Monthly Archives: January 2017

The New Prog Masters Part 2: All About the Music

“Run, why should I run away When at the end the only truth certain— One day everyone dies, If only to justify life.” —Gentle Giant, A Cry for Everyone, from Octopus In Part One of The New Prog Masters I … Continue reading

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Dead Crow: Prologue update

INTRODUCTION: Having launched the video production of Dead Crow: Prologue last October, followed by a brief performance tour of the West Kootenay, it occurred to me that the last time I’d posted the text for the poem was in 2012. … Continue reading

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David Bowie One Year On: Blackstar Rising

INTRODUCTION: Anniversaries are often significant, painful milestones for the grieving, especially the first anniversary following the death of someone special. As I wrote last year when Bowie died, I was broadsided—shocked even—by the intensity of my grief. Once again on January … Continue reading

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