend or so, I don't think. Just no stamina for blogging at the moment.

...and a mighty fine time was had by all at the Railway for the launch of Rod Filbrandt's Wombat book (see below!). I got me a Dry Shav...

...so that Ron Reyes birthday event is in July... Oops...

Sad to note: Tracy Wright has died of pancreatic cancer at age 50 . Wright was married to Don McKellar and starred alongside him in Monkey W...

Heyo - y'all know that Chris Walter's booklaunch for Argh Fuck Kill: The Story of the Dayglo Abortions is on Friday at the Biltmore...

I often wondered what the source of the phrase " cherchez la femme " was - "look for the woman," often repeated in noirs...

Mainstream movie audiences don't seem particularly receptive to films about the war on terror, particularly when it comes to the topic o...

I had a delightful surprise reading Rod Filbrandt’s new Wombat anthology last week (available at Chapters, online , and elsewhere). I’ve al...

Followers of this blog know that I am a big Patricia Highsmith fan . For those who don't know of her, Patricia Highsmith was an alcoholi...

Some horrible images .

Thanks to the mysterious workings of search engines, the most commented-upon post in the history of my blog is " I Hate Downtown: a Ran...

Maybe I still haven't recovered from my Doc Chad night, but crikey, I'm pooped. No strength to blog or much of anything else. If you...

How's this for magnanimity? I'm going to let my potential poster-buying competitors know that tomorrow and Sunday, from 11 to 7 - as...

I turned over a board in a ditch today. It was a good board and a dry ditch, and it seemed likely, if my childhood instincts still apply, th...

Congrats to BCVCO on this evening's Planetarium gig! After Alex Varty's fine Straight piece on the show (which I heard had sold ou...

I must admit that I'm relatively new to Melvins fandom. I saw them at least twice, maybe more, back in the late 80s/early 1990's at ...

(Written early June 3rd, edited and posted June 6. Rewritten again on June 7, because I can). So here I sit: all roads lead to a Korean net ...

I will now spend a few days doing other things and, barring news of overwhelming importance, check back in with my blog next weekend. Come s...

Jesus. Dennis Hopper just died of prostate cancer . I'd missed that he was even sick. He figures in a couple of articles on my blog - wi...