Tag: Canada

• August 20, 2024

  Writing

  “Nothing But What You Bring With You” published in Carpe Noctem

  Some more publishing news: my werewolf story “Nothing But What You Bring With You” is out now in the Carpe Noctem anthology. Carpe Noctem was edited by Megan Fennell and Leslie Van Zwol (who were fantastic to work with) and published by Tyche Books in Calgary. There was an official launch at the When Words…
• July 30, 2021

  Uncategorized

  Book review: The Viking Immigrants by L.K. Bertram

  L.K. Bertram’s new book on Icelandic immigrants to Canada and the United States is a fascinating look at a culture that persists in spite of, and in some ways because of, assimilation. In each chapter, Bertram looks at the evolving Icelandic identity through a different lens. Clothing, food, drink, folklore and language are each considered.…
• February 3, 2020

  Metal Monday

  There’s no Killer Dwarfs box set, so I made one

  As recent Metal Monday posts show, I lately became a big fan of the Killer Dwarfs. I’ve loved their songs since first seeing the video for “Keep the Spirit Alive” waaaaayyy back in the winter of 1986-87. But it was seeing them live not just once, but twice, within a year in 2019 that got…
• January 20, 2020

  Metal Monday

  Metal Monday: Killer Dwarfs’ Live, No Guff!

  For me, the Killer Dwarfs’ second live album, Live, No Guff! had two barriers to hurdle. First, I bought it at the concert where I first saw them live, when they and Kick Axe opened for Helix, and they were fantastic. How could a recording live up to that? Second, I wasn’t super keen on…
• January 13, 2020

  Metal Monday

  Metal Monday: Russ Dwarf’s Wireless

  While not technically a Killer Dwarfs album, Russ Dwarf’s Wireless is a worthy addition for any Dwarfs completist, featuring acoustic reworkings of many of their best-known songs. As with any album of acoustic versions, Wireless has its ups and down. (Points to Russ “Dwarf” Graham for calling it that instead of “unplugged,” which conjures up…
• January 6, 2020

  Metal Monday

  Metal Monday: Killer Dwarfs’ Start at One

  On Start at One, the Killer Dwarfs wail like the early 1990s never went away. As far as the album is concerned, it’s true. The Dwarfs originally recorded Start at One (stylized as Start @ One) in 1993 with the same band lineup as Method to the Madness: Russ Graham on vocals, Darrell Millar on…