4TheRcrd Mag.

Unbeknown to me, Vancouver is considered by many in the know to have been home to one of the best punk scenes in the world, certainly the West Coast. Monsters such as DOA and SNFU have been playing this city and the world for years.One of the long standing players in this scene is an […]

The SSRIs are driven post-hardcore punk. Taking the Radiohead model for In Rainbows and replicating it, the band Vancouver the SSRIs have put their entire first album online for free (www.thessris.com). They will be following that up with new material soon, and have acquired a new third member after having lost their original drummer, […]

There must be something in the air we breath or the water we drink that provides such a fertile birthing ground for raw talent in this city. There’s no doubt that we really do have an excellent local music scene that deserves a lot more attention then some of us tend to give. One such […]

One evening a few months ago i was heading home on Commercial Drive when out of the blue i was stopped dead, struck dumb and shaken out of my reverie by the driving sounds of a piano, drums and guitar based wank-fest that was literally spilling out on to the pavement in front of The […]

He’s really not as scary as he looks. Just don’t piss him off.

Not sure if you’ve been there, so here it is. So many peeps have encounters with “those people” in our lives who come and go and shoot the jazz with us and then, five years later, both you and them alike ask out of the blue “so…what’s your name anyways” coupled with a coy […]

It seems that everyone and their grandma is getting tattooed and pierced up these days, and while body modification has been around for years, it has enjoyed a burgeoning success in the last couple of decades. Which is good news for you if you’re in the game. I spoke to young upstart and local tattoo […]

I’ve been flirting with Randy Kramer, one of the bandmates with formerly called “The Yesterdais” — presently renamed to The Green Hour, as of July last year — and another 4TheRcrd writer Nathan Pike and, wouldn’t you know it: we started thinking of some interview material that was oozing out of our conversations.  So, […]

I met an interesting young lady, Brigitte Klaric, who’s in charge of fundraising for varying children’s organizations, including the Vancouver School Board (VSB) and a few of it’s umbrella children’s organizations. We started talking about outreach programs for children and this is a very brief transcript of our convo.
Tell me about the funding shortage […]

Although I am a student of conventional medicine, I have always been curious about other types of medicine and their approach to illness and treatment. This week, I got a chance to interview Dr. Lemmo, a certified Naturopathic Doctor working in BC and the past president for the Canadian Association of Naturopathic Physicians. He also works at Inspire […]