Today, jazz legend Oscar Peterson passed away. He played along side most of the greats of jazz and established himself as one of those greats during the 1950's with the formation of the the Oscar Peterson trio. His contribution to jazz was immense and he will be long remembered by those that know and love the music. My personal experience with Oscar's music was learning to play his signature piece the "Canadiana Suite". My piano skills being considerably less than what the piece calls...

Environment Canada has issued a warning that Canada will face the coldest winter in 15 years. I've already begun to feel the proof as the temperature outside right now is -15 degrees Celcius. This time last year it was still above freezing. Brrrr. Proponents of Global Warming need not worry though. One of the lesser known facts about Global Warming is that as the rest of the planet gets hotter, Canada just gets frikkin colder.

Environment Canada has issued a warning that Canada will face the coldest winter in 15 years. I've already begun to feel the proof as the temperature outside right now is -15 degrees Celcius. This time last year it was still above freezing. Brrrr. Proponents of Global Warming need not worry though. One of the lesser known facts about Global Warming is that as the rest of the planet gets hotter, Canada just gets frikkin colder.

My favorite fingerstyle guitar player. Very funky. Great composer too. Link I've seen him live. I've got all the records. I've even been to a few of his workshops. Someday I hope to get to where he is.

Received it this morning at 9:20 from Amazon. Installed it immediately with some hitches, but now all is fine. Let me start by saying I purchased a full version of Ultimate, 2 full versions of Home Premium and 1 Upgrade version of Ultimate. The full versions installed without any notable incidents. The Upgrade version was a bit fussy. Not only do you need to have XP installed on the machine you are upgrading but you must also start the installation from inside Windows XP. There you ar...

I have not had a Christmas morning like this since I was a child. I woke to find two of the greatest gifts surprises of my life. You see, I’m a guitar player. More than that, I’m a guitar nut. I’m crazy about all kinds of guitars and have a number of them in my collection. A Gibson Les Paul, Gretsch Duo Jet, Sheckter C1 Plus, Fender Stratocaster, Ovation Elite Special, Washburn EA 10 Acoustic/Electric, and my prize possession, a 1969 Gibson LG-0 Acoustic. However, this morning my wonde...

...to save its owner, there's gotta be a hundred that dial 5-3-2. Then probably another thousand that dial a slipper.

...to save its owner, there's gotta be a hundred that dial 5-3-2. Then probably another thousand that dial a slipper.

I've been watching and reading for a while now. I've concluded that JU is comprised of 3 to 6 people and then me. The others all suffer multiple personality disorder and insomnia. Their various personalities argue with each other all for my enternainment. I suppose I should say thanks.

I've been watching and reading for a while now. I've concluded that JU is comprised of 3 to 6 people and then me. The others all suffer multiple personality disorder and insomnia. Their various personalities argue with each other all for my enternainment. I suppose I should say thanks.