that’s the way god planned it
Last week a student asked me if it was true in the past they arrested ordinary people for downloading. I said yes and they even fined them thousands of dollars […]
Bob Wiseman
hannibal sun king
I read Anthony Hopkins based Hannibal Lecter’s voice on studying Truman Capote, Katherine Hepburn and the computer from 2001 A Space Odyssey/ HAL. Anyone who loved his performance should understand […]
time waits
Falling into reruns of Breaking Bad or Better Call Saul. Can’t be helped, great art is worth experiencing again and again. The villains Lalo, Gus, the Salamanca Twins, Tuco and […]
blasphemy
I interviewed Coleman Hughes for the Improv Journal three years ago. I wanted to talk about improvisation with people not identified with musical improvising but do so in other ways. […]
car rental beatles music
The rental car had a camera for when you turn it into reverse, my favourite part of the 21rst century. It does not exist in my 30 year old car. […]
musk you ask
Many of my friends dislike Elon Musk and say he is manipulative and out to screw everyone. I have other friends who admire all the Teslas and rocket ships and […]
the chorus
Chorus, verse, bridge. They work. Heading to Winnipeg for the funeral. In and out. My mother is concerned I don’t know how to dress for the cold. She tries to […]
thot judge
The first times I heard Warren Zevon I found his works muddy. I didn’t like his voice or the sounds of the mid range. I kept trying to like him […]
3 riddles
I posted the last video for the music business course. Shared three stories which became three riddles. The story of the fictitious band The Obvious which pop music journalist Laura […]
annie hall
A student made mention of relationship films and I thought to send her links to films memorable to me. Being in academia one has access to awesome subscriptions. I found […]