The Knight Strikes At Midnight
Director Philippe de Broca and composer Georges Delerue, almost 50 years later The King Of Hearts still my favourite film and soundtrack. The marches and carnival compositions with beautiful semitone […]
2014
The Stupidity Lifestyle
Should morons be allowed to hold public office? I think we should get scientists to evaluate whether morons choose to be morons or if possibly they are just born idiots. […]
Yet Courier
I didn’t know Mary Margaret O’Hara very well when I asked her to sing on my first record in 1988 but I loved the way Greg Keelor described her to […]
Mature And Compassionate Studio Techniques
When I first heard about people using click tracks I was very annoyed, offended actually. Why would a good musician, a drummer, use some electric rhythm generator? It seemed so […]
Breaking And Entering
The offices of Greenpeace were located at Trinity St. Paul’s church on Bloor street when I was 23 and worked there. And I went in after hours and played late […]
Jaki Byard
Heard a record one time with amazing piano. I checked the liner notes, the pianist was Jaki Byard. I hadn’t previously heard of him but could tell he was a […]
Cheapness And Experimentation
I own an 87 and a 414, I have a couple other all purpose microphones that I use for room sounds or amplifiers but my favourite mic is the PZM […]
Latest Uri Avnery Article
Uri Avnery article about 3 Israeli women is brilliant. “As long as we have youngsters like these, ready to stand up for democracy, peace and justice, take risks and make […]
le Freak
(Anna is on the right but interestingly I notice all four musicians are nail polish-less) I need to take change out of my pockets when I play piano. Even paper […]
Top Of The List
I got a call in the early 90s from the head of A&R at Warner Music who would later dislike me forever after I wrote a critical article about what […]