bev. davies’ 144 Punk Rock photographs at Gem Gallery – exhibit poster (2007)
Consider Perusing: Exhibit: Douglas Coupland mixed-media at VAG, vol. 5 (cityscapes) Northern Voice – Dean H Screening Posters: HempenRoad SXSW Stories from Middle Earth – Choogle On #79 The Olympics...
View Articlebev. davies “Play it Loud” at Chapel Arts – exhibit poster (2009)
Bonus: Review from CiTR (radio)’s Discorder: Bev Davies: Play It Loud – A retrospective of the legendary Vancouver photographer Consider Perusing: SXSW Stories from Middle Earth – Choogle On #79...
View ArticleTHE BACKSTAGE RIDER- PHOTOS/WORDS: Mike Watt and the Missingmen
THE BACKSTAGE RIDER- PHOTOS/WORDS: Mike Watt and the Missingmen Posted by Mikala @ 27 April 2011 “I’m not even sure how you describe that,” said Dave, aka Uncle Weed, after Mike Watt had ripped...
View ArticleForgotten Vancouver Stories at NV13 – Annotations, Remarks, etc / artifact...
Consider Perusing: Post’d: Artifacts from likely forgotten places Train’d – Items: Forgotten in Drawers (vol. 1) Forgotten Vancouver Stories (aka Poets, Punks and Revolutions) / collage art boards...
View Article“Return to the Scene of the Crime” Punk Rock Photos at Smilin’ Buddha with...
At the iconic Smilin Buddha Cabaret and Restaurant in Vancouver’s downtown Eastside, legendary punk rock photographer bev. davies (sic) shows the photos in her recent “(Return to the) Scene of the...
View ArticleRevolutions, Punks & Poets: Vancouver’s Forgotten Stories
Storymaker Dave uncleweed Olson shares an eclectic variety of stories from Vancouver’s counter-culture history on a stage adorned with a record player, campfire & cub scout blanket, art easel,...
View ArticleForgotten Vancouver Stories: video release / artifact round-up
Consider Perusing: Vancouver Stories from the Museum on @TheRushTV show Telegrams – Items: Forgotten in Drawers (vol. 1) HempenRoad press release — February 1997 Just the Prelude! – Alive for the...
View Article“I Saved Latin” meets Mike Watt and The Secondmen at Winter’s Tavern, Pacifica
As a fan of Wes Anderson movies, indie rock and vinyl, this rare unique gem from American Laundromat Records was a must have. Its like they conceived the project with me as target market. Ergo: songs...
View ArticleX (40th anniversary) + Mike Watt and The Secondmen / San Francisco
Sometimes, a plan comes together just right, and then sometimes there’s the opposite…. This night of X (Dec. 9, 2016) was definitely the opposite. The “Plan” was to come back from a healing journey at...
View ArticlePunk Art Photog / bev. davies – Choogle On #122
In-depth discussion with rock art photographer bev. davies including: hippie days with Neil Young and Joan Anderson (Joni Mitchell), shooting punk pioneers DOA and Subhumans, Motörhead in a park, David...
View ArticleForgotten Vancouver Stories (aka Poets, Punks and Revolutions) / collage art...
Artifact dossier: Collage art boards from “Forgotten Vancouver Stories (aka Poets, Punks and Revolutions)” spiel presented in various formats at Pecha Kucha Night Vancouver, All-start edition, and...
View ArticleAnnotations re: The Clash’s London Calling turning 40
A few sundry/spontaneous remarks about London Calling, The Clash’s remarkable album, turning 40 as well as a few miscellaneous annotations about The Clash’s canon: London Calling had the element of...
View ArticleArtifact: “Sticker Walls” etc (various dives), vol. 1
Here and there i see “sticker walls” in various bars, toilet rooms of bars, taverns, dives of all sorts, or sometimes coffee shops – maybe – but mostly bars and toiletrooms of bars. So i take photos...
View Articlenote: DOA 30th anniversary show at the Commodore…
I didn’t really get organized (been sick) but DOA 30th anniversary show tonight at the Commodore – you are going right to see a bit of Canadian punk history, yes? i can pick up tickets this afternoon...
View ArticleBooks: Assorted Japanese legends + punk rock history (Fall 2019)
Books are my pals, even since a kid – and sometimes books (by circumstance or convenience) are stashed at mysterious locales around the world. Sometimes, i snap pics of the cache for future reference,...
View ArticleFolio: VOM Fanzine #1 / Surrey, BC, 1984 (ed. Kamel Gill)
One of a couple of VOM fanzines i did with Kamel / he was the ringleader, i was the ummm assistant. This #1 includes (among interviews with bands Bill of Rights, Unknown Fibres, Shanghai Dog) a fake...
View ArticleFolio: VOM Fanzine #2 / Surrey, BC, 1985 (ed. Kamel Gill)
The 2nd of a couple of VOM fanzines i did with Kamel / he was the ringleader, i was the “associate editor”. This #2 had with Joey Ramone at the Commodore on the cover (bev. davies photo) and i was...
View Article#daveo50 ~ 1985 / 50 years > days > photos
Project: Upon turning 50 years old on August 16, 2020, Dave Olson (me, hello) is posting a photo (or maybe photos) a day / per year – starting with 1970 with intent of chronicling existence through...
View ArticleRiff: The Hockey Lounge, OlyWA (2000-200x)
Around 2000 in Olympia Washington, my colleagues and I sold a renegade pioneering Internet service provider (OlyWa.net) to an (evidently) evil national corporation (ATG) who quickly imploded allowing...
View ArticletheBreaker.news Podcast: Japan Life, Cascadia flashbacks and Joe Keithley sings
+ Breaker Pod Dispatch + Another curious cameo, this time with Bob “the hammer“ Mackin, renegade reporter covering politics around Vancouver/BC, as well as international affairs in the Pacific rim and...
View Article“What i learned making #daveo50” / excerpt from “The Breaker” podcast
I was recently a guest on (my occasional co-conspirator) Bob Mackin’s excellent PC/Pacific Rim/Cascadia news podcast called “The Breaker” talking about the postponed/cancelled Tokyo 2020 Olympics as...
View ArticleIchiro: card #43 “Stanley Ramone” (Hey! Ho! Ikimasho) / 9.13
Ichiro: card #43 “Stanley Ramone” (Hey! Ho! Ikimasho) / 9.13 Note: Thanks to Cory DeMille and Trinity in LV for the onesie, and Sharif and Miriam in AMS for the percussion. Original snap by marvelous...
View ArticleRiff: Joe Strummer, Silver & Gold
Joe Strummer (Mellor) died around this day 17 years ago, not too old but old enough to leave an exceptionally eclectic legacy of undeniable mightiness. His silver form hangs proudly in a 150 year old...
View ArticleLetter: regarding eco-carpetbaggers, money-focused orgs, talk – action =...
Written as a letter to a friend, somehow thought good idea to put here so i don’t lose it. Not sure but hey… no one’s paying attention anyhow. Hey [redacted], I hear you on these hypocrites,...
View ArticleMemento: Sex Pistols air-band / Surrey, 1984
In “honour of“ Sex Pistols bio flick directed by Danny Boyle coming out on Disney+ (without the “blessing” of Johnny Rotten), may I present: Me [R] in 1984 at a Surrey, BC, Canada church air band...
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