When I interviewed West for the
Georgia Straight back in 2002, we actually talked about Eddie Van Halen a bit. I asked him what the last album was that he went out and bought, and it turns out it was Van Halen s commercially disastrous 1998 release,
Van Halen III.
“I bought the last Van Halen CD with [former Extreme vocalist] Gary Cherone,” explained the hefty fret-strangler, “not because of Gary so much, but Eddie and I are really good friends in fact, he recently sent me some new amplifiers that he designed, and a guitar.
“So I’m always interested in hearing what he’s doing. And I just love Eddie to death; I mean, he got me playing again. In the ’70s I had stopped playing when I went to rehab, and he was the first guy I saw that really inspired me to start up again.”
by Steve Newton on December 23rd, 2020 at 3:00 PM 1 of 5 2 of 5
Looking back on 2020, the year of COVID-19, the worst thing about it was obviously the loss of life. While I m writing this the worldwide death toll is 1,663,097. While you re reading it it s undoubtedly much, much higher. Don t bother checking. It s too depressing.
Then there s the whole economic catastrophe that the pandemic has caused. Billions and billions of dollars lost. Maybe trillions. Countless businesses destroyed and jobs lost. All in all, not a lotta fun on the financial front.
Somehow, though, by the grace of god or whoever s in charge, the lucky among us survived. I managed to avoid contracting the disease, and whether having that catchy old Bee Gees tune Stayin Alive stuck in my head 24/7 helped or not, who s to know.
by Charlie Smith on December 18th, 2020 at 7:52 AM 1 of 1 2 of 1
Earlier this year, we at the
Georgia Straight dubbed Dr. Bonnie Henry as B.C. s Great Communicator.
And early next year, the provincial health officer will demonstrate those communications skills again in a new book cowritten with her sister Lynn Henry.
On March 9, Penguin Random House will release Be Kind, Be Calm, Be Safe: Four Weeks That Shaped a Pandemic.
Lynn Henry is publishing director of Knopf Canada, which is part of Penguin Random House Canada.
The title is derived from Dr. Henry s tag line at her daily media briefings on COVID-19. Her last book was
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