hooked
My hook shot at 14 was often surprising probably because I was short, it was unexpected but what other possibility did I have of getting around the height of other […]
2018
bank robber in times new roman
In the morning mail 2 rejection letters from the Ontario Arts Council. No funding to record the 10 string quartets nor to record a batch of new songs about Jian […]
nobody’s home pt 1.
Dmitri, a bass player noticed the band he played in was always critical. Either they were insulting other groups or else envying how much better other groups were than them. […]
10,000 times
Like walking down the street, we hardly consider putting one foot after the next. The brain coordinates everything while that main part of consciousness thinks about what flavour of ice […]
Space is the Place, Cha -Ching
I have to take 3 courses this fall to obtain my Masters. My advisor made a course suggestion regarding my longer term goals, writing about music and power (how songs […]
Passing Pieces Paper
There is an exercise in the R. Murray Schaefer book that knocks me out. He asked students to pass a piece of paper between them without making a sound. What […]
exposed
A PhD student was studying the 1000 year works of composer Hildegard Von Bingen when she came upon her old poetic axioms positioning music as a metaphor for all sound […]
held hostage
I stood outside the Asian market on Spadina and wondered about that crazy exotic fruit that polarizes so many, durian. Eventually one woman bought a small one. I asked the […]
pt. 2
(cont’d) I was pissed off and more than a little on fire to write a letter about the salesperson who acted like I didn’t exist but I settled on a […]
first and second faves
Made another bread, so many Youtube tutorials so little time. These are the inexpensive flours, wonder what the difference is with high end stuff, maybe next time. They say Peter […]