ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON DEC. 14, 1984 By Steve Newton I heard your laughter ringing out between the waves and the sun/A Mayan secret, one thousand voices carved in stone/We of the sun, we have desire to follow a poem for the future, whose name is tomorrow/I saw your shadow, you were standing at the feet … Continue reading Parachute Club took cues from Mayan ruins and feminists for At the Feet of the Moon
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Album review: Peter Gabriel, So (1986)
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, AUG. 8, 1986 By Steve Newton Anyone who saw or heard Peter Gabriel's performance at the recent Amnesty International concert must admit that he was one of the show's major treats. Two of the songs he performed, "Red Rain" and "Sledgehammer", are included on his great new album So. … Continue reading Album review: Peter Gabriel, So (1986)
Junkhouse’s Tom Wilson believes there’s a Birthday Boy in all of us
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, NOV. 30, 1995 By Steve Newton If you happened to see the Beatles Anthology series on the tube last week, you’re probably aware that the Fab Four quit touring in 1966 and became just a recording act. That move worked out alright for them—but it probably wouldn’t suit Hamilton, … Continue reading Junkhouse’s Tom Wilson believes there’s a Birthday Boy in all of us
Blackie & the Rodeo Kings ebullient about a Band classic
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, NOV. 22, 2006 By Steve Newton Like Brian Wilson used to do in his Beach Boys days, Colin Linden gets around. When the Straight catches him on his cellphone he’s just leaving a Calgary hotel with his fellow members of Blackie & the Rodeo Kings—Tom Wilson and Stephen Fearing—for a … Continue reading Blackie & the Rodeo Kings ebullient about a Band classic