Sylvie Hill

THAT WAS THEN… Part I: The Last Suppers The last time a Carpenter came through my door, he broke my heart and cleared out his furniture, including his most beautiful, real-wood, heavy, dining room table. Nearly black like the colour of my true {ex-} love’s hair, the dining room table was a very rich, espresso-coloured [...]

COURAGE, MY LOVE In sickness, and in health… “I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I’ve bought a big bat, I’m all ready you see, now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!” ~Dr. Seuss Would You Like Your [...]

How To Host a TV Show 3 Writers, Photographers and Tattooers Hard-core, Slow-mo: Andrew Tweedy Secrets of the Artful Self-Promoter

Check out Sylvie’s cover story feature in The Ottawa XPress on Ottawa’s folk scene and the upcoming Canadian Folk Music Awards Gala. 2009 Awards Gala in Ottawa, Ontario The fifth annual Canadian Folk Music awards gala will take place on Saturday, November 21, 2009 at Dominion Chalmers Church, 355 Cooper Street, Ottawa, Ontario (corner of [...]

The Ottawa XPress – October 9, 2008 Different strokes Willis talkin’ about the new, cut Grass The members of East Coast band The Grass have more in common with their ’60s role models than the inventive musical style and eclectic fashions. Add low- or no-paying jobs, commune living and recreational drug use, followed by friction [...]

The Ottawa XPress – September 11, 2008 CALL OF THE WILD: Moose & Pussy: Dirty, gritty, literary The definition of “erotica” has been recycled more times than a cum rag. It’s been cleaned up and academicized to appease prudes, romanticized to placate suburbanites and disguised to mean anything that’s not porn. That’s why you’ll love [...]

The Ottawa XPress – August 14, 2008 THE O-TOWN HOEDOWN: Not Bad Country for Good Men and Women Like a rhinestone cowboy, local gem Greg Harris corrals a star-studded line up for fans and bands alike at the annual O-Town Hoedown Ask people what kind of music they like and what’s the standard reply? Anything [...]

For the current issue of Guerilla Magazine, Sylvie interviews Dan Allaston, tattooist and owner of New Moon Tattoo. He’s been a jack of all trades and a free bird on the open road, he calls himself a procrastinator and a bad employee, but tattoo artist Dan Allaston has combined artistic talent with sound business sense [...]

The Ottawa XPress – March 6, 2008 Private faces, public places Local photographer Ian Flynn McDonald gets up-close and personal with Ottawa’s indie rock scene Ottawa’s indie rockers and their fans are the focus of Indie 613, an exhibit by photographer Ian Flynn McDonald. At one time a perennial fixture on the Ottawa music scene, [...]

In the 2008 March issue of Guerilla Magazine, I team up with Up Front and Tokyo Sex Whale drummer, JP Sadek, to interview Andrew Tweedy from Buried Inside (Relapse Records). We’re looking at how this talented musician goes from creating the most aggressive hardcore music with a band to retreating to create Glass Fingers, a [...]