Mr Know-It-All – John Waters reflects on his film career, with words of wisdom

posted Thursday, January 14, 2021

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

No one knows more about everything, especially everything rude, clever, and offensively compelling, than John Waters. The man with the pencil-thin mustache, auteur of the transgressive movie classics, Pink Flamingos, Polyester, Hairspray, Cry-Baby, and A Dirty Shame, is one of the world’s great sophisticates. In Mr. Know-It-All he serves it up raw: how to fail upward in Hollywood; how […]

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Outrageous Misfits – a look at the life of Canadian female impersonator, Craig Russel

posted Saturday, December 12, 2020

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

Craig Russell was an internationally admired entertainer and actor, known for his outrageous impersonations of some of Hollywood’s greatest female celebrities: Mae West, Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler, Carol Channing, and Judy Garland, to name a few. Lori Russell Eadie, a shy theatre lover, was Craig’s No. 1 fan and, eventually, his wife. Together they were […]

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The Happy Hypersexual – exploring solosexuality during pandemic times

posted Friday, December 11, 2020

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

In The Happy Hypersexual, Jason Armstrong explores emerging sexual identities that shape his and others mens’ worlds. With his trademark honesty and candour, Jason teaches us about pornosexuality, autosexuality, hypersexuality and the chronically addicted masturbator and how they all fit into our new world condition. Nearly overnight, the COVID-19 lockdown impacted the men who identify […]

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Any Night of the Week – a look at how Toronto became a hub for musicians

posted Tuesday, December 8, 2020

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

There are plenty of city-specific music books and plenty of books about DIY music, but Any Night of the Week might be the first about a city-specific DIY scene. That’s no small task, yet Jonny Dovercourt, best known as co-founder of long-running Toronto concert series Wavelength, deftly weaves a narrative across genres and decades, illuminating how Toronto arrived […]

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I Am Michael Alago – Breathing Music. Signing Metallica. Beating Death.

posted Sunday, November 15, 2020

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

Record label executive, photographer, and author, Michael Alago takes readers through this amazing journey that is his life. Alago grew up in Brooklyn, New York, in a large, spirited, and devoted Puerto Rican family. Through his early passion for music, art, theater, and photography, he soon found himself rubbing elbows with many downtown NYC scene […]

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The Meaning of Mariah Carey – book delves into memories, mishaps, and more

posted Sunday, November 15, 2020

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

Many fans have been waiting for this new reveal-all book from the singing diva. It’s quickly become a bestseller, and both critics and readers alike are giving it praise for its human honesty. Here’s what Mariah had to say about putting this together…. “It took me a lifetime to have the courage and the clarity […]

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Stoop City – Kristyn Dunnion’s latest delve into queer sensibilities

posted Thursday, November 12, 2020

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

Welcome to Stoop City, where your neighbours include a condo-destroying cat, a teen queen beset by Catholic guilt, and an emergency clinic staffed entirely by lovelorn skeptics. Couples counseling with Marzana, her girlfriend’s ghost, might not be enough to resolve past indiscretions; our heroine could need a death goddess ritual or two. Plus, Hoofy’s not sure if his […]

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Memphis Mayhem – a comprehensive look at how race and music merged

posted Wednesday, November 11, 2020

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

Memphis gave birth to music that changed the world — Memphis Mayhem is a fascinating history of how music and culture collided to change the state of music forever. Not only is Memphis dubbed Home of the Blues, but it’s also known as the Birthplace of Rock ‘n Roll.  Memphis Mayhem weaves the tale of the racial collision […]

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Never Turn Your Back on the Tide – a tell all memoir not afraid to name drop

posted Tuesday, November 10, 2020

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

First thing to note about this novel is the title has an additional subtitle, “How I Married a Lying Psychopathic Wannabe-Murderer and Kinda Lived to Tell“. Imagine thinking you had the ideal life. The perfect partner, on whom you relied and trusted. An infant child, newly adopted. Then one day, quite suddenly, the life you’ve […]

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Lion’s Head Revisited – PI Dan Sharp returns with another mysterious tale

posted Tuesday, November 3, 2020

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

Lion’s Head Revisited is the latest release in the Dan Sharp Murder Mystery Series. When a four-year-old autistic boy disappears on a camping trip, his mother is reluctant to involve the police. Instead, she calls in private investigator Dan Sharp after a ransom demand arrives. On investigating, Dan learns there are plenty of people who […]

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