Among the many characters I play: husband, father, son, retired elementary school teacher, writer, Cape Bretoner, lover of hot tea and, above all else, a gentleman. I strive to make a positive difference in the lives of others. In Life, I have chosen to be kind.
I began writing this punk rock series with a post about the San Francisco area band Jawbreaker. In that post (which you can read here) I talked about some of… Read More »Who’s Punk?! What’s the Score?!…Song #20/21: The Decline by NOFX
If you are a faithful follower of this blog then right about now you might be asking yourself “Didn’t he just cover ‘Sunglasses at Night’ by Corey Hart a few… Read More »The Stars of Stage and Screen…Song #56/250: Sunglasses at Night: Jean Jacket Remix from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to the Film NOPE
Today’s post is a spin-off from a post I wrote last week about the Canadian punk film classic Hard Core Logo. (You can read about the post here). If you… Read More »The Great Canadian Road Trip…Song #60/250: Try Honesty by Billy Talent
There are many live performance venues from around the world that are products of their time. One of the most famous examples of this is the French nightclub and cabaret… Read More »Places, Everyone!…Venue #6/25: The Moulin Rouge in Paris, France
In 1962, two years before I was even born, a sixteen year old dark haired beauty named Cherilyn Sarkisian walked into an L.A. coffee shop on the arm of her… Read More »Reader’s Choice/Tom’s Top Tunes…Song #49/250: I Got You Babe by Sonny and Cher
Today we have a crossover edition where we find the world of Canadian punk rock merging with the world of Canadian cinema in the form of the fictional story of… Read More »The Stars of Stage and Screen…Song #55/250 AND Who’s Punk?! What’s the Score?!…Song #19/21: Who the Hell Do You Think You Are? by Hard Core Logo from the Original Soundtrack to the Film Hard Core Logo.
Leslie Feist has very quietly become one of Canada’s most successful singers of all time. She has won almost a dozen Juno Awards over the years, including two separate times… Read More »The Great Canadian Road Trip…Song #59/250: 1-2-3-4 by Feist.
I have no scientific research to back up what I am about to say but I am sure that it must have been quite the revelation to the first cave… Read More »Places, Everyone…Venue #5/25: The Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California
This is one of those posts where if ya know, ya know. The three bands mentioned in the title are all connected by the base desires of lust, sex, jealousy,… Read More »Who’s Punk?! What’s the Score?!…Songs #18/21: Ruby Soho by Rancid, Drain the Blood by The Distillers and No One Knows by Queens of the Stone Age.
I have often maintained that we, as a society, do ourselves an injustice by allowing our cultural upbringing to colour our worldview. A simple non-musical example of this pertains to… Read More »Reader’s Choice/Tom’s Top Tunes…Song #48/250: Games Without Frontiers by Peter Gabriel
