2018

Once upon a time, Amnesty International had a songwriting contest, I sent in a song with a metaphor about pirates, I lost to Bryan Adams. A few years ago Dan […]

Watched music videos of artists I never saw as young people which led to viewing Lowell George who I never got into, which led to discovering he played on Harry […]

It is warming up. Only so many weeks before there will be out of control grape vine growth, now is the annual time to wonder if I can get it […]

The Drawer Boy won last night at the Canadian Film Fest and I scored it. Fun to revise my CV this morning and add 2018 Best Feature Film. Best part […]

I didn’t understand the piece where he is smashing an ancient vase. Felt offended until I saw what the cultural revolution destroyed in the name of being modern, plus the […]

There is a movie I like so much, seen it 5 times. Made in the mid 60s called La Decima Vittima. About us, in the 21rst century, and the state […]

Student showed up earlier than everyone else this morning, before I asked he volunteered, “I didn’t sleep last night so I just came here.” This is the same student who […]

I really did it, best tomato sauce ever. The real test is if I can repeat this or it was just a fluke. Guy who was suppose to vacuum out […]

If one wants to gain traction maybe the secret is to liaise with the other. In a way bands are a microcosm of that because if one person is in […]

On my way to join the picketers at York University, I stopped to get a quick bite. Sitting at a franchise had two refreshing musical experiences from the overhead speakers. […]