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Erica Leiren
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Paul Leahy
The best song to dance to in Junior High was Sweet’s “Fox On the Run.” Ricky van Rikxoort and I were the two shortest kids…
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Zippy and the Debs Riot
While watching Pill Squad at Khatsahlano in July, I saw Zippy Pinhead. He was at the front, like he always was when not on…
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Strange Fascination
For me, what makes change so unsettling is not having to adapt to the new or mourn for what’s gone, but the way time itself…
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Girls Talk
The thing to remember is that at the time, there were only two kinds of beer: Labatt’s Blue and Molson Canadian, both in cans. As…
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The Pointed Sticks
“You walked out took your chance, You turned your back on our romance, You said you’d found somebody new, You said the change’d do you…
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Joe Keithley
“It’s a nice position to be in, to be able to inspire people to do something positive.”
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A Musical Education
I grew up on a varied musical diet: Zorba The Greek, country, folk and lots of classical. Waking up to Gordon Lightfoot’s “Alberta Bound” is…
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The Modernettes
Let’s start with this. If there is a more perfect song than The Modernettes’ “I Can Only Give You Everything,” I haven’t heard it. Double…
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Go Four 3! Vancouver’s Unsung Pop Heroes
You are never a prophet in your own country. How true. It is 1991 and Gord Badanic, Roxanne Heichert, and Steve Quinn — plus an…