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echo and lucklucky

isn’t it amazing how the first day of school still feels like the first day of school even when you are not going to school?

my song lucklucky has been included on the list for the Socan ECHO songwriting prize this year, which is very nice. very good company on the list too, weakerthans, sandro perri, wintersleep, and socalled. and now the winner is determined by a public vote. you can log on to www.echoprize.ca and register, and then vote once a day every day. until september 29. vote for any of us, just get out there! it’s nice to have these prizes that are unattached to any kind of conventional success. works for me, anyway. plus i happen to know that the 5 grand in prize money would be well used by any of those artists. if i should be so lucky i promise not to squander it.

oh, and last night i dreamt that i wrote a song about israel, and managed to fit it into my children’s opera about trees. the only lyrics i can remember are “israel, israel”…..i also dreamt i had to make 100 paintings of the letter S. Continue reading echo and lucklucky

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oh, band

i continue to sort through a million things in our house this summer, and i found this photo from around 1999 i think. why on earth did i not use this photo on our poster? i used the “we are serious musicians come to kick your ass” photo, but really, this is us. at least i hope so. i seem to recall barry taking issue with the apparent length of his arm, but i love the long arm of barry. i love clinging to it, like a raft in the middle of the sea. Continue reading oh, band