“Inventing the Internet Age” on CBC
Around the time that CBC ran its “Greatest Canadian” program, I discovered the CBC’s online archives. It’s a phenominally rich online goldmine in which the CBC has opened up its vaults of audio and...
View ArticleQuarter Life opening for ZZ Top
Quarter Life, a band that I featured in Show 09, is one of two bands that will open up for ZZ Top at the Ottawa Blues Fest tomorrow night (July 12).
View ArticleForums now online
A new discussion forums area has been launched today. Anonymous posts are welcome. Posters who identify themselves and provide contact information (either by providing their info in their post, or by...
View ArticleShows coming
Sorry about the delay in putting out a show. I have been busier than I expected to be, and my week was centered around ZZ Top at the Ottawa Bluesfest. More on that festival when I publish a show next...
View ArticleRobert Farrell Band at Barrymore’s
Blues/rock guitar player Robert Farrell is performing at Barrymore’s (in Ottawa) with special guest, Livinsin, on Friday, August 5th. Robert’s music was featured on the first ever Electric Sky Podcast.
View ArticleEmail problems fixed – please resend!
It appears that I had some email problems today, between 9:00amET and 1:15pmET. If you sent email to me this morning that I have not yet responded to, or that bounced back to you, please resend it....
View ArticleRecovering from a defacement
You may have noticed that this site was out of service today, and it may have some more intermittent interruptions in the coming days as I recover from my first ever website defacement (no personal...
View ArticleBest wishes to “The Source”
The Ottawa Citizen published a great obituary to a man who deserves the tribute. Brian Murphy, a fixture of Ottawa music life, passed away yesterday (October 31). I used to listen to his radio programs...
View ArticleSignal Hill, Nova Scotia?
I’m in Halifax this week, and last night went to The Lower Deck with a colleague to check out an extremely popular band called Signal Hill – originally from Newfoundland (hence the name) it now calls...
View ArticleBetween two wolves
An old cheroke chief is teaching his grandson about life: “A fight is going on inside me,” he said to the boy. “It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil – he is anger, envy,...
View ArticleThanks for New Wave music, Leroy!
I couldn’t understand why there was sudden interest in my Podcast interview with Ian “Leroy” Copeland, a show I published on June 2, 2005. I was shocked when I learned that Ian passed away on Tuesday,...
View ArticleEpisodes 8 and 9 remastered and resampled
I have remastered original Electric Sky episodes 8 (Soundseeing tour of my appearance on CBC radio) and 9 (Ian Copeland and Quarter Life). The original files were sampled using settings that sacrificed...
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An Electric Sky Fathers’ Day
For Fathers’ Day, my two daughters gave me some artwork that proves I’m more than a bit passionate about my hobby.
View ArticleJulien Smith diggs del.icio.us and MySpace
Thanks a million to Julien Smith of inoveryourhead.net for helping me understand some of the social networking technologies that I have been trying so hard to avoid, and for fixing up my site to more...
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Happy Canada Day
One of the nice things about living in downtown Ottawa is being able to watch the Canada Day fireworks from our roof. It’s also amazing to see that some of the fireworks are MANY city blocks wide. This...
View ArticleHelp with iTunes
I need help! This Podcast (Electric Sky) and another that I produce (Just One More Book) are no longer being updated in iTunes. According to Feedburner, the errors reported in my RSS file won’t affect...
View ArticleiTunes problems resolved… almost
My iTunes problems are nearly resolved. Actually, the root of the problem was a misconfiguration on this site which confused iTunes. Unfortunately, iTunes takes a long time to get unconfused.Â...
View ArticleListener feedback
I have added a listener feedback line. You can leave a voice mail message of five minutes or less at 206-350-6487. Alternatively, you can use the contact form to send text feedback. I am always...
View ArticleImmortalized
Pete Moss, narrator of the Uninformed Biography segment on AndyCast, has featured the uninformed story of my life on the latest AndyCast, Episode #32. How did he find out about the martial arts???
View ArticleThe rebuilding begins
Thank you to everyone for your kind words, good wishes, and offers of help. My family and I have been touched by the generosity and concern. I have begun replacing what was stolen and hope to be back...
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