Cynical Canadian writer/bibliophile guy into music, sports (Lifelong Caps/Jays supporter), foreign film and used bookstores and booksales. Not much else.
Joined April 2012
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I started a Bluesky account. If interested in following, it’s @seanwrite.bsky.social
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Four-Song Peel Session of Canadian punk rock band NoMeansNo from May 17, 1988. Length: 20:21. m.youtube.com/watch?v=6Dcmgi…
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Elastica performing "Vaseline" live on Jools Holland in November 1994. From the Britpop band's 1995 self-titled debut album. m.youtube.com/watch?v=V9VoA5…
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Meat Puppets performing "Automatic Mojo" live circa 1987. From The ZZ Top-inspired album Huevos. m.youtube.com/watch?v=PR_wF2…
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Jun 15
Sad to hear South African pianist Abdullah Ibrahim, also known as Dollar Brand, has died at 91. His playing was just as influenced by his Cape Town home as it was by musical predecessors such as Monk and Ellington. Ibrahim live in 1977. #RIPAbdullahIbrahim m.youtube.com/watch?v=kHG4Sj…
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Three-Song Peel Session of British electronic duo The Future Sound of London from September 12, 1995. Length: 24:40.
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Butch Hancock, Texas singer-songwriter and member of the estimable Lubbock trio The Flatlanders, covers the Townes Van Zandt song "Buckskin Stallion Blues" live in an April 2014 session for KDHX.
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Tori Amos performing “God” live at the Finnish Provinssrock Festival in 2007. The lead single in the U.S. from her second studio album, Under the Pink. it reached #44 on the UK chart. m.youtube.com/watch?v=JlWyUX…
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Four-Song Peel Session of Los Angeles female grunge band L7 from November 1, 1990. Includes a cover of the Dead Kennedys' "Let's Lynch the Landlord." Length: 10:55. m.youtube.com/watch?v=cx2nYN…
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The Cure performing “Let’s Go To Bed” live at the Dutch Pinkpop Festival in 2012.
Robert Smith said he wrote the 1982 song as a departure from the doom & gloom from 1981 album Pornography.
It can be found on the compilation Japanese Whispers. m.youtube.com/watch?v=VH5tfN…
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Canadian alternative rock band The New Pornographers performing “The Surprise Knock” live at The Current studio in 2020. Song from the album In the Morse Code of Brake Lights. m.youtube.com/watch?v=_9D8-i…
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Latest literary pickups from Little Free Libraries (1/2):
We All Love Glenda So Much and Other Tales (1983} by Julio Cortázar
Magma (2019) by Thóra Hjörleifsdóttir
The Trial (2025) by Franz Kafka
Satantango by László Krasznahorkai (2012)translation by George Szirtes)
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Literary pickups from Little Free Libraries (2/x):
Angel Down (2025) by Daniel Kraus
The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family (2001) by Mary S. Lovell
In Persuasion Nation (2006) by George Saunders
Now Dig This- The Unspeakable Writings of Terry Southern (1950-1995) (2001)
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BBC: “What advice did David Hockney give to you?”
BBC Guest: “Enjoy life and fuck everyone.”
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Four-Song Peel Session of British pub rock legends Dr Feelgood from January 21, 1975. Length: 11:17. m.youtube.com/watch?v=qcm62x…
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Reggae singer Stranger Cole often claimed “Bangarang” was the first reggae single, Produced by Bunny “Striker” Lee in 1968, its rhythm & tempo signified the moment ska evolved into reggae. Recorded by Cole with Lester Stirling on sax. #RIPStrangerCole m.youtube.com/watch?v=ElgmsF…
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Jun 13
Veteran reggae singer Stranger Cole has died at 83. Proficient in blue beat, rocksteady and ska, he worked with esteemed producers such as Lee “Scratch” Perry, Duke Reid and Sonia Pottinger. Cole live at Reggae Sunsplash in 1993. #RIPStrangerCole m.youtube.com/watch?v=vPUC5A…
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Frank Zappa playing the Mr Green Genes Medley ("Son of Mr Green Genes/"King Kong"/"Chunga's Revenge") live in an October 1973 concert in Texas. Length: 15:31. m.youtube.com/watch?v=NtXIOh…
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1959 song “i Don’t Know “ by Chicago-based electric blues artist Sonny Boy Williamson. From his album Down and Out Blues. m.youtube.com/watch?v=mIUfi7…
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Gene Shalit for Bufferil, From SCTV with Eugene Levy as Shalit. #RIPGeneShalit m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol0q-N…
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Jun 12
A Bigger Splash (1967) and Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) by British Pop Artist David Hockney (1937-2026) #RIPDavidHockney
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