Dana and Danny are old friends from Winnipeg. During COVID they decided to try recording remotely as Danny now lives in Vancouver and Dana has relocated to Kamloops. Their goal was to recreate songs they loved from their childhood with as much authenticity as possible. I got involved in a small way to make their […]
One day, Brent Knudsen and I were driving back from a rehearsal for something (can’t remember what now) and I saw a CD sitting on his console. I asked him what it was and he replied that he didn’t know; that it had simply found it’s way into his car and he didn’t know where […]
This actually became the impetus to forming ‘The Shoes’ for EXPO ’86 3 years later. ‘The Shoes’ ended up becoming ‘Revolver – The World’s Best Beatles Band’ Rocket Norton (drums), and John Hall (keyboards *both from the band Prism*) along with Skip Prest (guitar and vocals from the band Sweeney Todd) landed a gig as […]
Garnett/Edwards Interesting project I was able to work with briefly with the incredible Doug Edwards… wow – what can I say. The guy wrote WILDFLOWER!!! I saw Doug play at The Sawmill Lounge at The Water Tower Inn with The Hans Staymer Band in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario when I was 17. What a band…!!! […]
The Truth and The Lie According to a 19th century legend, the Truth and the Lie meet one day. The Lie says to the Truth: “It’s a marvellous day today”! The Truth looks up to the skies and sighs, for the day was really beautiful. They spend a lot of time together, ultimately arriving beside […]
Around about 1996 – 1997, I had heard about this little restaurant called ‘Johnny’s Place’ in Port Moody (about a mile and half from my place up the road in Coquitlam) I had heard about it for good reason. Through the guitarist in Cease & Desist (Brent Howard Knudsen) I had met quite a few […]
My Wonderful Sister Lydia This was my eulogy I read when we lost my wonderful sister Lydia Howell Dalla-Vicenza suddenly in a car accident. Lydia – Memorial Service July 31st, 2019 At the risk of repeating many of my sister’s wonderful attributes that have been shared today, I will try to offer a […]
By Erin Gabriel, CNN Experts say emotional intelligence — the ability to read, understand and respond to emotions in ourselves and others — is crucial in predicting our health, happiness and success. It’s our emotional intelligence that gives us the ability to read our instinctive feelings and those of others. It also allows us to […]
Zen Buddhism I am one of the least ‘religious’ people you will ever meet. I am acutely skeptical of most things and I’m not easily convinced of someone else’s ‘truth’. My belief system stems from agnostic to total atheist however I struggle with the word atheist. (Quote: “The Agnostic is an Atheist. The Atheist is […]
Definition of Trump from a Brit “Stolen from a friend of a friend. The best description of Trump I have ever read, from a Brit. Someone on Quora asked, “Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?” Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England wrote this magnificent response. A few things […]
10 Songs That Prove George Harrison’s Solo Years Were Better Than You Think The quiet Beatle spent his solo years writing some pretty impressive “Harrisongs”. There’s a lot of received wisdom floating around when it comes to the demise of The Beatles and their varying solo careers. When it comes to George, the story […]