Payback Time

Run-of-the-mill rawk review ruffles a Hopeless Bonito

By Gregory Adams | January 18, 2012
You force the music section to referee a steel-cage death match between Elton John and Madonna, and we reward you with a Payback Time T-shirt and two tickets to a Live Nation club show of your choice taking place in Vancouver within the next four weeks. Here’s this week’s winning whinge.
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Guns N’ Roses N' Snoozes

By Kristi Alexandra | January 4, 2012
You force the music section to wear Axl Rose’s fur-coat-and-biker-shorts outfit, and we reward you with a Payback Time T-shirt and two tickets to a Live Nation club show of your choice taking place in Vancouver within the next four weeks. Here’s this week’s winning whinge.
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You ask why we missed an awesome show, we respond with esoteric questions

By Mike Usinger | December 15, 2011
You force the music section to listen to Scott Weiland’s Christmas record, and we reward you with a Payback Time T-shirt and two tickets to a Live Nation club show of your choice taking place in Vancouver within the next four weeks. Here’s this week’s winning whine.
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Pre-teens care what adult Selena Gomez nonfans says about their pop music idols

By Mike Usinger | November 9, 2011
You force the music section to get horrid pop troll Avril Lavigne an ice pack, and we reward you with a Payback Time T-shirt and two tickets to a Live Nation club show of your choice taking place in Vancouver within the next four weeks. Here’s this week’s winning whinge.
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Blinded by the light; revved up like a douche, another ranter in the night

By Rebecca Blissett | September 1, 2011
You stick the music section in bed with Sinéad O’Connor, and we reward you with a Payback Time T-shirt and two tickets to a Live Nation club show of your choice taking place in Vancouver within the next four weeks. Here’s this week’s winning whinge.
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Your coverage of Shad is egregious and I will use big words to make my point

By Mike Usinger | August 24, 2011
You force the music section to open Christie Blatchford’s mail, and we reward you with a Payback Time T-shirt and two tickets to a Live Nation club show of your choice taking place in Vancouver within the next four weeks. Here’s this week’s winning whine.

Why are you reviewing Adele when the Wiggles are playing?

By Mike Usinger | August 17, 2011
You force the music section to roadie for Raffi, and we reward you with a Payback Time T-shirt and two tickets to a Live Nation club show of your choice taking place in Vancouver within the next four weeks. Here’s this week’s winning whinge.
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Progressive-postpop label doesn't sit well with post-Payback Time curmudgeon

By Mike Usinger | August 10, 2011
You hire the music section to coach the Vancouver Whitecaps, and we reward you with a Payback Time T-shirt and two tickets to a Live Nation club show of your choice taking place in Vancouver within the next four weeks. Here’s this week’s winning whine.

Can you write about Rush without mentioning John Rutsey?

By Steve Newton | June 29, 2011
You remind the music section it's no longer 1974, and we reward you with a Payback Time T-shirt and two tickets to a Live Nation club show of your choice taking place in Vancouver within the next four weeks. Here’s this week’s winning whine.
During the Stanley Cup finals, Payback Time gets a little more awesome

During the Stanley Cup finals, Payback Time gets a little more awesome

By Mike Usinger | June 1, 2011
You disable the mute button on the music section’s TV remote, and we reward you with a Payback Time T-shirt and two tickets to a Live Nation club show of your choice taking place in Vancouver within the next four weeks. Here’s this week’s winning whine.

Kid Rock's penchant for rednecked, pop-can shootin’, straw-flossin’ misogyny is totally obvious

By Kristi Alexandra | May 25, 2011
You invite Craig Simpson to cohost the music section’s new radio show, and we reward you with a Payback Time T-shirt and two tickets to a Live Nation club show of your choice taking place in Vancouver within the next four weeks. Here’s this week’s winning whine.
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Maybe dropping "slut bomb" in that concert review was a bad idea

By Adrian Mack | May 18, 2011
You hire Arnold Schwarzenegger to work out the music section’s marriage problems, and we reward you with a Payback Time T-shirt and two tickets to a Live Nation club show of your choice taking place in Vancouver within the next four weeks. Here’s this week’s winning whinge.
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Who actually came to the Lil Wayne concert for Rick Ross?

By John Lucas | May 11, 2011
You hire Nicki Minaj to be the music section’s wardrobe consultant, and we reward you with a Payback Time T-shirt and two tickets to a Live Nation club show of your choice taking place in Vancouver within the next four weeks. Here’s this week’s winning whinge.
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Spirits have been up during Mike Usinger's vacation

By Mike Usinger | April 14, 2011
You invite Craig Simpson to the music section’s Silence Is Golden Buddhist retreat, and we reward you with a Payback Time T-shirt and two tickets to a Live Nation club show of your choice taking place in Vancouver within the next four weeks. Here’s this week’s winning whinge.
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Look to the bottom of the toilet and you just might find a drawing of a 'perfect pencil'

By John Lucas | March 17, 2011
You force the music section to listen to “Mimi on the Beach” on endless repeat, and we reward you with a Payback Time T-shirt and two tickets to a Live Nation club show of your choice taking place in Vancouver within the next four weeks. Here’s this week’s winning whinge.