Divining the Future in Coffee
When I was a kid, there were these little old Greek ladies who read housewives’ fortunes in the bottom of cups of Turkish coffee. Of course, they called it Greek coffee, because in...
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An Open Letter to Pride Toronto
On Sunday May 6th, Mayor Rob Ford and his councillor brother Doug invited Sun Media’s David Menzies to their weekly radio show on Newstalk AM 1010 and provided a platform for his trash-talking...
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Book Review – Our Paris: Sketches from Memory
Our Paris: Sketches from Memories Written by Edmund White Drawings by Hubert Sorin Knopf: 1995 What would you do if you got really sick and had to give up work? How would...
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Simplicity is Key
The Note Recognition Trainer app for the BlackBerry PlayBook does one thing only. It drills you on the notes on the musical stave. And it’s easy to use. You fire it up, guess...
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CBC Radio and the Canadian Economy
Every time there are budget cuts to the arts, I hear the same figure bandied about: every dollar of spending on culture yields seventeen dollars in economic benefits. That’s a hefty return...
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Book Review: Martin Lindstrom’s Brandwashed
You are being followed. Whether you found this page on Google, clicked on a link I posted on Facebook, Twitter or Pinterest, or landed here upon the recommendation of a friend (mutual or...
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Book Review: Keith Richards’ Life
The story goes something like this: The was a young man who loved the blues. One day, he met another young man who equally loved the blues but had a better record collection....
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Red Guitar
One day, science will prove that red guitars do indeed sound better. In the meantime, you’ll just have to trust me on this. This red Squier Telecaster is a sixty dollar craigslist find....
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Know Who You Are
A few weeks back at Comicon, legendary artist George Perez let on how much he admired cosplayers (anime fans who dress up as their favourite characters) for their individuality and how important it...
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Woody Shore
I am not a philistine. Although I’m not as well-read as I’d like to be and my tolerance for avant-garde jazz is minimal (to say the least) I consider myself to be fairly...
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