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Classic Paste: The Best of Issues 1-10 (2002-2004)

By Steve LaBate on 2:05 AM on May 15, 2009

(JUST A FEW MORE REASONS TO HELP SAVE PASTE)In a little more than two weeks, I'll celebrate my 6th anniversary at this magazine. When I started as Paste's second-ever intern on June 1, 2003, we were still a tiny operation. Only five of us were in the office full-time: publisher Nick Purdy, editor Josh Jackson, assistant editor Jason Killingsworth, myself (who would go on to become associate editor) and my intern cohort, Steven Bevilaqua. Other important folks—like senior/film editor and future Paste president Tim Porter, design director José Reyes, and future associate publisher Joe Kirk—were working part-time, since Paste couldn't...  read more

Found in: Blogs, List of the Day

10 Best Canadian Musical Acts of All Time

By Josh Jackson on 12:20 AM on November 24, 2008

I spent most of last week in Montreal, and I’ll soon be blogging about Schwartz’s, poutine, graffiti, an amazing beer bar and, most importantly, the M for Montreal festival. But before looking at the next great artists coming out of Canada, I’d like to give a run down of my Top 10 Canadian musical acts of all time (including bands made up primarily of Canadians). For a country of only 33 million people, our Northern neighbors have had an enormous impact on popular music. Even the list of great Canadian musicians who didn’t make my Top 10 (Barenaked Ladies, Feist,...  read more

Found in: Blogs, List of the Day

20 Signs of Life From 2003

By Brian Quincy Newcomb on 12:00 AM on January 16, 2004

Canadian singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn has been steadily producing intelligent folk music for 33 years by staying open to the idea that life is a renewable resource. Which doesn’t make Cockburn particularly optimistic on this year’s, You’ve Never Seen Everything, at times a difficult look at “All Our Dark Tomorrows.” The blighted injustice of “Trickle Down” economics, and memories of human atrocities in “Postcards From Cambodia,” recall Cockburn’s '80s political treatises, like “Call it Democracy.” Musically, Seen Everything, like '99’s Breakfast in New Orleans explores the many strengths of Cockburn’s work: his excellent guitar playing, his smart sense of melody, a...  read more

Found in: Music, Features

Bruce Cockburn Accompanies Delegation To Iraq

By Paste Staff on 12:00 AM on January 12, 2004

Today, Detroit, Mich. area Bishop Thomas Gumbleton will lead a delegation on a humanitarian fact-finding mission to Iraq. Among the group members are singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn, photojournalist Linda Panetta and physician’s assistant Johanna Berrigan. Catholic Relief Services and the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Baghdad, will assist in coordinating activities for the group. The trip will include visits to hospitals, schools, orphanages and encampments for those displaced by the war. Each of the delegates, with the exception of Cockburn, traveled to Iraq just prior to the US invasion last March. The group hopes to trek to many of the areas...  read more

Found in: Music, News

Bruce Cockburn

By Andy Whitman on 12:00 AM on June 30, 2003

Like the rest of the world, Bruce Cockburn is pensive these days. Confronted with the sight of tanks rolling through the streets of Baghdad...  read more

Found in: Music, Features