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More Memories
For a few minutes on Saturday night I was a teenager again and just discovering the power of rock and roll. Chilliwack brought the 1970s and 1980s to Ottawa. Nostalgia is a powerful force, which explains why the thousand seat hall was sold out for a band that hasn’t had a hit in about 40 […]
Rock and Roll Memories
Do rock and roll bands have DNA? And if so, how is the ancestry traced? When does the connection become so remote as to make the band a completely different creature? I went to see Trooper last month. I remember buying their first album, sound unheard back in 1975, because it had been produced by […]
Dinner For One
Some things just don’t make sense. Or perhaps they are just weird Which which can make them more fun. New Year’s Eve, 2022, found my family together in Cairo. It was the first time in years, a decade or more, since we had all celebrated in the same location. It was there I discovered a […]
Jesus Revolution – The Music
Watching the film Jesus Revolution, I was struck by some things about the place and time that hadn’t hit me before. I remember seeing news reports and photos of the mass baptisms, but pictures don’t convey the power of the event the way a video does. The sense of joy and celebration came through on the big […]
Jesus Revolution – The Movie
I met Chuck Smith once. Back in the summer of 1980 it never occurred to me they would one day make a movie of his life Chuck was a pastor of a small, somewhat uptight, church in southern California back in the late sixties when the hippies arrived. His is one of the stories in […]
Jesus Revolution – The Book
As the opening credits rolled, I remembered I had read the book and posted my thoughts on it here, back in November 2018. The movie Jesus Revolution hit theatres this past weekend, and I’ll give my review tomorrow. (If you can’t wait for the details, go see it today. It’s a good film). I thought […]
Christmas Comes Early
When I arrived downtown Monday, I noted that there were film crews near Parliament Hill. I thought it might have something to do with the first anniversary of the arrival of the Freedom Convoy, but I was wrong. Turns out it was a Christmas movie. Yes, in January, when there is actually snow on the […]
So Many Questions
Mixed feelings best describes my reaction to Lifemark, which hits theatres today. (In Canada It can be seen in select Cineplex & Landmark Theatres. In the US it will be shown on about 1,400 screens, though in Canada you might have to look to find it.), I suspect that might be because of the difference […]
Let It Snow!
I stepped out of my office Monday into a snowy scene. Quite unusual for Ottawa in August. Mind you, the snow was supposed to be in New York City (I think), and the newspaper headlines at the kiosk indicated I’d missed a few months and it was December already. Christmas in July is sometimes a […]
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