Category: news

  • Guns N’ Roses (with Danko Jones & Sebastian Bach) at the John Labatt Centre, Jan. 25 2010

    I got a wonderful last-minute surprise yesterday when I suddenly found myself with tickets to a Guns N’ Roses show (thanks to @London_Events on Twitter; yes, I somehow won again). The lineup at the John Labatt Centre was longer than Slash’s top hat (LOL SEMI-APPROPRIATE METAPHOR) so we missed most of Danko Jones. I have…

  • The Best Most Listened To Albums of 2009 (#LdnFavs09)

    10. Ladyhawke – Ladyhawke Synthy pop rock goodness out of New Zealand. She named herself after the 80s movie, and the 80s influence shines through hardcore and brings me back to my childhood. Plus look at that album cover. Playing NES in her underwear? Dream woman. 9. Tegan and Sara – Sainthood I love everything…

  • An Old Man Reflects on Life

    I’ve been blogging for over ten years. There probably aren’t many people in the world who can say that. I’m actually getting closer to 15 years of web logging now, given that I invented blogging. Which raises the question (but doesn’t beg the question; please stop using it that way ok?): have I not found…