After topping critics’ polls, Courtney Marie Andrews takes Honest Life on the road
Courtney Marie Andrews' Honest Life caught the attention of critics and Americana fans in 2016. She opens for Joe Pug…
Year-end Vancouver releases pt. III
Wouldn't you know it, after I thought I'd finally completed my two lists of Vancouver album releases for 2016, I find…
Never meet your heroes pt.1
A close encounter with Elvis Costello Continue readingNever meet your heroes pt.1
Seven inches from the crypt: Minutes from Downtown
Who remembers Minutes from Downtown? Continue readingSeven inches from the crypt: Minutes from Downtown
12 ways of looking at Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Looking back at the Looking for Mr. Goodbar movie In a recent post, I wrote about Judith Rossner's Looking for…
Looking back at Judith Rossner’s Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Weird, wacky and often well-written, the 1973 bestseller-turned-into-a-Diane-Keaton-film was based on a true story. Continue readingLooking back at Judith Rossner’s…
10 things I learned from reading the first Fantastic Four Omnibus Vol. 1
The World's Greatest Comic Magazine also featured the World's Most Gullible Supehero Team, and other things I learned while reading…
Five Lloyd Cole songs you need to hear (and he might play this Saturday night at the Rio Theatre)
A request letter from a longtime fan Continue readingFive Lloyd Cole songs you need to hear (and he might play…
‘No one’s going to go to this movie’: Louise on Suicide Squad
Periodically, I like to check in on my friend Louise to find out her take on the latest in pop…
“I never met anyone I didn’t like at a record company…”
Like myself, Bif Naked was raised in Winnipeg and moved to Vancouver in the early nineties. Unlike me, she's been…