About Me
INDEPENDENT SINCE 1972 >> A Toronto Arts Award-Winner (THE GARYS), Black Music Award-Winner (THE GARYS), journalist/editor, radio host, dj, publicist, event production manager, movie theatre/club operator, film distributor, concert promoter www.filmswelike.com
...My past includes RAMONES, DIXIE CHICKS, THE POLICE, TOM WAITS, JANE BIRKIN, JONATHAN RICHMAN, JESSE DENATALE, NICO, WILLIAM BURROUGHS, JANDEK, CECIL TAYLOR, SUN RA ARKESTRA, ALLEN TOUSSAINT, WILLIAM BURROUGHS, JERRY SEINFELD, ALAN ABEL, BUDDY HACKETT, HABANA SAX, ASTOR PIAZZOLLA, JAMES BROWN, THE DISPOSABLE HEROES OF HIPHOPRISY, THE LOUNGE LIZARDS, KENNETH ANGER, JOY DIVISION (sadly almost), GARTH HUDSON, THE BAND, 48TH HIGHLANDERS, PROFESSOR LONGHAIR, SCREAMIN' JAY HAWKINS, GARY GLITTER, JOHN COOPER CLARKE, LINTON KWESI JOHNSON, YELLOWMAN, MEDIAEVAL BAEBES, THE ACME FLEA CIRCUS, JESUS AND MARY CHAIN, VILETONES, THE PLASMATICS, CAPTAIN BEEFHEART, ORNETTE COLEMAN, MIKE WESTBROOK MARCHING BAND, WAYLON JENNINGS, HOT CLUB OF COWTOWN, PETER TOSH, ANTHONY BRAXTON, LEROY JENKINS, RANDY WESTON, MENTAL HYGIENE FESTIVALS, WEATHER UNDERGROUND, over 3650 films at ORIGINAL 99-CENT ROXY and THE NEW YORKER rep cinemas, PINK FLAMINGOS and the films of JOHN WATERS, JIM ROSE CIRCUS SIDESHOW, SIMPLY SAUCER, SIMPLE MINDS, THE B-GIRLS, THE MODS, GO-GO'S, THE BANGLES, THE LEGENDARY STARDUST COWBOY, HOLLY WOODLAWN, DOUG WAMBLE, BLACK UHURU, HUGH MASEKELA, GEORGE CLINTON, DESMOND TUTU, RANDY WESTON, THE SCENICS, HARRY BELAFONTE, SAM PHILLIPS, THE HORSESHOE and THE EDGE clubs, LEWIS FUREY, THE STRANGLERS, WIRE, BADI ASSAD, films of ANDY WARHOL, SNAKEFINGER, B-GIRLZ, LITTLE FEAT, EMILE DE ANTONIO and his films, THE SHEIK, TALKING HEADS, WAYNE COUNTY, JAYNE COUNTY, THE CRAMPS, HASIL ADKINS, THE HEARTBREAKERS, CARLA BLEY, RICHARD HELL AND THE VOIDOIDS, LYDIA LUNCH, THE DEMICS, LYDIA LUNCH, TEENAGE JESUS AND THE JERKS, THE LAST POGO, DULCE PONTES, ALI AKBAR KHAN, BLACK UMFOLOSI, JOHN CALE, LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS, MENDELSON JOE, HANDSOME NED, SHIVAREE, ALISON KRAUSS, THE RESIDENTS, ROUGH TRADE, KRONOS QUARTET, HELMUT LIPSKY AND L'ART DE PASSAGE, R.E.M., ICE CUBE, EASTMOUNTAINSOUTH, WARREN ZEVON, PEARL JAM, EURYTHMICS, DAVID BOWIE, VILLAGE PEOPLE, ROBERT MUNSCH, PERE UBU, KING SUNNY ADE, BLACK UMFOLOSI, DEVO, JAYNE CORTEZ, JOHN GIORNO, RHEOSTATICS, KEVIN COYNE, KEVIN AYERS, BUZZCOCKS, XTC, CYNDI LAUPER, KID CREOLE & THE COCONUTS, WILSON PICKETT, GEORGIE FAME, MOTORHEAD, THE STRANGLERS, SIMPLE MINDS, AL GREEN, RITA MARLEY, MELLISA ETHRIDGE, NEW ORDER, MINISTRY, THE POGUES, LUCHA VA VOOM, MANO NEGRA, THE CURE, ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN, VIOLENT FEMMES, EINSTURZENDE NEUBAUTEN, LAIBACH, DIVINE, BARENAKED LADIES, THE TEA PARTY, ANTHONY BRAXTON, THE CONTORTIONS, JAMES WHITE AND THE BLACKS, DNA, INDIGO GIRLS, THE B-GIRLS, THE REPLACEMENTS, THE MODS, THE GO-GO'S, THE BANGLES, THE JIM ROSE CIRCUS, THE B-GIRLS, MARIANNE FAITHFULL, LUCHA VA VOOM, BRIAN BRAIN, JOHN OTWAY, GANG OF FOUR, THE MEKONS, KILLING JOKE, NASH THE SLASH, REEFER MADNESS, COCAINE FIENDS, WHITE ZOMBIE, SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE, FRED FRITH, GONG, PIL, RHYTHM & JEWS, GRAHAM PARKER, HAWKWIND, BAD BRAINS, LIVING COLOUR, DAN HICKS AND THE HOT LICKS, JAMES 'BLOOD' ULMER, SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES, MINK DE VILLE, SOFT CELL, SARAH JANE MORRIS, VIC CHESNUTT, VICTORIA WILLIAMS, BULGARIAN WOMEN'S CHOIR, FIFTH COLUMN, GEORGE CLINTON, RITA RUDNER, B-52s, HUSKER DU, ANDRE GAGNON, GRUPO FANTASMA, NINE INCH NAILS, THE WATERBOYS, DONOVAN, ENGLISH BEAT, THE SPECIALS, THE SELECTER, BAD MANNERS, BAD BRAINS, BEBOP COWBOYS, CRAZY CAVAN 'N' THE RHYTHM ROCKETS, LEVI AND THE ROCKATS, JAXCK SCOTT, FRIENDLY RICH VAUDEVILLE SHOW, LOLLIPOP PEOPLE, THE SPECIALS, SHAKIN' PYRAMIDS, BILLY BRAGG, THE CURE, IGGY POP, PIGFACE, PIGBAG, SWANS, SKINNY PUPPY, TOOTS AND THE MAYTALS, ED SANDERS, AMIRI BARAKA, SON OF DAVE, BOBBY McFERRIN, SLAYER, AUDIENCE, SUICIDE, NICK CAVE, SHANE KOYCZAN, JAMES HUNTER, WARSAW VILLAGE BAND, SADIE MAY CRASH, SAY AH!, THE PRAGMATICS, THE POLKAHOLICS, CHAVA ALBERSTEIN, THE STILL CRAZY ACOUSTIC WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN, BOSS HOSS, TOMMY RAMONE'S UNCLE MONK, BILL 'SPACEMAN' LEE, BRIAN AUGER, CARLA BOZULICH, SISTERS3, IVA BITTOVA, HOWARD KAYLAN, BASKERY, THE PLASTIC PEOPLE OF THE UNIVERSE, PETER HAMMILL...