Accordion, Instrument of the Gods

Slice of Life: Official Photos from Techdays

For the TechDays conference’s stops in Vancouver and Toronto, Microsoft hired Vancouver-based photog extraordinaire Kris Krug to take photos of…

15 years ago

Joan from “Mad Men” on Accordion

Everyone who knows me and watches Mad Men emailed, texted, Tweeted me to tell me about the scene from Sunday’s…

15 years ago

Slice of Life: “Big Balls” at the Mesh Conference

At the Mesh Conference held earlier this year, I was asked at the last minute to play an opening number…

15 years ago

Slice of Life: Playing Accordion at HoHOTo

Heather Leson, with whom I used to work at Tucows, snapped this photo of me breaking out the squeezebox at…

15 years ago

The “No Accordions” Sign

I don’t normally vandalize signs, but I’d make an exception for this special case: Stefan Arentz, a co-member of HacklabTO,…

15 years ago

Strike Me Down, and Another Shall Rise to Take My Place

I no longer live in Accordion City’s Queen/Spadina neighbourhood and therefore don’t play there very often anymore. Luckily that doesn’t…

15 years ago

The “Make Web Not War” Accordion Video

One of the nice things about my job is that they actually ask me to incorporate the accordion into it.…

15 years ago

It’s the 20th Anniversary of Accordion Awareness Month!

Back in 1989, Tom Torriglia – formerly of the band Those Darn Accordions and now a member of Bella Ciao…

15 years ago

Playing the National Anthem at Tomorrow’s Toronto Roller Derby

Tomorrow at the George Bell Arena in Accordion City’s west end, I’ll be playing (and singing) Canada’s National Anthem at…

15 years ago

Tacos, Tequila and Accordion at the Drake Rooftop Bar

Adam Schwabe took this photo of me playing a request at the Drake Hotel’s rooftop bar early Friday evening:

16 years ago