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This is a cartoon I did (my second ever) about our great Mayor...Influenced by the Lost Vegas art Project...

Stolen ... World Class Topless Girls.

I went to pick up the Lost Vegas Art Project pictures that had been hanging at the Silver Dollar Room since my band played there in late January. Unfortunately the pictures were not returned as delivered. On one image the glass frame was broken while another had some bad water (or beer?) damage to the matt and print itself. The kicker was that someone stole the "Girls Of Glitter Gulch" picture right off the wall. Oh well I hope that wherever it is, that it hangs in a good home and is loved and respected by the people who took it. I would always welcome it back if you want to return it to it's home.

No questions asked... I'll say you borrowed it.

I plan to continue to show the LVAP and will leave all images as they are ... it kind of ads some authenticity to them, in a sense.

Here comes the summer.

To kick off the summer celebrations, my band No $ignal is playing it's first ever professional paying gig at an outdoor M*A*S*H themed party in beautiful Aurora Ontario. When we started the band about four years ago our only goal was to improve as musicians. We scheduled one Live show a year that was free for anyone interested in what we were doing. At our last gig at the legendary Silver Dollar (which is closing after over 100 years) one of the people in attendance asked us to perform at an annual party that he throws. So hopefully Lady Luck is on our side when we perform the theme song to The Lost Vegas Art Project "Lucky Lady".  Happy summer solstice and beyond.

Point and Shoot - The Death of photography. A memoir.

It has been another crazy year and to add to the craziness I have decided to write a memoir based on my life experiences. Want to throw your already surreal life into overdrive? This is a road map. Take a look at the Indiegogo campaign I have set up. Thanks for your interest.

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Post Dollar Post

         So my band 'No $ignal'  played our annual Live show this last weekend at the legendary Silver Dollar Room in Toronto. What started as a dare four years ago resulted in our first public performance at my house on my 50th birthday in January of 2010. About thirty friends came over and we squeaked out 6 songs that evening. My daughters had upstaged us with a song they performed on the piano but it was still playing in front of an audience. We upped the anti the past two years and played our January gig's at Clinton's Tavern. It was great for us to play live in a place like that and make lots of mistakes.  I was getting to do what I used to fantasize as a kid in my bedroom blasting Springsteen songs from my stereo. This years show was of Springsteen proportions. We did a marathon 37 songs
(One short of his record 38 song set list from New Years Eve 1980. We even sang 'Sherry Darling'). The band has come a long way and I think we sounded pretty tight and we all seemed to be having more fun with less anxiety while performing. One of our special guests Suzanne Jarvie performed an original song of hers called 'Spiral Road' which we only got to practice once, and I think it came off really well. We could not have done that last year! I think it is a pretty unique experience for people who have caught some of the shows over the years to see the development and progress of a live show.
          The Lost Vegas images are at a one month residency at the Silver Dollar in the back pool room. There couldn't be a more apt space for them to hang than there? What is next ->>>>>