listening to joni: #7: the hissing of summer lawns
The Hissing of Summer Lawns, 1975 Front and back covers:The landscapes of the songs Joni’s seventh studio album (her ninth album overall) is both a continuation and a departure. The…
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Baby, It’s Politically Correct Outside…
I must have travelled to another universe because when I awoke, the world had gone mad. Radio stations were pulling a popular, rather over-played, 74-year-old, playful holiday song because some…
New Jam In Verdun
There is currently a jam every Thursday night at 7 at Cafe le 5e on Wellington street in Verdun. Jazz is the point of departure but people are invited to…
selling vinyl in the gta? go to volver for honesty, integrity, and maximum cash
In July, I wrote that we planned to get rid of our LP collection. Well, the deed is done. We turned this into this first round then this What’s left:…
springsteen on broadway: a performance of unrivaled intensity
In my most recent Listening to Joni post, I said that I write with my brain, but I listen to music with my heart. A few nights ago in New…
new york, bruce springsteen, and other things i love
We are here! Staying here. Going to this! Also here, scene of many past celebrations. Ah, New York. And Bruce!! That is all.
Ford and Trump and Moe Peas In a Rotten Pod
That movie about the incapable political leadership from the future is actually already here, it won’t take 500 more years. Ontario has their Harper-style Fake News now too https://twitter.com/OntarioNew…/status/1026965194243751936 Some…
Very Model Of A Very Stable Genius
Randy Rainbow updated this song, and it’s genius. Really.
in which we do something i thought i’d never do: say goodbye to our vinyl
Through all our years together, and all the different places we have lived, Allan and I have hung on to our large collection of vinyl LPs. Most people I know…
Places Erupt Tackles Trolls in Their Newest Video
The Toronto-based band Places Erupt has put a lot of thought into the state of online discourse and decided to share their two cents. Their most recent video is all…
Preying on Me
I was living in the Mile End Lovely place to find a friend Course you know no one there Is just like me English, French, Greeks Indigenous and artists Lots…
Preying on Me – Original Song #37
I was living in the Mile End Lovely place to find a friend Course you know no one there Is just like me English, French, Greeks Indigenous and artists Lots…
Preying on Me – Original Song #37
I was living in the Mile End Lovely place to find a friend Course you know no one there Is just like me English, French, Greeks Indigenous and artists Lots…
Those we lost in 2017
It’s not just because I’m older that I am reading more of the obituaries than ever in my past. At least, I don’t think so. I seldom read local newspaper…
La Bohème at the Galaxy
Starving bohemian artists living in drafty Paris attics in the mid-19th century, struggling to produce their art, falling in and out of love, sharing and suffering, living and dying, all…
A New Year’s Resolution That’s Actually Fun!
I am so pleased to host this guest post by writer, Karen Weeks. Karen perfectly captures why the arts are so important to us all – at any age! I’ve…