Piece of My Heart Oct 12, 2026
This week's instalment of Music Monday is Piece of My Heart. The 1967 Erma Franklin original and a 1968 cover by Janis Joplin with Big Brother and the Holding Company.
I Still Don't Need to Engage With You Oct 8, 2026
I said I had experience with something, couldn't recall the details when pressed, and was told "you'd remember." Apparently what I know only counts if I can recite it on demand.
Valerie Oct 5, 2026
This week's instalment of Music Monday is Valerie. The 2006 The Zutons original and a 2007 cover by Amy Winehouse & Mark Ronson.
Bitter Sweet Symphony Sep 21, 2026
This week's instalment of Music Monday is Bitter Sweet Symphony. The 1997 The Verve original and a 2008 cover by Vitamin String Quartet.
The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead Sep 14, 2026
This week's instalment of Music Monday is The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead. The 1992 XTC original and a 1994 cover by Crash Test Dummies.
Buy Canadian Doesn't Fix a Tariff Sep 10, 2026
Canadians say cost of living is their top worry, then cheer a tariff built to raise some of those same costs. Buy Canadian sentiment and tariff economics aren't the same thing, and only one of them shows up on your receipt.
The Tariff Is the Tax Sep 9, 2026
Ottawa's new tariffs on American goods are being sold as Canada finally standing up for itself. The invoice for that stand gets mailed almost entirely to Canadians.
In the Pines Sep 7, 2026
This week's instalment of Music Monday is In the Pines. The traditional folk song made famous by Lead Belly in 1944, followed by two very different 1994 recordings from Nirvana and Dolly Parton, who'd been singing it since childhood.