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straight talk ENFORCEMENT AGAINST NOMINATIONS SOUGHT IMMIGRANTS ON THE RISE FOR HALL OF FAME

Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) immigration-enforcement activities conducted in B.C. have intensified this year, an analysis of regional department data suggests. CBSA recently supplied the Straight with statistics for the last two fiscal years (which run from April to March) plus the last nine months of 2015. Based on that data, the Straight estimates that CBSA Pacific region officers will have initiated 2,210 immigration investigations by March 31, 2016. That’s up from 1,843 during the previous fiscal year and 2,060 for 2013-14. The number of immigration warrants CBSA Pacific region officers executed is also on track to increase. It’s projected to reach 268, up from 241 last year, but down slightly from 282 in 2013-14. Finalized immigration investigations are also projected to rise. CBSA officers should close an estimated 2,717 cases during this fiscal year, again up from 2014-15, when 2,254 were recorded, and up from 2013-14, when that number was 2,561. Last December, Harsha Walia, an organizer with No One Is Illegal, told the Straight that the organization had observed a sharp spike in calls from undocumented immigrants asking for assistance. “We usually get three to five calls a week, and the last month we got probably close to double,” she said then. “We are getting more calls from people who are in detention, more calls from people who had just been visited at their homes or workplaces with deportation orders.” Presented with the data obtained by the Straight, Walia cautioned it is “hard to say” why the numbers look to be on the rise. Walia suggested that last October’s election of the Trudeau government has not translated into a change in immigration enforcement and deportation policies. “There is a lot of emphasis on taking in refugees,” she said. “But in terms of increased enforcement, increasing prison populations, migrant detention—all of the things that make migrants more vulnerable—that continues to be the policy under this government.” CBSA refused to grant an interview. > TRAVIS LUPICK

The B.C. Entertainment Hall of Fame is opening this year’s call for nominations from Friday (January 15) to March 15. BCEHOF president Rob Haynes told the Georgia Straight by phone that after they researched similar halls of fame across North America, they formalized their nomination process, with a form available online. “We do require that there is a nominator and the nominator actually has a backup of 10 other people who do want to nominate this person,” he said. Nominations can be made for two categories: Star Walk and Pioneers. The Star Walk highlights B.C.–based recognizable names who have boosted B.C.’s cultural profile locally and internationally. The Pioneers category showcases unsung heroes who have made historical contributions to our province’s entertainment industry. “What we’re trying to do is… really recognize our pioneers. Those are the people who really are the foundation of the industry,” Haynes said. “They’ve worked in the trenches. They worked over the years to improve the entertainment industry in British Columbia.” Although in the past the number of inductees varied from three to 10, this year five to seven inductees will be named in each category, Haynes said. The nomination committee, composed of entertainment professionals and previous inductees, will review applications based on various criteria. Nominations are due by March 15. Forms and full details are available on the BCEHOF website (www. bcentertainmenthalloffame.com/ ). The 2016 inductees will be announced in early spring. Previous inductees include musical performers Sarah McLachlan, Diana Krall, Bryan Adams, and Michael Bublé; maestros Bramwell Tovey and Kazuyoshi Akiyama; bandleader Dal Richards; producer David Y. H. Lui; and broadcaster and Georgia Straight contributor Jurgen Gothe. More than 300 people have been inducted into the hall since its founding in 1992. > CRAIG TAKEUCHI

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The City of Vancouver has notified the public about three new development applications for marijuana dispensaries. This brings to 12 the number of development applications allowed to be filed so far under the regulatory process adopted by the city in June 2015. In the first week of January this year, city staff sent out public notices regarding plans for 1501 Commercial Drive, 1605 Renfrew Street, and 1357 East 41st Avenue. EVO MEDI Society proposed a 2,782-square-foot store at 1501 Commercial Drive. For 1605 Renfrew Street, Urban Earth Med Society plans to open a 2,900-square-foot shop. The Stressed and Depressed Association seeks to sell medical pot at a 950-square-foot store at 1357 East 41st Avenue. The new rules provide that medical pot stores can operate in commercial areas 300 metres from other marijuana-related businesses, schools, community centres, neighbourhood houses, and facilities for vulnerable youth. City councillor Kerry Jang explained that although these applications are for permitted zones, there is no guarantee that they will be approved. “It really depends on what the public feedback is,” Jang told the Straight in a phone interview. “If the public feedback is very negative, then they’ll see whether or not there’s ways they [proponents] can address the issues raised by the public, if they can. It’s really up to the discretion of the [city] director of planning at that point.” When Vancouver moved to regulate marijuana-related businesses, there were more than 80 pot shops across the city, according to a citystaff report. Jang said last year that he expects 15 to 20 dispensaries to remain open. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed Liberal MP and Toronto’s former police chief Bill Blair to head the federal government’s effort to legalize recreational marijuana. > CARLITO PABLO

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ast winter, Vancouver’s local ski hills received so little snow that it called into question their businesses’ very existence. Cypress Mountain was fully operational for only 47 days, less than half the 100 days it guarantees pass holders. Mount Seymour counted just 12 days when all chairlifts were running. The hills tried to adapt, using heavy machinery to move natural snow to where it was needed. They also invested in snowmaking equipment. It takes a lot of time and money to compensate for Mother Nature. In a telephone interview, UBC professor Stephen Sheppard said climate models forecast that the drastic decline in snowpack the Lower Mainland experienced in 2014-15 will eventually become the norm. “We are seeing conditions now that may become the typical condition in 2050 or, best case, 2080,” he

said. “We shouldn’t expect that what we saw last year will happen every year. But it will, I’m sure, become more frequent.” Sheppard, who oversees a degree program focused on climate-proofing cities, warned that less snow on the North Shore Mountains is just one of many changes British Columbians should expect, regardless of any progress on climate change. A November 2014 “information note” prepared for B.C.’s minister of environment says the same. “Many aspects of climate change and associated impacts will continue for centuries, even if anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases are stopped now,” reads the document, which was released in March 2015 in response to a freedom-of-information request. “In British Columbia, anticipated impacts include sea level rise and ocean acidification, decreasing snow pack, longer and hotter summers, and more intense rainfall.” see next page

Just as North Shore ski hills are adjusting operations to compensate for less snow, the provincial government and Metro Vancouver cities have already begun work on adaptation, responding to the effects of climate change that are already here and preparing for worse to come. Those efforts rely heavily on the region’s universities, noted Thomas White, manager of climate risk management in the B.C. ministry of environment. He told the Straight that implementing adaptation policies can sometimes feel like running toward a moving goal post. “There isn’t necessarily a static, fixed solution that solves the problem,” White said. “We’re not moving from one steady state that was the past to a new steady state that’s fixed. Basically, if we are looking forward, we just have to expect to deal with change.” That’s where academia comes in. For example, White said, in constructing a bridge or highway, engineers once looked at historical data and used weather patterns described in those records to prepare infrastructure for precedents observed in the past. But that’s no longer sufficient. “When people are doing longterm planning, they are now thinking, ‘I need to go to a source of information like the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium at UVic and get the best information I can about conditions that might be expected in the future,’ ” White said. In a telephone interview, Tamsin Mills, senior sustainability specialist for the City of Vancouver, said citizens might not know it but money is already being spent on adaptation in just about every direction one looks. When trees are planted down a length of sidewalk, for example, or a new water fountain is installed on a downtown street corner, the locations are often selected with knowledge of where populations are vulnerable to temperature increases, Mills said. Those efforts can involve complicated engineering considerations, she continued, including surface- and air-temperature mapping that incorporates the latest data from climatechange models. Less visible to the casual eye, Mills continued, was an increase to Vancouver’s flood construction level (FCL) passed in 2014. That bylaw amendment increased the FCL from 3.5 metres to 4.6, compensating for a one-metre rise in sea levels expected by 2100. Mills emphasized that the city got serious about adaptation years ago, noting it published an official strategy in 2012 and has already implemented many of the policies described in that document. “We are just wrapping up the second phase and hope to go to council with the related recommendations in early spring,” she said. Similar programs have long been under way in Richmond, Delta, and other low-lying municipalities across the Lower Mainland. (For more on this story, visit Straight.com.) Sybil Seitzinger is executive director of the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS), which, together with the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium, makes the University of Victoria a hub for B.C. weather and climate data. She argued that although efforts to mitigate climate change and prevent runaway warming have finally caught the public’s attention, people are just beginning to learn about what is required to respond to changes that are already inevitable. “Adaptation is a complex issue,” Seitzinger emphasized. “It involves many dimensions—not just the dimension of technology but also what the social implications of that are.” She said that is why PICS’s work on climate change increasingly looks beyond greenhouses gases to how humans are reacting to changes associated with an atmosphere polluted by more CO2. “It goes to how we adapt,” Seitzinger said. “It is not just an infrastructure issue but it goes to people’s lifestyles.” -

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Chef Jacob Deacon-Evans created a Secret Supper Soirée dish of grilled beef tongue in an oyster emulsion. Lucy Lau photo.

a swing dancer, and I like that kind of style and music.” The decade is reflected in every aspect of the evening: attendees are encouraged to dress in era-appropriate gear, from dresses and feather boas to flat caps and double-breasted suits, and each destination is selected for its historical significance. “I do a lot of wandering aimlessly,” Kort says without a hint of irony, explaining her method for scouting the soirée’s clandestine spots. As on previous tours, the three little-known

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locations in this year’s event are in buildings that were standing during the 1930s, including a former longshoremen’s club and a gorgeous, speakeasy-esque space that previously served as a meeting place for Japanese immigrants. Just as inspired by the overarching ’30s theme—though shrouded in slightly less secrecy—is the soirée’s multicourse dinner menu. Created by chef Jacob Deacon-Evans, formerly of Supermarine, Wildebeest, and Bishop’s Restaurant, this year’s meal features a

curried winter-vegetable salad that’s a nod to the Sikh immigrants who arrived in Vancouver during the 1920s and ’30s, and a candied-salmon spread that references the First Nations hunting grounds that once occupied the tour’s first site. Deacon-Evans will prepare a similarly inspired grilled beef tongue in a cooking demonstration at the event’s second location, before guests are whisked to the final spot, where they’ll enjoy a main course of roasted lingcod, oyster mushrooms, and clam emulsion, and a charred-apple dessert.

Each course will be expertly paired with a wine from Naramata’s Lake Breeze Wine Farm, and attendees can also expect another playful aspect before the night is over: a dress-up trunk and a photo booth that they’re free to get silly in. “I always like an interactive component at each event, so it’s more than just food,” Kort says. “It’s something that they can remember and tell people about.” A handful of other events in this year’s Dine Out Vancouver Festival also give people plenty of reason to move beyond the meal. The culinary fete’s Film Feast series, for example, treats guests to a movie screening before serving up a meal inspired by the foods pictured on-screen. Act I, Eat 1: Common Grace, a dinner-and-play combo directed by Ron Reed, and Bhangra With Vij’s, a family-style feast featuring live entertainment from the Vancouver International Bhangra Celebration, offer immersive elements of their own. Still, we’d bet it’s the mystique that surrounds the Secret Supper Soirée that will get the most tongues wagging. “It’s kind of that one-off thing you do in the year that’s kind of different,” Kort says. For more information about Dine Out Vancouver Festival events or to purchase tickets, see www.dine outvancouver.com/events/. -

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In the double bill Inked & Murmur, Aakash Odedra captures his experience of dyslexia by moving within in a swirling blizzard of paper. But he doesn’t portray it as a negative condition. Mark Eve photo.

Dancing into identity issues

“If that was the case we “I started to think about the reasons people tattoo wouldn’t have half the their bodies: some have it done to them forcefully, entrepreneurs we do. For some to remember loved ones—it’s every reason a 21st-century civilized under the sun. And then they’re not really permasociety to judge or meas- nent because the soul goes on to be something eterure intelligence through nal and you leave your body,” he says. reading and writing… Working with choreographer Damien Jalet, They forget emotional or Odedra built a piece where he dances with and spiritual or creative in- around black ink, making marks both on his own telligence. So my whole body and, toward the end of the piece, in giant, Opening the PuSh fest, British artist Aakash Odedra explores his idea was to challenge swirling circles and figure eights on a sheet of own dyslexia and a grandmother’s tattoos in Inked & Murmur this. Dyslexia, for me paper that covers the floor. The repeating circles personally, has not been come to signify the epic cycle of life, and he says Aakash Odedra was 21 when he real- a curse, but it became a blessing. I feel I view the that he enters an almost trancelike, transcendent ized his first name began with a double A. The world differently.” state as he throws himself into the dizzying piece. The title Murmur comes from the murmura“They become like prayers,” he explains of BY JANET S M IT H British dance artist was f lipping through his passport, something he’d done many times, tion of starlings and swallows—the way they f ly the circling movements. “The best way I can when it finally clicked into place. And it opened in f locks that create breathtaking, constantly describe it is it’s like knocking on the doorstep up a whole world of meaning for the dancer, shifting shapes. That’s a bit like the way Odedra of death. Physically, mentally, and spiritually, who had lived with dyslexia all his life. remembers seeing the letters on the blackboard I have to enter the realm of death to do this “Just to know you spelled your name the at school, in ever-changing patterns. Working piece. But that’s the direction we go toward in wrong way for 21 years was really strange,” with choreographer Lewis Major, he evokes the all our life: death. And as soon as I enter that Odedra tells the Straight over the phone from idea through projections, with video of space, it’s a different realm, and it’s sheda studio in Leicester, England, before heading the f lying birds captured on the paper ding any ego I have.” here to open the PuSh International Performing fragments blown around him by As visually spectacular and hypCheck out… Arts Festival. “It’s the most personal part of my fans. “It has this 3-D effect of swalnotic as it is, the piece becomes STRAIGHT.COM identity and I never saw it.” lows f lying around you, but also of a gruelling process to go through. Visit our website That memory was the starting point for his being engulfed,” he says. “By the end I’m covered comfor morning-after piece Murmur, one of two multimedia works The piece that opens the show, pletely in ink and I have to shower reviews and local arts news he brings to the festival in a double bill. Using Inked, is a similar exploration of between the two pieces,” he says. a range of visceral theatrical and physical de- identity for Odedra, but it conjures “Every time I come off the stage from vices—a vortex of paper swirling around him, a completely different world. It, too, Inked it’s such a strange feeling.…I realfor instance, and a pixelated cloud emanating was inspired by a specific memory: holding his ize it’s over and I need to calm down. It takes from a book he tries to read—he strives to bring dying grandmother’s hand. She came from the five to seven minutes to get out of that zone. the perception of what it’s like to be dyslexic to Rajput warrior caste of India, and he can still “After that, it’s almost like when you have a scar those who have never experienced it. And it’s a see the vivid tattoos emblazoned on her skin and you put a cream on it: it stings but it helps heal. portrayal that is anything but depressing. against his own clean, smooth hand. He became And Murmur is that healing piece for me.” “There’s always a negative connotation put fascinated with her tattoos, which she received with dyslexia and I completely disagree with throughout childhood, and the way they came The PuSh International Performing Arts Festival that,” says Odedra, whose contemporary move- not only to identify her as part of the caste, but presents Inked & Murmur at the Vancouver Playment draws on his training in the classical also to protect her and other women as a warn- house on Tuesday and Wednesday (January 19 and 20). Indian forms of kathak and bharata natyam. ing that they came from warrior stock.

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Editor’s choice KEYBOARD COLOUR Here’s a chance for piano fans to catch a serious rising star. When young, Uzbek-born Israeli pianist Roman Rabinovich makes his Canadian debut at the Vancouver Recital Society this week, he’ll be riding in on a wave of recent accolades—including a New York Times review that praised his “crisp rhythmic bite and abundant colorings”. His program here jumps from Joseph Haydn’s fleet-fingered Sonata in B-flat Major to Ludwig van Beethoven’s complex Sonata in A Major, Op. 101. But the highlight may be the finale, Rabinovich’s dizzying signature take on Bedrich Smetana’s Four Czech Dances. The Vancouver Recital Society presents Roman Rabinovich at the Vancouver Playhouse on Sunday (January 17).

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BILL BURR (At the Orpheum on January 17) The comedian’s comedian sells out for good reason.

TRIBUTE TO DAVE BRUBECK (At the Anvil Centre Theatre on January 14) Who doesn’t like to jazz it like it’s 1954?

TCHAIKOVSKY AND THE MERMAID (At the Orpheum on January 16 and 18) Violin star Augustin Hadelich plays a very popular concerto with the VSO.

THE SPECIAL (At Hot Art Wet City to January 30) Photo artist Kevin Lanthier composes cool, almost-real Vancouver streetscapes.

HEATHERS: THE MUSICAL (At the York Theatre to January 17) The reviews are in, and this biting show is a blackly comic hit.

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ILIZA SHLESINGER Our arts fan this week is Colleen Brow, a comedy writer and coproducer of Co-op Radio’s What’s So Funny?, whose one-woman show hits the stage this spring. Here’s what tickles her funny bone this week: “Iliza Shlesinger is the first female to win NBC’s Last Comic Standing, and her material continues to entertain, question, and slay traditional gender roles. I love her blend of observational comedy and manic energy. Plus, one of my favourite local comics, Ivan Decker, is hosting. I have yet to meet a comedy fan who doesn’t love Ivan.” Iliza Shlesinger is at the Comedy MIX from Thursday to Saturday (January 14 to 16).

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can we live that would be nice, and where we can do this?’ “And then our violinist Paul Luchkow just this year decided he’d had enough of Vancouver and real estate and all the rest of it, so he and his wife and two small boys moved to Victoria and are very, very happy,” she continues. “At the same time, our fantastic harpsichordist, Michael Jarvis, was also living in Vancouver and made the same decision. So we now have an excellent keyboard player and four good string players, but we still have only one flute, one bassoon, and one horn— which, you know, is challenging, especially in terms of finding repertoire.” The Victoria Baroque Players have decided to deal with that challenge by doing just one major production per year, adding internationally acclaimed guests to their core membership. This year, for instance, London-based harpsichordist and conductor Steven Devine will lead the band’s Watermusic—Orchestral Suites program, while the Academy of Ancient Music’s Gavin Edwards will join Clark and two others in the brass section. Four horn players, Russell adds, will allow the Victoria Baroque Players to attempt Georg Philipp Telemann’s Overture (Suite) in F, the “Alster Overture”, perhaps for the first time in Western Canada.

“In the Baroque period, having four horns was a very, very rare occurrence,” she explains. “[George Frederick] Handel was the first person to even try it, and then it took another 100 to 150 years for people to realize that, actually, four horns in the orchestra was a really good idea—it worked, and now that’s what we see all the time. And Telemann was the only other person to ever try it in that period. As a consequence, the ‘Alster Overture’ is very rarely performed, because to get four Baroque horn players together is a difficult thing.…So I think we’ve actually got something here that’s unique, from a West Coast perspective.” Rarity isn’t the only appeal here. The Victoria Baroque Players’ presentation, which will be rounded out by Telemann’s Wassermusik, Handel’s Orchestral Suite From ‘Il Pastor Fido’, and Jean-Philippe Rameau’s Orchestral Suite From ‘Castor and Pollux’, also encompasses some joyously programmatic sounds, with the musicians imitating frogs, crows, and a drunken peasant band—just the thing to chase away the urban real-estate blues. Early Music Vancouver presents Watermusic—Orchestral Suites at the Vancouver Playhouse on Friday (January 15).

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combination of highbrow sex appeal and lowbrow humour is the perfect antidote to a dull Sunday night spent on the couch watching reruns and eating takeout. This week, trade in that tired routine for an evening that celebrates eight years of tassels, pasties, and glitter at Kitty Nights Burlesque. Voted best in Vancouver by Georgia Straight readers in 2015, Vancouver’s longest-running weekly burlesque variety show has been attracting crowds to the Biltmore Cabaret every Sunday since 2008. Host Doug Thoms and producer Kirsten Hogan—better known by their stage names, the Purrrfessor and Burgundy Brixx— promise an evening of titillating entertainment and wild feline fun. The power couple arrived here from New York City in 2007, after working in the theatre industry for 10 years. Brixx, who coproduced a show with the same name in the Big Apple, brought Kitty Nights to Vancouver the following year. “I produce the show, I cast the show, I do all the promotions, the graphic design, the website. I perform in the show and I cohost,” Brixx says by phone. The jill-of-all-trades has an extensive background in stage management and costume design. Brixx doesn’t deny that taking the lead on nearly every aspect of Kitty Nights can be exhausting, but it’s her love for the very nature of burlesque—the DIY costumes, the creativity, and the comedy—that’s kept the show going for nearly a decade. “I get these crazy ideas sometimes, and because I’m a costume designer, I’m able to manifest the visions more quickly. I can just sit down at my sewing machine and create what I have in mind. It’s the same for choreography, so it’s a great outlet for using all of my skills,” she says. When she’s not planning for a show, she teaches burlesque classes and workshops. Brixx has played a large role in bolstering the number of burlesque

performers in the city, many of whom were recently recognized at the Las Vegas Burlesque Festival. According to the Purrrfessor, it’s all thanks to Brixx that Vancouver’s burlesque scene has become so prolific. “In New York, the burlesque resurgence was very strong. When we came here, there were maybe three burlesque groups, and now there are upwards of 12 to 15,” he says in a separate conversation. “I like to think that’s because Burgundy taught people to fish rather than giving them fish.” While the Kitty Nights format hasn’t changed over the years—Brixx recruits four performers to do two numbers each, and a go-go dancer keeps the entertainment going during intermission—the Purrrfessor says the show itself has evolved to include a wide variety of performers and styles. “We’ve gone from doing a straight burlesque show with several performers and a DJ to having a different theme every single week,” he says. Recurring themes include “nerdlesque”, where performers develop numbers based on comic books, superheroes, cult films, and more. A show in February called My Purple Valentine will be a tribute to Prince. Sunday night’s anniversary bash will be a stimulating showcase of bodacious burlesque, with a selection of special group numbers, including a piece by the Viva Vancouver Showgirls. Other performers will include April O’Peel, Ginger Avenue, and of course, the star behind the show, Ms. Burgundy Brixx. “Sometimes it’s a heavy crown to wear because I feel that I can’t ever relax, but I have to keep inventing new pieces. I have to keep reinventing the art form,” Brixx says. “It has completely taken over my life, which is not what I expected at all, but it’s been incredibly rewarding.” -

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stage in this Equity co-op production of Heathers: The Musical. Like the 1988 film Heathers, which became a cult classic, Heathers: The Musical tells the story of Veronica, an ultra-smart high-school student in Ohio, who teams up with J.D., a Baudelaire-quoting newcomer with a God complex and a gun. A clique of three beautiful, mean girls, who are all named Heather, dominate their school. Among the guys, the top dogs are Kurt and Ram: gay-baiting, date-raping football players. The adults who are supposedly in charge are no match for the popular kids, so, in this dark satire, Veronica and J.D. start to kill those kids off and frame their deaths as suicides. In both the movie and the musical, surprise, which is plentiful, often comes in the form of outrageousness, but the musical adds more political analysis, psychological depth, and even literary wit. It retains some classic one-liners, including “Dear diary, my teenage angst bullshit has a body count.” But while J.D. saves Veronica from being raped in the movie, in the stage version she takes charge of her own damn self-defence—and sex life. And when J.D. hits on the idea of framing the first Heather’s death as a suicide, he says, “She was reading The Bell Jar.” Christine Quintana, who plays Veronica, describes Heather Chandler as “a mythic bitch”, and she delivers the line with wide-eyed

wonder. Using understatement, she consistently gets terrific comic spin. Within the constraints of the musical, Quintana is not as credibly murderous as the 16-year-old Winona Ryder is in the film, so the character loses some complexity, but Quintana is a pitch-perfect singer and a charming, powerful presence. As Heather Chandler, Synthia Yusuf rocks her physical characterization, swaggering across the stage like a dominatrix. And Colin Sheen’s physicality as Ram is so precise that he shines like a star. With the combination of her gorgeous voice and colloquial delivery, Steffanie Davis impresses as Martha Dunnstock, the bullied big girl. And given her moment to sing the moving ballad “Lifeboat”, Devon Busswood makes a winning Heather McNamara. Kamyar Pazandeh, who plays J.D., has a sweet, powerful tenor, with which he elegantly ornaments “Freeze Your Brain”, which is both a ballad of teen despair and an ode to 7-Eleven. All of that said, the musical is a huge undertaking and this production, which David C. Jones directed, gets a little ragged around the edges. Ken Overbey, who plays some of the adults, overacts, and Lori Watt, who also takes on adult roles, sings well, but wimps out in her characterizations. Not to put too fine a point on it, Sarah Mabberley’s set is ugly. No doubt working on a limited budget, she has created a bunch of modular units. Fine. But she has also painted them purple and added diagonal black stripes. Under Jones’s direction, sightlines are sometimes a problem on the crowded stage. Nonetheless, the band, under Steven Greenfield’s direction, is solid. And Overbey’s choreography is an energetic good time. Both Heathers junkies and newbies alike should enjoy this musical. > COLIN THOMAS

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Kim moulds a mutable reality VISUAL AR TS KIM BEOM At the Contemporary Art Gallery until January 17

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at the Contemporary Art Gallery is a video titled A Rock That Was Taught It Was a Bird. In it, a man earnestly demonstrates avian activities, such as flying and perching on a tree branch, to a large, rough chunk of granite. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a particularly distinguished rock: it isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t shaped like a bird, nor, of course, is it in the slightest way responsive to its teacher. Still, the man continues to instruct it and to read aloud to it from a book about birdsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; nests. He describes what the nests look like and how they are constructed, and every so often poses the hopeful question â&#x20AC;&#x153;Isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t that interesting?â&#x20AC;? The work is a nifty introduction to this South Korean artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s practice, which uses elements of humour, absurdity, and surreal inversion to query the nature of perception and to subvert our fixed ideas about the world around us. He suggests that meaning is mutable, slippery, difficult to grasp. In his art, objects and creatures shift shape and character: an iron becomes a kettle, a kettle becomes a radio, a giraffe becomes a cheetah. Perspectives change, definitions elude us. One of the themes in Kimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exhibition, which includes drawings, video animation, sculptures, paintings, and mixed-media installations, is how our relationship with the natural world is characterized by certain representational conventions. Many of his untitled drawings and much of his animation, whose style is influenced by cartoons, childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s art, and outsider art, flip standard nature-program fare, so that herbivores become meat-eating predators

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and predators become prey. Images of ferocious dogs also recur here: one sharp-fanged canine leaps and snarls at the end of a chain, another tears itself to pieces. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s as if Kim were challenging our confidence in the process of domestication: wild animals, he suggests, can never be truly tamed. (Given the recent spate of ghastly maulings of people by dogs, perhaps he is right.) Kim also asks us to think about the ways formal education serves the state, moulding our understanding of who we are and what our role is in society. This is most obvious in his installation Objects Being Taught They Are Nothing But Tools, which takes the form of a miniature classroom. Here, everyday items such as a table fan, watering can, measuring cup, and bottle of dish detergent sit on little wooden chairs facing a blackboard and a video monitor. On the monitor, a teacher, the upper part of his face cut off from view so that we focus on his moving mouth, tells his â&#x20AC;&#x153;studentsâ&#x20AC;? what their place is

within the capitalist system, making it clear that they are not human, nor should they aspire to be. Absurd and amusing as is the image of household objects sitting in a classroom, the message is ultimately a serious one. Kim reminds us that education is not simply about conveying knowledge but about socialization, conformity, and the shaping of a world-view. We are all tools of the systems in which we are raised. Some critics have observed that Kim is preoccupied with the life of objects. More to the point, he is preoccupied with the lives of his fellow human beings, and employs inanimate objects as human surrogates. And he uses absurdity not merely to undermine meaning in an entertaining way, but also as a form of resistance. While particular references to political conditions in Kimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s homeland may elude a western audience, his interest in democracy and human rights makes his work relevant to us all.

BOOM Rick Miller explores 25 years of baby-boom history through music and video. Presented by the PuSh Festival with the Arts Club Theatre Company. Jan 14â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Feb 13, Granville Island Stage (1585 Johnston, Granville Island). Tix from $29, info www. pushfestival.ca/shows/festival-2016/boom/.

INTIMACY The PuSh Festival presents the Ranters Theatre production of a play about intimate life stories shared by strangers in the street. Jan 20-23, 8 pm, Orpheum Annex (823 Seymour). Tix $31-36, info www.push festival.ca/shows/festival-2016/intimacy/.

THE MOTHERF**KER WITH THE HAT Play tells the story of a newly freed convict who finds staying on the straight and narrow a formidable task. Jan 16-30, Firehall Arts Centre (280 E. Cordova). Tix $16-33, info www.firehallartscentre.ca/ onstage/the-motherfucker-with-the-hat/.

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Ramsay is wired so that restraint isn’t an option. “I don’t know if you find this, but I find in my own life that everything is always in extremes,” says the immensely quotable frontman for Vancouver hitmakers Marianas Trench, interviewed at Kitsilano’s Calhoun’s café. “Everything is peaks and valleys, and I don’t have a lot of middle ground. It was the same with drugs or cigarettes or whatever—I don’t do anything a little. It’s the same way that I produce music—big sounds, and everything all, all, all, more. It’s the same when I cook, where it’s tons and tons of spices. I’m always like that, and I always have been.” That life is all about extremes for the 30-year-old singer, platinum-touch songwriter, and ace producer is certainly borne out on Astoria, the epic fourth full-length from Marianas Trench. Forget playing it safe on the album’s 17 tracks, which swing wildly from irresistibly infectious retro funk (“Burning Up”) to ’70s AM-radio gold (“Shut Up and Kiss Me”) to classic-Queen hard rock (“End of an Era”). Ramsay and his crack bandmates—guitarist Matt Webb, bassist Mike Ayley, and drummer Ian Casselman—tend to operate on the premise that there’s no such thing as too much. Neon-’80s synths

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me to talk about that [my stronger kills me/But it’s gonna be a long year till the hospital can find hope in me.” struggles] in the past.” These are counterbalanced by moments of poignAs if to soften that statement, he adds: “If you’re ancy. Given what’s happening with Ramsay’s mothtalking about a sense of er, it’s hard not to get chills from “Forget Me Not” Marianas Trench singer Josh Ramsay won’t sing it empathy, then sure. But lyrics such as “And I’m here to remind you/What’s if he doesn’t feel it, and he feels plenty on Astoria giving an opinion on that lost is never gone” and “But I will watch you sleepflood “Yesterday” and regal strings flare up in the stuff and saying that I have some sort of answer on ing/And make sure you’re all right.” soaring “Wildfire”, such flourishes making Astoria how to fix things… Well, I don’t think that I’m a What makes Astoria powerful is that, looking seem like a clinic in the art of going wide-screen. back, the past few years should have been among person with a history of making healthy choices.” Like the previous full-lengths Ever After (2011) Even when Ramsay gets depressed, he still man- the greatest of Ramsay’s three decades on the planet. and Masterpiece Theatre (2009), Astoria goes the ages to laugh. “Life is never just one note, so even After starting out as a scrappy post-pop-punk concept-album route, drawing heavily on the highs when I feel like shit, I still have a sense of humour. band building fans one show at a time in places like and lows of the past few years. Put another way, Ramsay’s lyrics draw heavily on his personal life. Trail, B.C., and Hanna, Alberta, Marianas Trench Ramsay—who on this day favours basic black as If he has a general philosophy, it’s probably graduated to rooms like Vancouver’s Orpheum. a base colour, from his tuque to his silver-blinged “Hope for the best, but expect the worst.” That earned the group a shot at America. Following boots—had some serious shit to work out. the release of Ever After, Marianas Trench—which There was the implosion of a relationship—after FOR HIS INTERVIEW WITH the Straight, Ram- records for 604 Records in Vancouver—signed with the wedding had been planned and the invitations say arrives at Calhoun’s—a homey cross between Interscope-affiliated Cherrytree Records. were ready to be mailed. There was the frustra- a Yaletown warehouse space and a Whistler ski Ramsay was a hot commodity, not just for the tion of being unable—and unwilling—to write lodge—clutching a Coke Zero but buys an Earl Grey endless stream of Canadian hit singles spawned after landing a major American record deal. And tea so the folks behind the counter don’t get upset. by Ever After, but also for cowriting Carly Rae Jepthere was one of the most loving and inspirational Over the course of an hour-plus conversation, he sen’s global smash “Call Me Maybe”. people in his life—his mom—waging a war against answers all questions thoughtfully and openly. ConBut with the Cherrytree deal came big pressure, Lewy body dementia, which combines symptoms sider, for example, where he was at after his recent most of which the songwriter placed on himself, breakup. Recalling that Marianas Trench had a to the point where he finally walked away from his of Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. For a long time, Ramsay dealt with this by re- full summer of shows to do before he was suppos- first attempt to write a fourth album. treating into the darkness and pushing those close ed to start writing what would become Astoria, he “We’d been working forever and finally had to him away. There were plenty of bleak days over says, “I was having trouble being on-stage. A lot this big U.S. deal,” he recalls. “I also had a lot of the past couple of years, enough of them that the of trouble being on-stage. I was really emotion- expectations because it was the first thing that I’d frontman finally realized he had a decision to ally connected to songs that suddenly I had a very worked on after being nominated for a Grammy make. He could wallow in misery or attempt to get different connotation of. It’s really hard to sing a [for “Call Me Maybe”]. It was external expectaheartfelt love song when that person isn’t there tions and, more so, internal ones—like ‘Fuck, you himself to a better place. When he finally decided to pull himself out of his anymore. That’s difficult.” better do something good.’ That Ramsay was having problems coping hole with his art, he did it the only way he knew how: “That made me second-guess a lot of my ideas, by going at the creation of Astoria full on, keeping wasn’t lost on his bandmates. you know what I mean? I was like, ‘Is this good “They knew right away,” the singer says bluntly. enough? Is this not good enough?’ As stuff with a relentless schedule until the album was complete. “The guys in the band were really awesome “Right after my ex and I split—like, days later— my mom got harder, it became more difficult for about giving me space and stuff when I was feel- we were playing a Canada Day show on Parlia- me to keep focused. I’d have trouble writing, and ing shit,” Ramsay says gratefully. “But I realized ment Hill for 200,000 people. I was like, ‘Fuck, then I’d come home having not done much in the that I needed to do my job and do it well again. man—talk about a day where you don’t feel like studio and in a shit mood. That entered into my I needed to be a leader in the band again. And going to work.’ ” Ironically enough, it was alone in relationship. And I blew it.” a Vancouver hospital after being kicked in the ass I needed to do something bold.” Eventually, there was some good to be pulled by life in general—and pancreatitis, specifically— from all the trauma. Once he began working on HERE ARE SOME interesting things about Josh that Ramsay would finally find himself inspired Astoria, Ramsay found himself with a wealth of Ramsay. He’s the lone boy and the youngest—by enough to begin working on Astoria. new experiences to draw on. And if some of those far—of five kids born to musically oriented par“I hit a moment where I was like, ‘Three experiences were painful, so be it. ents Miles Ramsay and Corlynn Hanney. things are hanging over me. I’ve got this “I don’t write from fiction,” he states. His mother was a vocal teacher who once sang expected album that I haven’t done, “And you know what, man? For better Check out… backup for Leonard Cohen and hung out with Elvis. and I’ve got this stuff with my mom or for worse, if you’re going to go out STRAIGHT.COM His father was a jingle writer famous for cocre- and this stuff with my ex. I can’t fix on-stage every night and tour a recMake our website ating “Ba-Dum, Ba-Dum”, aka A&W’s tuba-tastic the two latter things, but it is in my ord, you better fucking mean it.” your source for Great Root Bear theme. His dad also founded Van- power to do a fucking album. That’s That says all one needs to know concert reviews and local music couver’s legendary Little Mountain Sound Studios, the only thing I can do right now.’ So I about songs like “Dearly Departed”, where career-making albums like Bon Jovi’s Slip- started writing in the hospital.” where, over soft ukulele and sombre And then he got out and dove headfirst into pery When Wet and Mötley Crüe’s Dr. Feelgood strings, Ramsay sings lines such as, “We Astoria. “I sort of came home and relaxed for half a never sent the cards, they’re all still on the table/ were recorded. Long before forming Marianas Trench in the day, and then I went straight to work,” he remem- Want to throw them out but I’m just not able.” early ’00s, Ramsay was ready for stardom. “I knew bers. “And I worked every day until it was done.” Astoria was recorded largely at the Gastown pentIf you need a starting point for describing As- house he was living in. And when you’re at home, exactly what I was going to do and was specifically working at it from the time I was literally five,” he toria, “bold” will certainly do—not just musically it’s hard to escape bits of your life, including, evisays. “I remember walking to school and working but lyrically. Ramsay loves records where artists dently, the wedding that never was. weren’t afraid to get shoot-for-the-moon ambion my singing voice.” “They [the wedding invitations] sat on the He struggled with drug use, bulimia, anorexia, tious, citing the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds and Pink table, and I looked at them every fucking day,” he and depression during his teen years. “I was an ad- Floyd’s The Wall as examples of albums that create admits. Consider that one example of how Astoria dict in high school, and kicked out of high school a self-contained mini universe for listeners. isn’t just a major musical accomplishment but While the singer is loath to compare himself to also something of an exorcism. because of it,” he says candidly. “The first drug I ever did was cocaine—before I’d ever even smoked such legends, Astoria indeed showcases Ramsay as “The record is from a very real place,” Ramsay ofa joint. I was probably 15. I would have had a sip of a talent obsessed with details. With ’80s adventure fers. “I’m proud of it, but I still don’t really like to alcohol here and there before that—I dunno, a fuck- movies being an inspiration for Astoria, he cleverly listen to it because I go through it all again.” ing mimosa on Christmas or whatever. But the first insisted that nothing but vintage gear be used for Now that he’s in a better place—Marianas Trench time I was getting fucked-up was at 15. And then in the scene-setting title track. Hell-bent on creating a will embark on a Canadian arena tour later this cinematic feel for the record, he wrote string-swept month—the last thing he needs to do is think about treatment by 18. I did it all, really fast.” He was a self-admitted awful student. “I had no classical interludes like “Hollywood Renaissance” where he was not long ago. Yes, the lows were exattention for anything outside of art stuff. But when and then brought in members of the Vancouver treme. But the good thing about being Josh Ramsay Symphony Orchestra to play them. it came to art, I had an infinite attention span.” is that so are the highs. The lyrics on Astoria aren’t always of the relentHe isn’t comfortable being held up as a poster boy “I definitely made a lot of mistakes, but I feel like for overcoming one’s addictions or showing others lessly feel-good variety, but they are straight from however fucked-up I was at the time, that all those it’s possible to beat mental illness: “Now kids come Ramsay’s beat-up heart. To know a little about things led into this album,” he says. “And I’m proud to my shows, and they think that I know how to his past couple of years is to understand “Astoria” of the album. So I think that everything was the way fix their shit. I don’t, and it’s been irresponsible of lines like “I’ll see whatever doesn’t make me that it had to be.” JANUARY 14 – 21 / 2016 THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT 25

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from all over North America. Jan 14-16, 8 pm, Waterfront Theatre (1412 Cartwright St., Granville Island). Tix $12-20, info www.vancouversketchfest.com/.

VANCOUVERITE: A COMEDY SHOW Amber Harper-Young and Brent Constantine host a night of Vancouvercentric comedy by Sophie Buddle, Randee Neumeyer, Julie Kim, and Maddy Kelly. Jan 15, 8-10 pm, Hot Art Wet City Gallery (2206 Main). Tix $10/6, info www. hotartwetcity.com/vancouverite-jan2016/. RAPP BATTLEZ WEZT COAZT Taz VanRassel and Ryan Beil host a no-holds-barred competition between Vancouver comedians. Jan 16; Feb 20; Mar 19; Apr 16; May 21, 8 pm, Fox Cabaret (2321 Main). Tix $10, info www.foxcabaret.com/. IAN SIROTA Standup comedian performs a solo show, with support from Ryan Patterson and MC Kathleen McGee. Jan 16-18, 8 pm, Yuk Yuk’s Comedy Club (2837 Cambie Street). Tix $10, info www.yukyuks.com/. BILL BURR American comedian, writer, and actor known for his standup-comedy specials like I’m Sorry You Feel That Way. Presented as part of JFL NorthWest. Jan 17. doors 6 pm & 9 pm, shows 7 pm &

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PLANTING THE SEED Those who say you are what you eat, take note: the epic battle between Saskatchewan farmer Percy Schmeiser and biotech mega-force Monsanto returns to the stage as Seeds hits West Van’s Kay Meek Centre from Tuesday to next Thursday (January 19 to 21) and the Surrey Arts Centre on January 28 and 29. Corner Gas’s Eric Peterson stars in this smart, fast-paced take on the human side of GMOs.

2UPCOMING HIGHLIGHTS JFL NORTHWEST The inaugural edition of this comedy festival presents performances by headlining talent Trevor Noah, Wanda Sykes, Lewis Black, Miranda Sings, Jeremy Hotz, Janeane Garofalo, David Cross, Ron Funches, Todd Barry, Kyle Kinane, Hasan Minhaj, Nick Thune, This Is That Live, Hari Kondabolu, and the Nasty Show With Bobby Slayton, Big Jay Oakerson, and Kurt Metzger. Feb 18-27, various Vancouver venues. Tix at www.jflnorthwest.com/.

LITERARY EVENTS 2THIS WEEK SFU WRITER’S STUDIO 15TH ANNIVERSARY: CATHIE BORRIE Cathie Borrie illustrates the challenges of writing memoir in a lyrical form and the organizational hurdles inherent in a work that moves back and forth in time. A Q&A will follow the author presentation. Jan 15, 6-7:30 pm, Alma VanDusen Room (Vancouver Public Library, 350 W. Georgia). Free admission, info www.vpl.ca/. VANCOUVER TELLERS: WE TELL STORIES Evening of stories told by Doreen Giesbrecht, Michael Ewan, Beth Hutchinson, Kira Van Dusen, and Dunc Shields. Jan 17, 7-9 pm, St. Mark’s Church (1805 Larch). Tix $7, info www.vancouvertellers.com/.

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VANCOUVER ART GALLERY 750 Hornby, 604-662-4719, www.vanartgallery.bc.ca/. 2NEXT: A SERIES OF ARTIST PROJECTS FROM THE PACIFIC RIM (Vancouver-based artist Christos Dikeakos considers the economic and cultural values involved in transactions of Northwest Coast art) to Jan 31 2THE GUND COLLECTION: CONTEMPORARY AND HISTORICAL ART FROM THE NORTHWEST COAST (exhibition features a group of historical and contemporary First Nations artwork from the Northwest Coast, drawn from the Collection of George Gund III) to Jan 31 2EMBRACING CANADA: LANDSCAPES FROM KRIEGHOFF TO THE GROUP OF SEVEN (exhibition surveys the history of artistic engagement with the Canadian landscape from 1840 to 1940) to Jan 24

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trying to emulate his old friend’s playing style on “Firebird Blues”. “Not so much,” says Landreth. “Right off the bat when I first heard him I related to him because of the fingerstyle slide guitar. That’s my approach too, so that’s a pretty good fit right there. But it was more trying to get the essence of just being in the moment. We were in the key of G—just guitar, bass, and drums, real spontaneous like he would have done it—and I thought that was important, just to keep it really raw.” While Landreth is happy with how “Firebird Blues” turned out, that’s not his fave tune on Bound by the Blues. He’s more inclined toward the title track. “It’s something I’ve never quite done before,” he explains. “I came up with the idea where each of my heroes has a verse or a couple of lines, so it all kinda blows by—everyone from Muddy Waters to Jimi Hendrix to Buffy Sainte-Marie. Of course, you can’t get them all in. There’s no way!” > STEVE NEWTON

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from 2013, and they’re gearing up for a new set of performances called Changing Tides: A Telematic Translocational Concert Series, which will also be edited for a DVD release. “The intention is that parts of each concert will appear in the following concert, so it will be musically accumulative on some level,” Dresser notes. “That’s kind of a new dimension to what we’ve done before, and it’s kind of an exciting prospect.” Dresser’s telematic accomplices in Changing Tides include drummers Gerry Hemingway and Satoshi Takeishi, trombonist Ray Anderson, reed specialist Marty Ehrlich, and the astonishing Korean pansori singer Bae Il-Dong. Like the Vancouver musicians who’ll join the bassist this weekend, they’re all master improvisers. None will need much instruction before collaboration begins—whether in the digital realm or together in a single room. “Ultimately, you just have to listen,” Dresser says. “Listen, and feel, and just be patient, because getting ready to play is always kind of cumbersome, just getting the tech right so that you can really hear well, see well, and communicate. With these concerts there are a lot of people involved, but I have a good connection with most of them. With Bae Il-Dong, for instance, we’ve played together, and I have a very strong feeling for his music, and for him. And these human relationships, you end up banking on them a lot. You need to have a vibe with something—a vibe that’s musical, that’s human. It’s not just pitches and rhythms; it’s something else. It’s the feeling that someone projects when they play.”

vising bassists in the flesh, but Seoul, Zurich, and New York City are not going to be so lucky. They will, however, get to see Mark Dresser in a very different format: telematically, through new technologies that allow musicians to interact in real time, despite being separated by thousands of kilometres. Talking via the old-fashioned medium of his cellphone, the San Diego–based musician doesn’t sound particularly sorry that he’s going to have to schlep his bass up to the Western Front, where he’ll play two evening concerts with an all-star cast of Vancouver musicians. (Trumpeter JP Carter, cellist Peggy Lee, drummer Dylan van der Schyff, pianist Chris Gestrin, guitarists Ron Samworth and Aram Bajakian, and saxophonist John Paton round out the band. Dresser will also host an afternoon workshop on Saturday [January 16]; for more information, visit www.barkingsphinx.com/.) “There’s something nice about being live,” he says. “Telematics is its own thing.…It’s something that really needs a lot of testing. You need a tech crew. It’s not Skype. It’s not plug-and-play.” So far, he continues, telematic transmissions are possible only through institutions—such as UC San Diego, where he’s a professor—that have access to ultra-high-speed Internet servers. These minimize the latency inherent in other digital formats, and also allow high-definition visuals to be shared—the next-best thing to playing in the same room together, and far > ALEXANDER VARTY better than not playing at all due to the soaring cost of international travel. Dresser and his colleagues at UC Mark Dresser Meets Vancouver takes San Diego have already issued a DVD place at the Western Front on Friday of their Virtual Tour experiments and Saturday (January 15 and 16).

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When Sonny Landreth conhis glass slide to the strings of his Strat, there’s always a good chance a blues-drenched tone will emerge—perhaps blended with zydeco strains befitting the guitarist’s home state of Louisiana. A blues freak since day one, Landreth composed a love letter to the genre with his latest album, Bound by the Blues. Alongside a handful of originals are gems by the legendary likes of Robert Johnson, Elmore James, and Big Bill Broonzy. On the phone from his house in Lafayette, the acclaimed picker—whom Eric Clapton has long lauded as among the world’s best— says that it wasn’t hard to pin down covers like “Walkin’ Blues”, “Dust My Broom”, and “Key to the Highway”. “I went with songs that had really spoken to me from way, way back,” says Landreth, “songs that are important to me and influenced me, going through all the changes over the years on the road with performing and so forth. And it was actually part of the theme of the album, which is a tribute to heroes.” As well as the icons mentioned above, special honour was paid to Texas bluesman Johnny Winter, who passed away last year, right before Landreth started working on Bound by the Blues. He was just a kid when he first heard Winter’s incredible fretwork, which he salutes on “Firebird Blues”. “A buddy of mine said, ‘You gotta hear this guy!’ ” Landreth recalls. “We’d turn each other on to music, you know, and I went, ‘Holy shit, man, this is awesome!’ It was the first Columbia album. So I fell in love with his playing way back then, and we’d jump in the car and go hear him in Houston. I go way back with Johnny.” Landreth would eventually become good buddies with Winter, touring with him—including a trek to Japan— and performing on his second-to-last album, 2011’s Roots. But he wasn’t

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into it, because you want people to be stoked on it and be excited, when they’re not involved with the writing process or with the creation of it. It’s always hard to find the right people.” In drummer Josh Contant, bassist Alex Dobson, and keyboardist Andrew Rasmussen, Pace figures he’s done exactly that. “My band members are a lot better at some of the instruments than me,” he confesses. “Like, drumming and bass I can do pretty well, but these guys have expanded that ability a lot more. So I usually let them kind of expand the complexity of the parts a bit, but it’s pretty much based on what I’ve recorded.” One of the advantages of being solely responsible for the songwriting and recording is that Pace is also the sole recipient of any royalties. At a time when selling albums is no way to make a living and streaming services get away with paying artists fractions of pennies each time one of their songs is played, there are still a few ways to generate revenue with recorded music. Pace clearly has an impressively aggressive licensing agent in his corner, as Old Man Canyon songs have been featured in a long list of TV shows, including Awkward, Shameless, Suits, Pretty Little Liars, Catfish, Blunt Talk, Sons of Anarchy, The 100, and About a Boy. “I appreciate it so much, because it helps you get your stuff out there insanely quicker than you can without it,” Pace says. “It’s just been one after the other. It’s like, every show that I ever watch, I’m in it. It’s sweet. It helps. That’s the only thing that’s kept me able to pursue it with the intensity that I have, so let’s hope it continues.” Old Man Canyon plays the Fox Cabaret on Friday (January 15).

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CONCERTS 2JUST ANNOUNCED Z-TRIP Hip-hop artist performs at the official Knowshow after party, with guests Justin Foosh and Marvel. Jan 21, 8 pm, Fortune Sound Club (147 E. Pender). Tix from $15, info www.fortunesoundclub.com/. RAT FIST AND BRASS Rock band formed by Randy Randall and Sean McGuiness coheadlines with Vancouver punk band. Jan 21, 8 pm, Fortune Sound Club (147 E. Pender). Tix $5, info www.fortunesoundclub.com/. VANCOUVER METAL COMPILATION CD RELEASE PARTY Local nonprofit initiative showcases local metal bands Gross Misconduct, Mournir, Assimilation, and Medevil. Jan 22, 7 pm, Rickshaw Theatre (254 E. Hastings). Tix $10, info www.rickshawtheatre.com/. THE HEARTS AND SEX WITH STRANGERS Edmonton-based retropop band coheadlines with Vancouver indie group. Jan 23, 8 pm, WISE Hall (1882 Adanac). Tix $15/12, info www.facebook. com/events/1539634459685296/. TREASURE FINGERS Atlanta DJ performs on his Nite Trips tour, with guests Landis LaPace, Bitchin Camaro, and DJ Wmnstudies. Jan 23, 10 pm, Alexander Gastown (91 Powell). Tix $10 (plus service charges) at Beat Street, Zulu Records, and www.ticketweb.ca/, info www.alexander gastown.com/. AURELIO Honduran roots artist performs Garifuna soul music. Jan 31, 8 pm, St. James Hall (3214 W. 10th). Tix $28/25 (plus service charges and fees) at www.capilanou.ca/centre/. THE SOFT MOON California postpunk artist tours in support of latest album Deeper, with guest Left Spine Down. Feb 2, doors 8 pm, Venue (881 Granville). Tix $13 (plus service charges and fees) at www.bplive.ca/. JUST KIDDIN’ British electronica duo performs with guests Waspy and DJ Wmnstudies. Feb 3, 10 pm, Alexander Gastown (91 Powell). Tix $10 (plus service charges and fees) at Beat Street Records and www.ticketweb.ca/, info www.alex andergastown.com/. BRANFORD MARSALIS American jazz saxophonist performs with his quartet. Feb 13, 8 pm, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts (6265 Crescent Rd., UBC). Tix from $60, info www.chancentre.com/. THE TOASTERS New York City ska band performs with Los Furios and LeBourdais Band. Feb 17, 7:30 pm, Rickshaw Theatre (254 E. Hastings). Tix $12, info www.rick shawtheatre.com/. CRADLE OF FILTH British metal band tours in support of latest release Hammer of the Witches, with guests Butcher Babies and Ne Obliviscaris. Feb 24, 8 pm, Rickshaw Theatre (254 E. Hastings). Tix $32.50, info www.rickshawtheatre.com/. BONGZILLA & BLACK COBRA Wisconsin stoner-metal band coheadlines with San Francisco sludge-metal band, with guests Lo-Pan and Against the Grain. Mar 4, 7 pm, Rickshaw Theatre (254 E. Hastings). Tix $25, info www.rickshawtheatre.com/. WEEDEATER North Carolina stoner-metal band, with guests Author, Punisher, Today Is the Day, Lord Dying, and Bog. Mar 28, 7 pm, Rickshaw Theatre (254 E. Hastings). Tix $25, info www.rickshawtheatre.com/. FATHER JOHN MISTY Los Angeles folk-rock singer-songwriter tours in support of latest release I Love You, Honeybear, with guests Tess & Dave. Apr 5, doors 7 pm, show 8 pm, Orpheum Theatre (601 Smithe). Tix on sale Jan 15, 10 am, $35/25 (plus service charges and fees) at www.livenation.com/. NIYAZ AND ADHAM SHAIKH Caravan World Rhythms and Beats Without Borders presents Iranian-American worldfusion duo coheadlining with Canadian electronica composer. Apr 7, doors 8 pm, Venue (881 Granville). Tix $46/30/25 (plus service charges and fees) at www.brownpapertickets.com/. MIIKE SNOW Swedish indie-pop band tours in support of upcoming album iii. Apr 9, doors 8 pm, show 9 pm, Commodore Ballroom (868 Granville). Tix on sale Jan 15, 10 am, $25 (plus service charges and fees) at www.livenation.com/. TINASHE American R&B singer-songwriter and producer tours in support of latest release Joyride. Apr 10, doors 8 pm, show 9 pm, Vogue Theatre (918 Granville).

BEACH HOUSE American dream-pop band tours in support of latest release Thank Your Lucky Stars. Apr 30, doors 7 pm, show 8 pm, Vogue Theatre (918 Granville). Tix on sale Jan 15, 10 am, $35 (plus service charges and fees) at www.livenation.com/. SAINT MOTEL Los Angeles-based indiepop band composed of A/J Jackson, Aaron Sharp, Greg Erwin, and Dak. May 22, doors 8 pm, show 9 pm, The Imperial (319 Main). Tix on sale Jan 15, 10 am, $22.50 (plus service charges and fees) at www.livenation.com/.

2THIS WEEK VANESSA CARLTON American pop singer-songwriter tours in support of latest release Liberman, with guest Skye Steele. Jan 14, doors 7 pm, show 8 pm, The Imperial (319 Main). Tix $25 (plus service charges and fees) at www.livenation.com/. #SINGITFWDFINALE Benefit for the Saint James Music Academy features performances by Dear Rouge, K-OS, Frazey Ford, Five Alarm Funk, the Zolas, Michael Bernard Fitzgerald, Gay Nineties, and Twin Bandit (Thu); and Mother Mother, Hey Ocean, Said The Whale, Humans, Top Less Gay Love Tekno Party, the Pack AD, Chin Injeti, and Jocelyn Alice (Fri). Jan 14-15, doors 7 pm, show 8 pm, Vogue Theatre (918 Granville). Tix at www.ticketfly.com/. REMI BOLDUC JAZZ ENSEMBLE Montreal jazz group presents a tribute to jazz legend Dave Brubeck. Jan 14, 8 pm, Anvil Centre (777 Columbia St., New Westminster). Tix $50/25, info www.ticketsnw.ca/. OLD MAN CANYON Vancouver electrofolk band led by Jett Pace. Jan 15, doors 7 pm, show 8 pm, Fox Cabaret (2321 Main). Tix $16 (plus service charges and fees) at www.livenation.com/. MARK DRESSER MEETS VANCOUVER American jazz bassist performs with Vancouver improvisers JP Carter, Peggy Lee, Dylan van der Schyff, Chris Gestrin, Ron Samworth, Aram Bajakian, and John Paton. Jan 15, 16, 8 pm, Western Front (303 E. 8th). Info www.barkingsphinx.com/.

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LYDOM, BUGGE & HØIRUP The Rogue Folk Club presents Danish folk musicians Sonnich Lydom, Kristian Bugge, and Morten Alfred Høirup. Jan 15, 8 pm, St. James Hall (3214 W. 10th). Tix $24/20, info www.roguefolk.bc.ca/concerts/ev16011520/. THE BROS. LANDRETH Winnipeg folkroots band tours in support of Juno Award–winning album Let It Lie. Jan 15, 8 pm, Massey Theatre (735 8th Ave., New West). Tix $35/25, info www.ticketsnw.ca/. PUNK GONE GREEN Local punk rocker Joe Keithley, D.O.A. alumni, and Pete Fry perform at a Green Party fundraiser. Jan 15, 8-11 pm, Pete Fry Green Party Campaign Office. Tix $21.80, info oldpunksgonegreen.eventbrite.ca/. STEVE DAVIS SEXTET American jazz group led by trombonist Steve Davis pays tribute to the music of trombone icon J.J. Johnson. Presented by Coastal Jazz. Jan 15-17, 8 pm, Frankie’s (765 Beatty). Tix $62, info www.coastaljazz.ca/. KRIS SCHULZ Acoustic guitarist Kris Schulz play an album-release party, with guests Chika Buston and Adrian Bellue. Jan 15, 7:30 & 10 pm, H.R. MacMillan Space Centre (1100 Chestnut). Early show SOLD OUT, tix for late show $25/20 at Bluedog Guitars, info www.krisschulz.ca/. TALAMASCA French psychedelic DJ, with guests GOA Pete and Murilo M. Jan 15, 10 pm, At the Waldorf (1489 E. Hastings). Tix $25, info www.liquidsun.ca/. DJ TAY JAMES Alexander Gastown and Hyphy present a performance by Justin Bieber’s official DJ. Jan 15, 10 pm, Alexander Gastown (91 Powell). Tix $15, info www.alexandergastown.com/. VENOM INC. English metal band, with guests Necrophagia, Chapel, and Holocaust Lord. Jan 16, 6 pm, Venue (881 Granville). Tix at Red Cat, Zulu Records, and www.bplive.ca/, info www.bplive.ca/ events/venom-inc/. SONNY LANDRETH The Canadian Pacific Blues Society presents blues-roots slideguitar virtuoso from Louisiana, with local guest Wailin’ Al Walker. Jan 17, doors 6 pm, show 7 pm, The Imperial (319 Main). Tix $30 (plus service charge) at Neptoon, Zulu, Highlife, Red Cat, Beat Merchant Records, and www.ticketweb.ca/. J.P. CORMIER The Rogue Folk Club presents the Canadian folk singer-songwriter touring in support of latest album The Chance. Jan 17, 8 pm, St. James Hall (3214 W. 10th). Tix $24/20, info www.roguefolk. bc.ca/concerts/ev16011920_1/. THE DEVIL MAKES THREE Americana band from Santa Cruz, California, tours in support of latest release I’m a Stranger Here. Jan 19-20, doors 7 pm, show 8 pm, Commodore Ballroom (868 Granville). Tix $23.50 (plus service charges and fees) at www.livenation.com/.

CHROME SPARKS Brooklyn-based experimental-dance musician tours in support of latest EP Parallelism. Jan 20, Fortune Sound Club (147 E. Pender). Info www.fortunesoundclub.com/.

HARD ROCK CASINO VANCOUVER 2080 United Blvd., Coquitlam, 604-523-6888. 2ED KOWALCZYK Mar 3 2GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS Apr 21 2JOE SATRIANI Apr 24

LAMPLIGHTER PUBLIC HOUSE 92 Water, 604-687-4424. Pub trivia with Nice Guys Inc. Tue; bourbon and bingo Wed; Rocksteady with DJs Arems, Hoppa & Rexx Thu; FKYA DJs Fri; DJ Antonia & Friends Sat.

CLUBS & VENUES

THE IMPERIAL 319 Main, 604-868-0494. 2VANESSA CARLTON Jan 14 2SONNY LANDRETH Jan 17 2MAJICAL CLOUDZ Jan 22 2SHIGETO Jan 22 2THE KNOCKS Feb 3 2SUPER FURRY ANIMALS Feb 4 2YOUNG GALAXY Feb 10 2LAKE STREET DIVE Mar 1 2BAG RAIDERS Mar 4 2DAMIEN DEMPSEY Mar 5 2SILVERSTEIN Mar 8 2JUNIOR BOYS Mar 10 2WE ARE THE CITY Mar 11 2ELECTRIC SIX Mar 23 2POLICA Mar 30 2QUANTIC Apr 9 2SAINT MOTEL May 22

LIBRARY SQUARE PUBLIC HOUSE 300 W. Georgia, 604-633-9644. Free pinball Wed, Show Me Love ‘90s party Fri; Saturday Night Special dance party Sat. Canucks and Whitecaps pregame.

ALEXANDER GASTOWN 91 Powell, 778379-0407. Gastown club, lounge, and live music venue featuring weekly club nights and various concerts. 2DJ TAY JAMES Jan 15 2TREASURE FINGERS Jan 23 2JUST KIDDIN’ Feb 3 AT THE WALDORF 1489 E. Hastings, 604253-7141. 2TALAMASCA Jan 15 2CASUAL ENCOUNTERS Jan 15 2DREAM SUITE 3 ROOM PARTY Jan 16 2WOO HOO! CLASSIC SIMPSONS TRIVIA VANCOUVER Jan 18 BACKSTAGE LOUNGE Arts Club Theatre, 1585 Johnston, Granville Island, 604-6871354. Vancouver’s only live-music venue on the water, with music nightly. Live band karaoke hosted by Sami Ghawi and Reuben Avery Tue at 9:30 pm.

IVANHOE PUB 1038 Main, 604-608-1444. Pub with live bands on weekends and open jam night Sun from 4 to 8 pm. Open at 9 am with breakfast and daily food specials. Pool tourney Thu. No cover.

M.I.A. 350 Water St., 604-408-4321. Intimate nightclub and special-event space, equipped with a Funktion-One Soundsystem, hosting local and touring electronic, live, and club events weekly. MEDIA CLUB 695 Cambie, 604-6082871. Live music most nights. 2THE EAGLE ROCK GOSPEL SINGERS Jan 30 2MODERN SPACE Feb 4 2HEY MARSEILLES Mar 4 2MOTHERS Mar 27

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BILTMORE CABARET 2755 Prince Edward, 604-676-0541. 2 I M U R Jan 16 2KITTY NIGHTS BURLESQUE—8TH ANNIVERSARY BASH Jan 17 2TRIBAL SEEDS Jan 22 2DANA ID MATTHEWS Jan 23 2WHAT’S NEW PUSSYCAT Jan 24 2FREAK HEAT WAVES Jan 27 2CHAPEL SOUND TAKEOVER Jan 29 2THE BRIGHT LIGHT SOCIAL HOUR Jan 30 2BOTTOMS UP Jan 31 2DANCE YOURSELF CLEAN: THE TOUR Feb 4 2BAIO Feb 5 2ACT OF DEFIANCE Feb 6 2KITTY NIGHTS BURLESQUE ALL-STARS Feb 7 2WET Feb 10 2EHM SKY PATROL ALBUM RELEASE Feb 13 2MY PURPLE VALENTINE Feb 14 2SUMAC Feb 19 2JOSEPH Mar 4 2AOIFE O’DONOVAN Mar 5 2ROBYN HITCHCOCK Mar 10 2RADIATION CITY & DEEP SEA DIVER Mar 17 2AN EVENING WITH GREG DULLI Mar 22 2RADIO RADIO Mar 26 2RA RA RIOT Mar 31 BIMINI PUBLIC HOUSE 2010 W. 4th, 604733-7116. Twenty-four taps of rotating and interesting craft beers. Pub trivia Mon; beer club Tue; Wing Wed; dance party Fri-Sat; happy hour 3-6 pm. CINEMA PUBLIC HOUSE 901 Granville, 604-694-0202. Pub featuring craft beer and cocktails, pub food, late-night menu, and weekend brunch. DJs all night Wed-Sun. Happy hour 3-6 pm. COBALT 917 Main, 778-918-3671. 2CAR SEAT HEADREST Jan 24 2SAINTSENECA Jan 31 2NSFW: HIP HOP MEETS STRIPTEASE VOL. 15 Feb 7 2DIANE COFFEE Feb 20 2ELEANOR FRIEDBERGER Mar 4 2ANDERSON EAST Mar 5 2ALEX G AND PORCHES Mar 26 2LITTLE GREEN CARS Mar 31 2ALEX CALDER AND LUKE RATHBORNE Apr 3 2MATTHEW LOGAN VASQUEZ Apr 9 COMMODORE BALLROOM 868 Granville, 604-739-4550. Tix at www.commodoreball room.com/. 2THE DEVIL MAKES THREE Jan 19 2NATHANIEL RATELIFF AND THE NIGHT SWEATS Jan 21 2CHASE RICE Jan 24 2 CORB LUND Jan 29 2ARKELLS Feb 1 2YUKON BLONDE Feb 5 2ADVENTURE CLUB Feb 11 2THE BOOTS & BABES BALL Feb 13 2THE MUSICAL BOX: SELLING ENGLAND BY THE POUND Feb 17 2THE SHEEPDOGS Feb 18 2RED...A POSITIVE DAY Feb 20 2MONSTER TRUCK Feb 25 2INDIGO GIRLS Feb 26 2CLASSIFIED Feb 27 2FRANK TURNER & THE SLEEPING SOULS Mar 3 2CANNIBAL CORPSE Mar 4 2DELHI 2 DUBLIN Mar 5 2REBELUTION Mar 6 2ANJUNABEATS Mar 10 2DISTURBED Mar 11 2THE WAILERS Mar 12 2MOTOWN MELTDOWN Mar 19 2AFRO-CUBAN ALL STARS Mar 20 2WOLFMOTHER Apr 1 2THE DECIBEL MAGAZINE TOUR 2016 Apr 2 2CIARA Apr 5 2MIIKE SNOW Apr 9 2GARY CLARK JR. Apr 12 2SPIRIT OF THE WEST Apr 15 2ST. GERMAIN Apr 18 2COURTNEY BARNETT Apr 19 DOOLIN’S IRISH PUB 654 Nelson, 604605-4343. Live music Sun-Thu, with acoustic soloist or duo Sun-Wed and live band Thu DJ Fri-Sat. FORTUNE SOUND CLUB 147 E. Pender, 604-569-1758. 2CHROME SPARKS Jan 20 2Z-TRIP Jan 21 2RAT FIST AND BRASS Jan 21 2ONYX Jan 27 2DARIUS Feb 7 2MIKE STUD Mar 3 2GOLDLINK Mar 4 2PROTOMARTYR AND CHASTITY BELT Mar 8 2OPERATORS Apr 5 FOX CABARET 2321 Main. 2JACK MERCER & THE WHISKEY BANDITS Jan 14 2OLD MAN CANYON Jan 15 2RAPP BATTLEZ WEZT COAZT Jan 16 2PHANTOM SIGNAL Jan 18 2NERD NITE VANCOUVER V16: SUMMER CAMPS, SCIENCE BLOGGING, AND ALGAE EYES Jan 19 2LET’S NOT BEAT EACH OTHER TO DEATH Jan 21 FRANKIE’S 765 Beatty, 778-727-0337. Coastal Jazz presents live jazz and blues throughout the weekend (Thu-Sun). 2PAUL RUSHKA TRIO Jan 14 2STEVE DAVIS SEXTET PLAYS THE MUSIC OF J.J. JOHNSON Jan 15 2STEVE DAVIS SEXTET Jan 15 2MILES BLACK WITH GUEST CORY WEEDS PLAY THE MUSIC OF BENNY GOODMAN Jan 21 FUNKY WINKER BEANS 37 W. Hastings, 604-764-7865. 2BONERATTLE TALENT BURLESQUE Jan 14 2WARRBORN, GANGLYON, TOKI, DEATH TONE FREQUENCY Jan 15 2PUNK VS METAL, DRIED OUT, COASTAL ASSAULT, COYOTEE Jan 16 2TRENCH KNIFE, THIS GUN FOR HIRE, SUNDRAN Jan 22 2SCARYOKE REUNION WITH WENDY 13 Jan 23 2MONSTER BABY, THE EAST VAMPS, PILL SQUAD, JEAN MUSTARD Jan 29

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WISE HALL 1882 Adanac, 604-254-5858. 2DROP IN ROCK CHOIR: EAST VAN Jan 19 2SWING BABY SWING Jan 22 2THE HEARTS AND SEX WITH STRANGERS Jan 23 2THE CREAKING PLANKS’ 11TH ANNIVERSARY EXTRAVAGANZA Jan 29 2GLAM SLAM Feb 6

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ORPHEUM THEATRE 601 Smithe, 604-6653050. 2VANCE JOY Jan 13 2BLUE RODEO Jan 26 2HEART Mar 8 2LEON BRIDGES Mar 15 2FATHER JOHN MISTY Apr 5 2CHICK COREA AND BELA FLECK Apr 22 2RAFFI Apr 23

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QUEEN ELIZABETH THEATRE 650 Hamilton, 604-665-3050. 2JOHNNY REID Feb 1 2YAMATO, THE DRUMMERS OF JAPAN Feb 6 2RETURN THE GRACE Mar 22 2TWENTY ONE PILOTS Apr 10 2RAIN Apr 20 2IL DIVO Nov 6 REPUBLIC 958 Granville, 604-669-3214. House, hip-hop, EDM, chart, and reggae. Open nightly from 10 pm to 3 am. RICKSHAW THEATRE 254 E. Hastings, 604-681-8915. Live bands some nights. 2BAPTISTS AND POWER TRIP: CANCELLED Jan 16 2DEAD SOFT Jan 16 2VANCOUVER METAL COMPILATION CD RELEASE PARTY Jan 22 2ZIMMERS HOLE Jan 23 2UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA AND LOWER DENS Jan 28 2ENFORCER AND WARBRINGER Jan 30 2PROPAGANDHI Feb 5 2THE DREADNOUGHTS Feb 13 2THE TOASTERS Feb 17 2PARQUET COURTS Feb 20 2CRADLE OF FILTH Feb 24 2BONGZILLA & BLACK COBRA Mar 4 2REVEREND HORTON HEAT Mar 10 2WEEDEATER Mar 28 2DUNCAN TRUSSELL STAND UP COMEDY BUS TOUR Apr 27 2LUCA TURILLI’S RHASPODY AND PRIMAL FEAR May 9 2KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD May 28 RIVER ROCK SHOW THEATRE River Rock Casino Resort, 8811 River Rd., Richmond, 604-247-8900. Tix for all shows at www.ticket master.ca/. 2THE NYLONS Apr 9

ROGERS ARENA 800 Griffiths Way, 604-8997400. 2BLACK SABBATH Feb 3 2JUSTIN BIEBER Mar 11 2ELLIE GOULDING Apr 1 2IRON MAIDEN Apr 10 2RIHANNA Apr 23 2THE WHO May 13 2SELENA GOMEZ May 14 2HEDLEY May 20 2CITY AND COLOUR Jun 3 2DIXIE CHICKS Jul 7 2ADELE Jul 20 2DEMI LOVATO AND NICK JONAS Aug 24 THE ROXY 932 Granville, 604-331-7999. House band Tattoo Alibi Sat & Mon; country band Locked & Loaded Sun; the Bulge and DJ Joe Pound Tue; Troys ‘R Us Wed-Thu. ST. JAMES HALL 3214 W. 10th, 604-7363022. 2LYDOM, BUGGE & HØIRUP Jan 15 2J.P. CORMIER Jan 17 2THE REVELERS Jan 22 2LYDIA HOL Jan 23 2KITS CLASSICS + WORLDS BEYOND Jan 24 2LE VENT DU NORD Jan 27 2JOHN REISCHMAN & THE JAYBIRDS Jan 30 2AURELIO Jan 31 2OLD MAN LUEDECKE Feb 5

TEN TEN TAPAS 1010 Beach, 604-6897800. West Coast tapas restaurant featuring live music four nights a week at 7 pm. Rising artists Thu, flamenco guitar Fri, hornman Gabriel Hasselbach Sat, soul/R&B Sun. Guest musicians/singers every weekend. No cover; reservations recommended. VENUE 881 Granville, 604-646-0064. Tix for all events at www.venuelive.ca/ and www.bplive.ca/ 2OUR LAST HOPE: STAR WARS TRIVIA NIGHT Jan 14 2VENOM INC. Jan 16 2THE SOFT MOON Feb 2 2KILLING JOKE: CANCELLED Feb 2 2DR. DOG Feb 6 2CHOCOLATE LONG WEEKEND Feb 7 2TRIVIUM Feb 8 2LIARS AND LIONS Feb 20 2TRASH TALK Feb 25 2BEYOND THE CONFINES Feb 27 2ST. LUCIA Mar 1 2ERUPTION Mar 5 2THE REAL MCKENZIES Mar 10 2THORNLEY Mar 12 2ULI JON ROTH’S

ULTIMATE GUITAR EXPERIENCE Mar 19 2NIYAZ AND ADHAM SHAIKH Apr 7 2NAPALM DEATH AND MELVINS May 2 2NADA SURF May 17 2PRONG May 29 VOGUE THEATRE 918 Granville, 604569-1144. Tix at www.voguetheatre.com/. 2#SINGITFWDFINALE Jan 14 2TY SEGALL AND THE MUGGERS Jan 22 2THE WOOD BROTHERS Jan 31 2DAVID CROSS Feb 2 2TROYE SIVAN Feb 3 2SNOWED IN COMEDY TOUR Feb 6 2BOOKER T. JONES Feb 13 2LOGIC Feb 15 2MATT ANDERSEN Feb 18 2AN EVENING WITH THE CHARLES LLOYD QUARTET Feb 20 2JEREMY HOTZ Feb 26 2VINCE STAPLES Mar 1 2THE IRISH ROVERS Mar 17 2DAUGHTER Mar 18 2RACHEL PLATTEN Mar 28 2ALESSIA CARA Mar 29 2JOANNA NEWSOM Mar 30 2TINASHE Apr 10 2BEACH HOUSE Apr 30 2CHE MALAMBO May 20

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N O M A L I S A’ CHANGED MY LIFE.

CHARLIE KAUFMAN DELIVERS ANOTHER WORK OF WEIRD GENIUS WITH ‘ANOMALISA,’ A CAUSTIC AND BEAUTIFUL COMEDY THAT DISTILLS HIS POINT OF VIEW.” SCOTT TOBIAS, GQ

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VANCITY THEATRE 1181 Seymour St., Vancouver, 604-683-3456, www.viff.org/ theatre 2HAIDA GWAII: ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD Fri, Sun 8:45; Sat 5:15; Wed 6:30 2IMITATION OF LIFE Tue 7:00 2INGRID BERGMAN: IN HER OWN WORDS Fri 1:00, 6:30; Sat 3:00, 6:50; Sun 4:40; Mon 7:20; Tue 4:00; Wed 8:10; Thu 1:00 2LOVE Fri 10:20; Sat, Thu 9:00; Mon-Tue 9:30 2STROMBOLI Sun 3:00 2VOYAGE TO ITALY Sun 6:50

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13 HOURS: THE SECRET SOLDIERS OF BENGHAZI John Krasinski, Freddie Stroma, and Toby Stephen star in Transformers: Age of Extinction director Michael Bay’s drama about an attack at a U.S. compound in Libya that causes chaos for the security team. Rated 14A. 144 mins. Landmark Cinemas 10 New Westminster, Landmark Cinemas 12 Guildford Surrey and Scotiabank Theatre Vancouver ANOMALISA The voices of David Thewlis, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Tom Noonan are featured in an animated film by writer-directors Duke Johnson and Charlie Kaufman about a man who seeks something out of the ordinary. Rated 14A. 90 mins. Cineplex Fifth Avenue Cinemas MACBETH Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, and Jack Madigan star in director Justin Kurzel’s version of Shakespeare’s classic drama about a man who becomes consumed by ambition and guilt. 113 mins. Rio Theatre

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THE MOST HUMAN FILM OF THE YEAR.” MATT PATCHES, ESQUIRE

NORM OF THE NORTH The voices of Rob Schneider, Heather Graham, and Ken Jeong are featured in director Trevor Wall’s animated flick about a polar bear who journeys to New York City. Rated G. 90 mins. Cineplex Cinemas Langley, Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas, Cineplex Odeon Meadowtown Cinemas, Cineplex Odeon Strawberry Hill, Landmark Cinemas 10 New Westminster, Landmark Cinemas 12 Guildford Surrey, Landmark Cinemas 6 Esplanade North Vancouver, SilverCity Coquitlam & VIP Cinemas, SilverCity Metropolis Cinemas, SilverCity Mission and SilverCity Riverport Cinemas RIDE ALONG 2 Ice Cube, Kevin Hart, and Tika Sumpter star in Think Like a Man Too director Tim Story’s comedy about a man and his soon-to-be brother-in-law who attempt to bring down a Miami drug dealer. Rated PG. 101 mins. Cineplex Cinemas Langley, Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas, Cineplex Odeon Meadowtown Cinemas, Cineplex Odeon Park & Tilford, Cineplex Odeon Strawberry Hill, Landmark Cinemas 10 New Westminster, Landmark Cinemas 12 Guildford Surrey, SilverCity Coquitlam & VIP Cinemas, SilverCity Metropolis Cinemas, SilverCity Mission and SilverCity Riverport Cinemas

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THE CINEMATHEQUE 1131 Howe St., Vancouver, 604-688-3456, www.thecinematheque.ca 2AUTISM IN LOVE Wed 7:30 2CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD

ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL The annual event features a combination of contemporary Italian cinema and a celebration of Italy’s movie heritage. To Jan 14, Vancity Theatre (1181 Seymour). Tix $11-30, info www.iffest.ca/. HAIDA GWAII: ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD Charles Wilkinson’s documentary captures the battle between environmental sustainability and short-term economic interests that is taking place on Haida Gwaii. Jan 15-20, Vancity Theatre (1181 Seymour). Tix $11/9 (plus membership fee), info www.viff.org/theatre/.

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INGRID BERGMAN: IN HER OWN WORDS Documentary explores actor Ingrid Bergman’s personal and professional life through never-before-seen private footage, notes, letters, diaries, and interviews. Jan 15-21, Vancity Theatre (1181 Seymour). Tix $11/9 (plus membership fee), info www.viff.org/theatre/. LOVE Gaspar Noe’s film explores emotional relationships through explicit acts of physical intimacy. Jan 15-21, Vancity Theatre (1181 Seymour). Info www.viff.org/theatre/. VANCOUVER POST ALLIANCE American film editor William Steinkamp offers his insights and anecdotes on the essential points of the craft. Jan 16, 10:30 am–12:30 pm, Vancity Theatre (1181 Seymour). Price listed on website, info www.vancouverpostalliance.com/. STROMBOLI Roberto Rossellini and Ingrid Bergman’s first collaboration tells the story of a woman’s existential crisis, set against the backdrop of a volcanic island. Jan 17, 3 pm, Vancity Theatre (1181 Seymour). Tix $11/9 (plus membership fee), info www.viff.org/theatre/. JOURNEY TO ITALY Roberto Rossellini’s 1954 drama charts the declining marriage of a couple from England. Jan 17, 6:50 pm, Vancity Theatre (1181 Seymour). Info www. viff.org/theatre/. SALAM NEIGHBOR Vancouver film premiere raises funds for War Child Canada. Jan 19, 2:30-5 pm, Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema (SFU Woodward’s, 149 W. Hastings). Admission by donation, info www.reelcauses.org/. THE JUDGMENT (“SADILISHTETO” ) Canadian premiere of the 2015 Bulgarian film about a man who loses his job and is forced to work for his former commander. Jan 19, 7:30-9:30 pm, The Cinematheque (200 - 1131 Howe Street). Tix $10, info www. vanforfilm.org/. BASTARDY Film follows the story of a man who exists in both the criminal and

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Newly minted codirectors Charlie Kaufman

BY KEN EI SN ER

and Duke Johnson are meeting in Toronto to talk with the press about their highly unusual creation, an animated film called Anomalisa. Taken from a decade-old script by Kaufman, it details a surrealistic day and night in the life of a successful self-help guru who has a crisis before speaking at a Midwestern sales convention. The stop-motion movie, which opens here Friday (January 15), is already on numerous top-10 lists for 2015. And it has garnered at least 14 awards from festivals and critics’ groups, plus a Golden Globe nomination in a possible precursor to Oscar action. As it happens, Kaufman—best known for his knotty scripts for Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind—won a best-screenplay award for Anomalisa from the Vancouver Film Critics Circle at a modest gala just the night before the filmmakers were to call the Straight. “That’s fantastic,” a surprisingly chipper Kaufman enthuses. “Now I’m going to have to fly to Vancouver to get that. I had a great time there a few years ago, talking at VIFF, and I’m looking forward to going back.” The veteran filmmaker, who recently turned 57, has long been considered amusingly cranky. But this New Yorker appears to have received a new lease on public life, judging by how often he’s been playfully holding court with his boyish codirector, slightly more than 20 years his junior. Not a running back for the Cleveland Browns, this Duke Johnson was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and moved to Manhattan to pursue his live-action

Kaufman gets animated

Transforming Anomalisa from a stage play into a puppet-based feature film required 18 months and a team of 32 animators working with thousands of moving parts.

“One of the biggest surprises is how much longer everything took on-screen,” Johnson adds. “I mean, people walking down the hall at their hotel, and things like that. The Offbeat filmmaker Charlie Kaufman teams with director script stayed pretty much the Duke Johnson to create a stop-motion study in alienation same, but we had to bring the dreams. He got sidetracked by the opportunity to cast back for more breathing and sighing. Charwork on stop-motion projects, including a spe- lie and I were both in the studio with the actors, cial episode of the series Community. One of that and we developed the visual concepts as we went show’s writer-producers, Dino Stamatopoulos, along. It was truly a collaborative process right from helped introduce Johnson to Kaufman. This was the start.” not long after the latter’s Anomalisa script was One key approach involved Photoshopping performed by David Thewlis, Tom Noonan, and everyone who worked in Johnson’s studio together Jennifer Jason Leigh as a live-theatre production, into the same generic face for every character but in radio style, back in 2005. the main twosome. (Noonan also did the voices “That was pretty much that,” the writer recalls, for everyone but that duo.) Johnson came in as a “and it sat for a long time, until I started talking junior partner, and he admits to having been into Duke about turning it into an animated film.” timidated going in. The transmutation to cinema required a new re“Well, it’s no secret that Charlie was one of my lationship with the same actors—literally hands- heroes,” he admits. “But I also knew I had sufon, with a team of 32 animators taking 18 months ficient experience with stop-motion to take his to create (via 3-D printing) and shoot thousands script in a visual direction he wouldn’t really have of tiny pieces of puppetry to enact their words and found without me. And, of course, this was my actions. A third of that time was devoted to the first feature-length film, so I learned a lot about most realistic sex scene you may ever have seen long-form storytelling.” outside of a porn movie. Kaufman is still working on getting other pro“As you can imagine,” Kaufman asserts, “the sex jects made. These include Frank or Francis, about a scene played a bit different in the theatre, with the moviemaker’s war with a film critic. Of course, part actors about 10 feet apart from each other and ooh- of this prolific writer’s conflict with critics is that his ing and aahing into different microphones. A lot of films are almost made for them, resulting in somethings that came across as funny on-stage really times proprietary attitudes to his heady work. became quite tender or a little sad in the movie.” “You mean, like they think they could do it

better? I guess I should be flattered that they take it so personally. But Frank or Francis isn’t really about film critics, per se; it’s about the rise of incivility in the age of the Internet. Now you have all these people saying, with great authority, things they would probably never say to anyone in person. This anonymity has created monsters of a rather low order.” Some kind of vulnerability is certainly felt by writers who put their names, and faces, on work that’s intended to probe the further reaches of the modern psyche. Kaufman—his own worst (or best) critic, you could say—admits that he ends up feeling conflicted about the movies made from his scripts. After working with directors like Michel Gondry, Spike Jonze, and George Clooney, Kaufman (who did have production credits on most of those movies) received a less than gratifying response to his own first attempt at solo directing, 2008’s deeply offbeat Synecdoche, New York, which featured Noonan, Leigh, and, in one of his most complicated roles, Philip Seymour Hoffman. “It usually takes me about five years to get any kind of objectivity on my work,” he insists. The nature of Anomalisa—his first in another visual medium—and the mutually expansive collaboration make it something of an outlier, however—and, apparently, a good one. “This was a film that never asked to get made, yet somehow it happened and happened well outside the system, with a fraction of the usual headaches and heartaches that come with making a movie. People do seem to like it. So maybe it won’t take so long this time,” Kaufman concludes. “Of course, that remains to be seen.” -

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LOV E IS NOT AS SMART AS I T THI NKS >>> REV I E W S

neighbour the day she moves in.) The actors are horrible. But it’s purely their director’s fault that the film is so poorly lit, that the female characters are idiotic stereotypes, and that we rarely understand basic setups—like whether things are happening in New York or Paris, let alone why French people would only speak phonetic English to each other. In the end, Noé’s grasp of what’s “commercial” is as f limsy as his dicks are hard.

LOVE Starring Karl Glusman. Rating unavailable. For showtimes, please see page 30

French provocateur Gaspar

2 Noé’s unearned chutzpah can

be measured by how the writerdirector of Irreversible and Enter the Void titles his latest would-be shitdisturber Love—the most generic syllable he could possibly muster, after the word life. Nothing resembles either L-word in this startlingly amateurish effort, which somehow thinks it’s really smart. Self-inflation is the main feature of his central character, Murphy (Karl Glusman), an American film student who never attends classes and spends roughly two scenes talking about movies. He names 2001: A Space Odyssey his all-time favourite— ridiculous considering the formal haplessness of the film he’s trapped in—and later proclaims his desire to explore “sentimental sexuality”, and to make a cinema consisting of “blood, semen, and tears”. Well, Noé gets that one

> KEN EISNER

Love, director Gaspar Noé’s latest exercise in hapless provocation, stars Karl Glusman as a film student with an interest in “sentimental sexuality”.

part right, depicting real sexual encounters including penetration and ejaculation—most notably, in the 3-D edition anyway, for a singular in-your-face moment. The problem here isn’t really with the porn, but with everything else, which features the weakest dramaturgy this side of Deep Throat. The worst offender has the most screen time; Glusman’s impassively childish features overstuff the frame, while his inane utterances are frequently supplemented by whispered

voice-overs that make him an even bigger asshole than his actions suggest. “Hope this bitch doesn’t turn him gay,” he inwardly rants about his new wife (Klara Kristin) and child (cast standout Ugo Fox). This doesn’t add much usable sentiment to the sex, mostly seen in memories of encounters with a previous girlfriend called Electra (Aomi Muyock), who is now missing. (If nothing else, the film’s a cautionary tale about having a threesome with your

ANOMALISA Featuring the voice of David Thewlis. Rated 14A. For showtimes, please see page 30

“Anomalous”

certainly

2 an apt way to describe this

unique sojourn in the mind of one oddball character, and in the thought patterns of directors Duke Johnson and Charlie Kaufman, with a script by the latter. Skull spelunking is Kaufman’s métier, as seen in his scripts for Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. In only his second directing

venture, and his first into animation, he externalizes this mental business through a deft blend of stop-motion puppetry (Johnson’s specialty), potent sounds and music (the latter courtesy of Coen brothers regular Carter Burwell), and unforgettable vocal work. The voices are only three, starting with England’s David Thewlis (who’s also in the new Macbeth) as Michael Stone, a motivational speaker moderately successful in the business world. He’s visiting a sales convention in Cincinnati, and we start on the rainy night before one of his talks. All the people he encounters, from cabbies to hotel clerks to an angry girlfriend conjured from the distant past, uncomfortably, have the same general face, complete with masklike seams showing. Their purposely bland vocalisms are all provided by theatre veteran Tom Noonan. All, that is, until Stone rolls into Lisa, a mousy sales associate individuated with a small scar and the volatile voice of Jennifer Jason Leigh. As a study in solipsism shading into nervous breakdown, Anomalisa is more sad than funny. see next page

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And you could make the argument that Kaufman views these people— or fragments of people—from a marionette-maker’s height. But the events, from a big, surrealistic dream sequence to the tiniest human transactions, are too particular, and peculiar, to dismiss so easily. The 90-minute tale’s an unexpected delight—unless it’s happening to you and the voices inside your head.

> KEN EISNER

MACBETH Starring Michael Fassbender. Rated 14A. For showtimes, please see page 30

Brutally violent, emotionally

2 muted, and seriously lacking a

love of language, this Macbeth is best suited to an audience that wants to see how Quentin Tarantino would

handle Shakespeare. Sadly, it’s not that good. Australian Justin Kurzel, who made the similarly blood-soaked The Snowtown Murders, here tackles the Scottish Play by way of three relative newcomers to Adaptation Land. Enough of Bill the Shake’s thinking and even words emerges to remind you of its dark lyricism. And Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard nicely physicalize their roles, as Lord and Lady Macbeth, in a way that connects their mutually destructive strategies with their sexuality. Things begin well, with the burial of an infant Macbeth—a detail missing from the original—thus explaining some of their empty-nest psychoses, and their fixation on wiping out other people’s bloodlines. Shot mostly in Scotland, the views and production design by Fiona Crombie (Truth) are both spectacular and oddly humble. The killer couple’s MacMansion is more of a shack than

a castle, and even the bare-bones pad belonging to King Duncan (Anomalisa’s David Thewlis) doesn’t look worth stabbing anybody for. But once his “fatal vision” sets in, the oncevaliant Macbeth can’t help but unleash his inner Trump. Okay, all this mental corruption is still relevant, but the other part that keeps Shakespeare important is the linguistic virtuosity his words require, regardless of subject or treatment. What makes Kurzel’s Macbeth a real snoozer, and inferior to almost every filmed version (including Akira Kurosawa’s unforgettable, Japanese-language Throne of Blood), is the decision to have everybody swallow their microphones and hoarsely whisper, making the dialogue both unintelligible and feeble. The twohour film is full of synthesized sound and fury, and what it signifies is not worth watching.

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Starring Natalie Dormer. Rated 14A. For showtimes, please see page 30

The first scary movie out of

2 the gate last year was the Jen-

nifer Lopez thriller The Boy Next Door, which didn’t bode well for Hollywood horror in 2015. This year the first Tinseltown fright f lick to hit theatres is The Forest, which—while vastly superior to that J.Lo debacle—is still just a routine spook show. Game of Thrones’ Natalie Dormer stars as Sara, whom we first see waking from a nightmare about a terrified woman running around in the dark woods. Turns out it’s Sara’s identical twin, Jess (Dormer with dark hair), and the sisters have a psychic bond that allows one to sense how the other is doing. Unfortunately for Sara, the edgier Jess is prone to depression and bad choices. The next day, Sara learns from police in Japan that Jess has vanished into the Aokigahara forest, the so-called suicide forest at the northeast base of Mount Fuji where troubled people often go to kill themselves. Soon Sara’s landing in Tokyo on a mission to save her sis, driven by guilt over a pivotal childhood trauma. Things get a tad hokey when Sara just happens to run into hunky travel writer Aiden (Chicago Fire’s Taylor Kinney), who offers to help her try to find Jess. The typical barrage of J-horror jump scares and gruesome visions is rolled out once the wouldbe rescuers—despite repeated warnings of it being haunted—venture into the dense forest. And the film remains quite unexceptional until a welcome plot twist livens up the final act. First-time director Jason Zada gets a credible performance out of Dormer, but doesn’t prove very adept at crafting suspense. You’re left feeling like you could get just as creeped out by reading a good Stephen King

In Justin Kurzel’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Michael Fassbender (above) plays Lord Macbeth, who murders the Scottish king to take the throne.

story and then going for a hike in doesn’t bother to identify. And it’s Stanley Park. read here by rising Swede Alicia > STEVE NEWTON Vikander. As explained by later child IsaINGRID BERGMAN IN HER bella Rossellini and her two sibOWN WORDS lings from Bergman’s second marriage, to Roberto Rossellini, the A documentary by Stig Björkman. actor’s intimate relationship with In English, Swedish, Italian, and the camera began with her doting French, with English subtitles. Rating father, who died young. Her thenunavailable. For showtimes, please scandalous affair with the Italian see page 30 director, while still married to Pia’s Sweden’s greatest star shines father, ended her American career, effortlessly through Ingrid although constant change seems to Bergman in Her Own Words, a nifty be what this peripatetic performer compendium of her letters, movie most craved, to the detriment of clips, visits with surviving family her children. (They were happy members, and—best of all—lots of whenever she saw them, so it was beautiful 16mm home movies, most- convenient for Bergman to think ly shot by Bergman herself. they were always happy.) Swedish director Stig Björkman, The two-hour study exhibits who specializes in docs about clas- little interest in its subject’s screensic cinema, gives plenty of room craft, or in the kind of working to this treasure trove of archival relationships she had with direcmaterial. Björkman himself was tors as different as Jean Renoir and born in 1938, just after Bergman’s Alfred Hitchcock. (This changes first daughter, Pia Lindström. The when she finally gets to the other doc ignores the movie Bergman big Bergman, Ingmar.) It’s more made for the Nazis that year, just concerned with her most uncerbefore MGM’s David O. Selznick tain role, as mother, as underlined summoned her for a remake of her by Michael Nyman’s gratingly Swedish hit Intermezzo. Bergman’s sentimental score. But this doesn’t correspondence was chief ly with matter much; like her family and the impresario’s wife, Irene Selz- friends, we’re just happy to spend nick, her vocal coach Ruth Rob- more time with Ingrid. > KEN EISNER erts, and another friend the doc

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Asian—I feel wounded whenever I am exposed to gay men in New York City, Toronto, or any city where white gay men dominate. Gay men, mostly whites and Asians, reject me because of my race and no one admits to their sexual racism. I understand that sexual attraction is subconscious for many people. But it is unfair for a gay Asian like myself to be constantly marginalized and rejected. I fight for gay rights too. I believe in equality too. I had the same pain of being gay in high school and the same fears when coming out. Why is there no acceptance, no space, no welcome for me in this white-painted gay community? I’m six foot one, 160 pounds, fit, and very good-looking. What can I do? I might as well be a sexless monk. > ENRAGED DUDE DETAILS INFURIATING EXPERIENCE

“I relate to a lot of what EDDIE is feeling here,” said Joel Kim Booster, a Brooklyn writer and comedian. “The double-edged sword of living in a city with a large gay community is that the community gets so large that we finally have the opportunity to marginalize people within it.” Jeff Chu, a writer who also lives in Brooklyn, can relate. “Racism still thrives in the gay community, just as in broader society,” said Chu. “Many of us who are Asian American come out of the closet and walk into this weird bamboo cage, where we’re either fetishized or ignored. Many times I’d go into a gay bar and see guys playing out some gross interracial porno in

> BY DAN SAVAGE Booster was also struck by your stats. “It’s hard for me to wrap my head around any six-foot-one, fit, VGL guy having trouble getting laid,” said Booster. “On paper, this is the gay ideal! I don’t really consider myself any of those things— and I have a perfectly respectable amount of sex.” Booster, who somehow manages to have plenty of sex in New York’s “white-painted gay community”, had some practical tips for you. “EDDIE should stay away from the apps if the experience becomes too negative,” he said. “If logging on to a hookup app bums him out, take a break. Being a double minority can be isolating, but living in a big city can be great. There are meet-ups and clubs and activities for all stripes. Join a gay volleyball league—truly where gay Asian men thrive—or find one of the many gay Asian nights at one of the gay bars around the city. They’re out there.” Chu has also managed to find romantic success in New York. “I’ve been where EDDIE is, except shorter, less fit, and less good-looking, and somehow I found a husband,” he said. “The monastery wasn’t my calling, and I suspect it’s not EDDIE’s either.” A quick word to gay white men: it’s fine to have “preferences”. But we need to examine our preferences and give some thought to the cultural forces that may have shaped them. It’s a good idea to make sure your preferences are actually yours and not some limited and limiting racist crap pounded into your head by TV, movies, and porn. But while

other only one time per month and sometimes less. A few weeks ago, I had sex with a female university colleague. It wasn’t anything special: she was somewhat drunk and hurt me with her teeth during petting, so I didn’t have a good erection and I didn’t come. But I liked having sex with a woman. I want to do it again, but I love my boyfriend and I don’t want to hurt him. Am I destined to be unfaithful?

preferences are allowed (and gay men of colour have them too), there’s no excuse for littering Grindr or Tinder or Recon—or your conversations in bars—with dehumanizing garbage like “no Asians”, “no blacks”, “no femmes”, “no fatties”, et cetera. And while racism is a problem in the gay community (sometimes thoughtless, sometimes malicious, always unacceptable), according to 2010 U.S. Census data, as crunched by the Williams Institute at UCLA, same-sex couples are far likelier to be interracial (20.6 percent) than opposite-sex couples (13.9 percent). So there’s hope—and I don’t mean “hope that EDDIE will one day land a magic white boyfriend” but hope for less racism in the gay community generally and fewer racist Grindr profi les specifically. The last word goes to Booster: “A note to the rice queens who will undoubtedly write in about this man: we like that you like us. But liking us solely because of our race can be uncomfortable at best, and creepy as hell at worst. In my experience, it’s perfectly okay to keep some of those preferences behind the curtain while you get to know us a bit as humans fi rst.” Jeff Chu is the author of Does Jesus Really Love Me?: A Gay Christian’s Pilgrimage in Search of God in America. Follow him on Twitter @jeffchu. Follow Joel Kim Booster on Twitter @ihatejoelkim.

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I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: JANUARY 10, 2016 WHERE: Eternal Abundance on Commercial Drive You were sitting alone and I was having lunch with my mum. You had long brown hair and mentioned you lived in Brazil for a while. You were cute, I’d love to see your face again.

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I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: JANUARY 10, 2016 WHERE: Saje Metrotown You: English Miss with a great smile & outlook on life. Me: Bearded Canadian who loves adventure and Quadra Island. I came into Saje seeking some calm for my apartment and received some excellent conversation and advice as well! We had a great talk about the coastal islands, appreciating Vancouver’s natural beauty, and your families surprise visit. I could have ranted all day about favourite spots for hikes and nature. If you would like some company for further BC adventures, I’m game.

I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: JANUARY 9, 2016 WHERE: At the Value Village Hey. I was the guy in shorts in mid Jan. looking for games. You walked over to the counter and grabbed a SNES game. We then had an amazing staring contest. I wanted to say something but I couldn’t think of anything great to say.

CHECKING YOU OUT AT THE CHECKOUT

We got on the 169 bus at Braid Station and you sat with your back to me. You had a cup of flowers in your hands. When I stood by the door, waiting to get off at Schoolhouse, we shared a brief smile. You tapped me on the shoulder as I was about to leave and handed me a flower. It was the sweetest gesture I’ve received in a long time. You really made my day. I wish I had turned around and rode the rest of the route with you.

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I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: JANUARY 9, 2016 WHERE: Burnaby Trattoria

I've seen you a few times around the store and again at the checkout couldn’t help but keep looking, you are one hot dad...

My dinner was amazing but I think a lot of it had to do with you! Ariel you are truly gorgeous; such beauty and grace for someone so young. It was so hard for me to concentrate but I just have to say “hi” and “thank you” once again and tell you how beautiful I think you are... :-)

AIR CANADA FLIGHT FROM LAS VEGAS ON EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON

You were the only flight attendant without a name tag. You gave me the nicest smile when I boarded the plane. Your eyes were so bright and clear! After the flight in YVR, I spotted you hustling through security with your roller bag, obviously heading home. I didn’t tell you this in person, like I should have. Wanted you to know that you’re a total knockout. Don’t forget that!

I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: JANUARY 9, 2016 WHERE: 169 Bus, Braid to Schoolhouse

I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: JANUARY 10, 2016 WHERE: No Frills 128 and 96

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I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: JANUARY 9, 2016 WHERE: Air Canada to Las Vegas

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I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: JANUARY 10, 2016 WHERE: Streamworks

I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: JANUARY 8, 2016 WHERE: Brassneck Brewery

To my charming server, you were such a ham which made me giggle endlessly. Though, I’m a vegetarian. Maybe opposites attract because you made several great recommendations, but you are all I’ve wanted for a while now.

You were sitting with a group of friends at the end of the long table. You wore a shiny navy top, and you were the most incredibly hot woman I have ever seen. Thanks for being alive. I just wanted to say that you are incredible. Sorry for staring.

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I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: JANUARY 6, 2016 WHERE: Spartacus Library You drive a Rav4, license plate from Alberta. Blue hair and black outfit. You parked to buy something at Spartacus, I was parked in front of you. Blue car. I wanted to say hi but thought it would look creepy! Let's go have coffee and change the world :)

END OF THE NIGHT AT THE CAMBIE

We were walking towards each other on one of the trails in the Endowment Lands when you threw a stick for your dog. He scampered for it and I said hello. Then, the boxer that was with me (she’s my friend's pup) decided to investigate after your dog when they both went for each other’s jugular! :0 We pulled our canines apart and inspected for puncture wounds and I was impressed how cool and collected you were (I hope I was too). At that moment, as the dogs were straining to finish each other off, I looked at you and thought “holy crap, you’re cute!” and then my brain worked extremely fast to try to segway a flirt or even my name... Sadly, I could just mumble “thanks for being so cool about this sorry again and have a nice day.” Your dog was a shorthaired brown mix - a lovely dog, but loathed my companion. Lol. I was the tall redhead in the orange jacket. If you read this, remember who I am and want to meet without my canine friend, I would be up for that... :) Feel free to bring your pup tho. I thought he was a sweetie underneath all that bravado. ;)

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I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: JANUARY 7, 2016 WHERE: Oakwood Canadian Bistro

I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: JANUARY 1, 2016 WHERE: Kitchen

We made eye contact a few times and it wasn’t until I left that I remembered we had worked for the same NGO a few years back in Kenya. Maybe catch up some other time

I asked for a piece of your samosa and you begrudgingly gave me the whole thing. Let’s go get enough samosas for the both of us sometime, you’re gorgeous.

I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: JANUARY 8, 2016 WHERE: The Cambie

I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: JANUARY 5, 2016 WHERE: Killarney Pool

We talked for quite a while about all sorts of things. Your name was Madi (Madison I think?), you go to Emily Carr, and you were super cool. I should’ve asked for your number but I didn’t. Your smile brightened my night. Take care.

You have gorgeous blue eyes, a dimple when you smile, and a man-bun that I like (Love really, I’m just trying to kinda rhyme) I miss you Max :(

UBC ENDOWMENT LANDS I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: JANUARY 6, 2016 WHERE: UBC Trails

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DANCING WITH MICHELLE AT THE FOX

I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: DECEMBER 31, 2015 WHERE: Fox Cabaret Michelle, you and I danced (... and danced) the night away during the DJ’d portion (Motown) of the Fox’s New Year’s Eve party. Dancing with you made my night (and possibly even my year). I’ll save a dance for you, should you ever come back to the Fox.

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HOT PLUMBER

I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: DECEMBER 22, 2015 WHERE: Apartment building on Broughton Street You knocked on my door early Tuesday morning and asked me to run the water in my kitchen sink so you could check for leaking pipes. I couldn’t help but notice you were a tall, young, blond (I think?) guy with a gorgeous face. You can come over and tap my pipes any time ;) Hope I see you again.

BLOND JOGGER AT SAVE ON

I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: JANUARY 2, 2016 WHERE: Save On Foods, Cambie I really enjoyed how pleasant you were in line and I hope that alludes to the type of person you are. You had jogged and then were getting some shopping in. I commented “2 birds, I like that!”. How about going for a jog some time?

STILL RIDICULOUSLY GOOD LOOKING

I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: DECEMBER 31, 2015 WHERE: 41 Bus to Joyce Station I was the Asian girl sitting across from you on the 41 with curly black hair, pink lipstick, and a black floppy hat. You were the guy with short blonde hair, gorgeous eyes, and sporting a pair of large headphones. I noticed you taking glances at me while I was on my phone and finally had the nerve to look up at you. When I did we locked eyes. I decided to make the first move and interact with you, but unfortunately didn’t have the courage to ask for your number before you got off at your stop. Somehow hoping we cross paths again in the near future. PS - I saw you were also carrying a Starbucks cup and I was wondering what it would take to have a coffee date with you?

I SAW YOU ON ROBSON STREET

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A second opinion or looksee can be informing and timely. Revisit the conversation or the information—it can lead to something new or additional. It’s a good time to refinance, renew a contract or lease, revise your paperwork, resume, plan, streamline, downsize, or tighten it up. On Monday, it all comes easily. The pace picks up on Wednesday.

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