Paul Sheridan

YouTube video by Rawnboy RON SINGS "BETTER THINGS" WRITTEN BY RAY DAVIES

Some Ray Davies music for your Thursday RS
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Each time they show a celebrity in the crowd it should count as a strike against the Dodgers.

The SkyDome under construction. The big claw of a digger is in the foreground, looking like it's about to dig into a pile of rock or cement where the baseball diamond is today. In the background, the curving cement decks of the SkyDome rise up, the 500s filled with blue seats, and one of the pieces of the stadium's roof is already built.

1. The history of baseball stadiums in Toronto goes back a century before the SkyDome opened.

With the Jays coming home for Game Six, I thought I'd share my old thread about it.

It begins all the way back in the 1800s with a place called the Toronto Baseball Grounds…

YouTube video by AnotherProf 1966 HITS ARCHIVE: Get Ready - Temptations (mono)

Once again, as I am at least once per year, I am bowled over, breathless and swooning, at the awesome majesty of "Get Ready" by The Temptations

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Indeed, go Jays. wondering how to listen to the game during band practice tonight, hmmm

Related to a train, keeping a'rollin', or, I trust, something more obscure?

YouTube video by TIME Natasha Lyonne Asks AI Leaders: "Whatever Happened to Being Cool?"

At the TIME100 AI celebration last night, Natasha Lyonne stood in front of the emperors of AI and challenged them to their face. Doing that takes guts. And I’m incredibly honored that she cited my work as well.

Thank you for speaking truth to power, Natasha. 🙏

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pro tip, go outside and look at the goshdang moon right now

A friend writes:

I saw someone's post somewhere that talked about how their
nine-year-old and all his friends have started using "That's AI"
instead of "I don't believe you."

Mom: "We're having dinosaur meat for dinner tonight."
Kid: "That's AI."

Solidarity with the postal workers.

The proposed cuts - the mere idea of eliminating the century-old foundational idea of "getting mail at your home", all because Canada Post doesn't "turn a profit like a business" - should be embarrassing for us as a country

YouTube video by Four Seasons Oldies The Crickets - I Fought The Law (1960)

Sonny Curtis RIP. The last of Buddy Holly's Crickets, also wrote 'Walk Right Back', 'I Fought The Law' and the theme to the Mary Tyler Moore show.

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Great piece, buddy!

Maybe the fastest column i've ever written this afternoon. (I am a slow writer.)

More attempts

The Siren Sound of the Clash’s ‘London Calling,’ 40 Years Later Released in 1979, the Clash’s third album changed everything—punk rock, the band that made it, and the fans who worshiped it. Decades later, its rich, eclectic, propulsive sound hasn’t aged a minute, ...

Neither saint or martyr, Joe Strummer still remains my ultimate hero for the way his endless curiosity about others stimulated a profound compassion he could never fully control. Here's a piece I wrote about 'London Calling' for the Ringer. Happy birthday, rude boy. www.theringer.com/2019/12/17/m...

A few more attempts at painting this summer. Fun, good excercise.

I am wearing my Fairmont Bagels t-shirt as I watch this!

YouTube video by Rawnboy RON SINGS "DON"T LET US GET SICK" WRITTEN BY WARREN ZEVON

Ron sings "Don't Let Us Get Sick" by Warren Zevon
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You could ask me, any given day, who my favouriye band is, and you might get a different answer. But most often the answer will be, "the Mekons". And it would be the correct answer.

Wish I was there to heckle the Syndicate drummer (and to have a real cool time, they are a great band)

As a one-sentence response to the “promise” of generative AI, this may never be topped.

Was on CityNews tonight talking about the Circus Riot — at the Toronto Fire Historical Society Fundraiser.

The Beaches Brewing Co even made a Hook & Ladder Cream Ale named after the notorious brigade from the riot.

Our sibling band, the Old Boyfriends (we share the banjoiste and mandoliner) playing their first show in a year, celebrating Paul W's birthday.
We (Sore Boozers) played, too. Fun afternoon!

We were lucky enough to see both "Sexsmith at Sixty" and the most excellent Lightfoot show at Hugh's. Won't make Mariposa this year :(, but anyone who can, should.

Bathrooms were also locked at Christie Pitts with a lone overflowing portapotty in place. Thankfully the Tim Horton’s at Christie station was open.

Help to re-chalk the Uffington White Horse Fancy taking a hammer and smashing a prehistoric monument — and doing so with permission?

Help to re-chalk the Uffington White Horse

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Fancy taking a hammer and smashing a prehistoric monument — and doing so with permission?

Doing our part for AI training.

Vague plans exist. We have tried the occasional full band rehearsal, even. Geography challenges us. And for much of the band, the suits no longer fit...