Just looking at the calendar at the @foxcabaret.bsky.social on Saturday Sept 27th —quite a mashup that evening apparently: “It’s going to be a bumpy night, m’fuckah…”

Some great words & people found at @wordvancouver.bsky.social Great to meet Gary Jones who hosted @wongski.bsky.social & I on our books about #Vancouver music and venues. …And honoured to moderate a discussion w/ #scottalexanderhoward & @jensookfonglee.bsky.social on their new books!

Blue skies + Literature? Heck yeah!

I feel rather honoured to be echoi’ing on the streets of Montreal before the Pogues show there tonight!

Tune into @globalnews.ca BC tonight at the end of the news hour with #SquireBarnes—we’ll be talking about some #VancouverHistory in years past and the #westend crime history tours I did this summer in connection with my book #VancouverVice. You’ll be fascknated!

Amazing Blood Moon tonight. The world may be a tough place out there these days but one can still comfort oneself in nature’s wonder.

I’m off to the west side and Old Hastings Mill Museum— where we used to joke as Kerrisdale kids, that East Vancouver began at Alma Street!

Vancouver's Old Hastings Mill Museum to host a talk on the city's restaurants, past and present, this weekend. @theaaronchapman.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/09/05/v...

For you Stones fans.

I don’t think Giuliani wants a Presidential Medal of Freedom. He want’s a check to pay his bills.

From @robertyoungpelton.bsky.social “we used to call this Cream of Mushroom Thighs”.

Vancouver friends - i’m hosting a West End Crime History walking tour Saturday August 30th. We cover still unsolved homicides, the era of “Hookers on Davie”, illegal gambling, pornography raids, & some largely forgotten incidents like the West End sniper. Visit forbiddenvancouver.ca/vancouver-vi...

Maybe there’s still Hope?

New exhibit at the Smithsonian.

I have a small overstock of copies of #TheLastGanginTownBook to sell: $25 apiece & it comes with a free poster signed by Danny “Mouse” Williamson & Bradley Bennett from the Clark Park Gang. I’ll sign too if you want me to. Pick one more of my books and we’ll call it $40 even. #VancouverHistory

I showed this to a person in their early 20s, and they had no idea whatsoever what it was. I told them it was something that used to be called a “marital aid” back in the day, and thought i’d just leave it at that. They were even more confused.

The Scots might have minced pies, but they’ve never minced words.

Thanks to a bit of a fruit-fly outbreak at the Chapman Estates this weekend, I’m re-reading I Caught Flies for Howard Hughes—one of the odder tell-all’s that appeared after Hughes’ death. The task/book requires some chemical weapons backup & home made flytraps to fully enjoy.

5 music videos you (probably) didn't know featured Vancouver

He likes hot dogs.

Recently, my book THEY CALLED US ENEMY was banned – again – in Tennessee. Book bans are out of control. Huge parts of American history are being restricted. To join me in standing up for the freedom to read, go to pen.org/action. @penamerica.bsky.social @topshelfcomix.bsky.social @idwpublishing.com

I went by myself to catch the late screening of @28yearslater.bsky.social tonight in #VancouverBC. When I walked out of the cinema at midnight, I thought I’d walked into the film. All of Burrard Street from the bridge to Broadway completely empty. No cars. No people! Not a living soul around!

With no pennies in Canada, and times tight. Nobody is throwing nickels and dimes into fountains in #Vancouver. Either that, or people are scooping them up to pay the rent.

My @nufctrust.bsky.social “Bag for Life” I bought at St. James Park in 2017 has seen better days. Still ten years is a good run. I guess it’s high time I toss it, get a new one, or pursue litigation against Mike Ashley for False Advertising.

Remember it’s pronounced Zed not Zee. Happy Canada Day, my friends.

I know some people who grew up always wanting to anger and disappoint their parents. They got into rock and roll. Others went to Arts School or joined the army. They’ve got nothing on Jack Letts. youtu.be/HmXad5lnE_Q?...

Forbidden Vancouver is known for its award-winning, themed, guided local tours, and once a year they host The Last Gang in Town Tour in East Van hosted by @theaaronchapman.bsky.social 🎟️ I have tickets to give away:

In Port Moody this morning to meet Peter Smith—a longtime Canadian film veteran whose Asst Camera credits go back to Little Big Man, and McCabe & Mrs. Miller—a film I have a rather personal connection to. I spoke with him about the late #Vancouver photog Toby Rankin Great to chat. Thank you Peter.

I'm glad the LA Kings didn't make the Stanley Cup finals, because today would be awkward.

Are people who wear Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s ball caps and who don’t fish the New Posers?

I have some #VancouverHistory walking tours based on my #Vancouver books #TheLastGanginTown, #LiquorLustandTheLaw & #VancouverVice coming up. I invite you to join me East Van, Seymour Street & the West End for some city stories you have never heard. forbiddenvancouver.ca/special-events…

I have some #VancouverHistory walking tours based on my #Vancouver books #TheLastGanginTown, #LiquorLustandTheLaw & #VancouverVice coming up. I invite you to join me East Van, Seymour Street & the West End for some city stories you have never heard. forbiddenvancouver.ca/special-events…

But that being said. Yo musk and Trump, ya got anymore of them tweets?

I’m at the #ToonArmyVancouver supporters gathering for the last @newcastleunited.com match of the #PremierLeague of the season. A good 40 magpie supporters here. But the crowd is a bit quiet after that Everton goal… #grim

Tonight at 10pm Pacific on @sportsnet650.bsky.social of the Chat Room with #JoeLeary, #DannyFilippone & myself With guests #WalterCosman from the #VancouverCanadians plus legendary broadcaster #DavidPratt, music guest Barry Greenfield and a lot more! Tune in!

To some of us Americans, it looks exactly like that too.

UP NOW on the RECORD STORE DAY PODCAST Guitarist MARC RIBOT talks about his new album Map Of A Blue City, working with Hal Willner, and why Tom Waits is such a great bandleader. The Record Store Day Podcast with Paul Myers! Wherever you get your podcasts or: bit.ly/RSDPODCAST

It always mystifies me that any friends I have that work in law enforcement support Donald Trump. History will not be kind to these people. It isn’t already.

Happy Victoria Day from a warm day in #Vancouver.

Just when you thought it couldn't possibly get any worse.

“The great thing about these buildings: some of them have been there for over 100 years. They’re still there. We can do something about it.” 🏙

The Clark Park Gang returns to #ClarkPark on July 13th. I hope you can make it and hear from some of the people who lived it, about one of the wildest chapters in East #VancouverHistory forbiddenvancouver.ca/special-even...

You may never have considered the rock history of the #Vancouver Police Museum - but Images in Vogue shot their iconic video for #LustForLove there in 1983– directed by Doug Bennett of Doug and The Slugs! #VancouverHistory youtu.be/QBYtYFWXdm8?...

Sound familiar?

Never let Earl Scheib do your makeup

Now at backgroundbriefing.org | Frank Vogl - The Unprecedented Monetizing of the Oval Office by the Most Corrupt President in US History | @willbunch.bsky.social - How the Trump Mafia Family's Extortion Can be Stopped | Laurence Rees - Understanding the Nazi Mind and How it Applies to Trump

My third book! I’m sorry I bought the only copy at Book Warehouse in #Vancouver because my author copies haven’t arrived yet and I have two book events this week 😅 Please order it online (print or digital version) if you’d like to get the most out of Bluesky or help others learn 🦋 #Booksky