the cape
A nice surprise when I played with the Cameron Family Singers last weekend, was learning the Guy Clark song The Cape. At first I assumed it might be about Cape […]
dissonant counterpoint
Pete Seeger’s father wrote about dissonant counterpoint. I totally get that and must look over his works. My religious friend wanted to interview me and other atheists for a project […]
lalo + joni
Lalo entering Saul Goodman’s apartment the end of episode seven did not disappoint. Such a great bad guy. I feel like I recognize all these variations of testosterone run amok. […]
fixing holes
I’m almost on the last episode of the new season of Better Call Saul. My favourite bad guys of all time run throughout this tv show. What next for Lalo […]
some things I learned improvising.
accept it and it’ll sound more like you are together, play along to any one person’s part and they will recognize the unique connection between the two of you, adjust […]
derrida floss tycoon
At the secular Jewish school my daughter learns things about Jewish history, which I hope makes her feel different than Drew, a kid I knew in high school that was […]
production
In recording studios I compare myself to the first people I met who were called producers. Part of their labour was considering every moment, attention to each hi hat hit, […]
foc
Definitely one of the best hummus’ I ever made and the difference was I used the chickpeas before they cooled down from me boiling them to death. The other secret […]
the viola player
I met a woman, a grandmother, who was a violin student of Yitzchak Pearlman. She said back then he had never had a student before he told her to play […]
update
The sumach planted 4 years ago is looking rather proud though the Saskatoon has hardly raised its head. Two pines planted before covid also didn’t make it. You win some. […]