people need to talk about anything. one person described it as an energy exchange virtually impossible to stop, invisible and real as two magnets. talking begets talking. when she wrote […]

There was a story about the song Something To Talk About, where Anne Murray thought it was a hit and wanted to record it but her producers, disagreed and rejected […]

Watching a French series – A French Village – about a small town occupied by the German army in WW2. One of the characters is a policeman only too pleased […]

Tried to listen to the park while walking, the way one listens to a concert of musicians playing something you are unfamiliar with, like a whole other culture’s music and […]

When asked by his young student about his exquisite tone, the old clarinetist said people live their whole lives knowing they die, knowing they could die any day and constantly […]

Producing songs. Exactly where does it keep me stimulated or where does interest go adrift? Can one do anything musically to interrupt parts that disengage one’s attention? How to heighten […]

newsflash: RCMP commissioner vows to review use of controversial neck hold restraint. feel like i’ve read these sentiments somewhere before. . Leader of band vows to review division of gig […]

My dad had seasons tickets for the Blue Bombers. We went to football games often. Had a scrapbook too but haven’t felt connected to that world in a long time. […]

A guy at conductor school used to take his lunch break and go to the park where he kept practising. He gesticulated his baton towards the geese and the red […]

At the after party, Victorija, the composer from Latvia, broke out her ukulele and started strumming This Land Is Your Land. Soon everyone was showing their Guthrie love. Some kicked […]