Category: interviews
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The content discusses three artistic pieces from January 2026. The first explores the profound, lasting trauma of the Russo-Ukrainian war through a theatrical lens. The second highlights the Fretless, a Canadian string quartet, as they adapt by incorporating vocals into their music. Lastly, a musical reflection on family and memory by Adrian Glynn McMorran emphasizes…
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That time I interviewed Nardwuar the Human Serviette for the Georgia Straight, back in 2007.
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Australian indie-folk act the Paper Kites release a new album, If You Go There, I Hope You Find It, today. Here’s an interview I did with the band’s frontman and primary songwriter, Sam Bentley, a few years back.
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Exactly 12 years ago, the Georgia Straight published my interview with Panic! At the Disco’s frontman, Brendon Urie. By this point, Urie was effectively the last man standing; only he and drummer Spencer Smith remained from the original Panic! lineup, but even Smith was a member in name only and would soon depart altogether. All…
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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.
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Here’s what I’ve been up to lately. Mostly writing for Stir, but there are other exciting things in the works.
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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…
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What has tongues wagging these days is sex. First there was the interview with European gay-lifestyle magazine GUS, in which Furtado said she believes all people are inherently bisexual…
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The bassist will allow that working with the notoriously obstinate J Mascis is considerably easier now than in the ’80s, when it was, he says, “a mind fuck, to say the least”.
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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.
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