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Art D’Ecco

The idea of costume as a means to shed one skin and don another in order to connect with another person is no new thing…

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Are We Not?

There is something self indulgent for the performers and audience alike when it comes to tribute bands. Everyone is getting what they want out of…

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Wreckless Eric

It was pouring rain as I skulked into the Astoria late Wednesday evening, finding myself amongst an equally drenched but relatively animated small crowd. Sore…

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The Brian Jonestown Massacre

The coolest girl I knew in high school had a Brian Jonestown Massacre logo sewn onto the back of her denim jacket. Walking into the…

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The Subways

On a sleepy blue Tuesday evening in downtown Vancouver, the streets were all but deserted apart from a few stragglers as I wandered into the…