So because I cut out Film Friday two weeks in a row, and because my annual Christmas post is scheduled for this Friday and thus would have stretched it to three, I thought I would pull the old switcheroo today.... Continue Reading →
G'day there! Do you remember 1998? It doesn't seem like it was all that long ago really, until you stop and think about it. But it was. Nearly two decades, and in another millennium to boot. And boy oh boy,... Continue Reading →
G'day there! It's a question nearly as old as time itself: What happens when a city girl far from the bright lights of Winnipeg is wooed by a dashing young farmer-fisherman from the Island's North Shore? That's what you'll find... Continue Reading →
G'day there! O.K., alright, I'm breaking the rules a bit again this week, since what you're about to watch isn't exactly vintage film (although it was shot in 2010, which I suppose by some standards could qualify as such). It's... Continue Reading →
G'day there! Welcome to November, and to - get ready for it - the return of Film Friday! Yes, we're back to our regularly scheduled programming here on PEI History Guy dot com. I don't know about you, but I... Continue Reading →
G'day there! This week's video is...is...well, it's a toe-tappin' good time is what it is - literally. It was filmed in Tignish in 1975, and features the Neil Matthews Trio, along with Russell Warren (fiddle) and his daughter, Linda (footwork).... Continue Reading →
G'day there! Lately, I've been saying that I want to keep things brief, only to turn around and prattle, prattle, prattle. You've all suffered for it. So today, nothing of the sort. No bells. No whistles. No muss. And certainly... Continue Reading →
G'day there! Today I keep things brief. Honestly. I do so mostly because it's Film Friday and that's the point of Film Friday; and also because I've been plagued by a bout of insomnia for most of the week now,... Continue Reading →
G'day there! It's September 2 today. The second of September. Can someone please tell me where the bleedin' heck August went? Or July, for that matter? I feel like we should be printing 'missing' adverts on milk cartons. Christ, I was... Continue Reading →