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.
Vancouver’s Revived Park Theatre Is an Investment in a Cinephile Future
Montecristo, March 23, 2026
Explaining Nardwuar: How a former guerrilla journalist became an unlikely icon
Paste, February 4, 2026
ANOHNI and the Johnsons take an intimate look at what’s really happening
Stir, September 25, 2024
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
CO-MIX retrospective at the VAG reveals Art Spiegelman’s Maus trap
The Georgia Straight, February 14, 2013
Music features: rock & pop
Vancouver Alt-Rock Band Meltt Loves the Album—Even in the Age of Streaming
Montecristo, May 15, 2026
Jenn Grant draws on her family history for sometimes-heartbreaking songs
Stir, February 27, 2026
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
Robyn dances on her own
The Georgia Straight, November 17, 2010
Music features: classical etc.
Vancouver Cantata Singers concert is a sort of homecoming for Tyler Duncan
Stir, April 17, 2026
Brahms X Radiohead finds common ground between classical music and alternative rock
Stir, March 12, 2026
Zero Input Enclosure Movement challenges the idea of noise as unwanted sound
Stir, February 5, 2026
Russian pianist Mikhail Voskresensky is a rebel with a cause
Stir, May 23, 2025
Into the Little Hill turns a centuries-old folk tale into contemporary opera
The Georgia Straight, May 25, 2023
Arts features
A Voynich Manifesto probes the unsolved mysteries of a medieval manuscript
Stir, April 29, 2026
How SFU’s Marianne and Edward Gibson Art Museum Was Designed to Be About More Than Just Art
Montecristo, December 15, 2025
How Canadian Funnyman Colin Mochrie Became the Face of Improv
Montecristo, August 6, 2025
Pulitzer-winning play Fairview takes a mind-bending look at race in America
Stir, September 21, 2023
Books, comics & graphic novels
At Vancouver Writers Fest, Jen Sookfong Lee reflects on the pop culture that shaped her in Superfan
Stir, October 14, 2023
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
Novelist and journalist Omar El Akkad ponders home truths at the Vancouver Writers Fest
Stir, October 11, 2022
Zucked author Roger McNamee lays bare the threats of Google, Facebook, Amazon
The Georgia Straight, April 10, 2019
Martin Amis pits brain against gut in Lionel Asbo
The Georgia Straight, October 10, 2012
Film, television & multimedia
At DOXA, təm kʷaθ nan Namesake confronts the painful legacy of colonialism
Stir, April 24, 2026
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
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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