20 minutes on the phone with Jaws author Peter Benchley

Back in November of 1997 I called up American author Peter Benchley, best known for the novel Jaws, in Bethesda, Maryland.

Newt’s top 10 things to do in Vancouver this week, April 14 to 18

Screening at the Rio of Incendies, Denis Villeneuve's drama about twins who journey to the Middle East to fulfill their mother’s last wishes.

A few days ago I posted 10 interviews with classic Canuck-rock bands that I’ve done since becoming a freelance scribbler back in ’82.

"I used to live in a house called 'The Snakepit' with Art Bergmann and a couple of members of the Actionauts."

An alternate version of Thin Lizzy's 1976 Jailbreak album is among the special vinyl releases as part of Record Store Day Canada on Saturday.

When Sue Medley picks up the phone in Toronto, the Courtenay native is still abuzz from the big record-launch party thrown the night before.

The current wave of Canadian patriotism brought on by Trump's threats got me thinking of all the classic Canuck-rock bands I've written about.

At one point in the conversation I mentioned how the L.A. Times had compared one of the Posies' previous albums to Abbey Road.

Late-night screening at the Rio on Friday of The Hitcher, about a young man stalked by a murderous hitchhiker and framed for his crimes.

At one point in the conversation I asked him Halford if thought the hardcore Judas Priest fans would be into Two's new album, Voyeurs.

The cover of the G3 Live album showed Satch with a shaved head for the first time, so I asked him how it felt to cut all his hair off.

Vancouver rock 'n' roll troubadour Rich Hope records two nights at the ANZA Club for an upcoming live album.

Between 1987 and 2018 I reviewed over 350 horror movies when they were released in Vancouver, and there were some absolute stinkers in there.