ronnie god blues
The nice thing about arguing with my brother Ronnie about God or no God is that we can call each other names and get blunt and mean without ending our […]
Piano
roommates cp70
Went through many roommates when I just moved to Toronto. Arty the alcoholic who would invited the whole bar after last call, to hang out at our place and sometimes […]
an aspect of being human
is that if you know something, like if you know how to play the piano, you have to often mix with people who don’t know but want to start and […]
the never possible
There is this objective or direction in meditation practices. Look at a candle, observe thoughts without attachment, recite a mantra…all variations of controlling thought, of trying to position consciousness away […]
thinking fast slow
I started an incredible book by Daniel Kehlerman who died this year. Thinking Fast Thinking Slow. I never previously heard of him but I like Sarah Haider’s X and Youtube […]
art tatum
Watching an interview between Andre Previn and Oscar Peterson. Oscar says when he was a late teen he had become arrogant about his piano capabilities and his father, a man […]
AI
One of the big discussions in AI is whether robots can ever become conscious. I like how it assumes we humans are conscious and not also machines. Are we not […]
jazz skills
The jazz course started with Fly Me To The Moon and Autumn Leaves. Now onto I’m in The Mood for Love and Falling in Love with Love. It is like […]
le deux
Walking in High Park thinking more on the design of Joyce Carol Oates amazing book My life as A Rat when somewhere in the bushes I heard a sax playing […]
the new songs
I’m writing something and each of my hands are like students. The left has been taught to repeat the part a zillion times, new ideas are suggested and it tries […]