Music

The November 23 gig

Another Wednesday, another fun gig with Tom Hood and the Tropical Sons, the house band for open mic night at…

2 years ago

Tampa Bay Ukulele Getaway 2022 (or: Birthday stretch 2.0)

Last year, the Tampa Bay Ukulele Getaway (TBUG for short) took place on my birthday. The 2022 edition happens this…

2 years ago

Linus Akesson’s “Commodordion” — an electronic accordion made with two Commodore 64 computers and floppy disks for bellows!

Leave it to Linus Akesson, 8-bit music maker extraordinaire and creator of other retrofitted instruments such as the  Sixtyforgan and Qwertuoso to…

2 years ago

The best way to support your favorite band is to buy their merch

According to iGroove’s recent study (original German version here, English interpretation here), a musician or band can expect to get…

2 years ago

Underappreciated Canadian rock tune of the day: “Armageddon” by Prism (1979)

Last night, I had a dream where Armageddon, a 1979 song by Vancouver-based band Prism — a song I haven’t even…

2 years ago

August 27th is “Play Music on the Porch Day!”

So I just found out that this is a thing... For more, see PlayMusicOnThePorchDay.com.

2 years ago

42 years ago today…

Tony Pierce reminded me that two formative parts of my youth entered the world on this day... 42 years ago,…

2 years ago

Thanks for the encouragement, microphone stand box!

I rather like the encouraging message printed on the side of the box for the microphone stand I ordered (it…

3 years ago

R.I.P. Gerry O’Kane

If you were a local in Kingston, Ontario, Canada in the ’80s and ’90s and enjoyed a pint (or more)…

3 years ago

Birthday stretch

Today, November 5th, is my birthday. And today, November 5th, 2021, should be the start of an interesting weekend. We’re…

3 years ago