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My Grade 11 English Teacher, Mrs. Joyce, Marks Christmas Carols

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on December 8, 2014January 2, 2015

Jingle Bells Obviously the bells jingle: that’s what they are made to do. Try “bells,…

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  • Humor

This was my brain on 70s songs

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on November 27, 2014December 27, 2014

TO ME, the 1970s was the decade of memorable music. When I look back, I…

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  • Writers and Writing

Led Zeppelin vs Spirit: What Is a Million Dollar Idea?

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on May 26, 2014January 3, 2015

I READ WITH INTEREST Vernon Silver’s May 15 Business Week article concerning a lawsuit about…

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  • Music

Looking Back At Nirvana

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on April 5, 2014January 4, 2015

KURT COBAIN WAS NOT a generation’s representative, a spokesperson, or even a rock star. Many…

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  • Podcasts

The Roundtable Podcast 64

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on March 30, 2014January 4, 2015

• Week of 23.03.2014 Video shows Rob Ford inhaling from pipe, new documents reveal |…

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  • Humor

Happy Birthday, Compact Disc! (I’m glad you’re dead)

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on March 1, 2014January 2, 2015

THERE ARE SEVERAL dates you could propose as the birthday of the compact disc. Among…

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  • Film

Is Llewyn Davis a Loser?: The Coen Brothers’ Comedy of Error

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on January 12, 2014January 4, 2015

THERE’S A STORY about Mike Dubue of the Hilotrons that goes something like the following:…

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  • Podcasts

The Roundtable Podcast 45

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on June 9, 2013January 5, 2015

• Week of 09.06.2013 Conservative MPs Used Like ‘Trained Seals’ | Benjamin Franklin, Canada Post’s…

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  • Music

Rock On, Rock Off: Reflections of an Ageing Musician

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on June 7, 2013May 17, 2017

TEN YEARS AGO, in 2003, an acquaintance of mine named Elaina Martin created Westfest. This…

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  • Podcasts

Chinua Achebe, Jason Molina, Malala Yousafzai, History Channel, Sasquatch, Buttocks and Beer

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on March 24, 2013January 5, 2015

• Podcast 35 | Week of 24.03.2013 Article of the Week: Why Canada Needs the…

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  • Personal Essay

Flecton Big Sky, “Homage”

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on December 22, 2010January 8, 2015

Liner notes for the album Homage, by Flecton Big Sky Like you and me, like…

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  • Personal Essay

John Lennon

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on October 4, 2010May 28, 2017

Among my personal store of mnemonic devices is the December 8, 1980 murder of John…

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Wayne K. Spear has been a writer for over thirty years. His work has appeared in the National Post, Huffington Post, CBC, Ottawa Citizen, and elsewhere. He was a weekly CTV News panelist and currently hosts The Roundtable Podcast.

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