Sad news: Jeff Healey died of cancer on Sunday. Jeff, who was blind, first became famous for playing electric blues guitar, holding it across his lap. He had always been an avid collector of old jazz 78′s, and released two superb ‘revivalist’ traditional jazz albums in recent years, where he played the trumpet and guitar. [...]
Archive | March, 2008

Time to forget my laptop
So here I was, early for my flight, as it turns out, at Toronto Pearson Airport, e-ticket in hand. You know the drill (well, if you’ve left Toronto by plane then you do): Use one of the little electronic kiosks to check in and get your boarding pass; Stand in line to get your luggage [...]
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