Monthly Archives: August 2016

78s were still around when I became conscious about age 2-3 of popular music of the day: “Sincerely” by The McGuire Sisters” and “Dear John”, a novelty record by the great wit Stan Freberg. Radio was still king in the … Continue reading →

(just a random sampling of my large autograph collection from the live performers section) Folk-Country-Popular Gordon Lightfoot (4) Bruce Cockburn (10ish x) Leonard Cohen Ian and Sylvia (2) Ian Tyson (4) Donovan Bob Dylan Paul Simon John Sebastian Kris Kristofferson Valdy (2) … Continue reading →

Don Iveson wants a seawall along the river. At last report, though, he was going to drive the valley bums and street people up and down on the funicular to get to his bike lanes and 3-car LRT. If ever there … Continue reading →

“I have a turn for both observation and deduction.” “I can discover facts, Watson, but I cannot change them.” “”There is nothing like first-hand evidence.” “Any truth is better than indefinite doubt.” “You see, but you do not observe.” “The … Continue reading →

Love Story, the 1970 weepie directed by Arthur Hiller. (I never saw so many women crying openly after a movie!) Obit. Edmonton’s great Hollywood director Arthur Hiller, 92. Vic Comp’s pride and joy, along with the very funny Leslie Nielsen. Both … Continue reading →

Same old.  Here’s some titles of popular shows this summer: Donating Sperm to My Sister’s Wife 6 Quick Dick Tricks God Is a Scottish Drag Queen IV Things Are a Cock Nerdfucker The “F” Words The Lion, the Bitch, and … Continue reading →

-pretty much anything by Shakespeare–King Lear, Hamlet, Macbeth -most of Shaw’s plays –Lord of the Flies –Songs of Innocence and Experience -most of Ibsen’s plays –Animal Farm -Huxley’s Point Counter Point and Brave New World -most of Graham Greene’s novels … Continue reading →

(perhaps the ultimate Dickens’ novel on money and status) -most of Shakespeare’s plays -most of Dickens’ novels –Pride and Prejudice –Sister Carrie –Age of Innocence –The Great Gatsby -most of E.M. Forster’s novels –Heart of Darkness –Wuthering Heights –Jane Eyre  

(1st ed. dust jacket) Adventures of Huckleberry Finn–Mark Twain Sister Carrie–Theodore Dreiser The Age of Innocence–Edith Wharton The Sun Also Rises–Ernest Hemingway The Great Gatsby–F. Scott Fitzgerald The Grapes of Wrath–John Steinbeck My Antonia–Willa Cather To Kill a Mockingbird–Harper Lee … Continue reading →

(scarce 1st paperback ed., U.S. 1949) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man–James Joyce To the Lighthouse–Virginia Woolf Pride and Prejudice–Jane Austen Return of the Native–Thomas Hardy your choice of Heart of Darkness, The Secret Agent, or Lord … Continue reading →