Alec Gaston: “The world can be a sharp and dangerous place. I prefer to be among the flowers…”
What shall we say about Alec Gaston? I’m breathless having interviewed one of the most original, sublime, and true artists (arteeeests) currently working today. Alec Gaston has her hands in many pies. Whether it be making music, modeling, acting, or just being plain brilliant, Alec, somehow, is nailing all these things and I am truly […]
Horace Panter: “Our message was serious but our music was uplifting”
The Specials emerged from an era of British music like few others; one that combined the influences of both homegrown political dissidence and Jamaican dance-house music. In the late 1970s, The Specials produced the first and finest combination of multi-racial (and also collaborative) music that the UK had ever seen, inventing the term ‘Two Tone’ […]
Matt Morgan: “I don’t need to sort out the mysteries of the universe.”
For some, mainly Matt Morgan Appreciation Society members (like myself), Matt Morgan will be best known as Russell Brand’s sidekick on the hugely popular XFM and Radio 2 shows. Those familiar will also know he’s the man who as a school-boy suffered a horrid but hilarious ‘pin-pinning’ (thus becoming the original victim), he who as […]
Re: Discovering California Son
It’s been a year and many days since Morrissey released ‘California Son’, his tremendous ‘covers’ album where he set about repurposing some of his own personal favourite tracks. By doing so he gave older admirers as well as younger fans the chance to discover or rediscover artists and older songs we may have missed or forgotten about. […]
Maziar Ghaderi: “If you criticize one side people assume you’re on the polar opposite.”
Maziar Ghaderi is an Iranian Canadian artist, filmmaker, producer and partner in Holding Space Films, a ‘boutique’ production company based in Toronto. Holding Space Films was founded back in 2017 by director, editor, cinematographer, and Maziar’s wife, Patricia Marcoccia. The company’s first feature to hit screens was entitled Shut Him Down: The Rise of Jordan […]