NAS
As I type this I’m waiting for my new Synology DS220+ Network Access Storage device to set itself up. Of course I named it Illmatic. I’m excited to get all […]
Category Archives: Music
No skips
My new favourite podcast is called No Skips. It’s my friend* Lisa and her husband going deep on some classic albums: Music fanatic and his skip-happy wife take on the […]
RIP, Eddie
I did, in my youth, go through a pretty solid Van Halen phase. It petered out around the second Sammy Hagar album, but I knew all the DLR albums inside […]
Paper wings
Not long ago a shuffle play served up an old Damien Jurado song called Paper Wings. It’s an excellent song. Listen for yourself: I first downloaded it twenty years ago, […]
black midi
.:. Cover Photo by Wes Hicks on Unsplash
The best of everything from 2018
As is my annual wont, I’ve collected and curated lists of my favourite consumed media from the year. All listed alphabetically, unless otherwise specified. .:. My favourite albums of 2018 […]
I wanna be your
Thursday night we braved the mid-November snow and went west, arriving at the Loop Gallery on Dundas just in time for readings from the latest installation in Vallum’s Chapbook series. […]
The last birthday present
It’s nice having trailing birthday presents that you get to enjoy weeks after the event itself. To wit: Lindsay booked tickets for us to attend a tasting at Rorschach Brewing […]
The roar of the Forth road bridge
Not three months ago we saw Frightened Rabbit play at the Mod Club, a tour to mark the tenth anniversary of their breakout album The Midnight Organ Fight. Lindsay had never […]
Pa’lante
Even though I moved to this neighbourhood a year ago — almost exactly a year ago, actually — I hadn’t been back to The Opera House to see a gig. […]
