30 November 2009

For the last show, I go into overtime and record myself too loud to review things, thumbnail two sad romantic tales and play the theme music in full so you can hear a woman who knew more sad romantic tales than I ever hope to know. Thank you for listening.

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Where I found the song
An English translation of it (which can also be found in the lyrics field of the .mp3 file)

29 November 2009

I cross a border to be able to sing some of my favourite song before the original singer takes over.

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The full original from Lala
I can't believe I posted this on a Greyhound bus in a traffic jam across the Peace Bridge from Buffalo to Fort Erie.

28 November 2009

As I drive near Cleveland, my mom tells me about when she drove a little more dangerously as a teenager in the 1950's, and later had her wedding dress hacked up.

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27 November 2009

Two from the late lamented Grace Babies: "Philosophy" from Frequency in 1997, and their last released song two years later, "Wish On It".

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A nice recent blog post about Frequency...which links back to my other podcast blog. It's the circle of life.

26 November 2009

What did the Beats eat? For U.S. Thanksgiving, another reading by David Meltzer from his epic poem "Beat Thing", at This Ain't the Rosedale Library.

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The easier book Meltzer refers to is David's copy: the selected poems of David Meltzer

25 November 2009

Yesterday, when I learned a Toronto landmark had been taken down, I went looking for a piece of it, but found history heavier than I would've imagined.

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Here's the post from Torontoist about the Lee's Palace facade.

24 November 2009

There was something about her, though. Something, but not enough. "The Makeover" by Moe Berg from his book of short stories The Green Room.

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