It was a Friday evening, around 10 o’clock, when I got home from an interesting and chaotic Japanese dinner at Katsu on the Danforth, with a bunch of classical music fans and amateur musicians. Time to check my email one more time, but, with horror, I realized the screen was so dark I could barely [...]
Six String Nation
The Six String Nation guitar made a stop at our workplace today. This is a guitar made by George Rizsanyi, a custom luthier who incorporated 60 or so artifacts from Canadian history and culture into its design. It has already been played by a number of Canadian folk musicians, and civilians are also having their [...]
A Red Green Moment
I had a Red/Green moment today when I tore my skirt while bending over a filing cabinet to retrieve some CD-cases that had fallen behind the bottom drawer, onto the floor. I had on a narrow gray skirt that I’d bought just after Christmas, a cheap designer bargain issue. (I needed to wear a long [...]
Don’t Come Knocking
One of the more interesting German new wave directors that emerged in the 1970s along with compatriots Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Werner Herzog, and Volker Schlondorf, Wim Wenders evidenced a fascination with place and a deep admiration for American popular culture. In Don’t Come Knocking, the principal action is set in his favorite American town, Butte, [...]
