Today I went searching around in my stash of cassettes to see if I had any interviews with late Kick Axe guitarist Larry Gillstrom on tape.
Remembering Larry Gillstrom, Kick Axe guitarist and passionate purveyor of Canadian metal
Shocked and saddened to hear last night about the recent passing of Larry Gillstrom, a legend of the Canadian heavy-metal scene.
Vancouver tunesmith Jim Vallance informs the Newt that Aerosmith’s Joe Perry is “not a liar”
Yesterday I wrote a blog complaining that I couldn't stand the new Aerosmith song, which had just been released as a crappy video.
Aerosmith’s new video for the crappy “Legendary Child” makes a liar out of Joe Perry
There was a lot of talk in the last year or so about how the band's next album was going to be a return to its early, no-frills rock sound.
Newt’s top 10 things to do in Vancouver this week, August 11 to 15
Screening at the VIFF Centre on Friday of director Amy Berg's new music documentary It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley.
That time Brian Bell told me that Rivers Cuomo didn’t think “Island in the Sun” was a Weezer song
I interviewed Weezer guitarist Brian Bell in April of 2002, shortly before the release of the "geek-rock" band's fourth album, Maladroit.
That time Omar Dykes told me he could chunk a rock from his house to neighbour Terry Bozzio’s
You may recall Texas blues-rockers Omar and the Howlers from the album they released in 1987, Hard Times in the Land of Plenty.
Newt’s top 10 things to do in Vancouver this weekend, August 8 to 10
Barbarians writer-director Zach Creggar's new horror flick Weapons opens on Friday at various Vancouver theatres.
That time Candye Kane told me that sometimes people come to her concerts just to see how big her boobs really are
I interviewed porn star-turned-blues rocker Candye Kane back in February of 2003, when she was headed to Vancouver for a gig at the Yale pub.
The amazing King of the Hill theme song gets a bluegrass makeover for the show’s new end credits
I always thought that the theme song from TV's King of the Hill was one of the best damn TV theme songs ever created.
Newt’s top 10 opening tracks of the seventies
Remember how you'd set the needle down on the opening track of a new rock album and the very first tune would just blow you the funk away?
Newt’s top 10 things to do in Vancouver this week, August 4 to 8
Screening at the Rio on Wednesday of blur: Live at Wembley Stadium, director Toby L's concert film that captures the Britpop quartet in 2023.
Mike Cooley’s songwriting genius illustrated brilliantly in “Zip City” video
A couple of years back I posted a blog on the songwriting genius of Mike Cooley, and mentioned four of the tunes that I love most of his.