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Written by Paul Siluch
April 23rd, 2024
Music is always changing and the changes are unpredictable.
- Billy Sheehan
Is it strange that some of the happiest songs were written when the world was at its worst?
Or that the saddest songs are often written when the world is on a high?
We all know about economic cycles. High interest rates, then low interest rates. High unemployment, then everyone finds a job. Rinse and repeat. Geopolitics have cycles as well. War follows peace follows war every few generations.
Much of cycle theory is explained by the last generation dying out, only to be replaced by a younger cohort with no memories of their parent’s mistakes. They then make them all over again.
Music has its cycles too.
Written by Paul Siluch
April 10th, 2024
I am a serial arsonist when it comes to the barbeque. I blacken everything I cook.
My friend Rob introduced me to a wireless meat thermometer called the Meater. It is a small probe you insert into a piece of meat, place it on the barbeque or in the oven, and then watch your cellphone. The Meater’s app tells you exactly when to turn or take the meat out.
Written by Paul Siluch
March 20th, 2024
It always happens in the dead of night. In the Witching Hour, when everything stops. Between midnight and 3 a.m.
Your body hurts. Is it serious or will it go away? Darkness magnifies your fears, especially if it won’t go away.
In most developed countries, we have options when you are in pain. You can call your doctor’s night line. You can go to the hospital emergency room to get assessed and treated if necessary.
Except, as most Canadians know, you often can’t. My community hospital once treated me for a fast-spreading infection in my hand in the middle of the night. Two bags of intravenous antibiotics later, I was fine. If I had had to wait a day, I might not have been.