Avant-garde

Jim Rose: Circus of the Scars

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….


Rasputina Under the Cello Tree

Nick Krewen Hamilton Spectator May 1, 1997     You wouldn’t think that playing the cello for a living could be too dangerous. Then again, you haven’t opened for Marilyn Manson. Rasputina‘s Melora Creager has endured her share of war wounds. “I had a lump on my forehead from something that was thrown at the stage, and I got hit in the eye with a penny,” states the 30-year-old singer,…


Nash The Slash: Gauze and effects

PUBLISHED IN THE KITCHENER-WATERLOO RECORD ( AND THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR) on January 25, 1997   By Nick Krewen Nash The Slash is the ultimate Canadian cover artist. Whenever he’s performed in public, the Toronto-based electronic musician has been an intriguing sight, dressed in a top hat, sunglasses and swathed head to toe in bandages. Now celebrating his 20th year in the public eye, this chic version of The Invisible Singing…