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Since 1999 or so I've written lotsa stuff about cultural artifacts. Reviews. Articles. Gonzo concerts. No doubt acid flashbacks to my early days as a rock critic. But hey, everybody's got an opinion. Here's mine:





OjO in TO
Hanging around the local Toronto club music scene


Dirty Three play Lee's Palace 4/6/03


Brian Auger & Oblivion Express play The Orbit Room 4/18/03



MOVIES:


Jack Hill
Pit Stop
Spider Baby
Switchblade Sisters
The Swinging Cheerleaders

Sam Fuller
Shock Corridor
Meanest Men In The West

Curtis Harrington
Night Tide


Robert Frank
Rolling Stones' Cocksucker Blues

Maysles Brothers
Rolling Stones' Gimme Shelter

Various Shorts
Franz Kafka's It's A Wonderful Life

Jason and Brett Butler
Alive & Lubricated and Bums

Robert Fantinatto
Echoes of Forgotten Places


TELEVISION:


Patrick McGoohan
The Prisoner



FEATURES:


Bohren und der Club of Gore
Drilling For Doom. And Finding It.
Geisterfaust. Not Your Average Ghost Story

These Boots Were Made For Burnin'
The Bootleg Collector's Obsession



INTERVIEWS:

Lamya
Falling From Learning



MUSIC CONCERT DVD:

Sheryl Crow
Rockin The Globe Live

Steely Dan
Two Against Nature



MUSIC CD:

Sade
Lovers Live
Lovers Rock
The Best Of Sade

Phil Manzanera
Vozero

Roger Waters
In The Flesh

Steely Dan
Two Against Nature

Lamya
Learning From Falling

Shania Twain
Up!



BOOKS:

Will Self
Grey Area
My Idea of Fun
Great Apes
Junk Mail
The Quantity Theory of Insanity
Tough Tough Toys For Tough Tough Boys

JG Ballard
High-Rise
Kingdom Come

Gregory Benford
Cosm

Douglas Coupland
Girlfriend in a Coma