Kinder Music
There is this podcast by Freakonomics whiz Stephen Dubner and in this episode about thinking like a child, it is not surprising that magicians prefer playing to adults rather than […]
Songwriting
Business Haiku
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Dear Gatekeeper Person…
I wrote to a bunch of music business supervisors tonight. I was reading an interview with a big wig and he said DON’T send me your stuff but do go […]
Best Sax Ever
She once told me she has an aversion to the sounds of saxophones. Preposterous n’est-ce pas? But she isn’t alone, others since confided in me…also women….also born in the 70s…. […]
Two Almost Quests For Sam Larkin by Vern Pineau
That question that people ask – what was your favourite show, or concert? It’s a stupid question, but I invariably say it was the late 80s, early 90s, at Last […]
Subliminal Nursery Song
My spies on the interweb informed me of a Beatles fact that was previously not known to me and it is oh too cute. In the background vocals to Paperback […]
Of Course I Went To Law School
One thing these years is constant, enjoying Warren Zevon Mr. Bad Example I started as an alter boy, working at the church Learning all my holy moves, doing some research […]
Objectivism Block
People sometimes talk about writer’s block as if it was a toothache but it isn’t a physical thing, it’s just a made up handle for not reaching the creative place […]
Expired Conditions
your spine days are done gone are your brothers puddles lifted your mother
Clancy Sigal on Songs For John Doe
by Clancy Sigal There are all sorts of ways to celebrate the life of Pete Seeger, but the one I prefer is a deliberately forgotten and suppressed album, “Songs for […]