Trump didn't end that one I guess.

Neat piece.

Bait and switch, like the website shoehorning in a Taylor Swift photo to sell a story that has nothing at all to do with her or the private box she's in.

"I'm still looking for whispers in between yells, I'm still, I'm still." One of my favourite singer-songwriters, Tony Dekker of Great Lake Swimmers. Tonight at the Great Hall.

I'm hearing writer William Burrill has passed away. He was one of Eye Weekly's creators, as well as a biographer of Ernest Hemingway’s Toronto years.

Canadian musicians, take your music on the rails. VIA Rail’s Artists on Board program is now accepting applications for summer 2026. Perform onboard, travel across Canada, and connect with new audiences. Details here: zurl.co/a4ht6

Actually it's the tweet that's on brand.

This is one of those things where if you don’t know anything about Bob Dylan you go “yeah fine whatever”, and if you know a little about Bob Dylan you go “how could Bob Dylan do this?” and if you know a lot about Bob Dylan you go “yeah fine whatever”

Rather incredible lineup.

Juno Awards 2026: The best, most emotional and weirdest moments from Canadian music’s biggest night Joni Mitchell and Nelly Furtado were honoured on a night that saw Drake end his 15-year Junos boycott

The Juno Awards telecast was great - so many notable moments. I was supposed to do a "the best, the worst..." but I really struggled to think of anything negative to say.

Mae Martin's sunny ways are infectious.

Plus, I mean, come on: Joni Mitchell. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/musi...

He's clearly saying Illinois.

Montreal Jazz Fest Announces Full 2026 Lineup The Festival International de Jazz de Montréal has released its complete programming for the 46th edition, running this summer with over 350 concerts across the city, roughly two-thirds of them free. ...

Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Tony Bennett would all have turned 100 this year.

The Festival International de Jazz de Montréal is marking all three, plus the 20th anniversary of J Dilla's Donuts, with free sets from Patrick Watson and Angine de Poitrine.

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Might be the greatest opening paragraph of anything ever.

It's my birthday. Then, in 2027, I've got you booked into Hugh's Room Live for Ron Sings the Beatles. If you're taking requests, I'll be 64 that year.

O' beautiful, for spacious skies But now those skies are threatening They're beating plowshares into swords For this tired old man that we elected king Armchair warriors often fail And we've been poisoned by these fairy tales The lawyers clean up all details Since daddy had to lie

Don Henley is as annoying as fuck but he definitely nailed it in that second verse of "End of the Innocence" back in the day. You can trot it out for every Republican admin and its more apt each time.

I've taken the liberty of booking you into Base 31 for Sexsmith Sings the Seventies. June 13.

The term "vaginal weightlifter" does a lot of heavy lifting.

Shifts over time? Trump's contradictions are often instantaneous, from one blurt to the next.

Interesting framing. White actors ask and Black actors demand.

Why is Ryan Gosling morphing into Glen Powell?

The Curve of the Earth, by Attack in Black 12 track album

We all have those albums we like that didn't make much of an impact upon release, and then drifted into oblivion. One of those for me is Attack in Black's gentle downer from 2008, The Curve of the Earth. attackinblack.bandcamp.com/album/the-cu...

ALLISON RUSSELL releases 'Rainbows' EP GRAMMY Award winning singer-songwriter, poet, activist and multi-instrumentalist Allison Russell has released a new EP today titled Rainbows

Allison Russell releases ‘Rainbows’ EP amplifymusicmag.com/allison-russ... | via @amplifymusicmag.bsky.social

What actual event is Gimme Shelter based on?

And I'm guessing Elton John chose the guests.

Saturday night's all right for @eltonjohn.bsky.social, who will accept his Glenn Gould Prize at a gala event on May 9 at The Theatre at Great Canadian Resort Toronto. Among those honouring the 2025 laureate are @ronsexsmith.bsky.social, @thebeaches.bsky.social, Jeremy Dutcher, Diana Krall and more.

Live Nation reaches settlement in U.S. antitrust case involving Ticketmaster Concert promoter to pay about $200-million in damages and open parts of its ticketing platform to competing companies, media report says

www.theglobeandmail.com/business/int...

Max Webster keyboardist Terry Watkinson was a Renaissance man of Canadian rock He wrote and sang the band’s hit single Let Go the Line, and later pursued a career in medical illustration and did landscape painting

Here's my obit on Max Webster keyboardist and landscape painter Terry Watkinson. Thanks to
@ronsexsmith.bsky.social
and Bob Wegner, Geddy Lee and Chloe Watkinson for help.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...