Thanks to the folks who organized Olio Fest - a great way to showcase the amazing talent we have in this city. Vancouver is not the easiest city for live music and alternative venues. It can be real easy to bitch about as ‘no fun city’, but then something like Olio comes along to show [...]

After you learned to dart past bouncers in those ubiquitous wristband lineups, this weekend’s Juno Fest turned out to be inexpensive, had tons of variety, and really strong performances from local and out-of-town bands. I wish I could say the same for the Juno awards in general, but they were a yawn moment - [...]

Vancouver - The movement tonight was tremendous; more than 1500 people came out to Canada Place in trying to build up the grassroots and unite the centre, centre-left and left spectrum.
Video: Vancouverites Rally for a Progressive Coalition (courtesy of Evan Leeson)

Photo courtesy of Ric Ernst

Global Zoo [Baghe e Vahsh e Jahani] Tour
Richards on Richards
November 30, 2008
Had the fortunate chance to see the amazing Iranian Rock band, Kiosk, tonight. The show was simply amazing.