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Rock of aged: Why music fans have more than just sympathy for old devils

Special to National Post wrote 6 days ago: “What you gonna do? Time’s caught up with you” – Black Sabbath, “Hand of Doom” (1970) Illustra … more →

Tags: Ampersand, Music, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Rod Stewart, The Rolling Stones

Spring Culture Preview: Books

Special to National Post wrote 2 months ago: Whether you’re beach-bound or picnicking in the park, we have a selection of tomes to pack wit … more →

Tags: Afterword, Ampersand, Spring culture preview

Spring Culture Preview: TV

Special to National Post wrote 2 months ago: If you can’t make it to the cinema but still want something new upon which to feast your eyes, … more →

Tags: Ampersand, Television, Spring culture preview, Hannibal, Mr Selfridge, vice

Spring Culture Preview: Film

Special to National Post wrote 2 months ago: April showers might mean May flowers, but warmer weather means it’s blockbuster season! This y … more →

Tags: Ampersand, Movies, Spring culture preview

New Matmos record comes with conceptual baggage

Special to National Post wrote 3 months ago: If the concept album was pioneered by progressive rock bands, Matmos have taken it to another dimens … more →

Tags: Ampersand, Music, Matmos

Will Self: Writing out the storm

Special to National Post wrote 5 months ago: Before his book Umbrella was published in the U.K. last August, Will Self wasn’t in the best of spir … more →

Tags: Afterword, umbrella, Will Self

Peart: Can You Follow the Teachings of Jesus Christ and be a Republican?2 comments

rvkeeper wrote 10 months ago: Neil generated quite a bit of attention with his August 13 interview with Mike Doherty of Maclean … more →

Tags: this and that, Rush, Neil Peart, clockwork angels, libertarianism, MacLean's

Patty Murray and Norm Dicks here to discuss Wild Olympics Wilderness Proposal

Al B. wrote 10 months ago: Today, Thursday, August 16th, 2012, U.S. Senator Patty Murray and Congressman Norm Dicks (D, WA-06) … more →

Tags: Puget Sound, Taylor Shellfish, Olympic Peninsula, Norm Dicks, Wild Olympics, Patty Murray, Connie Gallant, Michelle Sandoval

The Hypocrisy Of Gene Hoyas1 comment

Editor wrote 1 year ago: Eugene “Gene” Hoyas (also known as Manly Rash, Barrett Stover, among other aliases) is what goes for … more →

Tags: New Jersey conservatives, Politics, Senate, Rob Eichmann, Eugene Hoyas, Gene Hoyas, Steve Lonegan, racism, Conservative New Jersey

Has Larsen Joined Hoyas On The Dark Side?15 comments

Editor wrote 1 year ago: Gene Hoyas (also known as Manly Rash and Barrett Stover, among other aliases) is a blogger who was o … more →

Tags: New Jersey conservatives, Politics, Senate, House of Representatives, americans for prosperity, Gene Hoyas, Steve Lonegan, Ron Paul, Manly Rash

Daniel Lanois explains his out-of-balancing act

Special to National Post wrote 1 year ago: By Mike Doherty Daniel Lanois does not like to sit still. His black-trousered legs jitter and his bi … more →

Tags: Ampersand, Music, Bob Dylan, Canadian Music Hall of Fame, Canadian Music Week, daniel lanois, Peter Gabriel, U2

Book Review: Gods Without Men, by Hari Kunzru

Special to National Post wrote 1 year ago: Gods Without Men By Hari Kunzru Knopf 369 pp; $36.95 Reviewed by Mike Doherty One-third of the way i … more →

Tags: Afterword, Book Reviews, Fiction

Book Review: Gods Without Men, by Hari Kunzru

Special to National Post wrote 1 year ago: Gods Without Men By Hari Kunzru Knopf 369 pp; $36.95 Reviewed by Mike Doherty One-third of the way i … more →

Tags: Afterword, Book Reviews, Fiction

Alan Lightman looks at creation from God’s point of view

Special to National Post wrote 1 year ago: By Mike Doherty No one would ever accuse Alan Lightman of lacking ambition. He’s done groundbr … more →

Tags: Afterword, Profiles, features

How Bill Gates inspired Robert Harris’s dystopian future in The Fear Index

Special to National Post wrote 1 year ago: By Mike Doherty In 1982, The New Statesman decided the unlikeliest book title possible would be My S … more →

Tags: Afterword, Ampersand, features, Profiles

The Big Pink fill in for the Great British Guitar Band with Future This

Special to National Post wrote 1 year ago: By Mike Doherty The Great British Guitar Band – from The Beatles and The Stones to Blur and Oasis – … more →

Tags: Ampersand, Music, BritPop

What Occupy can learn from the Hunger Games

Bookblurb wrote 1 year ago: (Credit: AP) A leaderless political movement still trying to find its place might look to heroes of … more →

Tags: Books, the hunger games, Salón, occupy wall street, occupy movement, Alan Moore, V for Vendetta, star wars, Teenagers

Let's get physical (again): Box sets and deluxe editions giving CD new life

Special to National Post wrote 1 year ago: By Mike Doherty The René Magritte-esque cover art of the new “Immersion Edition” of Pink Floyd’s 197 … more →

Tags: Ampersand, Music, Broken Social Scene, Pink Floyd, wish you were here

Seattle's Cole and Weber United: Mad Men for 80 Years

LeeCallahan wrote 1 year ago: Ad Agency President Mike Doherty on cutting edge advertising, and, of course, the good old days. [au … more →

Tags: Lee Callahan, Cole and Weber United


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