Donna Summer - I'm a Rainbow
I've just made the kind of musical discovery that probably happens once in a lifetime. I was born in 1975, right around the time disco was beginning its climb to the top of the musical Olympus. And although I was born…
Canadian life, analog warmth, and audio adventures — one record at a time.
My vinyl collection
It's no secret that I prefer listening to music on vinyl rather than digitally. I love the ritual itself, and it's also a more honest way to thank an artist with my money than sending them a hundredth of a cent for a…
A wishlist in Go: how it works
I now have a wishlist — a page where you can pick a gift for me. The idea was simple: I add links to things from any online shop, a guest picks a gift and marks it as theirs, and the card turns grey so nobody else buys…
Yello "Time Lab" 2026
As promised in one of my previous posts , a few words about Yello's new album. In short: it's a masterpiece. An astonishing blend of recognizable samples and the new possibilities of modern electronics. All the sounds…
Halloween-26
This Halloween, my wife and I stayed in: we had plans for the next day, which happened to be one of our rare days off together. And since, as luck would have it, Yello's new album came out the day before the holiday, we…
The blog has moved from Ghost to its own engine in Go
This blog has been restarted from scratch. It used to run on Ghost, and at some point I realised I was spending more effort on keeping the platform alive than on writing. Ghost stopped being "a simple blogging engine"…
New electricity rates
We've been in Canada for more than three years now, but some things still surprise us. For example, on January 1, new rates from our electricity provider take effect. And this is worth a closer look. First of all, you…
Vinyl’s Modern Revival: Choosing the Right Turntable for Beginners
With so many options out there, how do you pick the right one without feeling overwhelmed or ending up disappointed?
We are forced to choose between life and guilt
In the context of mobilization (and of justifying the actions of the TCC, Ukraine's military enlistment offices), one often hears the argument that a person who fails to fulfill their obligations to the state has no…
Dirty Loops
Swedish trio Dirty Loops plays an absolutely explosive mix of pop, jazz, funk, electronica, and disco — all infused, at times, with a stadium-sized punch.