April 23, 2010

Nadia G: All Up in your Grill


Short interview with Bitchin' Kitchen's Nadia G.

Published on Nightlife, April 21, 2010.

April 12, 2010

Love is a Ballad that Eviscerates


A narrative review of a selection of solo performances given by Diamanda Galás.

Published by Empty Mirror Books, March 20, 2010.

Swan Song of a Queer Decade


Ruminations on my favourite moments in queer sound from the past decade.

Published on Xtra.ca, January 21, 2010.

Haunted Hillbilly comes alive on stage


Theatre review of the Sidemart Theatrical Grocery production The Haunted Hillbilly.

Published on Xtra.ca, December 8, 2009.

Lickety Split readies its eight volume of pansexual smut


Interview with Sarah Beall, editor of Montreal pansexual smut zine Lickety Split.

Published on Xtra.ca, January 15, 2010.

Our dark materials: inside The Haunted Hillbilly


Book review of Derek McCormack's The Haunted Hillbilly.

Published on Xtra.ca, December 2, 2009.

Hauntingly Familiar: Stevie Nicks is following me


An essay about how Stevie Nicks, her classic Landslide, and thoughts on what makes a song attain perfection.

Published on Xtra.ca, November 27, 2009.

Sarah Schulman discusses homophobia, family, and her new book Ties that Bind


Interview with American author and playwright Sarah Schulman about her newest work of non-fiction Ties That Bind: Familial Homophobia and its Consequences.

Published on Xtra.ca, October 28, 2009.

My body is a Mix Tape


A eulogy for cassette tapes, mix makers, and a way of listening to music.

Published on Xtra.ca, October 28, 2009.

George Michael is an Aphrodisiac


A confession about the erotic potential of music, in this case, the music of George Michael.

Published on Xtra.ca, October 2, 2009.

Diamanda Galás brings her songs of exile to Montreal


An interview with the legendary musician Diamanda Galás, on the eve of her first show in Montreal over two decades.

Published in Xtra.ca, September 27, 2009.

Homo Sonic: Introduction to a Diva


The first column of Homo Sonic.

Published on Xtra.ca, September 7, 2009.

The Signal is Jammed: A Confession


An essay exploring the relationship between sound and desire.

Published in the Lambda Literary Award finalist I Like It Like That, Arsenal Pulp Press, Vancouver BC.
September 2009

Chick Lit is a Death Sentence

An editorial about why I find the term and genre "Chick Lit" to be so pernicious.

Published on Cliteraturejournal.com, Volume 12, June 2009.

The Queer Voice of Antony and the Johnsons

An essay about the voice of Antony Hegarty.

Essay published in Subversions: Journal of Gender and Sexuality, vol. 5/Spring 2009.

My Body is a Mix Tape: Music and Desire in the Sound Sex Project

This is the written component of my Master's Thesis Project in the Media Studies program at Concordia University in Montreal. It focuses on two distinct parts. The first is the Sound Sex Project (www.soundsexproject.blogspot.com), which was the germ of this thesis. The second half of the writing focuses on my practice of mix tape making, and the performative aspect of creating and giving away mix tapes as art objects.

Thesis completed August 2008.

An Ode to Sarah Connor: The Cyborg Has Failed


Thoughts on the feminist potential of the Sarah Connors character in the film Terminator 2: Judgement Day.

This essay was written for the "Beyond Human" theme of Lickety Split #7.

Published by Lickety Split, November 2008.

Electric Blue Aural Body


This essay was the inspiration behind the more fleshed-out version featured in the Arsenal Pulp Press anthology I Like It Like That.

Essay published in Lickety Split #7
2008
Winner of Montreal Expozine Best Zine 2009 Award

Book review of Elizabeth Hinkle-Turner’s Women Composers and Music Technology in the United States

A book review of Elizabeth Hinkle-Turner’s Women Composers and Music Technology in the United States.

Published in Intersections/Canadian Journal of Music, 26/2, 2006.