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The Shirley Years part 4
In December of 1977, Shirley called me with news of a tour in Atlantic Canada starting the first week of January. Very popular in the Maritimes, she was to headline nine shows. We needed a band. I called a drummer I knew, my old friend Gary Craig and he suggested a bass player, Bob Wilson,…
Read MoreLockdown Almost Locked Up
I have a little more time on my hands than usual like most people these days. Sometimes to amuse myself, I dig back into my past and recall some of my life events like they were movies. It takes little effort as I have a good episodic memory that can retrieve events in detail, complete…
Read MoreReturn To Albuquerque
Hi everyone! If you’ve been following my blog, you might remember the story of the white knuckle flight home from Scottsdale, Arizona, early one June morning in 2017.The post is available in the archive under the “Blog” tab. It’s called “Left At Albuquerque,” and you’ll have to scroll down a ways to find it.We made…
Read MoreFirst Rant Of 2021
How was everyone’s holiday season? If you’re like me, it probably wasn’t very traditional. The first time in eight years that my family wasn’t together for Christmas dinner and the first time ever that we didn’t get together at least once during the week of Dec. 24 to Jan. 1.We followed the rules set out…
Read MoreBring On Jan. 1
Hi everyone!Let me tell you what’s been going on in Heff world these past months. Beer, Sudoku, crossword puzzles and Netflix. Last February was the last time I had played a concert until Friday, December 18, when we (Gord and band) did a live stream from the El Mocambo in Toronto.I had a few “oh…
Read MoreBig News
What’s The News? I know, I know! These days it would take something like “Joe Biden Meets With Space Aliens” or “Toronto Gets A New Bus” to qualify as big news in the Covid Trump era but this is important to me and maybe one or two other people……… A Brand New Look Soon, maybe even…
Read MoreFLEXIBILITY, A NOBLE TRAIT
I didn’t think this was possible. It’s all the rage at the White House. “Man who have head up ass have shit for brains” So sayeth the great Irish-Chinese philosopher Foo O’shit who was drunk at the time
Read MorePandemonic Pandemic
Hi everyone, I’m back! I can’t sit by and miss a perfect opportunity to call out our current batch of society’s idiots. It’s just too much fun. Let’s get started Are You A Moron? Find out with this fun little quiz: 1. Did you, even for just a short while, believe that the symptoms of COVID-19 were caused by…
Read MoreEquilibrium
EQUILIBRIUM 3:40 am and I can’t sleep. I’m in a hotel room being mesmerized by the sound of the climate control. Set to medium, it’s not quite white noise, more like pink. A constant unchanging drone in the key of Amazing Grace and I can’t sleep. It doesn’t help that they’re bowling in the hallway. Or…
Read MoreMtH weekly #3 Parenthetical
Digression Is The Lesser Part Of Candor ​I recently had an idea for something of a novelty item. A little pocket-sized box that could emit a fairly loud, obnoxious buzz, not unlike the horn used in large arenas to indicate the end of a period of hockey. With just the press of a button, you…
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