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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 500 of my audio interviews with rock legends since 1982 on my Patreon page: www.patreon.com/c/earofnewt

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"Saw Six is the sixth Saw I've seen": my original reviews of every Saw movie, 2004-2010 & 2017 As the designated horror reviewer for the Georgia Straight since the early '80s, it was my journalistic duty to cover all the Saw flicks.

special for Halloween, here's my original reviews of all the Saw films, except for the last couple, which sucked anyway

31.10.2025 23:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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happy Halloween to British horror king Clive Barker, who didn't mind posing with me, even when I had a perm

31.10.2025 23:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy #Halloween to you too, #RobertEnglund

And congrats on getting that star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame!

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31.10.2025 22:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Vancouver bug wrangler Brad McDonald loves cockroaches, fears babies β€œThe most [cockroaches] we’ve used so far is 200, but I’ve heard today we’re gonna have 300 out for a scene, so that’s a fair chunka bugs.”

25 years ago I wrote a feature story on #Vancouver bug wrangler #BradMcDonald for #Halloween

@fangoria.bsky.social #TheFrightStuff #HorrorInVancouver #TheyNest

31.10.2025 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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That time Autograph guitarist Steve Lynch told me about the crazy times touring with Van Halen Back in 1985 I interviewed Autograph guitarist Steve Lynch because his band was opening act on Motley Crue's Theatre of Pain tour.

40 years ago today Autograph guitarist Steve Lynch called me from a tour stop in Milwaukee and told me that Van Halen used to leave him the brown M&Ms

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31.10.2025 01:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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my list of cool stuff to do in Vancouver this weekend

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30.10.2025 22:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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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29.10.2025 20:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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my list of cool concerts to see in Vancouver next month

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28.10.2025 23:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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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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good to hear!

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my list of cool stuff to do in Vancouver this week

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26.10.2025 20:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dave Faulkner of Hoodoo Gurus, October 25, 1985 | Ear of Newt Get more from Ear of Newt on Patreon

40 years ago today I called up Dave Faulkner of the Hoodoo Gurus down in L.A. where the Australian band was touring behind its Mars Needs Guitars album

26.10.2025 05:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Neil Osborne of 54β€’40, July 21, 2003 | Ear of Newt Get more from Ear of Newt on Patreon

just posted the full audio of my 2003 interview with Neil Osborne of 54-40, for all you 54-40 fans out there

26.10.2025 04:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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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25.10.2025 21:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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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25.10.2025 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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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24.10.2025 23:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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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20 years ago today Judas Priest played Vancouver's Pacific Coliseum so I took my buddy Scott Vye 'cause he wanted a t-shirt

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24.10.2025 04:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Iron Maiden announces world tour with Megadeth and Anthrax, but Vancouver's not included (yet) Nothing says heavy-metal at Halloween like Iron Maiden's mascot Eddie the Head comin' at ya with a fearsome grimace.

Nothing says heavy-metal at Halloween like Iron Maiden's mascot Eddie comin' at ya with a fearsome grimace, taloned fingers reaching out, and a blood-drenched hatchet ready to cave in your skull.

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24.10.2025 00:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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my list of cool stuff to do in #Vancouver this weekend

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23.10.2025 20:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rich Hope of John Ford, April 21, 2003 | Ear of Newt Get more from Ear of Newt on Patreon

just posted the full audio of my 2003 interview with Vancouver rocker Rich Hope of the band John Ford

Those guys kicked ass!

@lachinga.bsky.social #RichHope #VancouverRock

22.10.2025 22:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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remembering guitar great Leslie West, born on this day in 1945 in Queens, New York

Here's what he told me about Ozzy Osbourne back in 2002

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22.10.2025 21:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Steve Clark of Def Leppard, June 6, 1988 | Ear of Newt Get more from Ear of Newt on Patreon

14 minutes on the phone with #DefLeppard guitarist #SteveClark during the #Hysteria tour

If you enjoy this, please consider subscribing to hear over 500 other uncut, one-on-one interviews I did with rockers since 1982

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22.10.2025 07:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Shannon Hoon of Blind Melon, December 16, 1992 | Ear of Newt Get more from Ear of Newt on Patreon

remembering Shannon Hoon from Blind Melon, who passed away 30 years ago today

21.10.2025 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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happy 84th birthday to guitar legend Steve Cropper, who I was totally psyched to interview back in 2019

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just posted the first article I ever wrote during my 13-year run as the Vancouver correspondent for Fangoria Magazine

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20.10.2025 23:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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good news for Vancouver Rush freaks

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20.10.2025 22:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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here's some horror for ya

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19.10.2025 23:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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my list of cool stuff to do in Vancouver this week

Still looking for an exclusive sponsor of these twice-weekly posts if anybody's interested

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19.10.2025 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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remembering Chuck Berry, born on this day in 1926 in St. Louis, Missouri. Here's what I wrote when he passed away in 2017:

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