Music

Brief Encounter with a Rock Star

Throwing the horns at Queen's Park, May 1999, on the first day I took the accordion out on the street.…

18 years ago

Song of the Week: "Don’t You (Forget About Me)" by Billy Idol (2001)

Before the Home Alone series of movies completely ruined him, John Hughes could put together some decent movies: National Lampoon's…

18 years ago

The Police, Live at the Grammy Awards

Old fart alert: Yes, I bought the Police's first album, Outlandos D'Amour, when I was a teenager (a too-young-to-drive one,…

18 years ago

Song of the Week: "California Stars" by Billy Bragg and Wilco (1998)

The Ginger Ninja and I are going on vacation for a week starting quitting time tonight. Expect posting up until…

18 years ago

"You Can’t Rap" by Example

I was amused by the single by Example titled You Can't Rap, which sounds like a strage gene-splice of the…

18 years ago

Songs of the Week: "Spadina Bus" by the Shuffle Demons (1985), "London Underground" by Kay and Biswas (2005) and "Going Underground" by The Jam (1980)

Update, February 12th, 2007: A week has passed and the attached songs are no longer available. In the spirit of…

18 years ago

Song of the Week: "Dragonflies" by Povi (1999)

This week's song of the week is the criminally underplayed Dragonflies by Povi. It wouldn't be technically correct to refer…

18 years ago

Why Coachella?

I have no idea why Leona is so excited about going to Coachella -- most of the acts make it…

18 years ago

Was It THAT Long Ago?

While listening to iTunes at work in "shuffle" mode, the Propellerheads' cover of the theme from On Her Majesty's Secret…

18 years ago

The Simplest Internet Keyboard

Antoine de Saint-Exupery (author and illustrator of Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince), came up with the maxim that all…

18 years ago