Thursday, October 06, 2016

Briefly

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The Rebels Sing gig was astonishing. Really fun getting odd comments from Erin ("I feel like I'm standing front row at my own gig...
Saturday, October 01, 2016

Rest rudely in Peace, Oscar Brand!

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My favourite garage sale finds are almost always things I've never heard about before. In particular, there was a sale in East Van a ...
Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Right, so - the Rebel Spell again, plus Carsick Cars cancels!

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Okay, the god's honest truth was, listening to Rebels Sing: A Tribute to Todd Serious and The Rebel Spell  my first thought going fr...
Monday, September 19, 2016

Film vs. life

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Well, there's some pretty great stuff happening at the Cinematheque, in this Cinema of Cruelty series, except I'm too preoccupied w...
Sunday, September 18, 2016

Adam Wingard's Blair Witch: well, it's not BAD, but...

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I admire the first Blair Witch Project film all to hell. It's a truly scary film that uses minimal resources to maximal effect. I wa...
Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Bronsonquest 2: Curse of the Movie Diet

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I've been on a bit of a DVD diet, for various reasons, but mostly monetary. Much as there is still stuff I want, still stuff I'm jus...

This week at the flea market: Hong Kong exploitation posters!

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Heads up movie collector geek-types: Nathan Holiday, who I previously blogged about here , tells me that he's scored a bunch of Hong Kon...
Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Virgo a-Go-Go! this weekend (plus a small, digressive diss on Tom Waits that I'm sure will piss some people off, but I don't care)

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There's a pretty fun-sounding show this Friday at the Russian Hall (600 Campbell Ave, Strathcona): it's  Virgo a-Go-Go !, where e...
Friday, September 02, 2016

Guided by Voices at Neumos, Seattle, August 26 2016

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NOTE: I faced two choices with this piece: try to edit it down, or just to let it blurt. It seems appropriate just to let it blurt.... let...