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Barry's avatar

Interesting to see the through-line of religion in most of these stories. Religion is fascism by other means.

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Mark Wilkins's avatar

What the Dylan movie got right was capturing that once-in-a-lifetime feeling that is so rarely experienced: Live music that you've never heard before that moves you.

The actors sang and played their own instruments live. What a concept!

Kingston, ON, a town near where I live, has banned live music on patios. In fact, they did this a couple of years ago because of concerns about noise bylaws.

Mind you, this is the same town that declared it wanted to be Music Canada two years ago.

This year, I approached several venues, specifically an Italian restaurant, Olivea’s, to see if they'd be interested in celebrating Jazz Appreciation Month with live jazz music.

The musicians would be paid by a fund called the Musicians' Performance Trust Fund, which is linked to the musicians’ union, the American Federation of Musicians. So, totally free to the venue.

The manager told me they would love to, but the insurance costs for live music had risen so high that they couldn't have live music anymore.

I asked him if there were that many fights between the 60- and 70-year-olds eating Italian food, and he said no, not really.

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