This morning was a little warmer than yesterday, so I set out with fewer layers hoping I’d be warm enough on the bike. Soon the knee-warmers came off and were stuffed in my jersey pocket. Then just south of Saint Adolphe, Manitoba, where I turned around after riding 40 kilometres (25 miles) against a mildContinue reading “Two Cold Nights in Buffalo”
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I’ve Got the Music in Me
Well, here we are again with a selection played on Guy Garvey’s Finest Hour on BBC 6 Music. I’ve only just finished listening to the third hour of Sunday’s episode, “Pink Floyd and Stevie Wonder a Go-Go Today” in which he features some Pink Floyd as well as songs written, sung or contributed to byContinue reading “I’ve Got the Music in Me”
Under a Stormy Sky
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, long trips to cottage country in northwestern Ontario meant some CDs and some radio, but FM stations didn’t reach too well in rural areas, so it was often AM radio. Near noon on Saturday meant CBC’s Quirks and Quarks (with Jay Ingram) and Basic Black (with the lateContinue reading “Under a Stormy Sky”
In My Arms
My iTunes library metadata tells me that on Saturday, March 23, 2015 at 6:23 pm, I bought and added this song to my collection. When working, I used to spend a lot of the weekend listening to music to recharge from hectic work weeks. I don’t always recall how I first learned of songs I’veContinue reading “In My Arms”
Stay by Me
For me, sometimes the measure of a really great song is if I feel that it belongs in a film when the ending credits roll (for more on that idea, see my January 12, 2020 post on “Sultans of Swing”). You know; it’s that moment you realize the movie is ending, but you want itContinue reading “Stay by Me”
Song of the Day for Today 