It Is Friday Night and You Are Listening to Mike Doughty

I enter The Biltmore Cabaret and immediately hear Mike Doughty (founder of Soul Coughing) telling me to “Get onto the bus that’s gonna take you back to Beelzebub,” over a spider-legged bass beat and dramatic samples. It’s not a soothing sound. It makes me realize I’m late again. It makes me look left to right […]

Douglas Coupland’s “Worst Person Ever” Really Just an Ass?

The author of novels such as Microserfs, Girlfriend in a Coma and Eleanor Rigby is back with his latest literary creation Worst. Person. Ever. I made note of those three previous novels because they are my personal favourites. That is not to suggest all of his novels are not as good; it’s just that I […]