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Against Me! at the Croatian Cultural Center, Vancouver, 09.15.08

Me and Tom Gabel, before I wisened up and passed him a bottle.-My mother-in-law and I verge into oncoming traffic and a glaring sun. I could descend into slumber for a good eight years now, after what...

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Of Montreal and Piano Magic, Babylon, Istanbul, sometime in December '07

Kevin Barnes doing his best...fuck, I don't think this was an impersonation of anything.This piece (Can I actually call it that?) was supposed to be included in Time Out's "Sex" issue in March '08, or...

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Plumbers and Integrity.

Schmoozing.And boozing.And never the two shall meet.-Or, "Why Conor Oberst and Eddie Vedder Should Never Be Introduced To Barack Obama"A plumber in small-town America probably doesn’t give a shit about...

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Kings Of Leon-"Only By The Night"

Two of my best friends are named Adam. Growing up, one was reserved yet mysterious and had every girl he knew at his whim. The other lived and died by his classic rock and had no time for trends or...

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Death of The Cool (Or, Why it’s becoming more likely to spot Caribous on the...

Could this dude really fuck Neil Young up?-With Caribou’s tripped and looped-out foray into psychedelic dance entitled “Andorra” taking the third annual Polaris Prize for the best full-length Canadian...

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Young Rival, Pat's Pub, Vancouver, 10.11.08

Though I can't stand this bland, unimaginative and obvious style of rock n' roll writing (I'm pitching this story to a newspaper) if it gets me cash for being short (Which I know anyone who reads this...

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The Mathematics of Exploration

An Interview with recent Polaris Prize winner Caribou, printed in Time Out Istanbul, March 2008.-Dan Snaith is a busy man. Between touring the world under the moniker “Caribou,” he’s found time to...

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Digging A Hole With A Touring Band

An interview with guitarist Aaron Dessner of critically renowned rockers The National and a subsequent review of their show at Babylon, December 7th, 2007. It was printed in the January issue of Time...

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Pearl Jam at Madison Square Garden, June 24th and 25th, 2008.

Recently I read "The Show I'll Never Forget." It was edited by Sean Manning. Though most of the writers were nobodies in the world of rock writing (Save for that bastard Klosterman) it was still a...

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Encores and Green Olives.

I'm listening to Gabel's newly-released solo effort, "Heart Burns" right now as I copy and paste the below text. The enthusiasm and optimism heard on the record really doesn't suit what I'm pasting....

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Back in a dark shade.

I realize I haven't updated this bad boy in awhile. I've been busying trying to avoid Christmas shopping and being asked to cover the ultimate bar band, AC/DC. The Vancouver Sun asked me to cover this...

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Olives and saying goodbye.

Though lady luck says I'm trying a little too hard with this lonely drummer character of mine, there's something endearing and compelling about him that I can't give up on. So as chronologically...

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