I, as well as many people, artists and non-artists alike, were shocked and disgusted by the recent "interview" with Margie Gillis on Sun News that attacked this Canadian dance icon for the public funding she's received over the course of her 39-year career. Now it's time to respond in concrete ways, so I've compiled and summarized various links and information, in the hopes that by putting it all in one place, people will recognize the gravity of the situation and the importance of taking action. (J'offre…Lire la suite...

I have become a hooker - all in the name of making artwork for my next CD. OK, full disclosure: a rug-hooker. (See, those are the kind of jokes we rug-hookers make… pretty hilarious, right?)

The story is this: I had been trying to come up with an idea for the CD cover to go along with my penchant for making hand-made artwork, when I had a bathroom epiphany. Yes, you read correctly. During a pee-break while mastering the album at Ryebread Mastering (too much information?), I looked up from where I was…Lire la suite...