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Religious texts are full of admonitions about avoiding temptation. The Lord’s Prayer tells God to “lead us not into temptation.” Fat lot of good that does. Not only do we…
music
Pretty Boy Floyd
Saw Dan Bern on stageit tonight and he played this song. Who are today’s outlaws? More than a couple billion people on the wrong end of the pen, my friends,…
Pretty Boy Floyd
Saw Dan Bern on stageit tonight and he played this song. Who are today’s outlaws? More than a couple billion people on the wrong end of the pen, my friends,…
Band of the Month: Revelstoke
Happy Spring! We made it!! Today’s band is Revelstoke. Revelstoke, inspired by a sleepy town nestled in the foothills of the Rocky’s, and propelled by the influence of the Toronto…
Thinking about a new ukulele
I’ve been thinking seriously of adding another ukulele to the herd. A tenor resonator, or resophonic, like the Kala shown above. That’s the re-designed 2014 model. I’ve played earlier models,…
CPLUG songs and more
CPLUG – the Collingwood Public Library Ukulele Group – has so far proven a very popular group. We started with 17 people at our first monthly meeting and more have…
#TellItToTheJudge Because #TellVicEverything Went Sideways
Vic Toews becoming a freaking judge was the most predicted patronage appointment since Harper put Duffy into the Senate, and we know how well that turned out. It looks terrible.…
Black cat composition
Drawn moments ago in Musical Paint app Filed under: art Tagged: animation, Cat, music
Salt of The Earth
Lets drink to the hard working people Lets think of the lowly of birth Spare a thought for the rag taggy people Lets drink to the salt of the earth…
Saturday At The Movies
Elevator Joy Bomb:
Band of the Month: Ween
Hi readers, February’s band is Ween! Conceived in New Hope, Pennsylvania by Gene and Dean Ween, Ween has achieved tremendous underground success with a cult following that has taken their…
Pete Seeger is missing, but not really
Pete Seeger has died. It’s trending everywhere. Which in a sense is all the proof I need of my thesis. It’s heartening to see that a life well lived, an…
thank you, pete seeger. how could we ever thank you enough?
Pete Seeger, 1919-2014Musician, Activist, Environmentalist. Socialist.
Techno/house playlist (Requested)
A few people requested a playlist – here you go. Enjoy Guy Gerber Clarian & Guy Gerber Martyn Nautiluss DVS1 tommyfourseven Mickey Pearce Please recommend anything in a similar fashion
Courage, Neil Young, And The Future
Neil Young doesn’t have to do what he is doing, there are many, many reasons why he shouldn’t, but he is, and he is showing us courage that most of…
Poets, Jim!
Poets! Jim They got it Spoken words They do’em Love still on board But it sort of got worse *just kidding* Stonehenge Not solved Only a few tribes gone Light…
Part 1 #OilConVoid – Neil Young Hints At Unspeakable Canadian Civil War
I’m starting a short series of 3 blog posts today deliberately with the top climate change story in Canada. There are huge stories also in the RoboCon election fraud scandal,…
what i’m reading: just kids by patti smith
Just Kids is a memoir by the artist and musician Patti Smith, about her life and relationship with the artist Robert Mapplethorpe. The book is a memoir of both Smith’s…
Band of the Month: The Nursery
Happy New Year! This months band is The Nursery. Riddled with unforgettable guitar and synth driven hooks, in an impeccably well organized fusion of soulful, oddball pop-rock and dreamy folk,…
The Music of the Templars
For the past 25 years, I have had a mysterious page in Latin, held in a cheap picture frame, and stored in a closet for many years. It’s a two-sided…