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On the adage to “keep one’s friends close and one’s enemies closer”, something comes to mind while interacting with unimpeded undesirables. To simply decollate the social media between us risks […]

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Watching a lot of footage of Justin Trudeau being heckled. Often in public settings. One notices the determination not to acknowledge the loud hostile audiences and then you remember his […]

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A month after their sold out Danforth Music Hall show, a fan of the band Kükamongus recognized the lead guitarist buying pot at a new outlet in the Kensington Market […]

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Muhammed, who sells me phones [or fixes them], has a health issue and it makes his left hand shake. Often when he tries to configure something he needs me to […]

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In our last class, when the few who showed up to say goodbye decided they wanted to share their faves I was surprised the girl from a very far away […]

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Part of what I looked forward to, in performing at the UJPO fundraiser last week, was that Naomi Klein was the main speaker. Many years ago I was asked to […]

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Student: The most talented musicians were born with advantages in talent. Teacher: Would you believe me if I told you there is no difference between you and Bach, Beethoven, Buddy […]

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I was listening to a channel playing only the Kinks. I used to have both Preservation albums but they didn’t play any excerpts from those. It disappointed me. Still, every […]

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At my daughter’s violin lesson I overheard her teacher, Soozie Schlanger, explaining how you just have to practice this or that for ten minutes and your relationship to accuracy and […]

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There was an opera singer who realized at a young age she could be so critical as to make herself feel inadequate so much so that she could quit singing, […]