Hello friend! I love Roy Orbison. For some reason, growing up in the 80s and 90s, we were steeped in 50s-and-60s culture. At the movies there was Dirty Dancing, Stand By Me, American Boyfriends, Back to the Beach, La Bamba, etc. In pop music Billy Joel did an entire (flawless) album of doo-wop pastiche (one of three tapes I owned…
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Consumed: By the Book
Hello friend! Well, it’s been a very long time since the first edition of “Consumed,” the little ongoing series I came up with to let friends know the pop culture stuff I was, y’know, consuming. This edition is about all the books I’ve read so far this year. As mentioned in previous posts, I travel a lot for work nowadays.…
Podcast Boy
Podcast Boy Two recent media appearances for your listening pleasure… Hello friend! As regular readers of this newsletter will know, I have always been a talk show person. Whether it was late night television, call‑in radio or a well‑moderated panel, I enjoy the shape of a good conversation and the way it can wander a bit before landing somewhere useful. Over the years, through a…
Small Joys in a Heavy Season
Hello Friend, It’s that awkward shoulder season between summer’s chaos and autumn’s order—the part where the weather turns crisp, the school lunches start again, and every parent realizes that the “new routine” feels less like a fun challenge and more like survival. If you’re anything like me, the change of seasons hits a little harder this year. Maybe it’s the…
Announcement Grab Bag
Hello Friend, Welcome to another exciting installment of Don Sparrow’s Career Grab Bag! Because nothing says “laser-focused professionalism” like three unrelated announcements tied together by enthusiasm and an exclamation point. First up: I’ll be tabling at SaskAssemble Comics & Collectibles Showcase (a.k.a. SaskAssemble 3) on Saturday, September 13th, in Saskatoon at the Western Development Museum. Last year’s show was at Sutherland Hall, and I had a great…