Category: freelance

  • Recently published: December 2025

    The December roundup highlights significant cultural events, including Handel’s Messiah, performed with varying interpretations since 1742, and Richmond’s mayor, Malcolm Brodie, performing at a charity concert. Additionally, it features young composer Sophia Colpitts and the newly opened Marianne and Edward Gibson Art Museum, designed with community significance.

  • Recently published: November 2025

    Here’s what I’ve been up to lately. Mostly writing for Stir, but there are other exciting things in the works.

  • From the Archives: The Soft Moon (2013)

    On this day 15 years ago (November 16, 2010), American indie label capture Tracks released the self-titled debut album by the Soft Moon, which was actually a solo project by L.A.-based musician Luis Vazquez. In 2013, I interviewed Vazquez during my stint as the “Sound Check” columnist for Concrete Skateboarding magazine. Vazquez and I discussed…

  • Recent writing: October 2025

    I guess I’m making this a monthly thing? In any case, here’s a roundup of some of the writing I have done recently, including freelance pieces and a couple of things I wrote just for fun.

  • More of my recent writing

    It’s time for another roundup of some of my most recent written output. I am particularly proud of this batch of articles, all of which have to do with anniversaries, from a Canadian rock classic to a trip-hop/dub landmark to a milestone in the development of television.

  • Some of my recent writing

    Just to keep you, my faithful readers/fans/stalkers up to date, I thought I would share a roundup of my recently published work, including two arts features for Stir and a piece I wrote just for fun and posted on Medium.

  • I interviewed improv-comedy great Colin Mochrie for Montecristo

    I recently interviewed Canadian improv-comedy great Colin Mochrie, of Whose Line Is It Anyway? fame, for Montecristo magazine’s website.

  • From the archives: Tame Impala (2012)

    “I’m always trying to find the craziest sound, you know—the thing that sounds the least like it comes from Earth,” says Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker.

  • NEED A MUSIC BIO? I’m your guy

    Hit me up for your bio-writing needs.

  • career update: April 2025

    If you follow me on LinkedIn or know me in real life, you may already be aware that I was recently laid off by my most recent employer after three years. The good news is that this means I’m available—for freelance jobs, a full-time position, or contract work. I’m not as cheap as Chat-GPT, but…