Bob Wiseman

The Moment You Wake Up

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The hardest thing to do when dealing with an asshole (who you still have to work with) is to be careful about whether or not to let them know. Hard […]

Helping The Old

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Some people don’t like Charles Bukowski, I’m not one of them. Helping The Old was standing in line at the bank today when the old fellow in front of me […]

Torture

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Sometimes I can’t get certain songs out of my head. Sometimes because it’s amazing and deserves to be stuck on loop. Like the arpeggiated guitar part to I Want You […]

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I started writing a string quartet in April, now there’s 4 of of them bugging me to complete them and set them free. I haven’t a clue how long they […]

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  I went to Winnipeg a couple months ago to help my mother sift through things she wanted to get rid of, accumulated paraphernalia, she wanted to pair down. Among […]

Richard Carstens

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I liked Richard Carstens and wanted to know him better because Dave and Fred Robinson, who were the John Coltranes of punk rock (to me) told me how talented his writing […]

Batman In A Thong

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I don’t know anything about John Hiat except Ron Sexsmith’s impressions that he shared with me when he  toured with him 20 years ago. Glad I tuned into him today, […]

Peggy Baker's Acceptance Speech

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There’s talent and then there’s unreal talent. The dance milieu is a highly complex and unstable world. Within it, each artist must establish and constantly expand and deepen their expertise […]

True To His Own Spirit

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Listening to Jim Morrison’s father and sister is surprisingly moving and beautiful. I remember reading he said his father was dead and I assumed his father and him disliked each […]