Wednesday, June 14, 2023

RIP Cormac McCarthy

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Contemplating the sale of my Cormac McCarthy collection, some years ago, when my beard was still brown. It's all gone, now, alas, as are...
Saturday, June 10, 2023

The Brother variations: finger cuttings, disembowelings, censorship, and hilarious text on two Takeshi Kitano bootlegs

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Sometimes there is a respectable cinephilic reason to seek out a Chinese bootleg of a movie. The best case in point I can offer - besides th...
Thursday, June 08, 2023

Elvis Costello and the Imposters Vancouver concert review: "We're All Going on a Summer Holiday" tour kickoff at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, featuring Nick Lowe Y Los Straitjackets

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All concert photos by Allan MacInnis, not to be reused without permission Errata Alert: Oops, I somehow got "Girls Talk" confused ...
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Friday, June 02, 2023

Iranian punk rock T-shirt WTF moment!: Dumb things that make me REALLY HAPPY

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So I'm coming home from work and, as we disembark from the Skytrain, see a casually-dressed family of three (or four? Were there two kid...
Sunday, May 28, 2023

Dayglos in Ox!

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I am very happy to see the Dayglo Abortions coming in second place on the cover of the new Ox Fanzine. This is my interview with Murray (but...
Saturday, May 27, 2023

The Full Bug - an Interview with Matt Hewlett, re: One of the Best Record Stores of Vancouver Island

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Vancouver Island is pretty special when it comes to record shopping. There are plenty of cool, music-starved people over there, who can easi...
Friday, May 26, 2023

Gigs of early summer: Asian Persuasion All-Stars, Betty Bathory, Rodney DeCroo, AK-747s, and Me Bats + Circus in Flames

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It is too hot to sleep, so I am awake, again, blogging somewhat casually. Various gigs and such are competing for attention over the next wh...
Wednesday, May 24, 2023

...awake at 3am: my CPAP mask and The Yakuza Papers

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So this is new: I'm having cause to think of Kinji Fukasaku's Yakuza Papers films in light of my CPAP situation. In particular, the ...
Tuesday, May 23, 2023

...awake at 4am

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Dreamed my father had bought a house out in Maple Ridge and had ambitions to remodel it - put an extension on the property. We were walking ...
Friday, May 19, 2023

Donnie Darko and Southland Tales at the Rio, with Richard Kelly in attendance (updated and expanded)

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1. Southland Tales night (written BEFORE the Donnie Darko screening) I couldn't resist. I had never seen Southland Tales, and Erika w...