Monthly Archives: December 2019

(Dean and Glen, first two on the right, 1988 thereabouts) As Christmas fast approacheth: -my parents; only eulogies -my wife’s parents; eulogies many close friends including: -Glen Kirkland (co-author poet) eulogy -Dean McKenzie (poet performer) eulogy and performance -Stu Millman … Continue reading →

(after Glenn Gould’s The Idea of North) dedicated to the late great Dean McKenzie (We have administered these vast territories of North in an almost continuing state of mind…) High latitude vast flatness of poles wind a whitewash breathing lungs … Continue reading →

(two-thumbs-way-up; Christmas listening nostalgia; Universal Music/MCA CD) Every year at this time I break out my favorite Christmas CD–the diamond anniversary edition of Holiday Inn and White Christmas with songs by the great Irving Berlin. Warm memories of watching those … Continue reading →

by Edmo’s late great jazz legend Tommy Banks. His talented band and his first-class arrangements.15 classic tunes wonderfully reworked and delivered with some off-the-main-oft-trodden-path titles: “In the Bleak Midwinter’, “Snowfall”, “Where Is Love?”, “”White”, and “What Are You Doing New … Continue reading →

Dylan Thomas’s “A Child’s Christmas in Wales”, experienced on Christmas eve or Christmas Day. Dylan Thomas Reading was the first album Thomas recorded for the two women who founded Caedmon Records; this was the label’s first release in 1952. The … Continue reading →

The return of the ’60s saying: “Art is whatever you can get away with.” Revisited. The performance artist who ate a banana ‘installation’ duct-taped to a white wall. Despite Trump’s 1,300+ lies, frauds, and misrepresentations apparently accepted by the GOPs … Continue reading →

The world’s biggest, mean-spirited bully was upstaged by a Swedish teenager who’s done more good for the world than all the chaos, evil, and destruction that he has nastily wreaked. His massive ego is pissed that this young girl deservedly … Continue reading →

Windspeaker Radio North, Edmonton, 98.5 FM

The voice of Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch. A sad day on Sesame Street as it celebrates its 50th anniversary.

(Christmas Day) The car stopped in front of Ganma and Ganpa’s house. It was dark. Dada lifted me out of the car chair and set me on the snow. I walked to the house which had many lights on. Ganpa … Continue reading →