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Monthly archives of “September 2012”
Not all bagpipes are from Scotland or Ireland
Most of us think of Scottish music and the Great Highland Bagpipes or perhaps Irish music and the Uilleann Pipes when we think about bagpipes, but variations of the instrument have been played for centuries through a lot of Europe, as well as other areas… Read More
Tore Down
Feeling all tore down today, no energy, generally lousy. I took the afternoon off work and slept, only waking up because the cats wanted to be fed and decided the thing to do was create total feline chaos until I got up to do it.… Read More
Sam Sniderman RIP
I just read that Sam Sniderman, well known to all Torontonians of my generation as Sam the Record Man, has died at 92. He was a household name in this city for many years. I bought many records at his store over the years. I… Read More
Hosta Dividing Time
Some of the hostas in our garden are quite big so I thought it was time I divided some of them. Considering how easy it is to get several plants from one big one, it’s surprising how expensive they are at local nurseries. The way… Read More
Who Stole the Kishka?
I’ve been teaching my button accordion student a little polka called the Bertha Polka and I wanted him to get a feel for some of the different approaches to attacking a polka, so we took a few minutes to surf around YouTube listening to some… Read More
Catching up
I realize I haven’t posted nearly enough accordion music lately and some readers will be disappointed. I’ll try to make it up to you with a Saturday morning Daily Dose. Here’s a fellow named Sean Folsom playing a 3-row chromatic button accordion from 1900. Now… Read More
Taggers have hit the water treatment plant
It wasn’t bad enough they tagged birdhouses and garbage bins in Sam Smith Park this summer. Now they’ve tagged the water treatment plant. It isn’t the handsomest building around, but now it has these ugly scars. Do we see this graffiti as shining examples of… Read More
Day 6
…with no NHL and the Leafs remain undefeated.
Goodies from Edmonton
I arrived home from work today to find a package had arrived in today’s mail from Edmonton, a day early. You see I won a little raffle. I sponsored my friend Karen on the Run for the Cure, and she decided to hold a draw… Read More
27th Street 