A Multisensory St. Patrick’s Day

For your listening pleasure: the definitive version of “Arthur McBride”, sung and played by Paul Brady. Perfect song, perfect vocal, and an accompaniment that drove all of us three-chord strummers to despair for years. While you’re istening to Paul (and you’ll want to hear that more than once), begin preparing

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It’s Not Too Late!

Just a quick reminder that this weekend will see the greatest gathering of Conservative Canadian brain power since Bev Oda snuck out for a smoke alone behind the Parliamentary Library. Yes, it’s Ezra Levant’s Super Sun Freedom Weekend, an opportunity for lesser mortals to join the cream of the Conservative

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Johnny Otis, 1921-2012

I’m not big on celebrity farewells, but Johnny Otis was one of the coolest guys in the world. He’s best knows for his Big Hit, “Willie and the Hand Jive”, a cheerful rip-off of Bo Diddly that he milked for years (in the great tradition of Bo Diddly himself). But

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Not So Good Friday?

So given that: a) Friday the 23rd is a Friday, the traditional day for the Harper Government to announce stuff it hopes we’ll all miss: b) Friday the 23rd is the last Friday before Christmas, when we’re more than usually distracted and the media are more than usually fluffy; c)

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The Beast Is Born

After years of denying that their actual goal is the final and complete assimilation of native people, the elimination of their culture and the absorption of their lands, it appears the tipping point of Attawapiskat has dragged Harper’s conservatives out into the open. The Beast is now officially among us.

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Attawapiskat

Bloggers more informed and articulate than I are already cutting through the smoke and mirrors generated by Stephen Harper to justify his government’s seizure of control in Attawapiskat. If you want to see just how dishonest the Conservative spin (and of course the liars who recycle their propaganda), then I

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Whale Stew

Since we’re taking an interesting domestic turn this week, let me contribute my salute to the successful Bowhead Whale hunters in Iqaluit, who harvested the community’s first Bowhead in over 100 years. The recipe below was given to me in…

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Royally Screwed.

The Government that has slashed millions of dollars for the protection of the environment, the regulation of air transportation, women’s programming, scientific research, food security, water monitoring, parks management, arts and culture, regulation of health standard and products, public broadcasting,…

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