Thanks to a very generous friend who gave us some excellent tickets, off we went last night with C&A to experience the Canadian Opera Company’s production of Otello. This was quite an adventure for me. I know nothing whatever about Opera. It’s really outside my… Read More
Ok, I know I’m showing my age here. For those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about, records were those curious vinyl items used to play music before mp3s and before CDs, back when dinosaurs roamed the earth. When I was a little… Read More
I loved records! Here’s Rufus Thomas, Sun Records #188, from 1953, spinning at 78 rpm’s. The picture above is from later on, when we were spinning 33 1/3 rpms. Remember Walking the Dog?
Gyms always seem to blast dance music. So many people come equipped to plug their favourite music directly into their skulls, it seems like its mostly an irritant. Some of us would prefer no music at all. Some folks are even ok going through their… Read More
Johnny Can’t Dance
And here’s the Baccalieu Rovers playing Star of Logy Bay, a tune I enjoy playing as well.
We need a uke version right this second…
Here’s a traditional Czech polka played on a chromatic button accordion. Nice.
On the occasion of the passing of Kate McGarrigle, I found myself looking on YouTube at videos of Kate and her sister Anna, when I stumbled upon this lovely clip from Adrienne Clarkson Presents featuring the McGarrigles with their old friend, Wade Hemsworth, writer of… Read More
27th Street 