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From the Archives: Chester Brown (2011)

Posted on October 6, 2020 by John Lucas

Chester Brown must have known what he was getting himself into. In creating Paying for It, the Toronto-based cartoonist was setting himself up for criticism, not just of his work but of himself and his chosen lifestyle.

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From the Archives: Art Spiegelman (2013)

Posted on September 16, 2020 by John Lucas

Spiegelman notes that the barrier between “high art” and “lowbrow” has eroded significantly over the past 20-odd years. More and more, work like his is being taken seriously, for better or worse.

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From the Archives: Jason Pierce of Spiritualized (2012)

Posted on August 22, 2020 by John Lucas

No one has ever accused Jason Pierce of taking shortcuts. The Spiritualized mastermind has been known to take as long as a year to mix an album, even though he admits he doesn’t especially enjoy the painstaking process.

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ESports, cannabis, and me: welcome to the new normal

Posted on July 21, 2020 by John Lucas

Four months ago, I was doing pretty much what I had been doing for the two decades leading up to that point. I was working in the editorial department of the Georgia Straight, editing copy and occasionally writing about music or graphic novels as space allowed. Oh, sure, the paper was under new ownership, but … Continue reading ESports, cannabis, and me: welcome to the new normal →

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From the Archives: Howard Shore (2010)

Posted on May 5, 2020 by John Lucas

Few scores have become truly iconic as quickly as the ones Canadian composer Howard Shore created for director Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy.

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From the Archives: Die Antwoord (2010)

Posted on April 29, 2020December 31, 2020 by John Lucas

It’s a safe bet that no one watching the “Enter the Ninja” video had ever seen anything like it before. While Ninja spits head-spinning rhymes about decapitating haters, Vi$$er does a Lolita routine in a bedroom plastered with pictures of her bandmate and crawling with rats.

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From the Archives: Father John Misty, Part Two (2015)

Posted on April 17, 2020 by John Lucas

I Love You, Honeybear is romantic, sure, but it’s about lovers in a dangerous time, finding solace in each other despite living in a world that is truly, deeply fucked.

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From the Archives: Father John Misty, Part One (2012)

Posted on April 17, 2020April 17, 2020 by John Lucas

Josh Tillman is probably already weary of talking about it, but when you pack up your drum kit and quit a band as successful as Fleet Foxes, people are going to ask questions.

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Follow me on SoundCloud

Posted on April 15, 2020 by John Lucas

I just created a page on SoundCloud where I will posting tracks I have created at home by myself, some new and some old. These are all things that don't generally fit into my current musical project, the Starling Effect. But, who knows, they might morph into Starling Effect songs somehow.

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From the Archives: Martin Amis, Part Two (2018)

Posted on April 15, 2020 by John Lucas

Martin Amis has never been just one sort of writer. He’s arguably most recognized as the masterful novelist behind Money and London Fields, but he’s adept at nonfiction as well.

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