My goal is to redefine the whole history of rhyme
‘Cause the only way to free the soul is to free the mind
And no wisdom as old as this should be confined
To total mystery, so we’ll just read the signs
And DaVinci codes, and try to see the science
In this linguistically-composed pristine design
–extracted from Rhyme Renaissance by [...]
Remember back in May 2007 when I mentioned my pal, musical genius Danny Michel was planning to co-host a radio show for the CBC with his pal Emm Gryner? (If you don’t remember, click back and refresh your memory)
Well the pilot for that program aired quite a while ago, but it did get picked up, [...]
This is how things happen: First, author Sarah Monette mentions a LiveJournal that posts a poem every Monday.
I follow this link and make a note to come back later and look for poets I am not familiar with.
And as I start looking over the list the first thing that grabs me is a post of [...]
A few years ago I picked up a Rokia Traore album. I’m not sure what the impetus was–probably I was looking for another hit of the same kind of musical whammy that I got from Orchestre Baobab’s Pirate’s Choice, so I was exploring African contemporary.
Let us cut a long story short and say that I [...]
…NEVER say that I got left behind.
I have not been here, because I have been driving ridiculous distances around North America to visit friends and to see the Oysterband live (third time!)
I think I had an idiot grin on my face for about six hours after the show.
I will be discussing this at length at [...]
(This is a bit journal-ish. Skip ahead if that kind of stuff doesn’t interest you.)
You know, the last time I can back from Australia, I was hungover and carrying the Aussie death flu bug, and I was wiped out for several weeks.
This time I seem to have been wiped out first, and then picked up [...]
I had occasion to discuss my position on audiobooks recently while driving around Melbourne.
I don’t think I’ve written about those positions here before, and indeed the extent to which I make use of audiobooks might surprise people who expect me to be a purist in my love of fiction.
Actually, I am a bit of [...]
“We are here to witness; if we were not here the show would play to an empty house . . . .That is why I go for walks . . . to keep an eye on things.”
–Annie Dillard
While I am unsure about the teleological implications, I am sure I love the quote. I believe [...]
Note: I will deny the entire contents of this post if my daughter ever finds it later in her life and confronts me with it. I expect you all to back me up in those denials.
So, how did I welcome in 34th birthday? Recall that I was spending it in Australia.
Before I get into the [...]
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