John Lucas
I work with words.
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As the calendar year turns over, an update from my band.
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If you came here for Ella Fitzgerald and got the Stranglers instead, don’t blame me. No one is reading these posts anyway so I can do what I bloody well like.
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I feel like some of my selections thus far might be somewhat alienating to people whose taste in holiday music is rooted in the classics. And when I say “the classics”, I of course refer to songs written in the mid 20th century.
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On this day in 2008, the Georgia Straight published this article about the Raveonettes, for which I interviewed singer-guitarist Sune Rose Wagner about the Danish band’s then-new album In and Out of Control.
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What did I do today? I spent some time thinking about the fact that I have now been unemployed for four months. This is a new experience for me. Since I started my career in journalism in 1997, I have never been unemployed for any length of time. Spring and summer have not been the…
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If it seems like I only ever use this blog to post updates about my band… guilty as charged. However, I just wanted to pop in and note that I have streamlined the rest of this site to make it more user-friendly. There are now only four main pages (apart from this one): About Me,…
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Last time the Georgia Straight changed hands, a large chunk of the editorial department was let go. A few of the former Straight staffers subsequently launched their own web-based venture called Stir, which has become a bastion of local arts coverage in Vancouver.
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I offer to refrain from reporting any of this—including the part where he describes bassist Greg Ambler as “a fucking asshole”, but Sutkus responds with a nonchalant “Oh, I don’t care if you do.” So there it is.
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