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Remembering Mr. Chi Pig: the High-flying, Low-Falling Frontman of SNFU
The passing of the cult-famous punk singer of SNFU last year inspired a torrent of online tributes from fans, critics and musicians like Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day, but few of them came from those who first knew him as a teenaged skateboarder from Edmonton....
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Thailand’s Last Executioner: Obituary for a Kindly Killer
What sort of cold-blooded executioner leans over a sub-machine-gun bolted to the floor, takes aim at a target on a white curtain in front of a condemned man strapped to a cross, and then pumps 10 to 15 bullets into his back? A family man, a rock musician, an altruist,...
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Suicide Notes on Anthony Bourdain, Chris Cornell, Kevin Hines and the Middle-Aged Plumber Down the Street
On the first anniversary of the passing of Anthony Bourdain, Jim Algie looks at the spiking suicide rate in the West and how a man who survived a leap from the Golden Gate Bridge is leading a revolution in suicide prevention and awareness. My brother and I were nine...
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On the Night Joey Ramone Died gets 5-star review in Bangkok Post
Jim Algie gets to revisit a past life as a punk rocker in the hugely entertaining ‘On The Night Joey Ramone Died’ writes Max Barclay of the Bangkok Post in the May 15, 2018 edition. “Write what you know” is an axiom familiar to all who have learned the craft...
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On the Comeback Trail with Singer and Author Dan Stuart
The former frontman of Green on Red, Dan Stuart, discusses the group’s rise and downfall, his 15-year hiatus from the music biz and how personal tragedies inspired three acclaimed solo records and two books. Words by Jim Algie. Some 15 albums and EPs into his...
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True Crime Show on Serial Killer Dubbed “Thailand’s Jack the Ripper”
After the recent arrest of a serial killer dubbed Thailand’s “Jack the Ripper,” released from jail earlier this year only to kill again, Jim Algie looks back at a true crime show from 2013 called “The Masseuse Murders” which chronicles...
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