I started some prep work out in the back yard this morning for the new raised garden I’m creating. Suddenly the sky got all dark and it started snowing on me. That’s just not right. It’s stopped now and none of it is sticking, but… Read More
Remember Red Rock West, the Jon Dahl film from the early 90s? It stars Nicolas Cage as Michael, Dennis Hopper as Lyle from Dallas, J.T. Walsh as Wayne and Lara Flynn Boyle as the lovely evil Suzanne. Out of work Michael drives from Texas to… Read More
It snuck away from me when I wasn’t looking.
For the button accordion fans in the crowd, here’s Tony de la Rosa.
Most years I read several novels, but over the last year or so, not so much. Most of my reading has been of the non-fiction variety. Maybe this is because I’ve been making a feeble attempt at writing some fiction, I don’t know. I’m plodding… Read More
From the Canadian Encyclopedia: Haas, who was given the appellation ‘Canada’s Mr. Polka’ (and latterly shared it with Walter Ostanek), began recording in 1950 with his band, The Barndance Gang and made over 50 albums and 60 singles, mostly of polkas and waltzes, many his… Read More
It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything by the late great Harry Hibbs here at 27th Street. This might be the most well-known of Newfoundland folk tunes, with the possible exception of I’s da b’y. One more performance by Harry Hibbs. This is one… Read More
Tuffy P!
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