Lost radio Interview

As I have been writing my memoir over the past couple freezing winter months I dug up some old radio interviews I had done for various projects. I found this INTERVIEW that I did in 2008 talking about the Lost Vegas Art Project on ThatRadio.com . It was around this time when the idea telling my own story began to emerge and will result in my book "Point & Shoot - The Death Of Photography"

NO $IGNAL - LIVE IV - Re cap

FUCKINg EH !

     Rock n Roll.  01/26/14

My band No $ignal held our annual recital  last week at "Measure Bar" on Brunswick Avenue just south of Bloor Street in the heart of the Annex. I would like to thank them for hosting the evening and treating us well. It was the first time a bar has ever supplied us with drinks during the sound check and during the show! By 9:15 PM, on a wickedly cold and windy saturday night, the bar was filled with over 150 friends, family and a few strangers and stragglers. The band was introduced by the great "Shecky Wiggles" after he performed a few minutes of stand up comedy on a Toronto stage, for the first time in over thirty years!!! 

Shecky Wiggles warms up the crowd.

No $ignal took the stage at nine thirty and worked through our two set, forty one song marathon performance. I may be a little biased but I think our little band is beginning to sound quite good. We have come a long way since we struggled through six songs at my 50th birthday party back in 2010. 

Famous Vamos & Handsome Paul.

I am almost beginning to feel comfortable on the stage now while performing in front of people? I tried to channel Johnny Cash by wearing my favorite black Johhny Cash T-shirt.  As well as Handsome Ned, for whom I donned my straw cowboy hat and blue bandana. I wasn't sure if I would ever get to this stage musically but I no longer play by rote and can actually get into the music while singing and playing harmonica. During the break my friend (& author of  Fifty Sides of The Beach Boys) Mark Dillon came over and called me "The Bono of Brunswick Avenue"... I'll take that ! 

That is not to say that it isn't nerve wracking ! It truly is, but that is the reason why I wanted to start this process back when this all began. We were joined again by a great group of musicians as special guests including Andy Maize, Stephen Stanley, Gregor Beresford, Jason Cresswell and Mike Binnendjyk.  Each of whom  gave the evening a sort of 'professional' air to it. Thanks guys.

Stephen Stanley and Andy Maize.

As usual I am already thinking about LIVE - FIVE. I am hoping to convince the boys that it is time for us to write and record an album during the next twelve months. It would seem to be the  next logical step and I know that the six of us are ready to do it.  'The Lost Vegas Soundtrack' maybe ? That would be cool. 

Till then keep this date open and we will figure out next years Rock Show venue...