Published in the Kitchener-Waterloo Record on January 23, 1998 By Nick Krewen For nine years, Seattle’s Jim Rose has been touring his “Circus Of The Scars” around the world. Barnum and Bailey it’s not. The Jim Rose Circus doesn’t ride elephants or swing on trapezes, and if you’re looking for three rings you’ll more than likely find them attached to the sensitive portions of a troupe member’s anatomy….
PUBLISHED IN THE TORONTO STAR ON JANUARY 30, 1997 Nerf Herder Makes A Career Of Taunting Van Halen’s Ex-Singer By Nick Krewen Toronto Star January 30, 1997 “Is this what you wanted, Sammy Hagar? Sammy Hagar, is this what you wanted? Dave lost his hairline, but you lost your cool, buddy. Can’t Drive 55, I’ll never buy your lousy records again. Never again.” –from “Van Halen,”…
NICK KREWEN The Hamilton Spectator March 30, 1995 Al Yankovic is a lonely guy. No wonder he’s turned Weird. Who’d expect an individual with an enviable collection of loud Hawaiian shirts and a pathetically sick sense of humor to be the musical equivalent of the Maytag repairman? Who’d figure that a guy who uses the accordion to provide such parodies of public pleasure as Jurassic Park — a claymation…
By Nick Krewen The Spectator February 6, 1992 Richard Fairbrass is too sexy for this interview. The 31-year-old vocalist of British dance music sensation Right Said Fred is also too sexy for Milan and too sexy for his shirt. He’s even too sexy for his car. He says so — in his band’s monumental hit, “I’m Too Sexy.” With its palpitating disco rhythm and campy lyrics, the song skyrocketed…
