I am launching a monthly concert series in my new adopted hometown of Burritts Rapids starting on May 14. If you live nearby, come on down! Tickets available at the new website: http://www.bluemoonlive.ca
Blue Moon in Burritts Rapids
Do It Again by my new/old band SoundBytes
New Music Alert! Just before COVID I put my heart and soul into a new band. We played one thrilling gig and then the pandemic hit. We also recorded a few tracks that I intended to release as an EP. But it has been almost 2 years since then and I honestly don't know whether... Continue Reading →
My New Opera ‘Personal Pandemic’ Set to Premiere
I'm pleased to announce that a project that I conceived with composer Tim Brady over a year ago has come to fruition. Please be sure to check out Personal Pandemic – A Socially Distanced Opera which is set to premiere freely on YouTube and the official RISE website on June 28th 2021, 12 PM EST:... Continue Reading →
Rakestar CD Launch
New Music Alert! 10 years or so ago I was asked to come jam by a lanky fellow named Rory. I didn't know what to expect. Would we play Stones tunes? Jazz standards? Funk? Blues? To my surprise Rory – a drummer - just wanted to play. Free jazz. A beloved idiom but not one... Continue Reading →
“Don’t listen to me. Listen to her.” Listening to Aronofsky’s Mother!
Mother!, the film by Darren Aronofsky starring Javier Bardem and Jennifer Lawrence, is a visceral, bloody and utterly gutting condemnation of art as partriarchy and patriarchy as art. Unspooling as a haunting and complex allegory, the film depicts with rare insight and subtlety how female generosity is exploited, desecrated and destroyed again and again by... Continue Reading →
Midsommar’s Horrifying Mirror of Truth
It was, strangely enough, Greta Gerwig's delightful Little Women, that cinematic ne plus ultra of wholesome domesticity, that tempted me to watch Midsommar, a 'horror' film whose breathless reviewers were united in calling 'disturbing' and 'bizarre'. More accurately it was Florence Pugh that drew me to Midsommar. Her performance as Amy in Little Women was... Continue Reading →
Kajillionaire by Miranda July – Shimmering Brilliance, Awkward Tragedies, Everyday Deities
I first heard the name Miranda July about 20 years ago, dropped casually yet reverentially from the lips of Sarah Sharkey-Pearce, one of the smartest, coolest young artists I knew. And so, although it would be a few years before I came across any actual artworks by her, Miranda July's name stayed with me. Brimming... Continue Reading →
Fun with Instagram
For a few years now I have occasionally posted my photos to Instagram but it wasn't until I happened to trip across and follow the kickass account of Erin Hawkins, who endlessly marries cool photos with cool short fictional mini-stories that I realized much more fun could be had. So with thanks to her for... Continue Reading →
Born, my new children’s book is out!
Although COVID-19 has delayed the release of the print edition of my new children's book, Born, I am happy to report that my publisher, Groundwood Books, has gone ahead with the release of the ebook edition. Thanks to everyone at Groundwood for your support and hard work in bringing this book to life! It has... Continue Reading →
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