Archive for 2007/01


Canadian Songwriters Hall Of Fame

Who knew Sylvia Tyson wrote "You Were On My Mind"? When I woke up this morningYou were on my mind Ain’t that love! You know how it is, you meet someone new.  There’s a rush of blood to the head, you tingle, you don’t want to part.  And the next morning, you wake up and […]

Some E-Mail

Michael Brandvold: Bob, I love your frank and honest commentary. I met you at the Doors party at the Whiskey. I was there with Lonn Friend, I worked for KISS mananging their website. Anyway I just wanted to throw you my $.02. This isn’t an attack on John Mellencamp, it’s an attack of the music […]

Today In T.O.

I just wanted to tell you about the snow. It’s been a long time since I’ve lived in winter.  Experiencing it on a gray day in T.O. was like running into an old friend, from high school, from college. After a few decades you lose touch with who you used to be, but it comes […]

My Dinner With Sam

Actually, we were at the EMI Publishing table.  That’s what everybody says, that the best A&R people in Canada are Michael McCarty and Barbara Sedun.  They’re not like Americans.  They take their jobs very seriously, it’s not about the glitz and the glamour, it’s about the MUSIC!  Hell, Barbara placed Lukas in "Rock Star Supernova".  […]