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Corb Lund Band – London, ON

Corb Lund is a great country-rock/roots singer in the tradition of Hank Williams and Steve Earle.  His web site has some audio and video samples (check out “Hurtin'

iTunes v. eMusic

I didn't buy the Sam Baker CD at the Fred Picnic (having already blown more than I should have on other CD's and DVD's) but as I thought

Some Other Thoughts & Highlights from the Fred Eaglesmith Picnic

– I have a theory that every time you go to a music festival, one artist will become a revelation.  That theory held true at the Fred Picnic

2006 Fred Eaglesmith Charity Picnic In Photos

 Stars With One Name: Cher, Madonna and…Fred? Performer line-up for the weekend Our campsite The unofficial “best campsite” award We were warned about the “Missisauga Rattlers” when we

Cheaper Books Coming To Canada?

Books in Canada have been costing up to 36% more than in the US, due to the way the book prices have been fixed to an outdated exchange

Standing Order: The Relationship Between Canada's Book Publishers and Public Libraries

When I first considered doing an independent study, I remember talking to Lynne and her recommending that I look through some of the past studies that were archived

Memory Lane: 85 Years of Saskatchewan License Plates

This book showed up in my mailbox at school the other day courtesy “The Book Fairy”.  Can you imagine why a library in our nation's capital would ever

Librarian Idol

Went to the Librarians Without Borders karaoke fundraiser tonight and other than a broken air conditioning system at the venue, it was a very fun (and very sweaty)

Midnight Pastimes

Instant MessagingI am back on instant messaging.  After using IM quite a bit in the heyday of ICQ, I got away from it for a variety of reasons

Southwest Ontario Playlist

I'm creating a playlist of songs that have some connection to SW Ontario, preferably by specific name checks of locations in the title of the song but also

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I started this blog in 2006 when I was doing my Master of Library Science degree at the University of Western Ontario.

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