I spent the weekend in Toronto and while looking for somewhere to get lunch on College street on saturday a multitude of emergency vehicles started screaming past. It turns out there was a 4-alarm fire on Brunswick Avenue (if you’re … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: July 2011
Roller Derby: Tricity vs Forrest City (July 16, 2011)
Last weekend I had my first experience of the 80′s revival phenomenon known as Roller Derby. Word is it’s coming back in a big way, not just in the USA but Canada, and even Australia (and maybe other places, but I’m not … Continue reading
Paul Reginato at Maxwell’s Music House (July 10, 2011)
Every summer Maxwell’s Music House in Waterloo runs a singer/songwriter competition, and in the last heat a friend of mine, Paul Reginato, played. Paul is a young singer/pianist whose intricate songs and narrative lyrics gives me Sufjan Stevens vibes. Apparently I’m … Continue reading