I’m super late doing this post. I usually try to do a retrospective post in the first few weeks of the year. I suspect it’s because I’d rather not look back on a lot of 2023 - the first 6 months were a horror show of stress due to a family member getting illegally evicted,... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Clothes Clothes Clothes Music Music Music Boys Boys Boys – Viv Albertine
I was introduced to Viv Albertine's autobiography by a friend of mine who raved about it. Viv Albertine is, of course, the guitarist for The Slits, the seminal all-girl punk band. I confess that I wasn't hugely familiar with The Slits when I started reading Viv's book. I knew of them, but had heard very... Continue Reading →
Review: The Last Pogo Jumps Again
The Last Pogo was a documentary, made and released in 1978, about the supposed "last ever punk show" at The Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto. It's easy to laugh about it 25 years later. I've been to many a punk gig at the 'Shoe and hope to attend many more. Back in 1978, punk gigs were... Continue Reading →
Rock 'n' Roll Animal 