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My favourite Canadians

Following a pretty non-sensical argument with someone on whether Canada has its own voice, musicwise... Guess we are all entitled to our opinions, and mine are youtubebookmarked. Unfortunately I could not find everything I wanted to list, but will expand as I stumble upon new things. Sooooooooooo, in no particular order, somewhat lacking in due respect to genre and chronology:


Guess Who with their Tin Soldier Classic


Another flash-back to the 60's, Lords of London & "Time Waits for Noone"


Hop, step and jump through time (and taboos) to my favourite Weird Al (Yankovich), Canadian Idiot


The sugar-coating for the previous item, April Wine, and "Tonight is a Wonderful Time to Fall in Love".... Yikes, too sweet, I am on a diet, but the song is cool.


While still on the romantic wave, this one - "It's Just One of Those Things..." and Diana Krall - is much more to my liking in any imaginable way.


Simon Frisk Trio, "A Better Day"


Mark Atkinson Trio, pulling at my heart strings (and they do have the expertise to pull strings, jazz guitars, oh yeah) - they are just great :)


... followed by a guy who knows how to press the right keys at the right moment, jazz pianist Claude Marc Bourget...


If you could read my mind, love... Gordon Lightfoot. An all-time favourite.


Just "Closing Time" (Leonard Cohen) - last but by no means least!

Suggestions welcome! :) Except Celine Dion please - I am afraid I don't like her.

A smile a day...

Thanks to Gerrit from BBO! :)

Fractals in Action

Fractales (Fractals) with Chi Mai (Ennio Morricone)

Doing the unstuck

"Truth is weirder than fiction"

Indeed!

Church school won't accept son of Hell

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* July 09, 2007

A MELBOURNE father says his five-year-old son was barred from enrolling in a local Catholic school because of his surname – Hell.

Alex Hell, 45, of Hoppers Crossing in Melbourne's west, says despite the school now saying his son Max is welcome, he will move the family to Geelong.

"We're quite devastated by the whole thing," Mr Hell, a Catholic father of three, said.

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Mr Hell, of Austrian heritage, says the name means light or bright in German.

"It's 2007, not 1407, it's not the Dark Ages," he said.

You can read the complete story here.

July Morning

Those were the days...