A couple days ago, I came across this clip of Nina Simone singing “Revolution” at the Harlem Cultural Festival in 1969. It was shown at the end of a very… Read more Nina Simone, Baltimore, and Voices of the Unheard →
I’ve seen this song shared by a few folks on social media the past few days, so took a moment to listen this morning. Impressive! The band is Postmodern Jukebox,… Read more Song to Stop For: Haley Reinhart, Cover of Radiohead’s “Creep” →
“Thank you, hard taco shells, for surviving the long journey from factory, to supermarket, to my plate and then breaking the moment I put something inside you. Thank you.” (Joe… Read more Said It: Jimmy Fallon…on Taco Shells →
“I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn.” Last night Joe and I and our friend Kaci went to a wonderful reading series… Read more Said It: Anne Frank, On the Power of Writing →
When I first met Dan Quinton, founder of the Halifax-based printmaking company PosterBoy, we were both in our early 20s and living in Victoria. Dan was a painter in the… Read more Q + A: Printmaker Dan Quinton on Confidence, the Canadian Landscape, and the Future of PosterBoy →
“It’s not your life, it’s life. Life is bigger than you. Life isn’t something you possess, it’s something you take part in and you witness.” ps. A great interview… Read more Said It: Louis C.K., on Life →
Remember the interview I did with Adam Kittredge, frontman of the Canadian band Thieves? Well, CBC Music’s Sonica released their top 50 songs of 2014 earlier this week, and “Never… Read more Song to Stop For: Thieves “Never Meant to Know” →
Two years ago, after 15 years, the Juno-nominated, Victoria, B.C.-based band Jets Overhead quietly stopped playing together. My friend Adam Kittredge, the band’s former frontman, has since started Thieves, a… Read more Q + A: Musician Adam Kittredge On His New Band Thieves, the Challenges of Artistic Collaboration, + What He Would Tell His 16 Year-Old Self →
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