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Island FanCon 2024 Event Poster

Introducing Island FanCon

Lonnie Eckardt is the showrunner behind Island FanCon, an inaugural event taking place this spring, in Langford, BC, the gateway to the rest of Vancouver Island.
Ed Sum
Technophile, Pop Culture Addict, Lover of Egyptian Antiquity and Paranormal Enthusiast
AUM Interview - Jane Reading a Galaxy Magazine

[Interview] Zach Lorkiewicz and Brinke Stevens on “The Night Jane Went Insane”

In The Night Jane Went Insane, Brinke Stevens played a character that she described as a role made in heaven in this interview.
Ed Sum
Technophile, Pop Culture Addict, Lover of Egyptian Antiquity and Paranormal Enthusiast

Voivod 40th Anniversary Album Morgöth Tales Launch

Canadian sci-fi metal innovators VOIVOD are celebrating 40 eventful years of existence in 2023 and therefore announced a special Anniversary studio album entitled Morgöth Tales, to be released on July 21st, 2023 via Century Media Records.
Ira Hunter
Creator, Editor in Chief, Writer
Swear Jar

The Deets on Swear Jar’s Second Album and Where to Hear It!

Swear Jar has teamed up with Early Onset Records, a new non-profit record label (also based in Vancouver), to release this follow up album.
Ed Sum
Technophile, Pop Culture Addict, Lover of Egyptian Antiquity and Paranormal Enthusiast

The Jackets “Misery of Man” Single and Feb/March Tour Dates

December 2022 saw the announcement of Wild Noise Records and its debut vinyl release from The Jackets with the single “Pie In The Sky.”
Ed Sum
Technophile, Pop Culture Addict, Lover of Egyptian Antiquity and Paranormal Enthusiast
Dead Quiet

All Is Not Dead Quiet With Their New Single, “The Hanging Man.”

Kevin Keegan says, “This song is about having to be the punching bag for other people’s struggles. Not being able to take responsibility for one’s own actions and turning those around you into scapegoats.”
Ed Sum
Technophile, Pop Culture Addict, Lover of Egyptian Antiquity and Paranormal Enthusiast