It's been said about certain particularly pompous types of music (Wagner comes to mind) that "maybe it's better than it...

The article I have reproduced below came out over a year ago, but I notice the Globe and Mail has let it stand. And that shocks...

I can't begin to tell you how much it sickens me to see what strikes me as a great resurgence of racism - and not just in our neighb...

I had an immediate reaction to this meme (or whatever it is): truer words were never spoken! Of course, if you truly embrace this pe...

I almost want to apologize for this. Almost. But not quite. I have a love for old recordings that borders on the obsessive,...

I REALLY was not going to start here, because once you start, it's hard to stop. But some things come to mind that are hard to ...

The Klan by Alan Arkin and David Arkin, 1951 The countryside was cold and still There was a cross upon the hill This cold cross...

I may have actually bought some of these, or one, back in the '60s, but only so my brother Arthur and I could make terrible fun...

Call this an extreme example of internet strangeness. This is an excerpt (a short one, at that) from something called  Vaught's Pra...