+ we are not strangers, after all (so fax me) +
Here we are, clicking things to prove our affection for one another on another platform yet again, haven’t we done […]
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Digging into a Santa size stack of Correspondence
Pleasant chitchat whilst going through a big stack of mail and talking about friendship, back-stories, geography, creativity, sortganizing – nothing fancy
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Archiving and Sortganzing – musings about creative life
Continuing on a conversation about why I enjoy, and even think it’s important in some cases, to curate and archive
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Festival Express Redux: a cross-Canada train trip exploring art, culture, media and business
originally published in “Uncle Weed’s Dossier in Vancouver Observer, Feb 2011 – link broken – retrieved from Wayback Machine Dave
Festival Express: Further reading… & inspiration
Festival Express – The Trans-Continental Pop Festival – Published on August 14, 2018 By This Day In Music I wish I had a
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Spoken + Song, Ukulele Goodtimes
“What a wonderful world” (for Phil Lesh and Myra O)
By the side of a pond, thinking about generations passing, generations flourishing, so much more to learn, so much more
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Craft Sessions, Kinfolk + Pals
Making Ichiro’s Birthday banner sign in the kura
using pinking shears, construction paper, paint, markers, twine and music, i make a big banner sign for my kiddo’s birthday
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Books in the Kura – w/ Emde, Lawrence, Kroll, et al & Ichiro
Hanging out in the kura with Blue Jay Valley 7″ on the turntable going through a stack of recently received
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Spoken + Song, Ukulele Goodtimes
(What’s so funny about) Peace Love and Understaaaaanding
Question for you: What’s so funny about peace love and understanding anyway? Soliloquy & song from a laundry room on
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(a list of) “Things to Look Forward To”
Feeling a bit blue with a broken foot, and some other mental health and physical health challenges – like I
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Batches of Records – indie rock, much Canadiana + awsum musical women
In my Kura barn studio (wearing a zip up cardigan) some months after returning from a trip to former home
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Earthen walls, creator collective, holiday schemes and busted foot dreams
Hanging out in a shady place with baritone ukulele waiting for kids to go by collecting for the festival, I
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Spoken + Song, Ukulele Goodtimes
“Lawyers, Guns, and Money” (with apologies to Warren Zevon)
A short unrehearsed version in a windy park in Okayama, Japan on baritone ukulele Because I’ve got no shame and/or
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Vinyl Time Capsule, 1991 (so much 1980s wave, punk, world & soundtracks)
Vinyl Time Capsule from 1991 (so much 1980s wave, punk, world & soundtracks) Flipping through a big box of vinyl
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Records, Show and Tell
Bonanza Box of Records, Games, Books & Ephemera
Bonanza Box of Records, Games, Books & Ephemera “Beat Scene” book full of photographs (by Burt Glin), letters, and artifacts
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“Like to Rock” Books & Records in the Kura
“Like to Rock” Books & Records in the Kura Hang out in Kura Barn studio with a batch of books
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