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 […]
Performing
Wink Wink
There was a Sufi story the gist of which was about imitating a master when studying under them even if you didn’t understand why they did what they did. There […]
Go Go Boy
At any given time it seems like a lot of people with “hits” are just actors or models. When Milli Vanilli was “exposed” for actually being lip-sync-artists people went crazy […]
Taking Pro Pills
I played on Ron Hawkins new album at a East Toronto recording studio today. I remember meeting him more than 20 years ago at the Free Times Cafe. The first […]
Night In June, 1991
The Rivoli on Queen street has a cool logo designed by Mary Margaret O’Hara. It looks like a signature blown up in a photocopier. A special place to play years […]
The Guy From The Chocolate Bunnies From Hell
In high school people thought I was a heavy musician and I didn’t mind them thinking that since it made me slightly popular but I already knew a heavy […]
The Dignity Possibility
When you play out of town consider involving community radio. Usually it’s free and then there is some built in advertising. Don’t be scared of asking they are suppose to […]
Stagefright
(part of an email from a Thunder Bay musician last month) Dear Bob I’m not very good at rambling to an audience and I don’t think I ever will be. […]
Best Moment Since The 1919 Strike
Older brother Ronnie was into the blues which was the most fortunate thing for his little brother. To have Ronnie teach the blues was like being born into a Zen […]
From Planet To Planet
New York in 1984 – greatest show on Earth – Sun Ra next to the Chelsea Hotel with maybe 20 other people, all of us at the end dancing like […]