A funny thing happened to me on the way to Alcatraz
I wound up at an art show. It all started when an artist friend of mine invited me down to…
We’re adults now… and that’s the least of our problems
This was my second Dusting Off feature for hmv.com/ca (my first was a loving reassessment of Martha and the Muffins'…
How big, how blue, how did I miss You Got the Dirtee Love?
Florence and the Machine's new album, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful, was released last week. To help build giddy anticipation,…
Things to do at Pudong Airport when you’re dead (tired)
Due to a layover, I would be spending 10 hours at the Shanghai Pudong International Airport in Shanghai. I was expecting…
Piper who? Orange is the New Black returns for a third season
On Wednesday night, at the Rosewood Hotel Georgia, the folks at Netflix Canada held a screening of the first two…
Is this Vancouver’s best cover band?
Interview—Kerry Galloway of Steelin in the Years Steelin' in the Years is a Steely Dan cover band based in the…
‘We slept in the Creem offices for three months…’ Because. Wouldn’t you?
Cyril Jordan of legendary '70s band the Flamin' Groovies on Creem Magazine, Rock Hudson and Jacques Cousteau. Continue reading‘We slept…
The Electrifying Conclusion, not
Note: this post was originally published on thesnipenews.com on Sept 20 2014. The end, when it came, came suddenly. It was…
Graphic novel looks at a a life in dance
Graphic novel review—Polina by Bastien Vivès Polina is the second graphic novel from French cartoonist Bastien Vivès In January, Jonathan…
Benmont Tench and the truth about ‘You Little Thief’ and a ‘A Good Heart’
Last week I had the opportunity to interview keyboardist Benmont Tench prior to the Tom Petty show Aug 14 at…