Best Sax Ever
She once told me she has an aversion to the sounds of saxophones. Preposterous n’est-ce pas? But she isn’t alone, others since confided in me…also women….also born in the 70s…. […]
Experiments in Yawning
Hard to believe but Corey apparently was so shaken up he forced this statement from his own lips “Never surrender is a lie!”
I Broke A String…Where’s Thom Yorke?
Piper Johnson was a leaning-towards-the-delusional guy who introduced himself years ago at a concert and kept me cornered for the rest of the night. When he focused and engaged with […]
Belle Michelle
From her blog April 30th, 2014 a social worker met with me yesterday to ostensibly discuss how i’m doing with the prognosis i’ve been given.. her first question was, “so, […]
Fair or Unfair
Love this. The James Bond theme written by Monty Norman was written earlier for an Indian Musical. Likewise Fortunella by Nino Rota written for Fellini was later re-purposed for […]
Favourites at Two
Favourite word “Attach”. Also used to request something be unlocked. Favourite statement “Close the door”. Sounds like coze-a-door. Favourite way to terminate “All Done”. As in offering her broccoli she […]
My Good Books
I just got onto the highway following the usual annoying bumper to bumper sadness of Toronto before noticing the two Spring Green keys Tim gave me were not dangling on […]
You’re Being Taken To The Cleaners
In 1984 Sam contributed some writing to Echolocation, the zine which was made by some Fat Albertians at the time. Here is his piece about the scandalous price increase of […]
Two Almost Quests For Sam Larkin by Vern Pineau
That question that people ask – what was your favourite show, or concert? It’s a stupid question, but I invariably say it was the late 80s, early 90s, at Last […]
Moves and Movies
Sometimes musicians who want to score films ask me how to get in. They need to meet producers and directors and make them aware of the work. During HotDocs those […]