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TV: AMC the new HBO?
I haven’t talked about television programs in a little while; and I think it’s time to check in with the latest doings and undoings on the idiot flat screen ( Read more... ) -
Standing in the Aisles with Itchy Feet
In the recent issue of Rolling Stone, Roger Waters, who is featured in the cover story, says that this will be his last big tour. Unless he does another leg of this after Europe, which I doubt, in all likelihood, last Wednesday’s amazing production of The Wall will be the last time I’ll see him ( Read more... ) -
The Tribe Has Spoken
Come here, I want to tell you a secret. Come closer, I won’t bite. Unless you want me too…heh heh.
Just a little bit closer. I don’t want anyone else to hear this. Just you.
OK. Shhh….don’t tell anyone, what I’m about to tell you.
You see, I’m a closet Survivor fan. And no, I don’t mean the band. I mean the American television show.
I know, it’ ( Read more... ) -
A Wake Up Call?
Just a few minutes into the hike, I knew I’d regret it. We’d only just started the descent when I thought to myself, “I shouldn’t have done this.” But there was no going back.
I was climbing down to the Seven Sisters Falls in the middle of the rainforest in Grenada a week ago. It was the third of four days I was spending in Grenada with a group of ( Read more... ) -
The Rocking Horses Reunion
As I stood around Aidan, watching him as he fiddled around, like a kid in a candy store, with vintage keyboards inside the second-hand music store on Kensington Market, it dawned on me that this was the first time I’d seen him do this in 30 years; and I had an inkling that this would be the closest thing to a Rocking Horses reunion as ever would ( Read more... ) -
Digging In The Dirt
First impressions are everything, they say.
I suppose this is true even in music and with CDs.
For instance, I am a huge Peter Gabriel fan, yet I ‘m not overly familiar with his 1992 album Us. Which, I realized this week, is a shame.
Recently I bought a couple of compilation CDs, one of which was Peter Gabriel’s Hit-a 2 disc career retrospective. I ( Read more... ) -
Done With Bonaparte
So, I finally completed one of the items on my Bucket List. Actually, it was the only item on my bucket list, so I guess I'm all ready to go to the great gig in the sky now...
...I’d always meant to read Tolstoy’s War and Peace. I’ve always been a fan of Dostoyevsky, especially his masterpiece Crime and Punishment, one of my alltime favourtie books ( Read more... ) -
OK...here we go...
Take a stab at my middle name ( Read more... ) -
Ok...I'll play along redux
Nicked from Leigh ( Read more... )
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