Dave Bidini - Writing

Writing

Bidini was first published in The Sunshine News, a national highschool newspaper, and later, Toronto alternative rock magazine, Shades, for whom he interviewed Devo, The Dickies, REM, Katrina and the Waves, the B52s, Hunters and Collectors, Aztec Camera, The Specials, The English Beat, The Fleshtones, Echo and the Bunnymen, The Members, Lloyd Cole, and the Ramones. His first ever interview was in 1980 with Canadian prairie rockers Harlequin. Afterwards, he wrote for OP magazine as well as the Village Voice, which is where his first sports writing appeared, including "Why I Love Wayne," which later became "Why I Love Wayne Bradley," from The Five Hole Stories. He was a columnist in the Toronto Star between 1991–1993, and currently contributes one essay per issue for Maisoneuve magazine, and a weekly Saturday column for the National Post, called "Games People Play." He taught a songwriting course in 2010 at the University of Toronto's Continuing Education Program, and is currently helping to develop the screen version of his 2002 book, "Baseballissimo."