by Joe | Oct 12, 2020 | Concerts, Personal Blog
Healthy in Paranoid Times Canadian Tour Closer OLP When I started getting into rock and alternative music in Grade 7/8, the first modern band I gravitated towards was Our Lady Peace. Their Clumsy record was released in 97 and was all over MuchMusic. Superman’s...
by Joe | Aug 12, 2020 | Concerts, Personal Blog
PMac, Live… A Dream Come True Backstory on Why Paul McCartney The Beatles are my favourite band. Their music, their movies, their stories, interviews, and books have given me so much joy and entertainment. I’ve learned life lessons from them and they are...
by Joe | Aug 2, 2020 | Concerts, Other Bands, Personal Blog
July 9, 2005 Molson Amphitheatre in Toronto. My first outdoor rock concert, my first away from home rock concert and I got to see 2 of my all-time favourite bands in 1 night. My Winston Brigby bandmate and good friend, Alex Vance (Sandy) and another good friend from...
by Joe | Dec 13, 2019 | Personal Blog, Song Shares
Last weekend was a special one for our family with our son’s baptism at St. Augustine’s. Family and friends welcomed him into the Church, and we had a big party afterwards, with food of which we’re still trying to finish. So, I wasn’t on the...
by Joe | Dec 2, 2019 | Music Ministry, Personal Blog, Song Shares
Today’s the first sunday of Advent. Light the advent candle one. Eleanor’s old enough this year that she’s excited for opening doors to the Advent calendars (one biblical, one chocolate) and asking about the candles being lit. Pretty cool. Anyways,...
by Joe | Jan 17, 2018 | Music Ministry, Personal Blog
Hi! I was just thinking it’d been a little awhile since I shared some thoughts here. Seeing how most of my musical attention is focused on music ministry at my parish of St. Augustine’s, I thought I’d start a series of short reflections on related...
