Lemurian Congress

We travel in and out of the big tent to stand near groupies and their babies. Scriptwriters explain their deepest desires. Our brief trip ac...

I escorted my parents to see Greg Allman at the Kitchener Blues Festival on Thursday. I have almost no recollection of Allman from my youth...

Every year I escort my mother to the Kitchener Blues Festival. I love good music but I have a certain impatience with Michael Bolton and his...

Regular readers of my more whiny and self-indulgent posts will know that I tore the labrum in my right shoulder last year. Physiotherapists...

I'm not just sitting hunkered over the computer with my torn cartilage, rheumatic toes, and carpal tunnel syndrome...no, I'm totally...

One of my first jobs was as a part-time clerk at "Sounds Music Plus," a record store in New Hamburg. Besides sitting around waitin...

After last month's soul-searching experience with Dancemakers , I was curious about tonight's performance by Winnipeg's Contempo...

On Thursday night I watched the rehearsal for " 60 Dances in 60 Minutes ," which will be performed at The Registry Theatre on Nov...

You can never go back. Your childhood, your high school days, your moments of great epiphany and discovery...all gone. It's the same wit...

I've already talked enough about Pink Floyd in this blog, and you already know enough about them. Let's just say that I've been ...

The Books My cubical-mate Dave quite literally FREAKED when he heard that The Books were coming to Kitchener. "Whozzat?" I asked. ...

After my brief recuperative day off I jumped back into the Open Ears fray. Unfortunately tonight's fray was a bit of a muddle, but the m...

Tonight was one of extreme contrasts. Open Ears is, at its best, capable of surprising you with a mix of contrasting styles and approaches.....

Sunday was my mother's birthday and I had to work on Monday night, so I missed a few minor things...but Tuesday appeared to be the REAL ...

Yes, it was day two of the 2009 Open Ears Festival ...and I was there. Sort of. " Vexed ," 16 hours, 840 repetitions, much fun Rem...

It's time once again for Kitchener's " Open Ears " festival, one of the few events in town that I feel is targeted towards...

Now that my shoulder pain has momentarily ebbed to a dull throb (more on that in a bit), here's an overview of "Ten Days of Fear,...

Also coming up, also in Guelph, also in March, another wonderful event from Guelph Queer Equality! Here's their promo material: Guelph Q...

I'm finally watching the 1980 "Midnight Special" DVD and I'm having a rich experience that I'd never anticipated; in s...