Grant Lawrence Superfeed

Handy Candy shows a physical will and sheer determination to get to her cabin that has possibly never been seen before or since in Desolation Sound. 

Handy Candy continues to improve "Camp Candy", and sees opportunities for other neighbouring properties to clean up as well, believing strongly that "how things look matters." Some neighbours don't take kindly to Candy's unsolicited opinions.

Handy Candy rents a broken down cabin in Desolation Sound which she discovers is already occupied.

Handy Candy decides it's time to buy a lot in Desolation Sound, but her husband Bob has other plans, which comes as a shock.

Handy Candy and her husband Bob discover the ultimate sea kayaking campsite in Desolation Sound, so good that it would remain their driftwood camping kingdom for 14 straight summers. Where is it? Have a listen. 

Handy Candy and her newlywed husband Bob make their first-ever trip to Desolation Sound, in a double yellow kayak. On that trip they stumbled across a spectacular location that would serve as "Camp Candy" for the next several years.

Find out how Handy Candy Anderson went from a childhood of living all over the USA with a father who worked for the Pentagon, to discovering the coastal Canadian wilderness of Desolation Sound.

With her brand new boat hung up on the rocks on a dropping tide, Handy Candy makes a big mistake: she gets out of "Tinkerbell" to give it a shove, but the outboard engine is running, and in gear. Reverse gear. 

In this new series, Handy Candy, one of the most beloved characters from Grant Lawrence's books "Adventures in Solitude" and "Return to Solitude", takes centre stage for a series that charts Candy's artistic, danger-prone, off-grid lifestyle that has spanned over 40 years in the oceanic wilds of Desolation Sound, BC. This is "Handy Candy: Coastal Crafter of Desolation Sound."

The Smugglers and the Queers make a shocking discovery while searching for the Buddy Holly plane crash site in the corn fields of Iowa.

We chronicle some of the most bizarre punk rock crash pads we ever slept at, which includes one of the most infamous and disgusting tour stories in Smugglers history. You have been warned!

Maxwell's, the famed music venue in Hoboken, New Jersey, infamously catches fire during a Smugglers performance. 

The Smugglers tour with the Mr. T Experience devolves into a full-blown punk rock riot at the show in Denver.

The Smugglers make their most popular album with Mass Giorgini, plus the band hires infamous roadie Ska-T while embarking on the first wildly successful Lookout tour with the Mr T Experience.  And Larry Livermore is everywhere.

The Smugglers meet pop-punk icon and Lookout Records co-founder Larry Livermore, learning of his fascinating history. As well, the Smugglers play a fateful show at the Purple Onion with the Ne'er Do Wells and the Groovie Ghoulies.

The Smugglers take a very, very wrong turn into the scariest town in America, then figure it out to play one of the most notorious venues in Texas: "Taco Land" in San Antonio. 

Grant suffers his mostly potentially deadly physical assault while on tour (which is saying a lot) and the Smugglers tour the Deep South with bands like Man... Or Astro-Man? and the heavily armed trio the Subsonics.

The Smugglers meet cub, an all-women twee pop band that would become a North American indie sensation... and lead to several ego-crushing moments for the Smugglers when the two bands embark on tour together.

Hear the wild stories behind the Smugglers first-ever New York City show at punk rock mecca CBGB, their bloody Chicago show with the Dwarves, and more rock 'n' roll action!

The Smugglers enter the urban wilds of New York City for the first time, and the band gets a crash course on NYC street-smarts... or dumbs, in Grant's case.

The Smugglers lead singer Grant Lawrence pulls a horrendously stupid, life-threatening stunt on the way into Washington D.C. for a Memorial Day gig with Thee Flypped Whigs. 

The shows are getting better, but the touring for beleaguered Smugglers drummer Bryce gets even worse in the American South.

The Smugglers suffer through their Worst Show Of All Time in Phoenix, Arizona, one that would leave a permanent and collective mental scar.

The Smugglers roll into a smouldering Los Angeles in the charred and shattered aftermath of the Rodney King Riots. 

Legendary punk band NoMeansNo help out the Smugglers in finding the ultimate touring van. In Portland, the Smugglers discover the X-Ray Cafe, the 24-hour Church of Elvis, and that... their new van isn't working properly.