SIX STRINGS AWAY I was raised on classic rock, but as a young, struggling guitar student I lacked the chops to master solos or tricky riffs. The guitar magazines were […]

GOLDEN TIME I approach Record Store Day with equal amounts of disdain and desire befitting a former record store employee. I will cop to something approaching excitement for RSD 2013 […]

FREE PARKING I used to stick around after my postmodern literature class to pester my professor with questions about his days in the New York City free jazz scene of […]

PIPER AT THE GATES OF EAST VAN I had a strange feeling nipping at my heels recently as I watched Blank City, a documentary about the No Wave art, music […]

ALL RENDERED TRUTH The summer I graduated college I had two months to kill under a suffocating heat wave in my hometown of Greenville, South Carolina, before escaping to grad […]

THE GIFT OF SOUND AND VISION Recently, while staring down a 15th century Italian Renaissance-style oil painting of R. Kelly holding the Christ child, I was reminded of Vancouver’s unique […]

ALL GROWN UP, STILL LOST IN SOUND While recently weeding an old hard drive, I came across a recording that reminded me of how I came to be… Christmas, freshman […]

Q&A WITH VERONICA VASICKA Now in its twelfth year, Vancouver’s New Forms Festival has expanded its roster to look beyond the dance floor to darkened corners where new hybrids and […]

THE RAY DAVIES APPRECIATION CONSORTIUM Nearly a century’s worth of teeth, blood, and beer has been spilt in debate of the age-old Beatles versus Stones quandary. As a youth, I […]