I’ll be at 3 Bartlett tomo from 10-2 pm w copies of this vinyl if u need to spend your Xmas money on a lovely double album. 50$ cash please.

This was an absolute banger of an invention.

Talking baseball w the great Wilner!

Merry Dogmas everyone!

Just a reminder: you are NOT unusual, weird, or unlovable if you have: - no one to see on Christmas Day, - no presents, or - no contactable relatives. Very few people live the idealised version on TV. Those of us who live differently—whether by choice or trauma—matter as much.

For my latenighters and overseasers - we’re a day early this week! A new episode of Deep Left Field features my guest, Baseball Romantic @davebidini.bsky.social getting all romantic about #Bluejays magical 2025. “I might bleed next year,” he said. Merry Christmas to all who are celebrating!

Deep Left Field loves you so much that we put out an episode on Christmas Eve! Renaissance Man @davebidini.bsky.social shares his thoughts and emotions about #Bluejays magical 2025 and how it brought back memories of the ‘80s, ‘90s and more! Plus your thoughts (about Bo, of course) in the mailbag!

Sending out our very best wishes to one and all for a happy and healthy holiday season. Sharing a little acoustic Rheostatics from the dear departed Dakota to help get things started. #SoloRheo #XTC @davebidini.bsky.social #LiveForLiveMusic

Superb show! I am on this Xmas eve special

people should say bye on the phone in tv shows and movies

Just put this week's episode of Deep Left Field to bed - a day early! You'll have it just after noon on Christmas Eve. The Great @davebidini.bsky.social joins me to wax poetic on #Bluejays magical 2025 season and, of course, we open the mailbag at [email protected]! You're gonna love it!

Just finished a terrific conversation with the great @davebidini.bsky.social who is as romantic about baseball as anyone I know. We looked back on the magic of the 2025 #Bluejays for a special episode of Deep Left Field that will drop tomorrow. Keep an eye out!

Shout-out to all our Canada fam for the "60 Minutes" bootlegs.

And music was pressed on XRay emulsions “on ribs” I wrote about this in my book about touring Russia (and other places)

Canada not doing enough to stop the flow of harmful American news journalism from streaming across the border into the United States, Trump warns.

Did you know that many are being denied medical attention & medicine in immigration detention? Does your family know? Did you know people are dying in detention at record numbers? Do your MAGA neighbors know? Did you know that there's #ICELawlessness & people are denied rights & even tortured?

Can Team USA be considered co-favourites for Olympic gold in men’s hockey if AM34 continues to under-produce?

i realize doug won't see this but it still felt nice

And may every day be another wonderful secret.

Does anyone wanna see a really good Getty image of Rita Moreno and Sam The Eagle having dinner in 1979?

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The Vanity Fair photographer with a lot more courage than many titans industry and brokers of power

Rock bottom

“Skate Canada says it won’t host national and international-level events in Alberta, citing provincial law that restricts transgender athletes from participating in female-only sports.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...

This was in the middle of Gord’s poem about nearly drowning. One of my Top 5 musical experiences of all time.

Devil in the details

Congratulations @davebidini.bsky.social and The Rheostatics: second concert on this list! www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/musi...

Enjoy your Friday. #Rheostatics #StolenCar @davebidini.bsky.social

Top 10 show of 2025!

listening to the new rheostatics album: the great lakes suite rheos albums are hit and miss for me, i'm hoping this one hits. they have some big (canadian) names on the album like alex lifeson of rush, laurie anderson and the deceased gord downie

track 3 homes has kevin hearn (of barenaked ladies and rheostatics) starting off the singing, then others take turns. it's a bit of a sing-along with watery piano and gull sounds. some would say the gull sounds are a musical cheat but it's okay. it's music that takes you someplace. nice layers.

My interview w the wonderful Matt Galloway from this morning www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

Legal Age Life At Variety Store Rheostatics youtu.be/YGWB55_mHvE?...

Oasis, famous for Union Jack guitar. But that helped, no doubt, sell albums. Good for business. Canada's Rheostatics were told to SUPPRESS their Canadianness. Sing about American cities & things. But didn't. (and instead wore their Canadianness, as per this lovely guitar. Martin Tielli here)

Having a very generation-specific Canadian day, listening to The Rheostatics concept album about the Great Lakes (featuring the poetry of Anne Carson and Gord Downie!) and reading about Robertson Davies who, for you younger kids, was hot shit in Canadian literature for about 83 years.

Need to check out that new Rheostatics album!

The only people who might be more excited than I to listen to the Rheostatics' new album, The Great Lakes Suite, are my limnology colleagues. @gril-limnologie.bsky.social @water-rox.bsky.social @trixiebb.bsky.social @andreapaz.bsky.social v13.net/2025/10/rheo...

Only Rheostatics. Going to see Emma Swift tonight. Excited to hear the songs from The Resurrection Game played live.

Dave Bidini @hockeyesque on CBC The Current this morning. Happy 45th anniversary of Rheostatics and launch of Great Lakes Suite @CBC

With Rheostatics' release of #GreatLakesSuite recently, I'm wondering how many bands/songs/albums prior to that release have a reference to a Great Lake. I can think of a few - Blue Rodeo's Hasn't Hit Me Yet, Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot and of course #GreatLakesSwimmers. More?

NEW RHEOSTATICS RECORD ARRIVED TODAY AAAAAAAA i love the colour of the vinyl so much and i cant wait to play it on my turntable!!!! @davebidini.bsky.social

Watching “Pluribus.” As a fantasy romance author, I would just like to say that I would handle this WAY better.

what the fucking fuck FUCK

Emily is amazing. Here’s a chance to see her with only 30 other people

New Vinyl. Bonus chat with @davebidini.bsky.social 🙂

Tonight’s a good one. We’ve been looking forward to this for months… though @gordasm.bsky.social was already here last night, too. Memories of those Green Sprouts Music Week shows I used to go to at Ultrasound (in the 90s).

For fans of Canadian music and lovers of the Lakes, the Rheostatics and friends have released a new album called 'The #GreatLakes Suite'. #AlexLifeson has some stellar guitar work. This is the 1st and likely only single, given the album is mostly atmospheric art rock. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ0V...