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The VSL Poltroon: Turcotte
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Sunday, January 15, 2012. Now Turcotte is in the news again, Guy Turcotte. You know the story if you live in Quebec. You probably know the story if you live elsewhere in Canada and you read out of province news. Anywhere else, I doubt it. So here’s a recap:. That’s the story. He was tried and found not criminally responsible for his actions. (They don’t use “insanity” here). There was an uproar. People are outraged. There is an appeal pending. Sure Ok. No problem. For him. Sure. And the crown att...What ...
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The VSL Poltroon: June 2011
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Sunday, June 5, 2011. Never Talk To Strangers? The woman was African and looked African – very dark. She was from The Ivory Coast, “Eevory Coast” she pronounced it. The man with her was French Canadian, and he was teaching her English. I trudged around, asked a man at the information desk. Ou est le “marché aux livres? 8221; I asked, where is the book market? 8221; he said, which is what everyone says to me when I try to speak French. Is my pronunciation that bad? Apparently. “Pardon? I wandered around l...
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The VSL Poltroon: March 2011
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Sunday, March 20, 2011. Multiculturalism, Montreal Style. Sunday, March 13, 2011. Not All Lawyers Are Evil, Just Some. I can’t remember the name of the gentleman whose personal injury claim was being handled by my colleague DG. “His kids have been apprehended,” he told me. “I’ll refer him to you.”. This was routine stuff, I’d get details of the case from the crown’s office, I’d meet with the client, and we would work out a strategy, perhaps agree to a temporary order or a permanent orde...A day before th...
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The VSL Poltroon: 10 Ways To Improve The Quality Of Your Life (for non-materialists only)
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Wednesday, April 2, 2014. 10 Ways To Improve The Quality Of Your Life (for non-materialists only). Get a library card and use it. Find a place that has a pleasant ambience, outdoor tables in summer, good pastry, and good coffee. Go there, order said refreshments, find a comfortable table, pull out the book that you got at the library, and make yourself at home. If weather permits, find an outside table and sit there. Do this as often as you can, particularly when there is much to do at home. With apologi...
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dj's groovysounds: January 2012
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Sunday, January 22, 2012. Jura (I Swear I Love You). Les Paul and Mary Ford. Baby I Don't Care - Buddy Holly. I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town - Ray Charles. Don't You Know It - Adam Faith. Please Stay - The Drifters. Together - Connie Francis. I'm Coming Back To You - Jackie Wilson. I Like It Like That - Chris Kenner. Nature Boy - Bobby Darin. Sea Of Heartbreak - Don Gibson. Rainin' In My Heart / Don't Start Crying Now - Slim Harpo. Heart And Soul - Jan and Dean. The Fish - Bobby Rydell. 8211; Tr...
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dj's groovysounds: January 2013
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Sunday, January 27, 2013. There is an alternate universe for groups like The Greenbriar Boys. Read about them and they were legends, seminal figures in the bluegrass / folk world of the early to midlate 60s. If you lived in that universe, and many did (do? If you lived in the other universe, or any other universe, you probably never heard of them. It’s that way in the musical reality. I only have one track. It’s from a collection called. Troubadours Of The Folk Era, Volume Three: The Groups. 8211; She ha...
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dj's groovysounds: Tommy Hunt
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Sunday, April 21, 2013. Not to be confused with Tommy Hunter (a staple of Canadian TV in the 70s), Tommy Hunt was a decent R and B singer, at least the equal of the likes of James Carr or labelmate Chuck Jackson, who didn’t really seem to have gotten a break. My collection comes from The Scepter Records Story. 8226; I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself. 8226; I Am A Witness. 8211; She was with me, now she’s with you. You’re boned. Maybe. I don’t know if his warning is va...My life in the key of qwerty.
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dj's groovysounds: August 2012
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Friday, August 31, 2012. Dick and Dee Dee. In the 50s there Johnnie and Joe, Mickey and Sylvia, The Kalin Twins, male-female duos all. In the 60s there was Sonny and Cher, Peaches and Herb, Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood, even Johnny Cash and June Carter. They didn’t have much in common, but they all operated within certain musical and aesthetic limits. The duo, who were never married or anything, at least not to each other had 8 hits between 1961 and 1965. Dick and Dee Dee:. 8226; All My Trials. 8211; ...
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dj's groovysounds: The Greenbriar Boys
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Sunday, January 27, 2013. There is an alternate universe for groups like The Greenbriar Boys. Read about them and they were legends, seminal figures in the bluegrass / folk world of the early to midlate 60s. If you lived in that universe, and many did (do? If you lived in the other universe, or any other universe, you probably never heard of them. It’s that way in the musical reality. I only have one track. It’s from a collection called. Troubadours Of The Folk Era, Volume Three: The Groups.
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dj's groovysounds: November 2011
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Monday, November 28, 2011. One of those guys you love to hate. Seriously. How many people had murderous thoughts every time they heard Tie A Yellow Ribbon Around The Old Oak Tree, (for me it was Knock Three Times). 8226; Bless You. 8226; Halfway To Paradise. 8211; When I was in school, we had a word (well, two words) for the type of girl he is singing about. But adolescence is such a confusing time. It gets so much easier in middle age. Oh wait, it doesn’t? Sunday, November 27, 2011. 8226; Barbara Ann.