This week pretty much all of the populated bits of Ontario, were left in the dark as three transmission lines in Cleveland Ohio, as at least 500 megawatts of power reversed directions.

Though most of Toronto was back up in running I was in one of the few pockets downtown that had none until today. However the stars were beautiful and the streets were dark. I think I may have seen more than I ever have. The fact that it happened in city limits is pretty incredible.

So rather than the song I was going to post I searched through a stack of cassettes and dug up Scaley Andrew (operating now without Mark Nelson and by now just an outlet for Andrew Beaujon's Eggs demos) doing a cover of The Bevis Frond's "Lights are Changing from their third album Triptych. (for those who care Mary Lou Lord also has a version of this song).

Rather than try a fancy fade in I left the experimental song "Convocation of the Gompa" that opens the cassette as a lead in. It's 2m 27s long so if you want to skip ahead I won't mind.

From the Liner Notes:
"I'm not sure of all the artists I sampled or completely ripped off for this project. I hope no-one's offended. Remember, it's just for fun. On the first song, Rudolf Greg, L'Orchestre de la Garde Republicaine, Astrud Gilberto and Nation of Ulysses are all pretty heavily bitten! The next song is a Bevis Frond cover. I wish I were a good enough guitar player top do it justice."