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Despite my recent history in marketing and PR, I spent a considerable portion of my career prior to that as an arts journalist. I am happy to report that I'm dipping my toes into those waters again, thanks to Stir. For the curious, here's everything I have written for Stir to date: Agatha Christie-style mystery … Continue reading stirring things up
Last time the Georgia Straight changed hands, a large chunk of the editorial department was let go. A few of the former Straight staffers subsequently launched their own web-based venture called Stir, which has become a bastion of local arts coverage in Vancouver.
Oops, I keep forgetting to post stuff here. But this one is pretty important to me, since I haven't released any new music in a long time. My band the Starling Effect has just put out a self-titled EP, and you can check it out below:
A fun freelance gig I've had for the past couple of years has been writing the Sound Check column for Concrete Skateboarding magazine. Sadly, Concrete has decided to stop covering music, and so Sound Check is no more. I have decided to post a few of the article I wrote for Concrete, starting with this … Continue reading Farewell to Concrete
I recently reviewed Vancouver music-scene mainstay Phil Western's latest release, Longform, for the Straight. In the review, which you can read here, I described the double LP as "an exercise in what he is arguably best at: namely, hypnotic electro built from lush layers of synthesizer tones over a variety of creatively deployed but generally … Continue reading Phil Western: Longform
For the current issue of the Georgia Straight, I wrote reviews of three of the documentaries screening at the DOXA 2014 festival. Read my reviews of A Brony Tale, Death Metal Angola, and InRealLife here. Of the three, my favourite was Death Metal Angola, the story of two people and their struggle to mount a … Continue reading DOXA 2014
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