Dave Bidini – Orion Lecture
January 20, 2010 | Filed Under Literary Photographer, Music, Portrait, Sports | Leave a Comment
The great Dave Bidini was in Victoria last night giving the annual Orion lecture. He talked about his travel for his books and TV documentaries and afterwards took questions from the audience. He’ll be around for a few more days talking to various writing classes at UVIC. I’m sure it’s not always so but Dave’s life seems so seamless, travel and music and writing and family and hockey all melding together magically. Plus he’s a cool stylish guy. Just look at the images from last night.
The Dishrags – More Images From Vancouver Punk’s Early Years
January 15, 2010 | Filed Under Music, Photography, Photos | Leave a Comment
Can’t ID Bands
January 2, 2010 | Filed Under Music, Photography | 3 Comments
Postimg for ID help -anyone know? First two pix, same band, no idea. Second band. Dimwit on bass but doesn’t look like Subhumans.
Tom Hawthorn – Sudden Death Records & Joe Keithley
December 30, 2009 | Filed Under From the Newspapers, Music | Leave a Comment
In keeping with the recent punk theme, check out Tom Hawthorn’s story on Joe Keithley’s Sudden Death Records in the Globe and Mail. Check out Sudden Death Records yourself.
Bev Davies – 13 Photographs of DOA – Exhibition & Calendar
December 29, 2009 | Filed Under Music, Photography | 1 Comment
The opening reception for Bev Davies’ latest exhibition and calendar will be at Vancouver’s Jem Cordova gallery (#36-22 East Cordova Street) on January 2, 1PM-5Pm. Show runs until January 13.
Interview with Joey Ramone
December 28, 2009 | Filed Under Music | Leave a Comment
John Mackie, now Vancouver Sun writer then Georgia Straight freelancer as I was, interviews Joey Ramone in his Denman Street hotel.
And….more Vancouver punk photographs
December 28, 2009 | Filed Under Music | 3 Comments
Acclaimed documentary fimmaker Susanne Tabata is working on a film about the Vancouver punk rock world and I’m going through all my old negatives in order to send her some images for possible inclusion in the film. Here’s a few more possibilities from the early days. Hopefully Scott Beadle will chime in with some names and dates.
Lots of faces here, drummer is ?, Randy Rampage, backup singers are Tony Bardach (?) Nick Jones and Colin Griffiths
This isn’t DOA, is it? Randy on bass though
Victoria Pork, guitar is Brad Kent, Dimwit on drums, Ian Tiles singing, Tony Bardach on bass.
Victoria Pork guitarist Brad Kent
Colin Griffiths standing on a restaurant grill, holding an old 60’s drum skin and a can of dance wax, why?, I so wish I could remember. Going through these negs is a lot of fun, I just wish I had taken more notes back then.
Brian Goble at back, Joe Keithley on guitar
Randy Rampage in full flight
Randy again
Skulls – First performance -The future face of Vancouver punk
December 28, 2009 | Filed Under Music | 3 Comments
These images are from what was one of the first performances by a Vancouver area punk band at the Easter Be In at Semiamoo (Sp?) Park. It was a pretty loose grouping of guys who would later go on to form some of the most important bands in Vancouver. The era’s long hair, other than on Joe Keithley who looks freshly shorn, and stubby beer bottles are a couple signs of the times. I think I was the only person in the audience who knew the songs they played which ( as I remember it) were covers of British punk tunes.
Joe Keithley and Brian Goble
Brian Goble, Lee ?, and I believe that’s John Armstrong on the right
Lee
Brad Kent on guitar, Dimwit on drums
Brian, Dimwit, Brad
Brian, Lee, Dimwit
Brad
Joe and Brian
More Early Vancouver Punk Photos – Dishrags, Furies and Joe Keithley
December 23, 2009 | Filed Under Music | 3 Comments
Starting to sort through my negs from the early days of Vancouver’s punk rock world. Here’s a few more pix scanned from old prints.
Joe Keithley after a gig at a high school
The Dishrags, first concert, with the Furies
The Furies
Crowd at show, including Colin Griffiths, ?, and I believe, Scout from the Dishrags
The Pointed Sticks in Vancouver
December 21, 2009 | Filed Under Music | 2 Comments
On Saturday made the trip over to Vancouver too see a band that I’d seen many times before but not in 30 years. A lot of bands started in Vancouver during the early punk rock years and only a few have survived. The Pointed Sticks were the one band that, at the time, seemed destined for stardom. Great music, stage presence etc etc. But it never happened, one of those things. But…they’re back, a new album and some gigs including Saturday’s at the Rio. I went with my 19 year old son, who is the same age I was when I was attending the original shows. The show was amazing, the band sounded great on the songs both new and old. My son got to see an act he’d only heard when Dad had rare control of the cd player. It’s always great to see a band prove they are still a viable act not just an oldies show. I didn’t bring my camera, this was probably the first show I’ve been to in 30 years where I didn’t shoot but here’s a few photos from those early shows I’ve dug up.
For more info PSticks .
UPDATE: Scott Beadle, the encyclopedia of Vancouver punk, filled in the missing photo info: See comments below.
Kind of a Lou Reed look on Nick
The blazer look, with Colin Griffiths on guitar as well.
Is that Ian on drums, it’s not Dimwit? Scott says, yes it is Ian.
Backstage somewhere.