I hugged him the night he died. He was about to join us in Tunisia to play a mad preacher in the Life of Brian. A lovely man. Sorely missed. Ironically I had to record Always Look on the Bright Side of Life next day. Not easy..

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Will Jennings, an Oscar winner for “My Heart Will Go On” and “Up Where We Belong” and one of the best known lyricists in the contemporary songwriting community, has died. He was 80. variety.com/2024/music/obi…

Any one of those bass riffs would have made a career. RIP Herbie Flowers

RIP Drake.

My theory is that Post The Kennedy assassination, music of ALL types British Invasion, Motown, Coltrane, Bossa Nova. Stax, & on & on, SAVED America’s ♥️.

But what about all the armchair empaths who said they could tell "just by looking at him" that Bo Bichette was unhappy and didn't want to stay in Toronto?

You can't escape construction in downtown Toronto, even when you make it to your destination. Here's the hard hat scene in the concourse at Scotiabank Arena. #ELO

After writing this story on the #TIFF2024 music films, including the new Randy Bachman doc, Bachman himself just walked by me at the ELO concert at Scotiabank Arena. theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/tiff…

Wasn't there a game from the 1980s that looked like this ELO spaceship backdrop?

Jeff Lynne and ELO presenting the sublime Telephone Line. As a reminder, Lynne was starting songs with "Hello" 11 years before Adele was born.

Here's a gift link to my story on last night's show at Scotiabank Arena, where Jeff Lynne tripped the electric light fantastic. theglobeandmail.com/gift/9ef29559a…

Good news here from Barry Hertz! theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/arti…

Another tour called off because of health issues. September shows in Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton postponed.

Dave Grohl missed a trick not opening this statement with “I've got another confession to make”

Became a fan of James Earl Jones from his portrayal of the boxer Jack Johnson in the 1970 film The Great White Hope.