All posts by “Eugene Knapik

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The Chagall Exhibition

I enjoyed this exhibition, although I thought it was uneven. Most of the works I liked best were by Chagall’s contemporaries rather than by Chagall himself. For instance, there was a group of black and white lithographs by Natalia Goncharova that I thought were a… Read More

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Chagall today

Off to the Marc Chagall exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario today. The show closes on the 15th, so I’m meeting up with my old friend Tim today to catch the show and catch up. Tim and I know one another going back to… Read More

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Scottish à Catinaux

I’ve been posting quite a bit of music lately. I hope you’re enjoying it as much as I am. Here’s a tune I’m familiar with. I play a version of it on my triple row accordion. This is very nicely played by Serge Carrier on… Read More

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A Minor Repair

I was experiencing what sounded like a horrible problem with my Guerrini triple row diatonic button accordion. Something was stuck, causing air to pass through a reed even though no buttons were depressed. That meant the box was unplayable in its current condition. Before taking… Read More

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Le reel du cultivateur

Let’s start 2012 off right with a nice button accordion reel. Clément a l’accordéon et Réginald a la guitare Sorry but I don’t know anything about these guys. They have a number of videos up on YouTube and they’re all very enjoyable.

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25,000

According to the good folks at WordPress, this blog was viewed about 25,000 times last year. Of course, numbers can be deceiving. At some point early in the year, for instance, I made a post about a movie – the famous one about the submarine.… Read More