June 20, 2009
For what may be my last post ever on this Tumblr account, here are some pix from the Melissa Auf Du Mar show at the El Mocambo last night. Melissa (ex-bass player from the group Hole) was one of the many performers taking part in the annual NxNE Music Festival going on all over Toronto this weekend. All in all I caught bits and pieces of 5 bands. Only two were any good though. You rock Melissa!!

For what may be my last post ever on this Tumblr account, here are some pix from the Melissa Auf Du Mar show at the El Mocambo last night. Melissa (ex-bass player from the group Hole) was one of the many performers taking part in the annual NxNE Music Festival going on all over Toronto this weekend. All in all I caught bits and pieces of 5 bands. Only two were any good though. You rock Melissa!!

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June 18, 2009
Out on the town last night with my old pal Mel C, and we ended up at Gossip, the new-ish lounge/restaurant down at the CNE grounds. The reason: Joanne Smale’s 60th birthday. Fun little get together of old timers, good timers and part timers. I’ve known Melanie so long I think we’ve actually been photographed in this EXACT pose before. Probably more than once in fact.

Out on the town last night with my old pal Mel C, and we ended up at Gossip, the new-ish lounge/restaurant down at the CNE grounds. The reason: Joanne Smale’s 60th birthday. Fun little get together of old timers, good timers and part timers.

I’ve known Melanie so long I think we’ve actually been photographed in this EXACT pose before. Probably more than once in fact.

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June 17, 2009

Another song post from Monday night’s Burl Jam 2009. This time it’s Big Rude Jake doing “Wayfaring Stranger”. Listen to that reverb.

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June 16, 2009

Burl Jam 2009: Last night at Hugh’s Room in downtown Toronto Canada, my ol’ pal Jaymz Bee organized Burl Jam 2009, which was a commemoration of the life of Burl Ives and his music. The date of June 15th was picked because ol’ Burl would have been 100 years old yesterday. Above is a video of the lovely and talented Alex Pangman doing “My Gal Sal” with the evening’s house band. Lotsa great performers hit the stage, but sadly no one asked me to bash through a rendition of Buckeye Jim on guitar. *sigh*

I actually met Burl Ives in person once. I was with Jaymz in Vancouver back in the early 90s, and he said “I have a standing invitation to visit Burl Ives (who lived in Washington state, just over the border) anytime, so let’s do it!” And so Jaymz, Kevin Hearn and I hopped in the truck the next day and went over the border for a wee visit. We ate cookies with Burl and his wife Dorothy, sat in Burl’s study and watched a bit of an old Jimmy Stewart film on the TV, listened to a few risque jokes told by Burl himself, and Kevin even played The Moon Is The Northwind’s Cookie on the piano in the living room. A lovely day in the USA, wouldn’t ya say?

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More Pix from Burl Jam 2009: Roger Clown and George Kohler and the band doing Froggie Went A Courtin’; Jaymz Bee and Tony Quarrington with What Time Is It Oh Witch?; Jaymz shows off his Burl Ives permanent tattoo; and, finally, me with my prize from the Burl Ives Trivia contest. And you can also see my swollen eye. I got some weird infection over the weekend in my eye. Gross!

More Pix from Burl Jam 2009: Roger Clown and George Kohler and the band doing Froggie Went A Courtin’; Jaymz Bee and Tony Quarrington with What Time Is It Oh Witch?; Jaymz shows off his Burl Ives permanent tattoo; and, finally, me with my prize from the Burl Ives Trivia contest. And you can also see my swollen eye. I got some weird infection over the weekend in my eye. Gross!

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June 15, 2009

Day of Rest (for the rest of the day)

To celebrate the theft of my 2 wheeler, I headed out on Saturday night with my partner-in-crime Heavy D, and we started the night at the INIT art installation BBQ party (in the old Canary Restaurant building on Front St E.). After some burgers, some pretentious Germans, some beer and some fire juggling we headed out, with Paul F in tow, to join the uptown crowd at a Forest Hill backyard BBQ with oysters, open bar and plenty o’ lawyers). So why am I telling all this now?… Cuz I spent ALL DAY Sunday paying for it. Oy vey vatta hangover.

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June 14, 2009

Thievery Corporation

I had my bike ripped off yesterday. Nicked from my front porch. Purloined from my very abode. Made off with by bandits in the night. Taken from it’s rightful resting place. Stolen from it’s happy home. It was, in a word, abducted, appropriated, bagged, confiscated, filched, hijacked, kidnapped, lifted, misappropriated, pinched, pirated, poached, seized, shanghaied, snatched, and swiped. Or, as they say in The Bahamas, “t’eefed!”

Here’s hoping whomever stole it gets hit by a fast moving car.

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June 13, 2009
High Seas Drifter. Out for a sail yesterday on my pal RJ’s 27’ sailboat. My other pal, renowned rock riter Karen B., provides the ballast. And the scowls. Not a bad day for sailing, but coming back the wind died down to a trickle. You think with a promoter, a writer, and me on board, there’d be wind to spare. But no…..

High Seas Drifter. Out for a sail yesterday on my pal RJ’s 27’ sailboat. My other pal, renowned rock riter Karen B., provides the ballast. And the scowls.

Not a bad day for sailing, but coming back the wind died down to a trickle. You think with a promoter, a writer, and me on board, there’d be wind to spare. But no…..

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June 12, 2009
There’s NO PEAS like SNOW PEAS…… or so the song goes. Look what I found in the garden yesterday! And I have three loverly snow pea plants delivering equal amounts of fresh snow pea goodness. Needless to say, they are now safely stowed away in me tummy.

There’s NO PEAS like SNOW PEAS…… or so the song goes. Look what I found in the garden yesterday! And I have three loverly snow pea plants delivering equal amounts of fresh snow pea goodness. Needless to say, they are now safely stowed away in me tummy.

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June 10, 2009
For the past 2 weeks I’ve been working on redoing the website for Toronto artist Rick McCarthy. It’s a big project with a small budget. But it’s good practice. And it should be ready for public viewing soon. Above is one of Rick’s paintings from his “Fighters” series. He’s very messy.

For the past 2 weeks I’ve been working on redoing the website for Toronto artist Rick McCarthy. It’s a big project with a small budget. But it’s good practice. And it should be ready for public viewing soon.

Above is one of Rick’s paintings from his “Fighters” series. He’s very messy.

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