There’s a barge over at the Yacht Club at Sam Smith Park. I wondered what that was all about but Friends of Sam Smith Park provided the answer: We heard via the grapevine that the old dock ramp is being replaced by a new ramp… Read More
Today’s Daily Dose features Vallenato accordionist Lisandro Mesa.
I heard from an old friend today. When I say old friend, I mean from the 80s, from back when I was living in my painting studio on Ossington Ave, long, long before it ever became a trendy restaurant strip – and I think he… Read More
….is more spoon players. That’s the whole problem with all that newfangled pop music. It doesn’t make you feel like you ought to pick up a pair of spoons and clack away. Here’s tonight’s Daily Dose. …and then there’s the Vietnamese way Fly around my… Read More
My brother Salvelinas Fontinalis sent this video over. It seems unremarkable until just after the 1:30 mark. Check out how cool this player is. Remarkable that the band managed to finish the song.
Boardwalk Empire and The Dark Knight We didn’t see Boardwalk Empire’s first season during its run, but watched it on DVD after, finishing up the other night. I imagine most readers of this blog are more than familiar with the show and many have been… Read More
Your Daily Dose this evening is a beautiful Finnish waltz I came across on YouTube, played on chromatic button accordions.
Today I parked in front of Cake Star on Lakeshore on my way home from work. I had to stop by the vet’s office and this was the nearest parking spot. I had every intention of getting right back in the car and heading directly… Read More
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Dear WordPress mandarins, I like WordPress. I really do. I’m glad I switched over a couple years back from Blogger. I really wish, though, you would stop giving me stupid little blogging goals to encourage me to reach your stupid artificial goals. I know, I… Read More
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