In the UK today is called a bank holiday but here the banks were even open. Is there a country more keep to drop holidays than Canada? It is on all the evidence the best day to buy meat as the entire A&P meat section was on about 50% off and, so, it has been a day or roasting and braising and …

It's freedom night on my TV apparently. CBC plays A Bug's Life - yea, kill the grasshoppers - and then the less happily ended Braveheart - yea, kill the English...oops - and flip to PBS's Austin City Limits and it is the Polyphonic Spree (warning - the best and most appropriate use of introductory …

You would be surprised how a thoughtfully chosen gift from a stranger could bring joy to my life. Consider that I was so ahead on the Franz F' thing.  •  Celebrate my good taste.

From the brother of the yellow press comes this item:  •  “LONDON, England (AP) -- Joe Strummer, lead singer of British punk band The  •  Clash, has been honored with a train named for him. Strummer, who died in 2002 at age 50, was remembered at a naming ceremony Saturday at a railway station in …

In a good article in the NYT called "We Hate the 80s", on the shocking attempt to revive nostalgia for bands like Duran Duran and Motley Crue, an interesting point is made about Generation X which I think is fairly valid:  •  “ According to Ann Fishman, president of Generational Targeted Marketing …

At the risk of being a prig, I note that somewhere in this great land there is town with a winter festival which describes the following entertainments:  •  “Along with sleigh rides and buskers to entertain children and their families, the weekend of fun will include: Outdoor Family Concerts in …

The brother must read the old blog once in a while as, after posting about The Jam back in December, I received a copy of that band's lead singer Paul Weller's latest CD, Studio 150 for my Christmas pressy. A covers album, more Style Council cool than the anger of The Jam, it's dandy dandy dandy …

I wonder if Steven Garrity will have a Saturday Night CBC radio spot one day, replacing Finkleman. I think he thinks his audience is only the geek with headphones sitting in the cubicle farm. Today, however, a snowy Sunday afternoon after the Church's junior choir Christmas concert, the day after …

I owe my big cousin Ewan a few things even though we grew up on different continents. I ran into him in the George Hotel in '86 or '87 and had a fantastic 14 hour Guinness session with his pals of which taking a pool table from a cue spinning teddy boy sits somewhere floating in the middle of the …