I got a lettermans sweater with a letter in front I got for football & track

Completely blissed out after having a very edu-mi-cational Tuesday yesterday.  Was very lucky to meet the enthusiastic crew of EQAO with Intangibles auteur, colleague & reformed protester Boyd Neil, when we presented concepts and examples demonstrating the impact of digital media on the education sector to our province’s communications professionals.

Wrapped the afternoon/early evening on my old stomping ground, UofT campus - Sid Smith specifically.  Like a reverse of Proust’s dunkin’madelaine, the 70s dystopian architecture brought back the faint whiff of Fung Mess Hall chicken fingers & recycled over-brewed coffee.  Long-time-bud-turned-expert-’crat & professorial-type Josh Hjartarson was misguided enough to expose a mess of malleable minds to my mad ravings on the subject of government relations.  Of course Josh was his always affable self, presenting with sharp quips, awesome examples and too-hip clips.  My jokes about Napster being free when I was in undergrad were met with crickets’n'tumbleweeds.  Le sigh.

Some tough queries from the always bright UofT PoliSci students that’re TEN YEARS YOUNGER THAN ME.  If y’all have any queries about what I *do* in GR…fire away…or click ahoy:

Finally, the most edu-mi-cational part of the day was discovering new music & meeting new Tweeps in the 2nd Twuneup Community (Follow’em @TwunesTO).  My pick out of all the the amazing cover songs? Beck+Of Montreal = AWESOME (not crystal clear recording…)

Spinning through the town, soon or later the fever ends & I wind up feeling down

Part Two - A sprinkling of cover songs - not quite the ‘meat’ of this playlist - on a lovely Fleetwood Mac ciabatta

1 - Dreams (Fleetwood Mac, live at World Cafe) - Whiskeytown
2 - California Waiting - Kings of Leon
3 - Falling at Your Feet - Daniel Lanois
4 - Waves of Rye - Department of Eagles
5 - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Whitney Houston, Live @ ACL) - David Byrne
6 - It Ends The Way It Started - Sad Dracula (RyAd)
7 - How Does It Feel - Zeus
8 - Alison/Living A Little, Laughing A Little/Tracks Of My Tears/Tears Of A Clown/No More Tearstained Makeup/Clowntime Is Over (Live w/ Steve Nieve) - Elvis Costello
9 - Oh No - Dr. Dog
10 - Any Sense Of Time - The Inbreds
11 - What Makes You Think You’re the One - Fleetwood Mac

For the little girls with the carousel eyes, and the brick-a-brak finding housewives, losing their minds

Holed Up Hotel Playlist - Part One - A Cover Song Sandwich (poofy top bun…mmm…forbidden wheat/yeast…)

1 - Everything Hits at Once (Live at the Parish in 04, ATX) - Spoon
2 - Dis-moi au revoir encore - Eleni Mandell
3 - Window Blues (Live @ SXSW - Mohawk?) - Lykke Li
4 - I’ve Been Out Walking (Jackson Browne, Live in Fort Worth) - St Vincent
5 - Water Runs Dry (Boyz II Men Cover, Live @ Googie’s Lounge) - Jens Lekman
6 - Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division) - The Cure
7 - Calling And Not Calling My Ex - Okkervil River
8 - Story Of An Artist (Daniel Johnston, Live @ KEXP) - M. Ward
9 - Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard (Paul Simon) - Julie Doiron
10 - Where Is My Mind? (Pixies) - Emmy The Great
11 - Sing a Song for Them - Jenny Lewis