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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

occupation

 Try as I might, I can’t stop thinking that I am defined by what I do at any given time.  But as long ago as Grade 5, I was told by a teacher that my generation would probably not stay in one ‘career’ like our parents, but would possibly have as many as six. By […]

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Saturday, May 17th, 2008

Here is what is

 
Here is What Is Trailer 
One day last September before things kicked into high gear, I snuck into an afternoon screening at the Toronto International Film Festival. It was partly out of duty that went to see the music documentary Here is What Is, thinking that I  should get to know more about Canadian musician and producer Daniel […]

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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Largo Apocalypse

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Hold me. My favourite little music club in the world is closing. Let me explain, though– it’s not really closing, it’s moving to a new intimate location. Why the panic, then?
We all know that the […]

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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

a call to musical freedom (for uptight classical musicians)

The other day I had to remind myself again that there’s no such thing as Music Police– So I should just relax!
Back in the days of Puirt a Baroque, Terry Mackenna and I used to have to tell ourselves this as we tore apart and then recontructed the sacred cows of Gaelic song, and […]

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Saturday, November 10th, 2007

subway jam

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!4th street/Union square subway stop, New York City
November 4th, 2007

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