New Dear Rouge: “Life Goes By And I Can’t Keep Up”

I’m like a week late on this. I started it last week, then got busy, but better late than never, right? It’s like life goes by and I can’t keep up or something, you know?

My Shuffled Walk #3: Acton

“Acton?” you ask? Yup, Acton. Why not Acton? I’d never been, it’s like 25 minutes from home, I had the day off, I like to explore new places, and it’s fall so everything is pretty. So why not Acton? It was nice. And like I’ve done a couple of times before with these things, I listened to music and took one picture during each song to sort of represent it. And away we go…

My Shuffled Walk, College Street, Toronto

Let’s call this a little art experiment: I got off work early today so I thought I’d take a really bloody long walk along the entire length of College Street, throw my songs on shuffle, and take a picture while each song played. Two rules: no skipping songs and no picture do-overs. Is there any way I can write my way into making each picture make sense for each song? Good luck with that, Kev. But there’s definitely one near the end that blew my mind. I know, that’s a little click-baity, but it’s true.

10 Songs that Made Me Happy in 2018

Sometimes with these year-end lists I like to keep it to songs that were released during the year in question. That would probably be the “professional” or “proper” thing to do. But this blog is neither. I’m the boss here and I say these are just songs I listened to a lot in 2018 and they made me happy – though most are 2018 releases. And, you know what? I’m not even going to bother ranking them this year because my current mood is “art ain’t no competition.” Also, I’m keeping it to one song per act.

My 15 Favourite Canadian Songs

Canada guitar courtesy of Dean Guitars.

My reasons for loving Canada are endless, but one of the best reasons to love my home and native land is the music it’s given the world. Our 150^th birthday inspired me to create a list of my favourite Canadian songs.

Top 12 Songs That Made Me Happy in 2015

Music never fails to work magic on me, but this was a really cool year for music. It was about simultaneously looking back at music I’ve loved for 20-plus years, and looking forward to the bright future of music.

Top 10 Things Dear Rouge’s Black to Gold Reminds Me Of

This uplifting Canadian husband-wife synth-rock duo suddenly has me all wrapped up in a mad obsession. Here are some random thoughts that pop into my obsessed brain while listening to this album…