18 RANDOM THINGS

You don’t know much about me. Let's fix that. Here are a few facts, opinions and perspectives—a peek into my brainium.

  1. I’m a pretty good cook. My secret…you can never have too much salt and butter.

  2. Early career preferences, in order: baseball player, rock star, ninja turtle

  3. A 10 out of 10 audiophile setup must include at least one subwoofer. Bass is life!

  4. I love, love, lurrrrrve learning. I constantly soak up new ideas like a bone-dry sea sponge and put their insights into every idea I'm working on.

  5. Coffee preferences: light-roast specialty coffee, either pour-over or espresso. Always black — no cream or sugar ever.

  6. I was a mediocre jazz pianist, and I still have no idea how McGill University let me in. Maybe they were just hangry during my audition, and were thinking about poutine instead of listening?

  7. According to my friends and family, I have too many Japanese kitchen knives.

  8. "Too many" or "too much" is relative.

  9. From start to finish, Pet Sounds is the greatest album ever made.

  10. My preferred fitness tools: kettlebells, gymnastic rings and candy.

  11. I’m a schizophrenic music lover. From classic jazz and punk to R&B and country. And a thousand things between. I don’t have a preferred musical style. I just like anything that’s great.

  12. I re-watch Band of Brothers every year.

  13. Our dog's name is O'Malley. He's a little Italian Greyhound-Whippet mix. He's a 25-lb ball of crazy.

  14. The Americans is the greatest television series ever.

  15. Nigel Godrich is a genius IMHO, and I constantly find cool new things in his productions.

  16. I miss Anthony Bourdain

  17. Favourite book: A Tale of Two Cities (I think…maybe. I've read a lot of good books)

  18. Go Leafs. (Caveat ... I’m a hockey fan regardless. But because of circumstances of my birth location, I’ve been doomed to a lifetime of disappointment. At least I’ve also got the Blue Jays and Raptors!)

I’ve heard people like dog pics, so here’s our little weirdo.

Playing at The Yellow Door, Montreal (ca. 2001-02). Full set of hair, earings, sideburns…I was super super cool back then!

Sometimes I make my own lacto-fermented sriracha (and some very strong mulled wine in the back).

My McGill Tonmeister class with George Massenburg and Wieslaw Woszczyk (2005)

Malta (2019)