Keep Me Free From Birth
I still can’t believe there was a #1 song once, which I heard on the radio in real time, who’s lyrics were about ending the terrible vicious cycle of reincarnation.
Bob Wiseman
50 Best of 2013..#23 http://poprocknation.com
by Brian Block Bob Wiseman first got my attention in 1993, in the wake of Prince legally changing his name (Prince Rogers Nelson) to a squiggle: Wiseman sent out press releases […]
Zed Is Dead Baby
Recently I read about a company that wanted something similar to this song by Aphex Twin and they were paying about $20,000. That’s Mr. Aphex Twin below (obviously at the beach). I tried […]
And Got Myself A Steady Job
Next month I start teaching a course at Centennial College in songwriting and part of what I am organizing is a discussion about lyrics and why somethings are interesting and […]
I Would Ask Are You A Tree Frog?
I miss CKLN. I loved that radio station at the very left end of the dial and the people who worked it and they had many incarnations since my long […]
Signals
Go swing Brush le dent Eww ya baby Sleeping Bunny Doe doe, ssshhhh, doe doe. More? Oh oh My no like
Guest Post On Kapootie Preamps
by TOM ST. LOUIS re tweaking and all that….It’s cool that there are ways to fix things….but I never wanted to lose connection to that pre electricity world. Did Sonnyboy […]
Sick Mind Control Experiments By The Toronto Transit Commission
So-Re-Do, the three notes chime out of the TTC subway signalling departure and it always triggers me singing Jesus Christ Superstar. I think it’s time to change the notes to […]
Taking Pro Pills
I played on Ron Hawkins new album at a East Toronto recording studio today. I remember meeting him more than 20 years ago at the Free Times Cafe. The first […]
The Scope AM Radio in Toronto
My friend Jacky Tuinstra is spearheading Ryerson University applying for an AM radio license for a new station on the AM dial in Toronto. Might be cool to have a […]