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Glenn Gould: man, musician, myth and mystique
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Sylvia Tyson contends today’s fledgling musicians have it harder
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And Finally
US musician Tom Petty dies aged 66
I know we are meant to be focused on Canadian music but I couldn’t let his passing go unmentioned, and if you can’t bend your own rules for Tom Petty who can you bend them for?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfH1byDYrgg
Go ahead and bend them rules. They’re only rules of thumb anyway. And good morning.
Good morning!
I’m sorry for prematurely sharing the news of Tom Petty’s death on here yesterday, I thought I was reading it from credible sources when I shared it here yesterday, but they were incorrect.
@Janet, even th LAPD were confused about the situation last night
Yeah, j., we amateurs aren’t paid to be accurate. Which may seem friggin’ obvious, somehow.
Off the have breakfast and to paint over what I primed yesterday. (Question: why is that kind of paint pronounced “prymer”, but an introductory text is apparently a “primmer”?)
I only learned of the “primmer” pronunciation a few years ago. Always had heard it as “prymer”, like the paint.
Good morning!
“Primmer and properer.”
Thanks for the slack, but I hate the idea of contributing to all the manufactured stories going around, and didn’t take the opportunity to correct it yesterday. So even though there was a lot of incorrect info swirling around Mr. Petty, I didn’t intend to contribute to it.
I thought both instances were pronounced “prymer” so I guess you learn something new every day!
‘Prim’ always brings up the image of an old-style teacher, with me.
I’ve got a feeling that Tom Petty’s going to benefit from the Great Career Move Effect. Well, his estate is.
IOW, sales of his records are going to go way up for a while.
(et l’écho me répondit…)
@BfO, I have heard that dieing can be one of the best moves an artist can make to improve sales
Yup. Scuse me, beer break, then back to painting. Just finished the ‘cutting out’ with a sash brush.
Hello all. What a messed up world we live in. Sigh…
Nice graphic up there Garf.
I bend the “indie” rule some days as well. Tom is a good reason to bend rules.
A Petty reason, but not a petty reason.
And yes, I concur on the graphic. Sharp.
Well played Benoit.
Thank you for the image compliments but they should go here
https://photofunia.com/results/59d35fac846d78a3678b4592
Ahhh cool. I should check that out more.
It is where I get all of the images we use on Tuesdays and Thursdays
http://www.ourbasement.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/PhotoFunia-1507054705.jpg
Thanks Garf. That could come in handy.
I thought it would be good virtual merch
That’s a great calendar!
I think we should make this the image instead
https://photofunia.com/results/59d3dbb1846d7877208b45c3
Sorry if this is a silly question, but was is in the coffee cup in that second image?
http://www.ourbasement.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/PhotoFunia-1507056992.jpg
That is the same image of Wild Raccoon eating a cookie
Well, I guess it would have helped, if I didn’t keep trying to look at it sideways….Whoops 🙂
@Janet, if it makes you feel any better I do like lateral thinkers
The thought occurs to me that perhaps all raccoons are tame, it’s the people who react to them, some of those, who are wild…
@BfO, I remember Nick telling me that if you took some of the Toronto raccoons into the countryside you would soon find them at the side of the road trying to hitch a ride back
Garf, that’s likely true. Except they’d probably use the GO Trains.
Tom Petty: How he influenced Sam Smith, Foo Fighters… and Spinal Tap
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-41482121