Oxford-educated, Gales listed author.
The three that I am talking about are, of course, Elvis, Michael… and Orson. Elvis is enjoying his usual festive attention, with an upcoming night of television shows and celebrations on January 8th of what would have been his 75th Continue Reading …
The BBC recently published its portrait of the decade. As the first segment of the new millennium draws to a close, what is interesting about such retrospective bouts of listmania is how little individual music performers or acts figure in Continue Reading …
Well, I guess it all began in ’78 when Johnny Rotten morphed back into John Lydon and decided that he would stick true to the artistic values of romanticism: pushing the musical envelope and staying true to your spirit. The Continue Reading …
The Tragically Hip (Canada’s house band link fandom and nationhood) Don Cherry: Canadian Patriot (The hockey commentator who has become a national icon)
The New York Dolls are living (off their) legends as the most depraved specimens to terrorize early 1970s New York. Somewhere in the evolutionary chart between Mick Jagger and Steven Tyler, there was their lead singer, David Johansen. Johansen had Continue Reading …
You’ve got to love the Canadians. They say, “aboot” instead of “about”, love ice hockey, have names like “Gord” and drink Molson’s beer, so that we don’t have to, but – as I found out from doing my masters degree Continue Reading …