Oh, Canada?
During my years in California I used to listen compulsively – nowadays you might call it hate-listening – to a
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Should I Stay Or Should I Go? Am I Ready To Live Like A Refugee?
Bob Dylan once told me (well, not personally) that I should “know my song well before I start singing.” But
This Lady Thought Woodstock Wasn’t That Great, And I Kinda Sorta Agreed With Her – But Not Really
I don’t know how strict or impenetrable the New Yorker paywall is, but hopefully at least some of you will
Death
At least in part because I spent so much of my life in the music world, where everyone is young
On The Plains Of Abraham
At school we were taught that the crucial battle, the one that determined Canada would be British rather than French,
I Am The Disappearing Boy: 30 Years Of Kerplunk
Billie Joe texted to ask if I was going to write anything about the 30th anniversary of Green Day’s Kerplunk.
Birthdays, Thanks, Apologies
The year I turned 22 my then-girlfriend insisted on throwing me a birthday party, even though I repeatedly said I
Rethinking Biden
Like most people I know, I was less than thrilled when it became evident that Joe Biden was going to
The Mass Psychology Of Trumpism: Mad, Bad, Dangerous, Or All Of The Above?
“Is Trumpism a mental illness?” a European friend asked in an anguished Facebook post. I half seriously, half flippantly answered
Is Democracy Overrated?
It was a rainy, warm spring day in Hong Kong, and I was whiling away the afternoon with a Punjabi