I have written extensively about music and the arts, first as a staff writer at the Georgia Straight and currently as a freelancer.
Career highlights
Some of my favourite pieces from across my career, including interviews with pop stars, dissident classical musicians, and brilliant novelists.
Russian pianist Mikhail Voskresensky is a rebel with a cause
Stir, May 23, 2025
The Killers soldier on to get hyper-personal and deep on Wonderful Wonderful
The Georgia Straight, August 29, 2018
A$AP Rocky does what he wants to do
The Georgia Straight, July 29, 2015
Martin Amis pits brain against gut in Lionel Asbo
The Georgia Straight, October 10, 2012
Robyn dances on her own
The Georgia Straight, November 17, 2010
Zef rap: Die Antwoord inspires more questions than answers
The Georgia Straight, October 10, 2010
Music features
Bilingual Montreal band Bibi Club prefers to perform without a safety net
Stir, October 16, 2025
45 Years Ago, Vancouver Rock Legends Loverboy Bet Big on Themselves
Montecristo, September 24, 2025
Dub producer Mad Professor remains an analogue soul in a digital world
Stir, September 24, 2025
When it comes to BC-made guitars, the wood makes it good
The Georgia Straight, February 23, 2025
ANOHNI and the Johnsons take an intimate look at what’s really happening
Stir, September 25, 2024
Making music has been a guiding light for Hotel Mira frontman Charlie Kerr
Stir, June 27, 2024
Arts features
How SFU’s Marianne and Edward Gibson Art Museum Was Designed to Be About More Than Just Art
Montecristo, December 15, 2025
Portrait of stifling patriarchy in A Doll’s House retains powerful relevance
Stir, September 8, 2025
How Canadian Funnyman Colin Mochrie Became the Face of Improv
Montecristo, August 6, 2025
In the Belly of the Carp melds gritty storytelling with a fantastical hero’s journey
Stir, November 21, 2024
Velvet Terrorism: Pussy Riot’s Russia documents high-risk guerrilla performance in the face of tyranny
Stir, March 25, 2024
Pulitzer-winning play Fairview takes a mind-bending look at race in America
Stir, September 21, 2023
Books, comics & graphic novels
Vancouver’s Rodney DeCroo explores new depths in Fishing for Leviathan
Stir, July 17, 2023
Henry Tsang’s White Riot documents a shameful episode in Vancouver history
Stir, March 14, 2023
Gidal finds Vancouver’s Yosef Wosk turning the lens on an underappreciated photojournalism pioneer
The Georgia Straight, February 28, 2023
Novelist and journalist Omar El Akkad ponders home truths at the Vancouver Writers Fest
Stir, October 11, 2022
Criticism & commentary
Richmond mayor hits the right notes at Vancouver Sunshine Lions Club charity concert
Pancouver, December 8, 2025
Theatre review: Beauty and the Beast: My Life balances raucous panto and poignant personal reflection
Stir, March 30, 2025
Opera review: The Book of My Shames is really about the search for love
Stir, May 19, 2023
Music review: Amanda Sum’s New Age Attitudes has devastating details beneath its quirky surface
Stir, May 12, 2023
Theatre Review: Untitled Peter Tripp Project invites viewers into a surreal waking dream
Stir, May 5, 2023
Comedy review: Blueberries Are Assholes finds the absurd within the ordinary, at the Firehall Arts Centre
Stir, October 22, 2022
Film and television
Stooky Bill, the Ventriloquist’s Dummy Who Became the First TV Star
Mental Floss, September 18, 2025
Kid Koala’s Nufonia Must Fall is a multimedia love story for the age of AI
Stir, November 4, 2024
Anthony Daniels tells a tale of man and droid in I Am C-3PO
The Georgia Straight, November 20, 2019
Director Alex Ross Perry makes Elisabeth Moss smell like grunge
The Georgia Straight, April 24, 2019
Judd Apatow and Seth Rogen flip the bird in Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary
The Georgia Straight, May 9, 2018
Alex Garland and Natalie Portman dodge studio Annihilation
The Georgia Straight, February 21, 2018
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