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The music that meant the most to me in 2012

By Tim on December 23, 2012

I couldn’t do it. There was so much fabulous music this year that I just couldn’t narrow it down to a Top 10. So here—alphabetically because there was no way I could rank them—are the twenty-five albums I listened to, and enjoyed, the most this year. Yeah, twenty-five (and it was hard enough getting it [...]

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“You’re lucky to be alive, asshole”

By Tim on August 26, 2011

I wrote my first piece for The Toronto Standard last week. “No City for Middle-Aged Men” tells some funny (I hope) anecdotes about my experiences as a middle-aged guy who goes to lots of club shows full of lots of young people, while also trying to make a point or two about something or other. [...]

Posted in music | Tagged aging, death, Jack Layton, Justin Townes Earle, luck, music, Steve Jobs, Will Sheff | Leave a response

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