something in common with peter falk
In the group homes where I worked once upon a time, there were many people with unusual flairs for describing the world. A tough young woman named Janice stood out […]
kagemusha
I started watching Kagemusha which I originally saw in my other life as a Winnipeg teenager at Cinema 3, often. Wow, the music and way of using music. Not what […]
reconciliation
My phone has died, it won’t charge. One thinks about this every so often, how vulnerable everything is centralized on the little gizmo. How much information and recorded memories might […]
tricks
In the class survey, one of the queries presented to me from the 80 students in this online course was they wanted songwriting tricks. I didn’t expect that. I love […]
make the song you want to hear
There is an interview with Quentin Tarantino I want to play the class because he tells the interviewer a person should make the film they want to see. That sums […]
who’s on first
Currently I have a student, I believe from China, and their whole name is very very close to the title of a Mary Margaret O’Hara song from her masterpiece Miss […]
Gadzooks
I read Chicago has a billion dollar deficit. It’s crazy all the news I read about Chicago. I love that city but everything about their mayors does not appeal. Does […]
farinata
The new course is underway and I met with the teaching assistants to discuss what we are doing. I realized soon into the zoom they just want me to order […]
the fall semester
A person heard me describing what I’m doing and they were amazed. almost 200 students this semester, a lot of marking to be on top of between working at two […]
cooking
Made farinata. Favourite food when I toured Italy and unfortunately all these years I incorrectly held the view it was complicated to make but couldn’t be simpler. Made it twice […]