Alienated in Vancouver

Some comments generated by my Bison article on the Straight accuse the band of being hipsters. To be perfectly honest, the present use of ...

My new interview with Bison BC is here . I really like interviewing Bison BC and am very happy with this article and excited about their D...

How many other freelancers for the Straight stay up late checking the website every hour or so on Wednesday night, when an article of theirs...

I have contributed a snooty, nasty comment or two to the Straight's news article, re: Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen (the latter ...

Anyone who saw the anthology film Tokyo! a few years back will have at least some memories of Monsieur Merde, the sewer-dwelling, flower ...

Canadian roots musician Petunia (whom I interview here ) plays with  Eat 'n Holler 's fiddler Ben Strong as part of a Wednesday (...

I've posted a few things about the former Doc Corbin Dart, now known as 26, but hadn't noticed this interview with him , done someti...

Come to Maple Ridge to see the Likely Rads , the Bone Daddies , and the Belushis with no cover charge at the Wolf Bar, December 22nd! (Th...

Hey, Christmas shoppers. Anyone want to get me a real cool record? Here's my punk rock shopping list. Vinyl only, please - help me fill ...

One of the most interesting Canadian-made (if Polish-directed) films of the 1990's was a seldom-seen gem called Clearcut ,  shot in On...

Well, who knew about this? Former porn actress Hyapatia Lee - one quarter Cherokee, and namechecked in Mike's No Doubt article - has ...

Celebrating their first year in Zulu Records!

Tomorrow the Vancouver Jewish Film Festival is screening AKA Doc Pomus ;  Ken Eisner's review of it is here , the trailer is here . Ve...

Two threads I've been following and commenting on on the Straight website - Mike Usinger's provocative article on the No Doubt video...

According to Wikipedia, the least successful studio album of Neil Young's career is  Life.  It was the final album Young released on G...

Vegans, animal rights activists, and animal lovers might find this an interesting punk song - off 26's album The Messiah . Of course, 2...

Last night's Neil Young concert outdoes Iggy and the Stooges for the hardest-rockin' show by a senior citizen that I've seen (...

...in which I'm trying to do a demonstration lesson for a classroom and discover that no one is listening to me. Do I take myself far ...