I have no idea whose day the music thing was today but we`re not going to miss the last day of the series because of confusion and laziness, so here`s a song: the final song in this inaugural and maybe annual 31 Days Of Music....
Read MoreA young, tastefully-toupeed William Shatner says it was a very good year. (I’ve seen this before but was reminded of it by BoingBoing, who were on the ball enough to post it today.)
Read MoreGenerally speaking, tax cuts are stupid and evil. I recognize and respect that jiggling tax rates is a legitimate public policy tool and there are good tax cuts that make sense. But generally, and I stress generally, it’s...
Read MoreThat’s what TSN is saying in an on-line report — that early next week current Hamilton defensive co-ordinator Greg Marshall (pictured) will be named the Riders’ new head coach. The report also speculates that...
Read More1 MORE ON RECYCLING The LP’s Joe Couture assembles a nice batch of interviews on the City’s recycling plan for a good follow-up to his report yesterday. The loser of the bunch is Colin Craig of the Canadian...
Read MoreThere’s plenty of ways to ring in the new year, but I’ll confine myself here to events featuring live music. At O’Hanlon’s Pub, Regina hard rockers She Kills Me (pictured) headline with Indigo Joseph. At...
Read MoreSeen through a half-consumed bottle of Cruzan Single Barrel Rum, that little ceramic Christmas village sure looks cozy. See how the lights are still on in the church. Must be a little ceramic temperance meeting. (“The...
Read MoreYeah, the U.S.’s days as a global economic superpower are numbered. But it’s still capable of making the odd contribution to human well-being.
Read MoreThe story of Christopher Owen’s childhood as a member of a religious cult and his subsequent escape is so fascinating that it threatens to overwhelm the actual music. Which is kind of a shame, since Girls’ latest...
Read More1 R.I.P. ARTHUR DIETRICH I should have mentioned this last week …. Steve Landesberg, who played Detective Arthur Dietrich in one of the greatest sit-coms in television history, Barney Miller passed away Dec. 21. (CBC) He was the...
Read MoreI haven’t seen this movie yet, and likely won’t until it gets released on DVD (or perhaps shows up at the RPL Theatre, although it’s not listed in the January-February schedule). It’s a historical drama...
Read More1. IT COULD BE WORSE FOR OUR CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS. According to the Globe and Mail, Canada’s cultural institutions ‘held steady’ in 2010. Although things are going to get rocky in the next couple of years. 2....
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