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Diarrhea, Mechanical Horses, Ghost Taco Bells And More: 10 Sarah Hit Stories

Sarah in Portmeirion, where The Prisoner was filmed.

Sarah in Portmeirion, where The Prisoner was filmed.

Sarah’s first book I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir is being released April 18, 2020.

Below is a small list of other notable pieces she has contributed to various publications around the world:

Dysfunction, Drama, and Diarrhea: The Making of ‘The Magnificent Seven’
Diarrhea comes up in the Risky Fuel household quite often. The throughlines for this being a) Sarah’s Robert Vaughn fandom, b) Vaughn and the rest of the cast having diarrhea on the set of The Magnificent Seven, and c) Sarah finding this really funny.

Requiem for a Small-Town Taco Bell: Welland, Ontario
A Taco Bell in a small town. This impossibly bright beacon would shine forever. But nothing lasts forever.

Depression-Busting Exercise Tips For People Too Depressed To Exercise
Sometimes just doing anything is what counts. This piece was incredibly popular and incredibly valuable when Sarah wrote it a few years ago. It’s probably more valuable right now.

Time Is Running Out for a Beloved Mechanical Horse-Race Game in Vegas
In which Sarah and a billionaire casino owner consider their shared love for a mechanical horse racing game, the last of its kind.

Fire Walked with Me: Living a Real-Life Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks eerily paralleled the crimes of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka in the Niagara region. The impact these crimes had on a 10-year-old girl from the area linger still.

In Memoriam: That Time Daisuke Sasaki Had A Sword
Japanese professional wrestler and troubled dirtbag Daisuke Sasaki won a ceremonial sword in a match. And then a short time later he lost it. It was a journey.

Delta Let Someone Steal My Luggage And All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt
What happened when Sarah’s luggage got stolen at McCarran International Airport.

When the Way You Love Things Is “Too Much”; or: Why I Went to Portmeirion
Reflections on a journey to Portmeirion in North Wales to pay homage in the location where idiosyncratic spy show The Prisoner was filmed.

Nothing Has Prepared Me For The Reality of Womanhood Better Than “Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2”
Sarah was told that films like this exploited young women, but for her it didn’t feel degrading — it felt familiar.

Real Autism
This is the piece that kick-started I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder into existence.

 

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The Strombo Show Features Sarah For Autism Awareness Month

Strombo, isolated.

The spirit of the radio and dang program on the airwaves The Strombo Show had Sarah on the show recently as a kick-off to Autism Awareness Month.

The episode, dubbed the “Self-Isolation Edition” due to host George Stroumboulopoulos doing his mandated 14-day traveler’s quarantine, featured an all-Canadian playlist and a special set recorded with Emily Haines.

To hear Sarah’s interview and/or the whole episode, go HERE.

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Awesome Music Project Uses Feel-Good Stories To Fund Music Therapy

The Awesome Music Project

When the Awesome Music Project Canada: Songs Of Hope And Happiness book was released this fall it had two goals:

a) Share the 111 stories from people across Canada (including famous types like Sarah McLachlan and Theo Fleury) who explained how music deeply affected them.
b) Use money from sales of said book to support music therapy research.

The Awesome Music Project is fast expanding, though, with live events and books in the works.

I spoke to co-creator Terry Stuart about it for Samaritanmag.

To read the interview go here.

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Music Gossiping On The Danko Jones Podcast

Danko Jones podcast

Danko Jones podcast

One of my favourite thing I worked on this year was helping edit international rock ‘n’ roll star Danko Jones’ new book I’ve Got Something To Say.

To help promote said book Danko had me on his long-running podcast in the fall.

We didn’t actually do much “promotion” of the book, but we sure had a time gossiping and light trash talking all sorts of things music.

To listen to this podcast episode go here.

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Bruce Lee Biography Arrives 45 Years After His Death

Bruce Lee in action

Bruce Lee in action

Last month was the 45th anniversary of martial arts action star Bruce Lee’s death.

One of the ways the occasion is being marked is with a thorough biography being released called Bruce Lee: A Life, written by Matthew Polly.

Sarah shed some details on the new book for Asian World Of Martial Arts.

To read them go here.

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