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The Georgia Straight | July 6, 2007

Thanks to archivist Kevin Howes, a little-known chapter of Jamaican Canadian music history is coming to light.

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'Egg on Mao' Praises a Truly Brave Iconoclastnew

With the publication of Egg on Mao: The Story of an Ordinary Man Who Defaced an Icon and Unmasked a Dictatorship, Denise Chong has revived interest in the moral heroism of Lu Decheng and his friends Yu Zhijian and Yu Dongyue.

The Georgia Straight | Alexander Varty | 10-19-2009 | Author Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Denise Chong, Egg on Mao: The Story of an Ordinary Man Who Defaced an Icon and Unmasked a Dictatorship, Lu Decheng, Yu Dongyue, Yu Zhijian, China, history, nonfiction, Mao Zedong

Les Claypool Spins Stories of Pigs, Puke and Pinotnew

After a two-year gestation period, Claypool is getting ready to release the first few cases of Purple Pachyderm Pinot Noir, his initial venture into the boutique-wine business and his seventh solo release, Of Fungi and Foe.

The Georgia Straight | Alexander Varty | 06-22-2009 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Of Fungi and Foe, Purple Pachyderm Pinot Noir, wine, Les Claypool

'Land of Marvels' Foreshadows Iraq Debaclenew

John Somerville, Barry Unsworth's archaeologist hero, is a typical Edwardian abroad. He's a wealthy Englishman who means to do well by others, but in Land of Marvels he's at sea in an ocean of stones.

The Georgia Straight | Alexander Varty | 03-23-2009 | Fiction

Tags: Iraq, novels, Barry Unsworth, Land of Marvels

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Return of the Rocking Rob Zombienew

Rob Zombie has parlayed his obsessions with heavy music and low-budget fright flicks into a full-time career.

The Georgia Straight | Steve Newton | 05-03-2010 | Concerts

Tags: Gruesome Twosome Tour, Rob Zombie, Alice Cooper

Los Angeles Beatmaker Nosaj Thing's a Deft Distillernew

Like many young musicians, Los Angeles–based beatmaker Jason Chung (aka Nosaj Thing) isn’t much more than the sum of his influences. What’s remarkable about Chung is how deftly he distills and commingles secondhand sounds.

The Georgia Straight | Martin Turenne | 02-08-2010 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Jason Chung, Nosaj Thing

Alicia Keys Speaks to the Soul on 'The Element of Freedom'new

There are singers for whom song is one thing and one thing only: a church. Alicia Keys is that kind of artist, and for those of us who still look to records for uplift, for comfort, for a soundtrack to our joy and sorrow and fumbling growth, for a way to make sense of the human experience — Alicia is our girl.

The Georgia Straight | Tara Henley | 01-11-2010 | Reviews

Tags: The Element of Freedom, Alicia Keys