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We Are All Apes: My French-Canadian Moment
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We Are All Apes. Saturday, October 21, 2006. When I moved to Woonsocket, I already knew about its history as a mill city dominated by French-Canadians. In Rhode Island, Woonsocket is famously French. Just don't come here, as someone I know once did, expecting French cuisine. You'll get meat pies and pea soup (both quite good, by the way). Part Marcel was close with some other musicians we knew, a fact we learned only after Marcel had fallen ill, and was confined to his home. My wife called up our oth...
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We Are All Apes: The Neanderthals are Coming!!
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We Are All Apes. Monday, September 18, 2006. The Neanderthals are Coming! Neanderthals are back in the news. Evidence has been found that seems to locate Neanderthals in the caves of Gibraltar some 28,000 years ago. This is news because it was thought that the Neanderthals had become extinct two thousand years earlier. There is poignancy to the discovery; the researchers describe the caves as the last stand of the Neanderthals in Europe, and thus on planet Earth. The last stand against what? When I was y...
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We Are All Apes: September 2006
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We Are All Apes. Friday, September 22, 2006. There was a time when friends of mine were hosting musical events in their home. These home concerts were small, cozy events with food, drink, and traditional Irish music. This family occupies a central position in the local Irish music community, a community that my wife and I are only peripherally connected to. Posted by Bill Calhoun 8:45 AM. Monday, September 18, 2006. The Neanderthals are Coming! Neanderthals are back in the news. Living alongside our cous...
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We Are All Apes: Bernie Has a Night Out
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We Are All Apes. Monday, October 30, 2006. Bernie Has a Night Out. Arrived at the shop with a bundle of clothes. He explained that he was going out that night with his wife. She was going to pick him up at the end of work, which was unusual, but this was an important event, and she was going to make sure Bernie didn't linger at the shop. He'd brought clean clothes to change into before leaving so they wouldn't lose any time. The next day, we asked Bernie how his evening went. Oh, we had a great time&...
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We Are All Apes: George vs. Mahmoud
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We Are All Apes. Tuesday, January 30, 2007. George vs. Mahmoud. What got me thinking about George and Mahmoud was a news analysis. England tried the same strategy centuries ago in Northern Ireland, "cleansing" it of ethnic Catholics, repopulating it with Protestant Scots, and then eventually pitting them against each other. How well did England control that situation? And for how long, and at what cost, to themselves and the inhabitants? Posted by Bill Calhoun 2:02 PM. Bernie Has a Night Out.
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We Are All Apes: My Irish Moment
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We Are All Apes. Friday, September 22, 2006. There was a time when friends of mine were hosting musical events in their home. These home concerts were small, cozy events with food, drink, and traditional Irish music. This family occupies a central position in the local Irish music community, a community that my wife and I are only peripherally connected to. Posted by Bill Calhoun 8:45 AM. The Neanderthals are Coming! A Tale of Two Keyboards. Bernie Gets the Job Done. The Ghost of Planet X.
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We Are All Apes: A Tale of Two Keyboards
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We Are All Apes. Monday, September 04, 2006. A Tale of Two Keyboards. This story is true, but with altered names. I went to play music at an open blues jam recently. I arrived at the club expecting to see Percy, a friend and fellow pianist. Sure enough, he was there and had already set up his rig. I asked. He fiddled with the computer. Now the delay was about one second long, which was entertaining but no help. "Listen, I'll be sitting right over there. Let me know when you get it fixed&#...I don't think...
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We Are All Apes: Grimy Guy
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We Are All Apes. Sunday, December 17, 2006. My neighborhood is chock-full of characters. I suppose I'm one of them - this time of year my resemblance to Santa Claus garners a lot of attention. Little kids look at me wide-eyed, and start tugging at their moms' sleeves; "Mom, mom, it's Santa! Older kids yell "Santa" at me derisively from passing cars, as if I were unaware of the resemblance. Adults will comment good-naturedly. There's Big Guy ("Hey Bill, wanna see pictures of me wrestling? You may have gat...
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We Are All Apes: Dear Classmates,
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We Are All Apes. Wednesday, November 29, 2006. It has been some time since my last update, my apologies. My wife and I continue to be quite busy with our project, and I am pleased to report on our success. Despite all the effort of agents and publishers to lower my wife's income over the years, we decided it would be best to break off that income stream. My wife has, therefore, embarked on selling her own paintings. I think you will agree that this is a splendid move in the right direction. We are very e...
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We Are All Apes: Ye Olde, Gone Berserk
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We Are All Apes. Thursday, October 05, 2006. Ye Olde, Gone Berserk. I've always loved the affectation Ye Olde . . . The attempt to establish venerability is laughably misguided. And as a marketing strategy it isn't even remotely convincing; therein lies its charm. It was still meant to be pronounced the, but eventually everyone came to pronounce it yee. Recently I played a gig at a bar in the basement of The Ancient Mariner Inn, in Foxboro MA. It's one of those old hotels you can still find in some t...
