“Our city is ashes. Three thousand people homeless. Can you send any government aid?” These were the urgent words of Vancouver Mayor Malcolm McLean, dispatched in an emergency telegram to the federal government on June 14, 1886. Hours earlier, a wildfire had been sparked on the outskirts of the Westend Forest before blazing a path of […]
The much-lauded Australian hip-hop comedy group returns to the Cultch’s York Theatre after their successful extended run in 2018. Although the buzz around this show has been significant, Hot Brown Honey lives up to the hype. The show packs laughter and tragedy into a too-brief 75-minute performance that will leave you hungry for more. Hot […]
When one listens to a Queens of the Stone Age record, one is transported to another place. You could take that as my just being poetic, but their music legitimately creates a sense of literal, geographical setting. Perhaps even more so than Kyuss – singer/guitarist Josh Homme’s previous knuckle-dragging stoner metal band – QotSA’s music […]
It was a tale of two brothers.* Brothers from another mother that is. On the bill: Paul Devro and Rob Garza. The Night: Friday, November 23, a typical chilly, moist autumnal club night in the depths of the Waldorf. First up in my evening’s rave reverie was the pride of Port Alberni, Paul Devro. A […]
Somewhere in the distance he heard a scream. He waved his hand in front of his face and only knew it was still there from the feeling of moist air sluicing through the space between his outstretched fingers. With no idea where he had awoken or how he had gotten there, the man only knew that he was […]
“Our city is ashes. Three thousand people homeless. Can you send any government aid?” These were the urgent words of Vancouver Mayor Malcolm McLean, dispatched in an emergency telegram to the federal government on June 14, 1886. Hours earlier, a wildfire had been sparked on the outskirts of the Westend Forest before blazing a path of […] 
The much-lauded Australian hip-hop comedy group returns to the Cultch’s York Theatre after their successful extended run in 2018. Although the buzz around this show has been significant, Hot Brown Honey lives up to the hype. The show packs laughter and tragedy into a too-brief 75-minute performance that will leave you hungry for more. Hot […] 
When one listens to a Queens of the Stone Age record, one is transported to another place. You could take that as my just being poetic, but their music legitimately creates a sense of literal, geographical setting. Perhaps even more so than Kyuss – singer/guitarist Josh Homme’s previous knuckle-dragging stoner metal band – QotSA’s music […] 