
Missives on music, film, and physical media from the '70s, '80s, and sometimes beyond.
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I called it my “Richard Hell Weekend” – back-to-back evenings spent listening to a modern Renaissance man share from his psychedelic novel Godlike.
Posing with Richard Hell at the Mule Spinner in Hamilton, ON. Photo taken by Kire Paputts....
It’s a common throughline for far too many Canadian artists: Why does so much Canadian talent fade into obscurity?
This question circles throughout Nash the Slash Rises Again!, the 2025 documentary about one of Canada’s most iconic electro...
Do you remember the first time you heard the Ramones? They are one of those bands that catalyzes listeners. In the half-century since the release of their self-titled debut album, the Ramones have worked like a global virus, altering the me...
Music fandom is a spectrum. On one end, it can be soft and non-committal. You might like a band’s single, or one album. You might seek out a band’s albums, but not be bothered to see them live. Or maybe you see them once, and that’s enough....
Gary Numan at the Concert Hall, Toronto, March 24, 2026 // photo by Liz Worth
The first time I saw Gary Numan was in Toronto at the Palais Royale in 2001 on the Pure tour. It was the loudest show I’d seen up until that point; it took three...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
Music writer. Poet. Novelist. Essayist. Fan of '70s and '80s music and subcultures. Author of "Treat Me Like Dirt: An Oral History of Punk in Toronto and Beyond" and more.
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