Author Archives: Lee_Edward_Mc
I Feel Like An Alien… A Stranger In An Alien Place
So it’s an Stinson Community Association business day. Thought I might have had some free time, but I was incorrect. Writing emails, sending files, explaining positions, etc… Fun stuff. Listening to perhaps my most favourite album of all time: Duke, … Continue reading
Friday Night – an excerpt from The Good Girl
“Pilot to bombadier. Come in bombadier. Pete! You awake in there?” Pietro Manetti looked up from his comic book and frowned. “I’m ready,” he announced to the burley little man scowling at him. “Coulda fooled me,” Dino scowled. “Reading that … Continue reading
Why Would I Ever Want To Leave… Leave A Peaceable Kingdom?
It’s raining today. Got a Carter Park Adopt-a-Park clean-up today. Gonna be interesting to see who all actually turns out. Today is also Father’s Day. I don’t really have one. See, my biological father and my mother were divorced when … Continue reading
The Narrow Way
I can still remember the days back in the early 90s (yeah, I know) when I started seriously pursuing the still much-maligned Progressive Rock train, reading magazines that occasionally broke into a debate about what Prog was and was not, … Continue reading
Making Progress
So I’ve been up since about 3:30 AM, and I’m listening to a handful of prog rock albums that have been creeping back onto the virtual turntable a fair bit over the past few days: English Electric parts 1 & … Continue reading
Limbo Hits the Wall (and Bounces Back Slowly)
Okay, so I’ve been a little off kilter these past few days, so I want to thank all of those people who stopped by and read older articles while I was under radio silence. It’s gratifying to know that there … Continue reading
The Finest Year – My Favourite Year (pt 3, the Finale)
PART ONE PART TWO Right, so I kinda let this one get backlogged for a long while, but I’m up early, and it’s either this or I go early to clean my mother’s house (I’ve decided to wait a bit … Continue reading
Moffat Revisited (or Still Not Sexist)
Okay, so it’s been a year and a half since I wrote THIS; Sadly, the debate rages on, with turgid little sites like STFU Moffat (on Tumblr) and the occasional high profile mainstream journo piece on the subject. The conclusion … Continue reading
CLEARwerks: Stinson Community Association – Behind The Scenes
Hello. This will probably be filed under Shop Talk, that underused portion of my website where I talk nuts and bolts about how I do stuff. Today, I’ll be talking about how I came up with the logo and banner … Continue reading
A Few Quick Notes
Hi Gang, I have to go mail a book and CD to a friend around the world. I have a lot of poster boards to design, including illos, but I have no data to work from. I have paintings that … Continue reading
What? Me Worry?
Good Morning, Limbophiles, BUSY BUSY BUSY I feel like cranking Billy Joel’s ‘Pressure’ up on the stereo while I work, because I have a crap-load of things to take care of today. Good thing I don’t have any events on … Continue reading
In Memoriam: Tom Laing
When I was a boy, I used to frequent my local convenience store, reading comics. It was how I learned story plotting. But there was a problem; my local corner store was owned by a very sweet Pakistani man named … Continue reading
Transmission Resumes
I’ve been told never to apologize for not posting, and it sounds like good advice on the face of it, but I like to think I’m building a rapport as well as a repository for my insane ramblings here, and … Continue reading
Ontario’s Gambling Addiction – OLG Audit is In
Okay, the title is a bit misleading. This isn’t something the Auditor General cooked up. This is just the numbers that Spectator journalist Steve Buist dug up on the OLG fiasco and the still-on-the-table Casino Hamilton/Casino Toronto plans. First off, … Continue reading
Lifesigns – eponymous (2013) – an album review
Seems that Progressive Rock’s reemergence from the shadows as an acceptable musical genre is being vindicated by the plethora of new acts coming out with full on Prog Rock epics and no consideration to other musical genres that might make … Continue reading
Sound of Contact – Dimensionaut (2013) – an album review
A new gunslinger is in town, and his name is Simon Collins. For those new to the program, we like to foster new Progressive Rock acts who have something distinct and entertaining to add to the canon, and this album … Continue reading
Just a Quick Note
…to let people know that I’m still here, still breathing, still doing stuff. I’m tired and groggy, so I’m not feeling particularly eloquent just now. I’ll try to come back later today to post something more interesting. Thank you. Lee. … Continue reading
Art For Sale (Once More With Feeling)
Here’s the post I made earlier in the week about my new paintings. Each painting is worth $150.00 CAD ($500.00 CAD for all four together). I’ll take the best offer that gets closest to my goal if you can either … Continue reading
Stinson Sunrise
So I’ve been up since just before 6 AM and I still haven’t started my write up about last night’s ArtCrawl event on James Street North in Hamilton. We do this once a month, so it’s not imperative that I … Continue reading
Intervals and Interlude: Art Day 001
So I started painting today. I plan to do many more piantings, but today was just a ‘dip your toes in’ day to get back into the feel of covering surfaces with paint and getting a feel for fast composition … Continue reading