The Troll – Part One

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 The wood troll is an adventurous sort that lives under the canopy of deep green giant oak leaves. The giant oaks never stop growing which has created a landscape of darkness where only the odd glimmer of light touches the forest floor. This rarity of light nourishes the rarest of all […]

Larry and his Flask Cause a Ruckus at the Media Club

This weekend Vancouver was yet again teeming with a feast of musical treats, with something being offered to suit all tastes. What better way to spend a muggy Friday evening than cooling off from the day’s harsh sunlight with an iced Pabst Blue Ribbon in at the Media Club with friends new and old? All […]

Kaskade Pumps Up the Young Electro-Crowd

It is with ears still ringing and burning eyes that I write this review. Last night at the PNE Forum top-ranked American EDM DJ Kaskadeplayed the final show to be held at the venue and brought down the house as well as he could with an 11 p.m. curfew. As the first all-ages show I’ve […]

I Love Boobies!

I love boobies! But really, who doesn’t? All the boobie lovers in town were out on Thursday night at the Caprice for the excellent reason of mad partying and fundraising. The Keep-a-Breast Foundation threw an amazing party complete with boobie cupcakes and some of Vancouver’s top female DJs. Sweden’s Rebecca & Fiona, whom I was […]

Comedy Bang! Bang! bangs up the Biltmore

As someone who never could tell a joke properly, I understand in no uncertain terms that live comedy is less about the quality of the material, and more about the person telling it.  What was so exciting about the Comedy Bang! Bang! show at the Biltmore on Friday night, was that besides ever-present host Scott […]

The Top 10 Things you need to know about Acing a Job Interview

My first real job was as a waitress in a little country hotel in the South West of Ireland. I was fifteen years old and on my first day I spilled half  a tea pot of boiling water on a customers’ lap – true story. In the 11 years since that awful, awful  day; I have […]

Murder By Death Bring Hard Folk to Vancouver

A spirit of positivity moved throughout the Media Club last Thursday. As they filed in, you could sense that the crowd knew, just knew, that what was to come would be something special. Opening act Boogieman is an acoustic trio led by Vancouver singer-songwriter Jordon Daniel. If nothing else can be said for them, it […]