Here is DeVotchKa’s “How It Ends”: . One grey afternoon, I am wandering around Toronto and taking photos. I head east along Queen Street West and turn north onto Bathurst, camera hanging heavily from a strap around my neck and swinging like a pendulum to the beat of my stride. Right on the corner, there […]
Read more "Dwayne"Last week, I saw an ad on Craigslist for a karaoke host at a random restaurant/bar along the Danforth in Greektown. I sent it to Mink as a joke, and she applied on a whim. When she got the call for an audition, she decided to check it out. What doesn’t sound awesome about being […]
Read more "Karaoke in Greektown"The other day I overheard this questioning statement: “So, this isn’t so bad, is it? The whole hanging out thing?” Here is a beautiful cover of Bon Iver’s “Skinny Love” by Birdy (the original is great, too!): . The scene: A coffee shop on St. Clair Avenue West, late afternoon shifting subtly into that post-5 […]
Read more "Observations in a Coffee Shop: The Post-Break Up Hangout"It had been awhile since I thought about Andrew Bird, and awhile is always too long to not think about Andrew Bird’s whimsical whistling. Here is “Tables and Chairs” (there will be snacks, there will!): On the last day of November, I woke up antsy because of a bad dream I had early that morning […]
Read more "Ezra’s Pound"December 1 is World AIDS Day, and the red ribbon is used to promote awareness of the deadly disease. For anyone who is interested, the World AIDS Day site offers a source for HIV facts, a list of events promoting awareness, and other information: http://www.worldaidsday.org/. So why is today important? Well, as a starting point, […]
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