oh, i’ve been blogdelinquent. but there is no excuse for sitting in front of the computer in this weather. fall always surprises me, i know it is my favorite time but something happens when it actually appears, and it’s like i’ve been asleep for 10 months. finally awake again.
we went today to the apple festival. i tasted 20 kinds of apples, and settled on cox orange pippin, rubinette, bramley’s seedling, and calville’s blanc d’hiver. you can read about apples here or even better pick up michael pollan’s excellent book Botany of Desire. while looking around for a site reference for you on that one i was lured onto amazon and bought 4 books in the blink of an eye, so i’m not even going to look again. you can find it. and hey, another one of my favorite books is only $4.99 on amazon right now! brand new! kathryn davis’ The Girl Who Trod on a Loaf. incredible novel about bogs and opera and hans christian anderson.
what else can i recommend? the new christine fellowsrecord, that’s what. called nevertheless, she’s raised the bar again. right now i’m listening to the initial recorded arrangements by giorgio magnanensi of some neil young songs. i’ll be singing them with the cbc radio orchestra next spring, thrill of thrills. so many projects, actually. i’m working on some new songs to sing with the University of Manitoba choir in february, and tomorrow i go to edmonton to get working on a new project with playwright kevin kerr.
and please note on the shows page, i’m going to winnipeg spur-of-the-moment next weekend to play at the west end cultural centre’s 20th birthday party. the weekend after that we have a fine show in vancouver with sandro perri and fond of tigers. and now i’m going to hop on my bike and get down to The Darjeeling Ltd. autumn is the best.
Oh you are participating in the Great Canadian Songbook again? How exciting!! Do you know who else is in it this year? I keep checking but no announcements yet.. Maybe I’ll be a keener and buy my tickets now 🙂
Veda + CBC = more masterpieces on the way!
Yay!
Veda, have I said you rule? Well, you do!
Will check Christine Fellows’ album when it’s out!
they haven’t announced the other singers yet, but i know one of them is going to tackle BTO! isn’t that crazy? i can’t wait! and we’re all going to do a little cohen at the end.
All the Cohens are little, good luck finding a big one to do.
What did you think of the Darjeeling limited?
I have a massive crush on Adrian Brody now, that’s one big Jew. Massive. (The crush, not the Jew).