Monthly Archives: December 2020

Charlie at his best. Nicely cleaned up with a dubbed-in piano accompaniment, just as it would have been done in 1925 theatres. The first New Year’s Eve classic as well as The Gold Rush classic, complete with a recreated 1897 … Continue reading →

Very timely and charitable, especially with people not travelling and sitting around on banks of unused Air Miles that could actually do some good for the many others. 500 Air Miles=a $50 donation to the Food Bank to help fellow … Continue reading →

(Thoreau complete, minus the journals. A profound lived example of “To thine own self be true”. How to be an individual in the context of Nature.) “I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex.” –Oscar Wilde … Continue reading →

Here on the electric 12-string Rickenbacker: “Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me.” Out of D as you can see, same key as The Byrds’ original. Interesting year, figuring out which songs for which of the 3 guitars. … Continue reading →

They’re made by child labor to produce the palm oil ingredient. Another assumption bites the dust before the end of 2020.

for passenger travel even though this, below, happened one week before, as reported here: “As the Canadian Gov’t blithely rubber-stamps (posted on December 17, 2020 by rdavies) the new Boeing design, I’m sure we’ll all get on our phones a.s.a.p. … Continue reading →

‘Tis the time of year when I take a break from daily blogging. It’s been a busy year despite the pandemic as the blog enters its 8th year. I have finished running hard copies of all the entries and am … Continue reading →

German composer of the late Baroque. It is impossible to fully absorb how much influence Bach had on listeners, other composers, and classical music history. Mozart and Beethoven, for instance, had great appreciations for his music. This highly recommended DVD … Continue reading →

at Percy Page school used to waft through the hallways and drive the teachers nuts. (The housemaster was a gentle man recovering from a heart attack or some other serious health event and this was, undoubtedly, his notion of relaxing … Continue reading →

the new Boeing design, I’m sure we’ll all get on our phones to book flights with revised Boeings a.s.a.p. Boxing Day Boeing update: An Air Canada Boeing 737 flying between Arizona and Montreal was forced to divert to Tucson b/c … Continue reading →