Ahead of their eagerly-awaited festival appearances at All Together Now and Electric Picnic, Pillow Queens have released a video for their new single, HowDoILook.
Anne Murray and the Grey Cup.
Great Big Sea had played part of the Grey Cup ceremony weekend in Toronto [in 2007]. I went to the game and then we made our way down, emboldened by our band passes. When the Saskatchewan Roughriders won the cup, I said to a couple of buds, Let s go down on the field. And lo and behold, we ended up down there. Then the next day, we were doing a fundraiser for Gilda s House. The headliner was Anne Murray. To make a long story short, the whole thing came full circle. My friend, he said to me, Alan, you just laid your hands on the Grey Cup and Anne Murray, within 24 hours. That has to be the most Canadian day in history.
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Gary Barwin is the author of the novel Yiddish for Pirates.(Adela Talbot, Vintage Canada)
Yiddish for Pirates is a nautical odyssey narrated by a wise-cracking, polyglot parrot. The parrot, who now lives in a nursing home in Florida, tells the story of Moishe, a boy who joins a ship s crew in 1492. There, Moishe meets the parrot, Aaron. The two have an unforgettable adventure, following maps and hunting for treasure. But it s the period of the Spanish Inquisition, and it s a dangerous time to be Jewish. When Jews as expelled from Spain, Moishe ends up travelling to the Caribbean with Christopher Columbus, making his adventures grander than he ever imagained.
Posted: Jan 02, 2021 6:00 AM NT | Last Updated: January 2
A few days off over the holidays, a comfortable couch, and a good book: in this case, Jim Case s novel Ananias. (Submitted by John Gushue)
There s a bit of lore in our family about me and a box of cornflakes. My sister Lisa tells me when I had nothing handy to read when I was little, I would read the back of the box and then the sides. Niacin, iron and a list of vitamins? Read all about it, many times over.
I m always grateful I grew up in a family of readers. It no doubt had an influence on my career: when you re swimming in words as a kid, why not make them the tools you work with as a grownup?