These days I’ll sit on cornerstones & count the time in quarter tones to ten
Feeling like Eloise holed up in a nice hotel for this long. Due to scheduling conflicts & miscellaneous foils, two of today’s interviews (eHealth comms pioneer & architect of major NGO’s...
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Holed Up Hotel Playlist – Part One – A Cover Song Sandwich (poofy top bun…mmm…forbidden wheat/yeast…) 1 – Everything Hits at Once (Live at the Parish in 04, ATX) – Spoon 2 – Dis-moi au revoir encore –...
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So much for bahhumbuggery. The outpouring of charitable donations & goodwill from #hohoto warmed this Grinch’s cockles (huge aside: like manna from heaven a perfect lil’case study floated down...
View ArticleI hate the big decisions that cause endless revisions in my mind
For me, 2008 was the year of the sad bastard comeback record. 2007 was a mixed bag of mainly solo newish acts, this year…well, it was old-fart-friendly for live music & albums. I’ve always loved...
View ArticleYou got Tennessee tendencies & chemical dependancies
Totally cheating – but I can’t just do 10 – 2008 was such an amazing year in music – old farts aside, here’s 10 newish artists’ records who were at least old souls (not to be confused with ‘the’ Old...
View ArticleI know that I’ve been warned & you tried to waive my rights
Top Ten Torontopia Treats – In no particular order, with more debuts, a younger vibe & probably a truer reflection of the live music experienced this year 1. – Zeus – Something Awesome – Debut on...
View Article2009 – You’re dead to me
So this year was, erm, interesting. Thankfully there were loads of fantastic LPs/EPs & shows to lift our collective spirits, right guys? Right? Like every year, a virtual tip of the hat is...
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Faced with debilitating top-ten-list-related anxiety, I’m posting this to stall for a couple days. It’s not just my indecisiveness that’s delaying the big one, but it’s too lovely to be at the house...
View ArticleEliminating procrastination resolution delayed until 2014…
But I still resolve to get this 2012 list in under the wire. Big thanks, as always, to the lovely Waub for starting this tradition. Without him, numerous inboxes, harddrives, iPods & vinyl crates...
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2014 was an incredibly weird year to say the least. Sold my home & moved back to my old hood (Little Portugal, not Parry Sound). Shot our first short. Wrapped the writing program at Second City...
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