ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON OCT. 4, 2006 By Steve Newton When the Trailer Park Boys debuted on the Showcase channel in 2001, I couldn’t get enough of it. A mockumentary-style series about the day-to-day exploits of three pot-loving trailer-trash buddies and their assorted idiot friends and rivals, it was a raucous, taboo-blasting gas. The sight of … Continue reading The Trailer Park Boys: The Movie is freakin’ hilarious
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Rockers say the darndest things: top quotes of 2013
Dave Wyndorf (above) "probably would have made more money." I interviewed quite a few rockers last year. Here's some of the things they said. "To me stoner rock is just non-commercial rock that pulls from every great era... And as far as the stoner element, I mean, yeah, it’s always cool to smoke pot.” --Brant Bjork … Continue reading Rockers say the darndest things: top quotes of 2013
Peyton’s redneck weaponry proves the spud gun’s range beyond Powell River
While doing some YouTube research for my story on the Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band--which plays the Vancouver Fan Club this Wednesday--I came across a pretty cool video from 2009 for the tune "Mama's Fried Potatoes". What struck me most about the clip--apart from the awesome shitkicker music--was the Rev's use of a homemade shootin' … Continue reading Peyton’s redneck weaponry proves the spud gun’s range beyond Powell River
The Trailer Park Boys are back in Countdown to Liquor Day
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON SEPT. 23, 2009 By Steve Newton It's hard to know which character from Trailer Park Boys is most favoured by fans. Some folks are particularly fond of Bubbles (Mike Smith), the kitty-loving, kindhearted weirdo with the outrageous eyeglasses. Others prefer Julian (John Paul Tremblay), the musclebound dreamer whose lips only leave his rum-and-Coke long … Continue reading The Trailer Park Boys are back in Countdown to Liquor Day
Trailer Park Boys lovingly pelted with chocolates and coins at white-trash chucklefest in Richmond
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON STRAIGHT.COM, JAN. 30, 2010 While we filed through the doors of the River Rock Show Theatre to see the Trailer Park Boys last night a dude in a CFOX t-shirt was handing everyone Hershey's Kisses. He instructed us not to eat them, but hold onto them for an "important" part of the … Continue reading Trailer Park Boys lovingly pelted with chocolates and coins at white-trash chucklefest in Richmond