Alienated in Vancouver

Sometimes I get dreams where I'm with my father. (The day before yesterday was the fourth anniversary of his death). Last night, he an...

Not sure if the Frank Frink 5 count as part of the Vancouver "fuck band" tradition or not but it's a great night of country ...

I have always hated the idea of early concerts, with venues being emptied out at 11pm so that the bar can turn into a disco, but these day...

The whole world that cares has already weighed in on social media, but I'm avoiding cleaning the kitchen and thought I might as well r...

Ah, Maple Ridge. Found myself wandering through our cultural mecca, Haney Place Mall , earlier today. I had hoped that some store in town ...

I have long maintained a section in the bottom corner of my DVD shelves for movies that I want to keep around, but am embarrassed to be asso...

There is apparently a poll underway about how riders feel about transit safety in Vancouver. I have just posted the following comment after ...

I missed David M's Christmas Alone In No Fun City last year, but this year, I intend to go, and to bring my gal! Unless we can't get...

Thinking about the internet, and how an excess of anything devalues it. This started because Robin Bougie shared an article on Facebook a...

So this Roky set saw me compose my first ever Setlist.fm submission - and also do my first fan-shot concert video ! (The video isn't so ...

(Facefest update: just a few minutes ago, I posted the previous poster for Facefest on my blog - and thought, in passing, that it was we...

Spoke to Claire Denis the other week , apropos of the Vancity Theatre's upcoming screening of her new film, a revenge-driven noir call...

Photo by Erika Lax What a terrific night! Thanks to La-Ti-Da Records for bringing Roky Erickson to town - a bucket list concert if ever...

At one point towards the end of the second Red Herring set at the Prophouse last night, frontman Enrico Renz quipped something to the aud...

I kind of love the Liquidation World DVD delete bins, you know? The good stuff doesn't necessarily last that long, they don't re...

An Australian friend wrote me a few days ago to express her extreme frustration with  The Counsellor - a collaboration between Ridley Scott...

Jeez. I didn't expect that I'd ever have cause to feel fondness for David Hasselhoff. I mean, no offense to him, but why would I? ...

Edit: I am altering this post, to say: read the Straight Music Notes section for news on the Red Herring reunion show this weekend, where...

Two members of Iranian underground rock band The Yellow Dogs were murdered in Brooklyn today by an Iranian musician who had been kicked o...