Listen to the latest episode of The Agency Podcast right here or find it at all the good podcast places. Why do we love SUCCESSION? The writers behind “Telladega Nights” and “Anchorman” produced the addictive series SUCCESSION and we can’t stop watching. The writing is… Read More
All posts by “Eugene Knapik”
102
Last time I wrote about the Toronto Mayoralty bi-election there were something like 80 candidates in the race. It finally leveled off at 102, a number which may or may not include a canine candidate. With just over two weeks left before the election, I… Read More
Buddhist Sculptors of Japan
The Agents have a fascinating conversation with film-maker Yujiro Seki about his documentary “Carving The Divine.” Yujiro tells us about behind-the-scenes personal directive to make a unique movie. Listen to the episode right here or find it at all the good podcast places. The documentary… Read More
Why I love traditional music #6,511
Timothy Kelley & Abby the Spoon Lady. This is from The Spoon Lady’s YouTube channel. Please be sure to visit, like and subscribe. Support your local spoons player! The fab Fiddle on this is Timothy Kelley.
Camping at MacGregor Point Provincial Park
On Monday morning, I packed up my camping gear, leaving enough room in my little Honda Fit for Bonnie to come along, and headed to MacGregor Point Provincial Park, near Port Elgin for a couple days of R&R. There is a look-out a short walk… Read More
Happy World Fiddle Day
Since it’s World Fiddle Day, here’s a great little film I came across on YouTube called Arm of Gold, about Lee Cremo’s trip to compete in the World Fiddle Championships in Nashville.
A little film for fiddle lovers
I came across this wonderful little film about Newfoundland fiddle great Rufus Guinchard on the NFLD Archive YouTube channel. I don’t know too much about Newfoundland fiddle music (yet). I have long associated Newfoundland with button accordions. Let me tell you a story. A number… Read More
Unintended Consequences
Blackberry (the movie)House MusicalAI FolliesNew ZinesMy 3-year old could do better than thatTehran (the tv show)LoudermilkToronto Mayor’s RaceGordon Lightfoot RIP….and more Listen right here or find the episode at the usual podcast hotspots
The Agency – hey, where’s my episode?
We tried to record an episode of The Agency last week and ran into some technical trouble. It isn’t clear if it was an internet issue, or maybe a Zoom issue or maybe a system resource issue on one of our computers. We’re trying to… Read More
Gordon Lightfoot RIP
There were numerous musical soundtracks to my childhood but Gordon Lightfoot definitely provided one of them. I looked a list of his many, many songs and realized I can hum a lot more than I ever realized. RIP