I’ve been to some weird concerts in my life, but the cake-topper has to be the 50th anniversary reunion tour performance of the Nihilist Spasm Band.
Tag: music
My Canada, 29/150: Enjoy the humour of the situation
The Barenaked Ladies made comedy look easy. One day, I got a backstage look into just how much work went into that ease.
My Canada, 27/150: The carousel of time
Joni Mitchell’s young voice had the pure tone of flute, if the breathiness of a flute tone was burned away by fire.
My Canada, 26/150: Joy will find a way
Ah, Bruce. Bruce Cockburn, Canada’s Bruce, the quirky, prickly, questing, gentle angry man who has provided the soundtrack to most of my life.
My Canada, 1/150: The Elora Gorge, ON
I grew up near Elora, in the town of Elmira. “Ooooh,” people would say when I told them my hometown. “That’s so pretty! I love the gorge.” Ah no, I’d auto-correct. Elora. That’s the pretty place.
