An interview with some Suicide Girls
In 2009, I was doing things like interviewing Suicide Girls at sex trade shows (the Taboo Naughty But Nice Sex…
A visit to the El Cid Mazatlan
In 2008, a freak Christmastime snow-storm sent us scurrying from Vancouver to Mazatlan, and a stay at the El Cid…
An American Thanksgiving in Pennsylvania
This 2008 post combines a few of my favourite things: relationship troubles, a visit to a winery, and American Thanksgiving... …
“I know that ‘banana’ works”—an interview with Maria Bamford
In 2008, while writing a blog for Lavalife.com, I discovered that comedian Maria Bamford was doing the online dating thing.…
Memories of Miraloma on the Cove
From the don't-look-for-it-it-isn't-there-anymore-files... Miraloma on the Cove Continue readingMemories of Miraloma on the Cove
Dear Mom—a holiday thank you note from your son
Questionable Christmas gifts from my mom, who excels at such things. Continue readingDear Mom—a holiday thank you note from your…
Guided by Voices vs. Soul Asylum in the suburbs of Minneapolis
Guided by Voices and Soul Asylum at the Hilde Performance Center, Plymouth, Minnesota, Aug. 19 2017 Continue readingGuided by Voices…
When the director of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles met Madonna
Steve Barron loved The Jam. He ended up directing 'Burning Up' (the music video) & Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Continue…
The Rocketeer, the 1991 Disney superhero film that never had a chance
Disney marketed the 1991 superhero movie to kids. But that's not what killed it. Continue readingThe Rocketeer, the 1991 Disney…
That time Warren Beatty dressed up as Dick Tracy to be interviewed by Leonard Maltin…
... to hold onto the rights to the character Continue readingThat time Warren Beatty dressed up as Dick Tracy to…