the conversation
sex work is work sex work is exploitation israel has the right to defend itself palestinian liberation is anti-colonial black lives matter all lives matter they them pronouns are valid […]
improvising
gore’s landing
Slipped through my birthday unnoticed at Gore’s Landing, just the way I like it. Sweaty magic was the show. No air conditioning, just heatwave inside a old schoolhouse that moonlights […]
farrah fawcet haircut
Esmé got her haircut. There was a lot of haircut talk avant et apres. Magali said it’s like Farrah Fawcett. Esmé said who is that? Then she looked her up […]
sellers and newell
In the Blue Rodeo life I used to play long improvisational solos framed by the organ and drums. A zillion nights doing that with Cleave Anderson and later Mark French. […]
claude bruce
Fun to sit next to Bruce Moffet at Maja Bannerman’s show yesterday. I incorrectly recalled Mark Miller’s book about Claude Ranger and asked Doug Wilde about him who told me […]
piano mind
Like a witness, it sat in the corner. Not quite an object, not quite alive but in between, like a letter never sent but read too often, or a diary […]
ya’amod hashlishi
My daughter’s Bat Mitzvah. Such a hassle free experience made possible by the collaborating four other families, sharing duties, decorations, food, performance design and clean up. The politics is another […]
paul dutton
The last time I saw Paul Dutton we were standing on Bloor and he was excited about my PhD addressing an improviser who wasn’t good. He had great magic improvising […]
dressings
After searching a while for no oil dressings I now have special salad dressing powers. Important moment came adding water to tahini. After some constant shaking it turns white like […]
talk
The book is developing in unexpected ways, as do improvisations. Funny that I am writing a story about an improviser and am improvising. Somehow suppose to find a method to […]