The ladies love the accordion. Would a 1960’s comic lie?
Comic courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.
Category Archives: Accordion, Instrument of the Gods
Once Again, a Reminder About the Accordion
September 12, 2007 – 3:41 pm
Living the Dream
August 29, 2007 – 10:19 am
(This article was cross-posted to Global Nerdy.)
What Did You Want to Be When You Grew Up?
According to a Workopolis poll of Canadians, more than 80% of Canadians aren’t doing the job they dreamed of doing when they were children.
Possible dream jobs.
The poll posed these two questions to adults:
What was your dream [...]
Friday Night Accordioning
August 27, 2007 – 12:44 pm
Here are some scenes from last Friday night, when I joined my old pal from Crazy Go Nuts University, Karl Mohr for his last number of the evening, the maudlin yet somehow catchy Can Your Remains Be Buried With Mine? at the Tranzac Club:
(Now that I look at the photos, I think I [...]
When This Computer Fad Blows Over, I’m Joining This Band
August 10, 2007 – 10:54 am
Photo courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.
Encounter with a “One Laptop Per Child” Computer
August 10, 2007 – 10:01 am
I got my first real-life look at one of the One Laptop Per Child laptops at the CommandN party last Thursday. While noodling with it, I got the idea to get a picture of it beside my accordion to show just how compact it is:
The OLPC XO and my accordion. Click to see more photos [...]
Guitar vs. “Guitar Hero”
July 20, 2007 – 1:24 pm
[Cross posted to Global Nerdy]
Click to see the comic on its original page.
Trust me, kids: learn to play a musical instrument reasonably well before college.
As for accordion playing, the “coolness graph” looks like this:
Scenes From a Vacation: Wedding Music Notes
July 2, 2007 – 1:39 pm
My brother-in-law Andy Ramoniac honoured me by inviting me to join his balalaika group in performing a selection of Russian and Jewish numbers at his wedding reception. Between my terrible music reading — one of these days, I’m going to have to get better at it — and having to read tiny chord markings in [...]
Scenes From a Vacation: Accordion Jam at Grendel’s Den
June 30, 2007 – 4:10 pm
After catching danah boyd’s “My Friends, MySpace” presentation at the Berkman Center at Harvard, the Ginger Ninja and I made our way to an old hangout during her days there: Grendel’s Den, a nice little pub in Harvard Square.
We took a corner table and caught up with all sorts of friends — from [...]
The Post-Wedding Jam Session
June 28, 2007 – 12:00 am
The Party After the Party
I’ve got to tip my hat to my brother-in-law Andy and new sister-in-law Sue. Most newlyweds are happy to vanish into their room after the reception; they decided to throw an after-party. I like a good post-party party as much as the next free-wheeling accordion-playing bacchanalian bon vivant, but [...]
Hello from Connecticut!
June 22, 2007 – 2:58 pm
Preconceived Notions
Even though I’ve been to a good number of U.S. states, especially those on the east coast, this is the first time I’ve ever set foot in Connecticut. I have some preconceived notions about this place, culled largely from three sources:
Friends from Connecticut, all of whom went to prep schools and good [...]
“Can I Get a Witness?” (or: The Toronto Star’s Story on Julie and Amanda’s Wedding)
June 16, 2007 – 8:53 am
Click the photo to see the article in the Toronto Star.Click here to read my account of the wedding.
Today’s Toronto Star has a story about Julie’s and Amanda’s wedding. I should run over to the corner store and pick up a few copies for the ol’ scrapbook (and to send to Julie and [...]
Playing Accordion at the “Give Me Liberty” After-Work Party
June 15, 2007 – 9:52 am
The “Give Me Liberty” after-work party takes place on the second Thursday in June and is a chance for people who live and work in Liberty Village — an area of Accordion City full of factories converted into lofts, offices and television and radio stations — to gather for a street party featuring [...]
The “Craigslist Wedding” Videos are Up!
June 11, 2007 – 3:28 pm
YouTube took its own sweet time processing them, but the two (short) videos from Julie’s and Amanda’s wedding are finally up and I’ve included them in the blog entry. If you want to jump directly to those videos’ YouTube pages, here are the links:
Amanda’s vows
Signing the wedding license and Praise You refrain
A Craigslist Wedding
June 11, 2007 – 8:26 am
Harbinger
Tuesday afternoon, the corner of King and Dufferin
“Brah,” said the panhandler as I handed him a loonie, “you look just like the dude from Star Trek: Voyager.”
“You mean Harry Kim?” I asked.
(For reference, here are photos of Harry Kim — played by actor Garrett Wang — and Yours Truly, [...]
Appearing on MTV Canada’s “MTV Live” for Accordion Awareness Month
June 8, 2007 – 10:33 am
Last week, I got an email that went like this:
I’m a producer at MTV Canada and we’re looking for someone with your skills and talent to help us celebrate Accordion Awareness Month - which, as I’m sure you know, is June.
We’re heading out on the street with one of [...]
This Guy Digs Accordion Busking
June 5, 2007 – 8:22 pm
There are many ways to show your appreciation for a street musician: clapping, cheering, stomping your feet, waving your hands in the air and this way:
Photo courtesy of Ms. Snit.
