astrology
Sometimes when I meet people into astrology, who ask me when I was born, I like making up different sun sign answers. I like the knowing recognition on their face. They […]
secret target
There was a woman who lived in a neighbourhood where there was a lot of prejudice and corruption. She learned to play guitar and started writing songs about what was […]
long time listener
Voicemail: Dear Dan, first time caller, long time listener. I write the same song over and over. I’m ashamed and a failure. Dan: You should be concerned not about […]
90
Sometimes, on the road, when she was telling the same story for the 90th time, to whatever audience was in front of her, this one artist used to also think, […]
back at bias
Kim chee failure, very sad but even worse, on the same day I dropped the glass blender and now it is unfixable. I love blenders, wish I could get the […]
Overheard On Subway or Instant Anger Gonna Get You
1/ the Grateful Dead weren’t really a band. 2/ Morrissey knows what he’s talking about. 3/ You can get better music at Walmart. 4/ John Coltrane influenced Pharaoh Sanders. 5/ […]
stanley cowell
A group of Jazz musicians from Philadelphia and New York came through Winnipeg in the mid 70s. They gave workshops before giving a big concert. I signed up for the […]
identi-key
Sometimes people talk about different keys of music as if they are distinct emotions. Sister Rosetta Tharpe said B is the sad key, in an interview once, Dylan said E […]
feel it in my bones
there is a storm coming, feel it in my bones, but that isn’t true. no such thing as angels or various invisibilities, except the forces of nature, like distractions in […]
hey ya
It’s cool when a song is in 5 or even 7 but who puts a pop song in 11? Outkast that’s who. Hey Ya still kills me.