I’ve been imagining this column since the day I wrote the first one, back on Feb. 2, 1994. Of course at the time I didn’t expect it to go nearly ...Read more →
As just a wee snippet of a kid, deep in that shiny 5-to-9 time zone where music was no more or less enjoyable than the lingering taste of baloney and ...Read more →
I’ve been a bit remiss in my responsibilities – debatably derelict in my duties you could say. Over the last long while a number of local releases have managed to ...Read more →
The legacy of the Ronald Reagan presidency – crack-infested inner cities, Reaganomics (or rather, Reaganomics then crack-infested inner cities), Latin American destabilisation and exploitation, the rise of virtually unregulated multinationals, ...Read more →
My "weird mailers" – a clandestine group who have been mailing me what I might loosely describe as artwork, deranged rambling, random pieces of used clothing, creepy stuffed animals, candy ...Read more →
This week I’d like to shine a light on a Shining Buddha, a true local at large that anyone who’s involved in any capacity of music making, production and promotion ...Read more →
I would like to momentarily wrest your attention from the remainder of this rag so that I may present you with the following meditations on some of the more interesting locally produced music consumables, fresh off the factory floor, still warm to the touch. Because I care about you. Even if nobody else does..Read more →
"I am an antichrist/ I am an anarchist/ Don’t know what I want/ But I know how to get it/ I wanna destroy the passerby… And I wanna be an ...Read more →
Everybody responds differently, but for the most part I think it’s like getting punched in the chest. In the same instant as your breath rushes from your body, scrabbling to ...Read more →
Montreal’s music community suffered a double loss last week with the deaths of Swing Dynamique guitarist and bandleader Mike King, aged 42, who took his own life on Monday, April ...Read more →
Piknic Électronik will be celebrating its 10th season this summer, with 20 events featuring over 100 acts from May 20 to September 30. From the press release: “Those who remember [...]
