The new Desigual styles for Spring-Summer 2023 have arrived from Barcelona – now on sale 30% to 50% off All Desigual from Summer 2023 and previous seasons. Everything on sale.

Below are a few of the new styles from the Desigual Spring-Summer 2023 collection, starting off with new Christian Lacroix for Summer 2023.

And here’s more New Arrivals from the Desigual Spring-Summer 2023 collection:

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I had a dream that I was in a Toronto choir singing a David Bowie song, but the choir leader was David Byrne, who sang:”I, I wish you could swim, Like dolphins, like dolphins can swim [Refrain] And nothing, nothing can keep us together We can beat them forever and ever. We can be heroes, just for one day.” Watch the earnestness on the faces of this choir (and Mr. Byrne – he’s fascinated by the process, n’est pas?):

And here’s Choir Choir Choir! with Rick Astley in Toronto, singing Never Gonna Give You Up:

Here is Art Bergmann of Vancouver, driving through Spain in an American convertible with his late wife Sherri singing Faithlessly Yours:

Guitar virtuoso Jeff Beck died recently (Jan. 10, 2023). Here he is playing with Stevie Wonder on Superstitious, one of my all-time favourite songs:

Here is Jeff Beck with the Yardbirds, “featuring Jimmy Page” playing Over Under Sideways Down:“

Jeff Beck Group and Donovan:

I was a fan of David Lindley, who died March 3, 2023. When he and his band, El Rayo X played The Town Pump in Gastown, I asked a record company rep if they could get me a backstage interview with Mr. Lindley. When the band took a break, the record rep escorted me up some stairs, and introduced me to the Man. I asked him: “What are romeos?” Answer: “Those black and red plaid slippers that are not quite velvet, maybe velvetine”:

And fabulous songwriter Burt Bacharach died last month:

I met Burt once. I went to interview his wife, Carol Bayer Sager – she wrote her first hit in high school, A Groovy Kind of Love, with Toni Wine. Another David Lindley song, written by Robert “Frizz” Fuller, who lived in the desert and used to bowl with Roy Rogers & Dale Evans:

Here’s the lyrics to Ain’t No Way Baby; I love the image of the first three lines:

… Sittin’ at the laundry-mat
Trying to keep clean
Twenty five women arrive on the scene
Ain’t no way, baby
Ain’t no way, baby
Ain’t no way, baby
Ain’t no way you’re gonna get to me

… Down in the south land
Down among the twisted vines
You ought to see my baby
Shootin’ up the freeway signs
Ain’t no way, baby
Ain’t no way you get to me
Ain’t no way, baby
Ain’t no way you’re gonna get to me

… Goin’ to the welfare
Standin’ in line
The woman at the window
She won’t give me a dime
Ain’t no way, baby
Ain’t no way you get to me
Ain’t no way, baby
Ain’t no way you’re gonna get to me

… Ain’t no way, baby
Ain’t no way you get to me
Ain’t no way, baby
Ain’t no way you’re gonna get to me

Songwriter: Robert Frizz Fuller

A little known fact about David Lindley – he was one of the studio musicians on Leonard Cohen‘s debut album, Songs of Leonard Cohen, released in 1967. Cohen saw Lindley playing with his psychedelic band at the time, Kaleidoscope, at a club in New York City.

Here’s another song I was listening to while writing this post. I like this line: “I know I need a small vacation, But it don’t look like rain …” I’m hoping the rain stops soon here in Vancouver.

What do you think about Michael Stipe singing this songwith Patti Smith on New Year’s Eve?

But../.