I was asked to teach a course in the fall at Western in a department with the word creative in its name. Surprisingly they asked me what I would imagine […]

The thing I love about watching Youtube, anything riveting or compelling, is being interrupted by gormless commercials. Could there be more convincing evidence that, “as above so below” should actually […]

Writing everyday about anything under the sun, is the directive for the student journals in the song writing course. One offered this pensive piece “over and over I experience the […]

At the conference I asked an acquaintance from Iran how things were going. He told me he trained a group of Canadians to play music he composed for the revolution. […]

Favourite part of the Youtube interview with the ex North Korean spy was when they discussed how broke he is in his current life based in South Korea. The interviewer […]

The other night I raced downtown to catch the last set of Mark Hundevad’s Cecil Taylor tribute. Very intense. Mark wouldn’t do anything less. Who better to honour the supreme […]

Jennifer Haigh.I read a book of her short stories and her latest novel Mercy Street. She is pretty amazing. I interviewed her for the Improv Notes journal. Bob:Have you any […]

Afternoon, streetcar in Toronto. Man gets on carrying a guitar case. Finds a seat next to a woman who has too many bags on the ground and on her lap. […]

Last class yesterday. Students got me a card and a chocolate bar. They even bought some candy for my daughter. Nice people. There was nothing due for the last class […]

Last night’s dream. I was heading North in Ontario to meet a couple friends and their daughter who is a good friend of my daughter. They had not yet left […]