I'm closing out my year on Substack by recommending another Substack: "Stories from the Edge of Music" by @richard_flohil and adding in my own tale of a surreal encounter with legendary impresario #GinoEmpry sixstringnation.substack.com/p/beyond-the-s…

Uh-oh, the presence of a sculpture of my 4-month-old head has me ruminating on the passage of time. Go figure! Good thing too, because the 20th anniversary of the Nation is just over 2 years away. Read more at open.substack.com/pub/sixstringn…

It's a tragic anniversary that we've commemorated in Voyageur's Jim lid. As our media environment becomes more toxic, spewing more ignorance and hatred, music and a welcoming community in St. Foy are powerful antidotes. #cciq #mosqueshooting #remembertheirnames

On the occasion of what would have been dad's 93rd birthday, I reflect on a late realization that a life-changing moment for dad at the age of 45 or 46 was eerily similar to what happened to me at the CBC when I was the same age. open.substack.com/pub/sixstringn…

I've been so afraid to write about this chapter of my life but now that I've started... Let's just say it's going to go to 3 or possibly 4 parts: what the hell happened at CBC Radio ? open.substack.com/pub/sixstringn…

I confess it is exhausting and stressful to write this stuff – just imagine how it was to actually live it! The third (and penultimate) instalment of the story of my departure from CBC Radio open.substack.com/pub/sixstringn…

I thought it would be one long post at first. Turned into a 4-parter! I'm wrapping up the story of my departure from CBC Radio this week. Feels good to get all his off my chest! open.substack.com/pub/sixstringn…

I explore some possible clues as to the origin of CBC dysfunction baked right into the architecture. Also, the text of my speech for the Chris Brookes Audio Luminary Induction in Chicago! open.substack.com/pub/sixstringn…

I was fortunate this past Monday to catch the final night of Feist's recent "Multitudes" tour at Massey Hall. I mean, like, REALLY fortunate. It hit home, pushed buttons and tickled the brain. open.substack.com/pub/sixstringn…

In this edition, in celebration of St. Urho's Day, the circuitous tale of how a soup paddle from the Hoito Restaurant in Thunder Bay came to be in Voyageur (with a detour through the films of Aki Kaurismaki) open.substack.com/pub/sixstringn…

Got me talking in circles again! On the links actual and fictional that bind particular clusters of music, literature and geography. Read now at open.substack.com/pub/sixstringn…

Happy birthday Colin Linden – coolest cat to graduate from Ranchdale Public School!

The 100 day countdown begins for the Paris Olympics. Good luck to #chefdemission , the legendary (and delightful!) Bruny Surin and all of Team Canada in the days, weeks and months ahead !!!!

You want to drive through some beautiful countryside anyway. See Six String Nation live as part of local songwriter Anne Walker's Coulson Concerts series.. Just east of the Horseshoe Valley Resort. More info and tickets online at annewalker.ca/the-coulson-co…

Maupassant measured in sunsets, Prufrock in coffee spoons. For me it's this pill organizer that pretends not to be a pill organizer. Read the latest from Beyond the Six String Nation open.substack.com/pub/sixstringn…

My last post was May 13th. What's the delay, man? You call yourself a writer? Well, it's complicated.... open.substack.com/pub/sixstringn…

My parents’ life together started with one big adventure and sprouted many others along the way. I saw echoes of them in a young couple in Ville-Marie Quebec earlier this summer. Read more at open.substack.com/pub/sixstringn…