Steve Newton
earofnewt.bsky.social
Steve Newton
@earofnewt.bsky.social
freelance music-writer and journalist for 40+ years; author of the 2018 beer-table book Gord Downie; owner of the website earofnewt.com; check out over 600 of my audio interviews with rock legends since 1982 on my Patreon page: www.patreon.com/c/earofnewt
my list of cool stuff to do in #Vancouver this weekend

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November 21, 2025 at 3:10 AM
November 21, 2025 at 2:37 AM
anybody wanna hear one of Vancouver's best-ever bands, Odds, in concert circa 1991?

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November 21, 2025 at 1:02 AM
happy 75th birthday to #RudySarzo, who once told me how he really felt about #OzzyOsbourne and #RandyRhoads
November 19, 2025 at 3:30 AM
on this day in 1991 #TomPetty and the Heartbreakers played the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, and all was well with the world

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November 19, 2025 at 2:36 AM
40 years ago today #Helix frontman #BrianVollmer called me up from Toronto and we talked about heavy metal and stuff

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November 19, 2025 at 1:56 AM
my list of cool stuff to do in #Vancouver this week

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November 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
shocked and saddened to hear that American singer-songwriter #ToddSnider has died at the age of 59

I was lucky to have interviewed him once

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November 16, 2025 at 11:13 PM
on this day in 1984 the Jackson's played Vancouver's BC Place Stadium on the Victory Tour, and fans shelled out a whopping $40 to see it

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November 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
the World War I Canadian Army belt of my maternal grandfather, Daniel Q. Calvert. I also had two uncles--Cyril (pictured) and Baz, the Newton boys from Belfast--who flew RAF bombing runs into Germany during World War II. One of the Newton boys, Lyle, died during training exercises

Lest we forget
November 12, 2025 at 1:26 AM
happy 72nd birthday to #MarshallCrenshaw, one of the most underappreciated pop-rock singer-songwriters ever

It was an honour to interview him back in 2013

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November 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
lookee what my wife made at work!

Who says I’m the only talented one in the family?
November 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
remembering Emerson, Lake & Palmer's Greg Lake, born on this day in 1947 in Poole, England. Back in 1992 I got flown out from Vancouver to Montreal to interview him, so that was cool

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November 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
just realized that on this day in 1998 I interviewed Warren Haynes of Gov't Mule, Dave Wyndorf of Monster Magnet, and Rob Zombie. Not bad work, if I do say so myself. (You can hear all three interviews--and over 600 more--on my Patreon page.)

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November 7, 2025 at 6:30 AM
happy Halloween to British horror king Clive Barker, who didn't mind posing with me, even when I had a perm
October 31, 2025 at 11:12 PM
October 31, 2025 at 10:58 PM
remembering guitar great Peter Green, born on this day in 1946 in London, England

Here's what his former bandmate Mick Fleetwood told me about him:

"He was the guy."

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October 29, 2025 at 8:59 PM
happy 72nd birthday to B-52s guitarist Keith Strickland, who once told me that the Cramps' Lux Interior got them to release "Rock Lobster" as a single

"It was like nothing else out there."

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October 27, 2025 at 2:15 AM
tomorrow It: Welcome to Derry premieres on HBO, so Pennywise the Clown will be back

Here's my exclusive interview with the original Pennywise, Tim Curry, from 1990

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October 25, 2025 at 9:47 PM
just posted my 2000 article on the Vancouver-shot horror flick #Flight180 for the first time

Shortly after publication the film's name was changed to #FinalDestination

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October 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
on this day in 1996 I did the last of my five interviews with #GordDownie

It turned out to be one of the articles I'm most proud of

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October 24, 2025 at 11:47 PM
remembering former #Streetheart vocalist #KennyShields, born on this day in 1947 in Nokomis, Saskatchewan

Back in '83 he told me that John Lennon was his biggest idol

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October 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM