Kevin Steel
A candidate for rescoring
Last night TCM ran Barbarella as part of it’s underground film series. It’s a real piece of crap, so it’s not suprising it has possibly the worst soundtrack in cinematic history, though that’s not universally acknowledged. Obviously a low point in Bob Crewe’s career, it’s the only film in which he was given the role […]
Vunerable to buck passing
Not my fault. “People are worried but they generally know it’s a very safe community. But what makes any community in Toronto vulnerable is the proliferation of handguns in the city. The Prime Minister and others can no longer turn a blind eye.”–Toronto-Danforth Councillor Paula Fletcher in the Globe and Mail. The community is “very […]
Banger nation
Here come the Chinese cars. G&M: Chinese cars headed for Canada at cut-rate prices: “Like a nation of high school head bangers, Canada appears to have an affinity for cheap cars with questionable looks.”
The plan goes public
In 2003, after the collapse of the Alberta Report, I began talking to my former colleague Kevin Michael Grace about starting an online news magazine. We were just shooting the breeze but we did manage to write down a few of our ideas.
Favre! Favre!
Brett Favre just kills me. If you were watching this afternoon’s game, you would have seen this–3rd and 8, after just barely keeping his balance, Favre stumbles out of the pocket to the right side of the field and hits Donald Lee with an underhand pass for a first down at Seattle’s two. Then Green […]
Early morning music
A little bel canto sing-along from Act 2 scene 3 of Bellini’s Norma, a concert performance of the duet "Mira, o Norma" (followed by "Cedi…deh cedi") with sopranos Edita Gruberová and Vesselina Kasarova accompanied by Friedrich Haider on piano.
In case you’ve forgotten the lyrics, here they are;
ADALGISAMira, o Norma, a’ […]
Shilling for Mo and the Liberals
This is a bit like shooting ducks in a barrel, but it’s a holiday and I’m up for something easy, so here goes.
I’m reading this column by Michael Byers in the Toronto Star: From rogue nation to world leader and I’m wondering, why does this guy seem to be channeling Jean Chrétien and Maurice […]
Weakness for power
Dec. 26, CP: Canada–Limping into 2008
"When the year began, Harper’s Conservatives were sitting at 34 per cent in public opinion approval, according to Harris-Decima, just ahead of the Liberals at 31 per cent. The NDP was at 15 and the Green party at eight per cent.
As 2007 draws to a close, Harris-Decima’s rolling three-week averages […]
Passport fee
On the sentencing of Emmanuel Villarceau which happened back on Nov. 20, the Ottawa Citizen today: Passport fraud lands ex-public servant two-year prison term
"The court documents do not indicate how the people who obtained passports using falsified information came in contact with Mr. Villarceau, nor what Mr. Villarceau received for providing the passports."
Back on May […]
Early morning music
Here’s a Christmas nostalgia pill, a classic for certain people of a certain age; on YouTube, on vinyl at 33 RPM, the 1958 version of The Little Drummer Boy performed by The Harry Simeone Chorale.
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