It Happened to Me

What a Sordid Clientele We Were

For no reason at all (well, perhaps it was inspired by his inviting me to open for his show next…

20 years ago

Some More Stats

Since November 10, 2001, when I started The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century, I:Used 2 blogging platforms…

20 years ago

Drivin’ Music

In January 1992, my friend Henry and I decided that we'd do something different for our drive back to Crazy…

20 years ago

Back to the Stage (or: Peril from Beyond Space!)

I met Scott Watkins in 1999 at the Queen Street West cafe Tequila Bookworm, where we were not just regulars,…

20 years ago

Jet

Funny airplane moment: just after boarding the flight to Boston, a girl in the row behind me asked her father:…

20 years ago

Accordion City Day, Part 3: X-Men in Accordion City!

While most things happen in New York City in the Marvel Universe (the milieu of most Marvel Comics), its superheroes…

20 years ago

Accordion City Day, Part 1: Where the Women Are

Travelling westward on King Street West between Spadina and Bathrust this morning, I saw a lineup about five blocks long…

20 years ago

Nine Inch Nails: The Hand That Feeds

I discovered one of my great guilty musical pleasures -- Nine Inch Nails -- in early 1990, when that first…

20 years ago

"The Call", Again

I got "the call" again today. "The call" my own little name for the phone call I get from a…

20 years ago

And Now, a Letter from the Editor…

From the look of it, this is going to be one of those years that I'll look back upon and…

20 years ago