Archive for 2014/05


Rhinofy-Silencers Primer

The best band you’ve never heard. It matters what label you’re on, and whether you’re a priority. And being on RCA left the Silencers not a priority and with no career, as the label was in transition. But the only records I played more in the nineties were those of Shawn Colvin, although the sound […]

Daniel Glass & Amanda Palmer at Canadian Music Week

I just interviewed them, this is what I learned… DANIEL GLASS 1. Word of the year…RELENTLESS! That’s a key to Daniel’s success, his unflagging devotion to getting it done. 2. Last year’s word…INSPIRATION! You can’t create if you’ve got no inspiration. Keith Richards told Daniel to go to Marrakesh, Daniel did, he’s traveled the world […]

Trinity Taverna

I can’t resist the carbs. And I’m insulin resistant. Which may account for my hangover this morning, even though my alcohol days are decades behind me. Yup, that’s what my nutritionist says. I eat bread or pasta and my sugar spikes and I get high and then I crash. But the problem is I can’t […]

Food For Thought-The Skip

“The Skip” This is what you’re up against. Used to be the hard part was getting your track on the radio. Now the hard part is getting people to listen to the end. We’ve gone from a captive, limited marketplace to one in which everything is available and you can get me to click, but […]