As I type these words today, another school year is coming to an end here in Canada. The end of the school year is a funny time for all whose… Read More »The Great Canadian Road Trip….Song #73/250: Jackpot by Jocelyn Alice
My mum and dad were married in the 1950s. They spent their courting days and the first few years of their marriage in one of the twentieth century’s most stylish… Read More »Places, Everyone!…Venue #17/25: The Copacabana Nightclub in New York City
It is easy to look at the early days of Suzanne Vega’s adult years as being a Bohemian dream. In the early 1980s she was enrolled at a liberal arts… Read More »Reader’s Choice/Tom’s Top Tunes…Song #63/250: Tom’s Diner by Suzanne Vega
There was a time in the history of modern music not too long ago that was called the Age of the Divas. It was the era when the likes of… Read More »The Stars of Stage and Screen…Song #66/250: The Impossible Dream by Richard Kiley from the Original Cast Recording of the Musical The Man of La Mancha
I grew up on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, as many of you may already know. Cape Breton is a funny place in a way because it is difficult… Read More »The Great Canadian Road Trip…Song #72/250: Help I’m Alive by Metric
If there has been one common thread that connects all of the venues that have appeared so far in this series it is one of history. From the Cavern Club… Read More »Places, Everyone!…Venue #16/25: The MSG Sphere in Las Vegas, Nevada
When you find yourself in a new social situation, it is often the most innocent tidbits of information that draw you to those who end up becoming your friends. For… Read More »Reader’s Choice/Tom’s Top Tunes…Song #62/250: Release by Pearl Jam
Have you ever been to a dinner party or found yourself in a bar or some other social gathering where you know some of the people but not all of… Read More »The Stars of Stage and Screen…Song #65/250: Sugar Man by Sixto Rodriguez from the Original Soundtrack to the Documentary Searching for Sugar Man.
The fall of 1982 is always the time that I believe was the beginning of my journey into adulthood. It was then that I moved from my bucolic island home… Read More »The Great Canadian Road Trip….Song #71/250: High School Confidential by Rough Trade
Candlestick Park in San Francisco was ostensibly a sports stadium that was built on the shores of San Francisco Bay. It was home to the San Francisco Giants major league… Read More »Places, Everyone!….Venue #15/25: Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California
