the reform party at burning man
I wrote a song years ago, or perhaps it was yesterday, time has that dissolving quality when you look back too long, of the Conservative Party taking their majority in […]
satisfaction
It was all too perfect. The festival happening in the afternoon and later once it got dark. The great food. The kind people and old friends. Wolfe Island, Chris told […]
satisfied mind
I’m working on a version of Satisfied Mind. Sam Larkin used to play it at Fat Alberts long ago. Recently I was listening to Lucinda William’s version which led me […]
leaving space
After rehearsal, walking down the same fire escape they used to enter, he told himself the same story he’d been telling a long time: They don’t get it. They’re safe […]
terrence stamp
I only found out today that Terence Stamp died, about a month ago, and I missed it. I loved him: unforgettable in The Limey, and I’ll take the Fellini piece […]
dates
Next winter tour dates are shaping up like this. Starting March: Vancouver, Victoria, Duncan (or Lasquiti), Campbell River (or Nanaimo), Sointula, Powell River, Sechelt, Burnaby (fly to Winnipeg) Qu’appelle Valley, […]
the light that has lighted the world
There was once a man who sang the blues. He’d lived hard years dirty bars, long highways, lovers left, debts never loosened their grip. Night after night, he sang on […]
usual suspects
The brilliant line up scene in The Usual Suspects, was a blooper reel. The director was pissed off and thought the actors screwed up but the editor realized it worked. […]
boys are getting stinko
Soon the weather will be changing. Sudbury was incredible converted theatre formerly Gothic church. Beautiful sight lines. Best piano so far a C7. Eighty people is impressive but a little […]
the study of consciousness
To wonder about consciousness is to get tangled inside one’s own awareness, to play a kind of Sherlock Holmes with the endless inner dialogue that never pauses, never lets go. […]