Rachel Lafontaine
Halfway through making his record, Marlon developed carpal tunnel. He blamed the piano, then the computer, then age, then the piano again. His wrist hurt when he played octaves. Occasionally […]
klarinet
Shirley began as a kid on an ordinary clarinet. It appeared in school bands. It had music written specifically for it. Her parents understood what it was, more or less. […]
sleep mercy
Every night brought a different mattress, different pillow, and a different mysterious light blinking near the television. For years he slept wherever tours put him. Motels beside highways, promoters’ basements […]
Bye Dave
I worked a few years ago with a musician who was shitty to work with, mostly because he lied. Not enormous lies. Just the kind that slowly makes working with […]
cleave
Sandy who owned the Peter Pan died, which is a rotten trick even for Peter Pan, a place whose very name suggested nobody was supposed to get any older in […]
Nothing Missing
Morris disliked the suggestion he had discovered a secret. He hadn’t. He hated waiting rooms, pharmaceutical hold music, government forms, musicians who didn’t bring cables, and anyone who used the […]
poll
Next year, at a certain point I am doing 2 weeks of house concerts in BC. What would be the best way to organize the costs of driving? They start […]
strangers
Dave Davies isn’t waving a little progressive-rock flag saying, “Look everybody, I’m in five.” The basic pulse can be heard as five beats to the bar, often felt less as […]
The Orphalon
The orphalon was discovered by Freddie Cheesecake. He found it in the basement of a house outside Thunder Bay wrapped in a wool blanket beside three jars of peaches. It […]
Last Breath
Leonard played second trombone in the orchestra for thirty-seven years. He liked second because it allowed him to participate in enormous things without necessarily being blamed for them. The first […]