Batman In A Thong
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, […]
Songwriting
Something Is Happening Here
I was thinking about a couple ballads – Ballad of a Thin Man & The Ballad of John and Yoko. Two jewels in the crown of “fuck you” songs.. Even though […]
Mary McCartney & The Pineapple Heart
I guess growing up in Winnipeg’s Jewish community where I didn’t know any Gentile kids until I went to public school at 13, explains why when I heard Let It […]
Your Eyes Can Have It All
Warren Zevon once said he could make anything rhyme and it came to mind when I heard this add on the radio while driving the other day because this songwriter […]
Far East Oscillator Man
I can have fun with electronic instruments, synthesizers can be exciting still I understood the dismissive remarks Keith Jarrett made years ago. He said when he hears them it’s like […]
City Of Wood
Someone who had a radio show in Edmonton once told me campus radio station CJSR received a complaint about City Of Wood when they broadcast it in 1993. Not too […]
Revenge Of The Loan
Jerry Harrison in Talking Heads played a Prophet 5. It cost $600 which was clearly unattainable to my 70s teen self so I made an appointment with the loans officer at […]
I Bury Neil or Layers of Wrong
Sometimes growing up and listening to so many amazing records from before I was of age I wondered what it was like to actually be alive when an album comes out […]
Drake, Bach and The French Lieutenant’s Woman
A heated discussion broke out in the songwriting class when we listened to some songs students identified as least likeable. The big upset was about the Drake song started from the […]
Breakin’ Rocks In The Hot Sun
Saw someone sending round this story about Lady Gaga suing Rebecca F. Hard to know from what’s published how real the accusation is but what stands out is that after Lady […]