hola
I usually don’t teach kids but I agreed recently. When the lesson started I asked what songs they liked and once they fessed up about something I could find on […]
Bob Wiseman
shhh
I’m looking for more work so sent out some resumés. While re-reading one of them (that went out a week ago), realized typos were present like “media rats toring grant”. […]
I Don’t Believe in I Ching
1: God by John Lennon 2: Gloria version by Patti Smith 3: Slow Train Coming by Bob Dylan 4: This Train version by Sister Rosetta Tharpe […]
pro pill
Directors give you clues but you have to constantly try to decode what they mean. Also they don’t necessarily know what they mean. Isn’t that great. The hardest part […]
compelled
At an open stage on Monday, I heard a musician play some adventurous and nicely designed music he created on his iPad. He utilized portamento and glissando features which distinguished […]
or barry manillow
Yesterday I counted 5 entitled morons blasting music at arena volume from slow moving oversized cars. 4 hip hop 1 metal. Maybe it is the aggressive thing in the music […]
Dizzy Miss Lizzy: pow
On random, up popped Dizzy Miss Lizzy which was a pretty important piece of music when I was 7. I think this is the first time I ever listened to […]
music and the mirror
When you think about the fact that nobody can say when time started nor when it ends, when you consider how long a line that is, an incomprehensibly long line, […]
mri
A few years ago I had a problem with one of my hands and the sequence of Doctors I saw inspecting this led to a 3am appointment at a hospital […]
just to leave you alone
Some Polaris Prize judges were overheard arguing Gord Downie’s last record. One said it was unfair to nominate him because he wasn’t living, one said it was just another white […]