The Planet I Live On.
I recall one time Neil Young was disgruntled that Trump used “Keep on Rockin’ (in the free world)”. It might be because Trump liked the song or it might have […]
Politics
sybil goldstein
The whole thing hit me like a peyote flashback dipped in Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, the moment I walked into the Sybil Goldstein art show. The room vibrating the way ghosts make […]
the reason
I have a friend whose life turned out to be tuned in a key I didn’t recognize. For the longest time, I thought he was just living inside a streak […]
Jian
Twice now I’ve stumbled across Jian Ghomeshi on Instagram, delivering moral sermons to the camera. I’m with him on Iran, but perhaps he should explore a different career, one that […]
the gcmsw
Was asked if I could do a workshop in Vancouver in March. Came up with this. THE GREAT CANADIAN MUSIC SURVIVAL WORKSHOP Songwriting accidents, film-score sorcery, video-making on a budget, […]
mtl
At the end of my interview with the Montreal radio station, the DJ shifted into a solemn tone and said he wanted to ask about a very serious anniversary. The […]
by which we measure our pain
Soon it will be the anniversary of Lennon’s murder, that national psychic car crash of 1980. I remember the night like a concussion. One of the zillions of poor bastards […]
truth
At the accordion store I used the bathroom. Saw this on the wall, “How do you know a music lawyer’s telling the truth?Don’t worry it’s never come up.”
the singer songwriter
A few weeks ago I told a friend I would help her with the sound at her show. I didn’t want to, truth be told. I am not a sound […]
reaching for the stones, not the beatles
The world mistakes plainness for blasphemy. John Lennon said things plainly, maybe too plainly. The Beatles said they were “bigger than Jesus,” which was not asserting divinity, just interpreting sickness. […]