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Porkpie Hat – Story of a Travelling Girl

Once there was a travelling girl. When she was 12 years old, her parents (in an effort to minimize inconvenience and keep expenses down) took her into the woods and left her there. They had some pangs of conscience (who wouldn’t?) but consoled themselves with the thought that she would quickly and efficiently be murdered… Read more »

The Mindful Bard – T@B, New Teeth on Stage

CD: T@b, New Teeth on Stage Release date: 2008 Label: Independent ?Squeezing Rhymes Through the Stencil of a Prejudiced Mind? ?Shelving words by the letter, lining up syllables better, being setter of bones of reality, the tones of the t’s and the a’s and the e?s, oh please! from ?Words? by Flinn and Nasr, New… Read more »

From Where I Sit – Up to the Challenge

After having been to Puerto Vallarta on our previous two trips to Mexico we knew we wanted a change this time. Last October when we seriously began looking at other options a number of factors came into play. Could we fly WestJet, hopefully non-stop to somewhere on the west coast of Mexico with an affordable… Read more »

The Mindful Bard – Intervention

DVD: Intervention Theatrical Release: 2007 Production Company: Scion Films Starring: Colm Feore, Jennifer Tilly, Rupert Graves, Andie MacDowell, Donna D’Errico, Gary Farmer, Ian Hart Director: Mary McGuckian. A UK/Canada Production The Pursuit of Happiness as Highway to Hell ?There are four universal healings in every culture, and That’s singing, dancing, storytelling, and silence.? from Intervention… Read more »

Porkpie Hat – The Soundtrack of My Life ? Track 1

I’m sitting in the back seat of my father’s turquoise Plymouth. I’ve just been expelled from school for a list of offences including (but not limited to) smoking pot, ditching classes, and vandalizing miscellaneous articles of lab equipment, textbooks, acoustic tiles, and an overhead projector. He hasn’t said a word since we’ve been driving. There… Read more »

Porkpie Hat – The Palace of Love: A Cautionary Tale

The Empress of Love is sitting on her throne in her distant palace. The walls of the palace are made of cellophane and tinsel and paper as white as snow. The full moon (the moon is always full in this strange land) creates a pen-and-ink drawing of the heavily wooded imperial gardens. The gardens are… Read more »