Performing

Tony Dewald’s obituary surprised me and was disappointing because the descriptions said nothing about being a monster. Anyone who was there knows that was no man but a monster. Yes, […]

There was a lyric in one of Sam Larkin’s last songs that referenced an older man adjusting to aging and the memories he no longer holds reliably. At one point […]

I never saw Death Wish starring Charles Bronson but randomly I came upon clips surfing You Tube. The young cop looks familiar. Heavens to Betsy it’s Nigel Tufnel of Spinal […]

I played a benefit the other night at the club that was owned by that jazz singer in the junction who died much too young a year ago. At her […]

Summer session over. Most passed some not. The fails often do so because they never came. Unattended classes beckon the question who spent the money and pourquoi? Often it is […]

Watching the tv series A French Village again. On Kanopy now. So amazing. I love so many of these actors and the idea of recreating another time and place. Art […]

First concert I ever saw, Winnipeg playhouse John Mayall and it stunk because they were drunk and living their hippie dream. All wasn’t lost, eventually they tried to do Room […]

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 […]

There is so much madness in the world. Why shouldn’t there be, we are after all floating on a ball that is floating in a universe that is floating in […]

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 […]