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Got a Chapters gift card for Christmas and used it to pick up Love Goes to Buildings on Fire: Five years in New York that changed music forever, by Will Hermes. Think about it: Punk, salsa, hip hop, new wave, new minimalist classical music from Philip Glass … all were born in New York in [...]
Fri, January 6 2012 » Main Page, Minutiae, Music Monday et al » Comments Off
I’ve shot a lot more leaves and trees since first posting this gallery on Oct. 5. Here they are: High Park, Nov. 14. A sample:
Thu, October 20 2011 » Minutiae, photos » Comments Off
Went fishing in eastern Ontario this past weekend. Here are the photos from Loughborough Lake (posted to G+). An example below: The next group includes photos taken Friday, Sept. 16 in the Gananoque area and on Sunday, Sept. 18 at Loughborough Lake. A sample below of a killer loon:
Thu, September 22 2011 » Minutiae, photos » Comments Off
Encircle me. I’m treating Google Plus as Twitter, the extended mix. I like its photo gallery feature, imperfect though it may be, so I’ll likely post photos there and link back. Minute-to-minute blathering can be found on Twitter: @billdinTO. When I’m back up to speed, this blog will the place for curating, analysis and major commentaries penned by [...]
Wed, September 21 2011 » Admin, Minutiae » Comments Off
From NPR on Tuesday: Bernard Wilson, 64, who helped define the sound of Philadelphia soul in the 1970s, died Sunday at a hospital in New Jersey after suffering a stroke and a heart attack. Wilson’s velvet baritone backed up the hits he performed with Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, including “If You Don’t Know [...]
Wed, December 29 2010 » Main Page, Minutiae, Music Monday et al » Comments Off
Your comprehensive guide from ctvtoronto.ca to what’s happening, or not, happening in Toronto over the Christmas break.
Fri, December 24 2010 » Main Page, Minutiae » Comments Off
Fri, December 24 2010 » Main Page, Minutiae, photos » Comments Off
On Wednesday night, I tweeted the following: Beautiful, fluffy snow falling at Bloor/Bathurst. Had I been feeling more literary, I might have written, “Beautiful, fluffy snow softly parachuting down at Bloor/Bathurst.” In any event, snowfalls such as that make me think of My Favourite Things, made famous by Julie Andrews but also recorded by artists [...]
Thu, December 16 2010 » Main Page, Minutiae, Music Monday et al » Comments Off
I’ll be the last person in the world to post this (from multiple sources): I would suggest the cautionary aspects to this video, while hilarious, are quite true. But it does downplay the rewards of having a great job in the business — which can happen when you’re at a weekly newspaper, and not just [...]
Thu, December 16 2010 » Media, Minutiae, multimedia » Comments Off
I both hate and fear heights, but I found this to be as fascinating as it was stomach-churning. Seen via @csaila on Facebook:
Fri, December 10 2010 » Main Page, Minutiae, multimedia » Comments Off
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