Things were going so well. Rinks in Montreal, New York, Toronto, Boston, Chicago and Detroit were filled with people looking like they were going to church and went in the wrong building by mistake. Fedoras, shawls, hats with feathers in them, polished shoes, diamonds, all on display in the seats above as players grunted and spit and [...]

I don’t know how to say this. Bear with me while I get myself together. Luke Schenn has admitted recently that he doesn’t know the names of any of the Beatles. Schenn had taken in a performance of Cirque du Soleil’s “Love”, which is based on the music of the Beatles, playing at the Mirage Hotel in Las [...]

I think it’s time to switch gears a little. The playoffs are hell and there’s only so much we can endure. We need an escape and I’ve got a beauty for you. For those older, this might be a journey back. For younger people who don’t know much about the Beatles, I hope you enjoy this. This [...]

 On August 17th, in 1966, the Beatles played an afternoon show in Toronto at Maple Leaf Gardens. I was there. I was 15 years old and had a summer job as a highway construction slave labourer, but the boss let me go early and I went down to Toronto from Orillia with a disc jockey my sister worked [...]