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On Saturday Valerie and I went to the historic Horseshoe Tavern (you have to call it that; it’s the law) to see a tribute show for Handsome Ned. Ned was a pivotal figure in the Toronto music scene in the 80s, who showed music fans forged in the punk and new wave eras that hipsters could love country music ( Read more... )

I realize that famous people are supposed to die in threes, but it’s cheating when you take the third guy out and hang him ( Read more... )

The ancient Athenians, who liked them some high irony, were in the habit of ascribing apocryphal but apposite deaths to their notables. The playwright Aeschylus was reputed to have been killed by a tortoise, dropped from a great height by an eagle, who had mistaken his bald head for a rock to smash its prey against. This was considered a compliment ( Read more... )

There’s a meme going around where you’re supposed to list the top hits of the year when you were eighteen and then indicate which of them you love and which you despise.

I’m not going to do the meme. That would be a Rule Twelve violationInstead I’m just here to quibble with the concept. The meme author has chosen the wrong year. It’s not age ( Read more... )

The first of the year is always a good time for further signs of impending apocalypse.

Classic new wave-era art provocateurs Devo have licensed their songs and image to Disney, so that the group may be reborn as Dev2.0 [Devo 2.0] The new group will consist of 10 to 12 year olds, both boys and girls. Some of the songs will be lyrically toned down ( Read more... )