Ed Smith
@mediahermit.bsky.social
Cinephile, Modernist, hermit pending return to political sanity / apocalypse. Aesthetic home Paris.
Same here in the Glens. The snow compresses into ice.
December 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Same here in the Glens. The snow compresses into ice.
"Norwegian Wood" for Lennon's biting lyrics, and the gentler "Nowhere Man" given a guitar edge by Lennon and Harrison's unison playing (per Ian MacDonald, "Revolution in the Head".)
December 4, 2025 at 9:58 PM
"Norwegian Wood" for Lennon's biting lyrics, and the gentler "Nowhere Man" given a guitar edge by Lennon and Harrison's unison playing (per Ian MacDonald, "Revolution in the Head".)
Clash City Rockers, The Clash. One of their best singles.
youtu.be/BIgyitmkqaU?...
youtu.be/BIgyitmkqaU?...
The Clash - Clash City Rockers - 3/8/1980 - Capitol Theatre (Official)
YouTube video by The Clash on MV
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Clash City Rockers, The Clash. One of their best singles.
youtu.be/BIgyitmkqaU?...
youtu.be/BIgyitmkqaU?...
CFRA Ottawa. Properly speaking Top 40 radio, meaning the playlist ran from the Beatles and Stones to Motown and Stax to Sinatra and Nat King Cole.
December 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
CFRA Ottawa. Properly speaking Top 40 radio, meaning the playlist ran from the Beatles and Stones to Motown and Stax to Sinatra and Nat King Cole.
Congratulations - I've one PHD in my family (a sister), so I've some idea of the dedication it involves.
and
Apologies - on behalf of the worse half of humanity.
and
Apologies - on behalf of the worse half of humanity.
November 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Congratulations - I've one PHD in my family (a sister), so I've some idea of the dedication it involves.
and
Apologies - on behalf of the worse half of humanity.
and
Apologies - on behalf of the worse half of humanity.
Thanks for pointing this article out! Right now it's the most car-congested street in my neighbourhood, terrible for cycling.
October 23, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Thanks for pointing this article out! Right now it's the most car-congested street in my neighbourhood, terrible for cycling.
That looming dead tree and the "old boney," as my farmboy dad would put it, make the picture.
October 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
That looming dead tree and the "old boney," as my farmboy dad would put it, make the picture.
You make good images.
October 5, 2025 at 9:37 PM
You make good images.
As a Canuck, I thank you for the context.
September 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
As a Canuck, I thank you for the context.
"An early work of my pen": A fine old phrase is like a fine old port, something to savour and smile over.
August 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
"An early work of my pen": A fine old phrase is like a fine old port, something to savour and smile over.
Nostalgia! They no longer have borrowing slips at our public libraries. Back in the Oughts I discovered a book at a Montreal branch that hadn't been checked out since the Fifties. I didn't check it out then, but still, it was as good as finding a message in a bottle.
July 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Nostalgia! They no longer have borrowing slips at our public libraries. Back in the Oughts I discovered a book at a Montreal branch that hadn't been checked out since the Fifties. I didn't check it out then, but still, it was as good as finding a message in a bottle.
CBC (Canada): "Russian strikes in Kyiv kill at least 14 people", with the sub-headline "Ukraine on agenda at G7, minus Trump".
www.cbc.ca/news/world/r...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/r...
Russian strikes in Kyiv kill at least 14 people | CBC News
Russia launched hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles at Ukraine on Tuesday, hitting dozens of civilian targets in Kyiv including a large apartment block, killing at least 15 people and wounding s...
www.cbc.ca
June 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
CBC (Canada): "Russian strikes in Kyiv kill at least 14 people", with the sub-headline "Ukraine on agenda at G7, minus Trump".
www.cbc.ca/news/world/r...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/r...
Welcome to the club! He was my MP as far back as 2004, so I've been detesting him over 20 years.
April 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Welcome to the club! He was my MP as far back as 2004, so I've been detesting him over 20 years.
Yes, but where did you bike from?
April 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Yes, but where did you bike from?
Not my experience as a cyclist, chum. In keeping with which, that illustration looks like the opposite of any cyclist I've ever seen. Talk about a bogeyman!
March 7, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Not my experience as a cyclist, chum. In keeping with which, that illustration looks like the opposite of any cyclist I've ever seen. Talk about a bogeyman!
And that architectural abomination of an embassy too.
March 4, 2025 at 9:29 PM
And that architectural abomination of an embassy too.
Looks like snow on the ground left, and is that a minaret third tall building from the right? If so, it MUST be somewhere in the 'Stans.
March 2, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Looks like snow on the ground left, and is that a minaret third tall building from the right? If so, it MUST be somewhere in the 'Stans.
