Michael Barclay on his unauthorized Hip bio: "I didn't feel the need to sanitize anything"

Toronto music writer Michael Barclay comes to Ottawa on Friday to launch his fascinating, comprehensive and unauthorized new book, The Never Ending Present: The Story of Gord Downie and The Tragically Hip. Here are excerpts from Lynn Saxberg’s recent interview with the author. 
Q: What got you started on this book?A: I interviewed many of their peers for a piece I was writing for Macleans, and I put the Q & As online figuring they would mainly appeal to Hip geeks. A lot of pe