Canada’s charming chanteuse gets some image advice Sarah McLaugh-in records are not made with me in mind. I do not relate to the Haligonian waif’s pastoral perspectives. My side of the street is much more dusty; it has curbs and is lined with parked cars. Sarah’s side is Eden, all green with brooks and fruit […]
Reflections on the island paradise from a first time visitor Back in high school everyone I knew took an obligatory family vacation to Hawaii. Except me, that is. It was the Vancouver Eastsider's equivalent of a pilgrimage, like going to Canterbury or Mecca. Except they didn't come back with gifts from the orient, like incense […]
The Definitive Interpretation of Rock's Definitive Bombast Click this link to skip to the interpretation of the lyrics to Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven. Classic Rock Leading to Decay? In recent years "concerned parent" groups have cropped up, intent on silencing music's raunchier players. Bickering between the defenders of morality and the defenders of expression […]
My friend Erna drops me off late after our visit to the local Lesbian Film Festival. She wanted me to see the "other side" as she called it. Frankly, the whole affair left me a bit speechless. Did females have the desperately overcharged libidos that the films suggested? Perhaps I should reevaluate my notion that […]
At a glance the Partridge Family's saga seems like that of any other pop star's. Coming from obscurity, a "singing family" climbs the charts, and grabs hold of the Top Five. After months of bewildering popularity, the demons of drugs, egos, and incongruous love affairs threaten the singers' pop fortunes. Subsequent years are spent trying […]