I bought a stroboscope when I was a teenager and a hammer for turning piano pegs. I thought it might be a decent independent job. It turned out not as […]

There’s a pianist I know whose work is not very appealing to me and who talks to me sometimes as though we come from the same place but we really […]

The lights were mostly out and I was writing at my computer when I saw the little shadow move. It is amazing how one’s reflexes work and at first I […]

I’m reading interesting accounts which fight each other about nurture vs. nature. Unsure which side I show up for and see panic in the eyes of believers and defenders. Be […]

A few months ago I wrote a song about Stalin’s wife’s suicide after reading and being being shocked about Red Famine, a book by Anne Applebaum and the unrelenting facts […]

In the beginning Blue Rodeo days we drove back all the time. Kingston, Montreal, Windsor we always drove back all through the black night with Tony usually driving. She said […]

I was asked to design a music business course. I’m not sure how much is reasonable to try discussing, experiencing but I find myself wanting to take one song, probably […]

On many records I have hired Mark Hundevad to drum because I admire everything about him. His musicianship is incredible but that’s not enough, if one is producing one needs […]

In years past I’ve experimented with all the intervals I could think of. At one time or another most musicians who play instruments which generate more than one note at […]

Attended an online lecture of Bernadine Evaristo speaking from her home in England to a group of readers at the Calgary, Alberta library. That was fun. I even got the […]