Push Play to hear the song Our own Paul Bourgeois and The Blue Monsters “Ragdoll” by Hayley Hart Musical Musings by Paul Bourgeois Hi, I’ve been upgrading my system all day and Eric and I were practicing all day yesterday for the gig… more »

Musical Musings by Paul Bourgeois Yep. That’s me. I’m the guy. I’m the guy with a million and ten reasons to be miserable about my own life. That’s also a 1970 album by Willie Dixon. I didn’t want you to think I was… more »

Musical Musings by Paul Bourgeois The first rule in being a radio jockey is to keep talking. It doesn’t matter what the hell you say. Dead air kills. I’m telling you this because, to tell the truth, I’m running out of ideas. So… more »

Musical Musings by Paul Bourgeois Hip hop is politics. It is amazing what changes have come in the US in only 50 years… and how few things have really changed. The issues of one are related to those of another, and we can’t forget we are… more »

Musical Musings by Paul Bourgeois This space is usually occupied by a great post from our friend from Finland, Paul. Unfortunately I fragged his post and he is busy this week molding (or should I say moulding) young minds. So I thought I would take his… more »

Musical Musings by Paul Bourgeois I just had this discussion with one of my students, a girl from Detroit. She told me I couldn’t know much about hip-hop because I am a white Canadian, and she’s right. As GURU (Gifted Unlimited Rhymes… more »

by Paul Bourgeois When the Second World War was over everybody returned home from fighting and had babies. And then when the Sixties came along you had a great surplus of people. A big wave of surplus people. I was one of those surplus people. I… more »