gus
Wrote a new song about taking the all night Keele street bus which is not what the song is actually about. A contest between me and the world, whether the […]
Bob Wiseman
what to name the next batch of songs
Trying to coordinate Tranzac recording some of the new songs, perhaps late night with sound tech Pat. He of chipper personality. Wish I had access to a piano with a […]
art is the healer
A student in class finally did his first performance. He is a nice fellow, comes to every class, sits at the back, quiet. I do not sense much of a […]
liberals
Odd to watch the Liberal party elect Mark Carney. Not a lot of votes. Most interesting was the disinclination towards non government media interviews, aka people journalists all over the […]
International Woman’s Day
International Woman’s Day. All my life when women ask if I have siblings and I reply three brothers, the next thing they always say is your poor mother. I think […]
food court wpg
I wrote three songs over the years about Leonard Peltier’s situation wasting away in prison when it seemed from the accounts I studied, his motives were helping elders at Pine […]
songwriting and t-shirts
I heard Norm Macdonald’s orange cock joke. I definitely need a Norm Macdonald t-shirt adding to the clothes that make me smile. The deaths of people like Norm Macdonald and […]
producing sam and joe
After organizing the two nights this year where people played Sam Larkin songs or Mendelson Joe songs, I think now I would enjoy bringing some of those people to my […]
cruel radiance
Reading The Cruel Radiance by Susie Linfield about how photographs are used in war, as documents of realities no one wishes to experience. Now I want the book she references […]
john deamel
Occasionally, over the years I Googled John’s name but not much came up. I found him a few weeks ago through someone else. He owns a restaurant which all these […]