Tiny Tim

April 12th is Tiny Tim's birthday. He appeared in Vancouver a few times. Here are two ads from UBC's the Ubyssey, 1968.

Papa Bear's Medicine Show, 1968 item

From Simon Fraser University's student newspaper .

The Peak

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/