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Ode to All the Unsung Editors

Ode to All the Unsung Editors

by Jim Algie | Dec 27, 2022 | Blog, Book Reviews, Features, My Writings, Personalities, Profiles

Editors are the goalkeepers of the publishing world, saving many a writer from making heinous mistakes but most of the time they are overlooked. This ode sings their praises. It’s also a requiem for a veteran editor named Paul Dorsey.  During late October and...
True Crime Show Zeroes in on Thai Serial Killer Who Targeted Masseuses

True Crime Show Zeroes in on Thai Serial Killer Who Targeted Masseuses

by Jim Algie | Nov 1, 2022 | Blog, Films, My Reviews, Personalities, Profiles

After a convicted serial killer dubbed Thailand’s “Jack the Ripper” was released from jail in 2019 only to kill again, Jim Algie looks back at a true crime show from 2013 called “The Masseuse Murders” which chronicles his deadly exploits....
Debut Album by Steven Bradley Kravac: Timeless Pop Songs for Ageless Rockers

Debut Album by Steven Bradley Kravac: Timeless Pop Songs for Ageless Rockers

by Jim Algie | Aug 25, 2022 | Blog, Music, My Reviews, Personalities

The debut solo album by Steven Bradley, who has spent much of his music career as a producer and sound-man and backing musician, reveals the harmonious benefits of staying power in a youth-crazy business.  Many middle-aged people are content to either rest on their...
The Strange Ballad of Evan C. Jones: a Tribute/Obit to and for the SNFU Drummer

The Strange Ballad of Evan C. Jones: a Tribute/Obit to and for the SNFU Drummer

by Jim Algie | Apr 21, 2022 | Blog, Music, Personalities

A pioneer of hardcore punk drumming and vital member of the Edmonton music scene, Evan lived fast, died middle-aged and left a small yet sound legacy.  Evan C Jones cracked me up and bewildered me right from the first time I met him until our last message exchanges on...
Remembering Mr. Chi Pig: the High-flying, Low-Falling Frontman of SNFU

Remembering Mr. Chi Pig: the High-flying, Low-Falling Frontman of SNFU

by Jim Algie | Jan 26, 2021 | Blog, Music, Personalities

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....
Thailand’s Last Executioner: Obituary for a Kindly Killer

Thailand’s Last Executioner: Obituary for a Kindly Killer

by Jim Algie | Jul 20, 2020 | Blog, My Writings, Personalities, Stories

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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