Category: writing
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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.
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An old favourite of mine, the Icelandic “weird pop” collective múm, has a new album slated for release on the same day. I interviewed founding member Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason for the Georgia Straight back in 2009.
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The impending release of Jehnny Beth’s latest solo album, You Heartbreaker, You, reminded me that I once interviewed her for the Georgia Straight ahead of a Vancouver performance by her band Savages. Savages bemused by Mercury nod (This article originally appeared in The Georgia Straight.) It’s arguably the most prestigious honour in British music, so…
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I recently interviewed Canadian improv-comedy great Colin Mochrie, of Whose Line Is It Anyway? fame, for Montecristo magazine’s website.
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Should you get ChatGPT to write your band’s bio? No. No, you should not.
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Hit me up for your bio-writing needs.
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Inspired by the recent release of Something Better Change, Scott Crawford’s documentary about D.O.A.’s Joe Keithley and his evolution form punk rocker to politician, I dug through the Georgia Straight archives and unearthed all the times I have interviewed Keithley over the years.
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The fact that ChatGPT is not capable of forming an original idea or expressing an opinion is good news for writers. Mostly.
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If you were lucky enough to have been among the select few curious indie-rock fans at the Royal when Interpol made its Vancouver debut at that long-defunct Granville Street venue in 2002, you might very well have been instantly turned into a fan for life. That’s the effect it had on me, at any rate,…
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Ghost’s success is all the more impressive when you consider that it’s a heavy-metal band from the small city of Linköping whose members’ identities are concealed behind masks, makeup, and silly names. Oh, and they also write songs about Satan.
John Lucas 