As a kid living on the Canadian prairies, Rolling Stone was my bible. I started reading the magazine — then a newsprint tabloid without staples — when I was 12 years old. Through the years, through the magazine, I learned about culture, counterculture and pop culture, politics, protest, human rights, intellectual debate and, of course, music. Music […]

As natural as it may be, or as untimely as it may seem, the death of a loved one is the most difficult experience we encounter in our lives. It is never easy. A life has ended. Relationships, whether family or friend, are built over time. We build our lives around other people. It is […]

It took the recent death of Steely Dan co-founder Walter Becker to remind me how public grief is no longer a slow process. It’s instant, like fast food; digested incautiously and no longer savoured. Grief. We put it out there on social media, like what we eat, how we love (or hate), or vote, as […]