By Steve Newton The fifth and last time I interviewed Tragically Hip singer Gord Downie–on October 24, 1996–Bruce McDonald’s mockumentary Hard Core Logo had just been released. Downie’s buddy since high […]
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON STRAIGHT.COM, APRIL 25, 2016 By Steve Newton I love Green Room‘s plot about a destitute punk band trapped in a grungy backwoods bar by murderous neo-Nazi skinheads as […]
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, OCT. 2, 1997 The Granville Mall proved a pretty functional location for the stag party I took part in a few months back. After […]
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, APRIL 11, 1996 If you’ve ever played in a band, you’ll always remember your very first gig. I remember my first (and only) real […]
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON STRAIGHT.COM, AUG. 26, 2004 By Steve Newton Hugh Dillon turned a few heads when he laid his popular guitar-rock band, the Headstones, to rest last year. The […]
