The latest Slotin Folk Art Auction is happening today and tomorrow down in Buford Georgia. We have the catalogue and the collection being auctioned this weekend is massive. Both Tuffy P and I enjoy folk art and we’ve bought works from previous Slotin auctions. It… Read More
Sometimes people ask me, how come you like all that folky dolky accordion music? This video pretty much sums it up.
Leger Marketing has released a new study that says Toronto is the city Canadians like the least. Albertans especially don’t like us, apparently. It’s OK though. I still like Albertans. I do. Victoria is the favourite, according to the survey. Really? Well, they do have… Read More
Here’s a video shot by my pal Candy Minx a few years ago. It features some guy who looks a lot like me playing The Star of Logy Bay on triple row button accordion, and it was shot in front of Tom’s Place in Kensington… Read More
Listening to the new Tom Waits recording, Bad as Me. I love this one. Crank up the volume…no, a little louder…hang on tight and hope the roof stays on.
I should say up front that today, I have no interest in boxing or that other popular “ultimate fighting” either. The idea of watching people beating each other senseless just doesn’t do it for me. It wasn’t always that way, though. When I was a… Read More
Several days ago, I posted some pictures of a small group of constructions I’ve been working on. These things have been gnawing at my ever so tiny brain and I can’t keep my hands off them. Finally, I tore one of them apart and added… Read More
Over the past month, it seems that fewer and fewer people have been visiting this blog. I’m not sure if comments have dropped off or not, as 27th street has never enjoyed lots of comments. Perhaps this is a blip, an anomaly, part of a… Read More
What a pleasant weekend for November! Still, I know winter is very close at hand because they have been hauling the boats out of the water down at the yacht club. Last week I could see the top of the crane beyond the hill and… Read More
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