
What a fantastically lazy Sunday we've just had. If you haven't made it outside yet, you are missing the most beautiful day thus far this year. After a late and delicious breakfast, we made our way up to Mont Royal Park for a bit of Tam-Tams. And a bit of Tam-Tams we got: hundreds of chillers, drummers, acrobats, performers and LARPers came out to enjoy the beautiful weather together. At least four distinct drum circles had emerged, each with it's own flavor and group of dancers. There was even a mini psy-trance DJ booth that was set up and [...]

TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh man oh man oh man! This is it! I'm a nervous wreck between getting everything ready, dealing with some bike issues - really? bike issues the week of my ride ???? - and what I'm hoping is just congestion from pollen?? Canadian Ma-Ma was in town last night on their way back up Toronto from Florida, then we have a rider driving up from Colorado to participate tomorrow, etc, etc, etc...... yeah, I'm [...]

Photography by Tsuru Okay, I begged and bugged you, over and over again, you guys really came through, as you know, but little did I know you'd get your money's worth this much on Saturday! Before we begin though, I want you to get "in the mood", the bicycle mood. So, first I need you to push play (while you download, of course) a lil' mixtape we put together... A bare-bones affair of bicycle themed songs to get your legs a-twitchin', your heart a-pumpin', and your [...]

Lo scorso luglio ho avuto l'onore di intervistare Luis Bacalov (Premio Oscar per la colonna sonora del film " Il Postino " di Massimo Troisi): l'incontro è avvenuto al termine di uno splendido concerto che il Maestro ha tenuto a Matera nell'ambito del Festival Duni , dirigendo l'Orchestra ICO della Magna Grecia ed esibendosi come pianista. Nel podcast che segue è possibile ascoltare la discussione che si è soffermata sulle problematiche connesse alla professione del compositore di colonne sonore, mentre chi lo preferisce pu ò leggere la trascrizione dell'intervista. [...]