Tour blog update: Cute puppy picture

That’s right, I put it right in the title so you’re forewarned.  Here’s Ella, Gordon and David’s lovely little puppy with the broken leg: I love how her cast says “Under repair”. On a completely different note, my post about accidentally eating bugs (Very disgusting: DO NOT CLICK) is one of the most popular and [...]

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Tour blog #whatever it is: Final and last leg

So on Thursday morning – yes, a full week ago – we got up very early and caught the 7:58 train to London.  Ontario, not England.  I don’t know why we had to be there by 10 AM the morning BEFORE the show, but there it is. I spent the morning in London trying to [...]

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Tour blog #5: The home game

Reasons to play the Hart House Great Hall: – Excellent acoustics – 9-foot concert grand piano – Verses by either William Blake or Milton (I can’t really tell the difference) in medieval-looking script written around the walls – Pictures of august-looking Canadians at strategic points, giving you something specific to look at whenever you need [...]

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Tour blog #4a: What the critics are saying

Here’s a glowingly positive review from the Lake Superior News: THUNDER BAY, ON,  — November 4, 2008 — The husband and wife team of Benjamin (piano) and Kristen Mueller-Heaslip (soprano) presented a great concert of modern music at Tuesday’s Lumina Concert. Kristen Mueller-Heaslip is beginning to reap the benefits of many years of dedication hard [...]

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Tour blog #4: A flying visit to Thunder Bay

Yes, people, I am back again from a whirlwind trip to the lovely Thunder Bay, Ontario.  Thunder Bay is really quite a nice smaller city on the northwest bank of Lake Superior.  It’s a good sixteen-hour drive from Toronto, yet only a 30 minute drive from Minnesota.  Weird.  Anyway, we flew there yesterday, stayed with [...]

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Tour blog #3: Kingston

My apologies for the lack of pictures in this entry.  The camera was out of batteries and I didn’t think to get anyone else to take pictures. Anyway, our jaunt to Kingston (Ontario, not Jamaica – about a 3 hour drive from Toronto) started rather later than it should have on Thursday, but was enlivened [...]

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Tour blog #2: When the EEE lets you down

I considered buying an Ipod Touch instead.  The EEE seemed more flexible and like a better deal.  But… a) it lost its ability to read memory cards at some point this week, and b) it lost the ability to sign onto WordPress.  Seriously.  Every time I tried to sign in I got a weird error [...]

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Tour blog #1: Staying alive

Tips for musicians touring Eastern Canada: – Keep your camera in your hand and turned on at ALL TIMES.  You never know when you’re going to pass through a town called “Pugwash” or run across a 40-foot statue of Jesus or a giant, anthromorpomorphized blueberry. – Bring extra copies of your music, in case your [...]

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