Alienated in Vancouver

At the tour kickoff gig the other night, as a "congratulations on touring Japan" present, I got Bert Man a gift: I had stumbled ac...

Note: all images illustrating this article are taken from Northmen: A Viking Saga and/or the promotional material for that film. It...

Do any of my local readers NOT know that Nardwuar is getting a star and hosting a free show on Sunday at the Commodore? More here !

Crummy by Bob Hanham, not to be reused without permission Hey, I have a Straight interview with Bert Man of Crummy! They're abou...

Love seeing Sid Haig in anything. Sad that he's gone. Hadda note it. Has 3 From Hell come and gone from theatres already? ...

A couple of my Facebook posts this evening. One: You know what? Screw strategic voting. Everyone should just vote NDP. Could someone with ...

Dear Mr. Pigat: I think it is wonderful that you are sharing your birthday event with Vancouver, and hope you have a successful show. ...

Jeez, was anyone still planning to vote for Justin Trudeau? It's either NDP or Green this time for me. Learned my lesson months ago, h...

Joe Keithley and I took time last weekend for a fast conversation, apropos of the upcoming Federal Election and the September 21st Pun...

It used to be that I would spend a fair bit of time paying respects to people who died on this blog. I still read obits. My regular routin...

Joe Keithley writes, apropos of next weekend's show: Hi Al Here's the press release for a show I am putting on at the Wise Hall...

Missed their last show there, even though I wrote about their recent album at length . Delighted that I'll get another chance to see the...

There are two films upcoming at the Cinematheque that make for an inspired double bill: Mikey and Nicky and Ishtar, both written and d...

Okay, so: it looks like I will not be talking to Amon Amarth. I have tons of questions for Johann Hegg - whom I've never gotten to speak...

"How many times have you seen this show?" the guy asks me, and I tell him, "hell, I haven't seen Maiden since 1983!"...