Alice Cooper, 1972

Interviewed by the Georgia Straight for the February 12, 1972 show.

Strawberry festival

Saw a post about the 1970 Strawberry festival east of Mission. Here's a Vancouver Sun report on it:

Eddie Cochran in B.C.

Eddie Cochran would have been 79 yesterday, October 3rd. Two ads from 1959 where he played in White Rock and Burnaby.

remembering Lester Bangs

Lester Bangs, December 14, 1948 – April 30, 1982. An item by and about Lester from the Vancouver Sun, 1977.

Brian Goble, RIP

Local punk rocker Brian Goble passed away in December. He would have been 58 today.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/subhumans-lead-singer-brian-goble-was-a-pioneer-of-vancouver-punk/article22303423/

Red Robinson 60th anniversary

http://blog.redrobinson.com/?p=4676

60 years on air in one way or another. The clipping below is from the September 23, 1977 issue of the Vancouver Sun.

John Entwistle's birthday

An early appearance (1968) by The Who in Vancouver. Happy birthday/RIP John Entwistle, October 9, 1944-June 27, 2002.