Gregory McCormick
@mcco12.bsky.social
Montrealer living in rural Ontario and working in Toronto.
Some things I learned today:
1. There are over 28,000 choirs in Canada.
2. In 2016, 3.5 million Canadians (10% of the population) sang in a choir
3. 7.8 million adults attended a choral performance.
4. There are about 50% more adult choral singers than adult hockey players in Canada.
1. There are over 28,000 choirs in Canada.
2. In 2016, 3.5 million Canadians (10% of the population) sang in a choir
3. 7.8 million adults attended a choral performance.
4. There are about 50% more adult choral singers than adult hockey players in Canada.
December 14, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Some things I learned today:
1. There are over 28,000 choirs in Canada.
2. In 2016, 3.5 million Canadians (10% of the population) sang in a choir
3. 7.8 million adults attended a choral performance.
4. There are about 50% more adult choral singers than adult hockey players in Canada.
1. There are over 28,000 choirs in Canada.
2. In 2016, 3.5 million Canadians (10% of the population) sang in a choir
3. 7.8 million adults attended a choral performance.
4. There are about 50% more adult choral singers than adult hockey players in Canada.
M looks like a criminal
December 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
M looks like a criminal
Was up late reading this looking out at the snowy street - perfect December evening | Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories
December 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Was up late reading this looking out at the snowy street - perfect December evening | Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories
Today I learned that Bach had been more or less completely forgotten (and out of style) after his death and it was only after 80 years when Felix Mendelssohn performed St Matthew's Passion in 1829 that he became appreciated (and fashionable) again. Thanks, Felix!
December 11, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Today I learned that Bach had been more or less completely forgotten (and out of style) after his death and it was only after 80 years when Felix Mendelssohn performed St Matthew's Passion in 1829 that he became appreciated (and fashionable) again. Thanks, Felix!
TPL's St Lawrence Branch is moving and massively expanding! blogs.tpl.ca/news-release...
Toronto Public Library to open new district branch in 2028 |
blogs.tpl.ca
December 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
TPL's St Lawrence Branch is moving and massively expanding! blogs.tpl.ca/news-release...
The sun gilds / Without literature
(Fernando Pessoa)
(Fernando Pessoa)
December 4, 2025 at 12:57 AM
The sun gilds / Without literature
(Fernando Pessoa)
(Fernando Pessoa)
Original movie poster for 1988 Kieslowski film A Short Film About Killing
December 3, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Original movie poster for 1988 Kieslowski film A Short Film About Killing
Our Christmas tree went up just as we are about to leave for a family visit
December 3, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Our Christmas tree went up just as we are about to leave for a family visit
I am no expert on Canadian military spending, but given all that's been happening between the US and Canada, this seems like a big thing. | www.politico.eu/article/cana...
Canada clinches deal to join Europe’s €150B defense scheme
The deal concludes months of tough talks and will allow Ottawa to take part in procurements financed by the EU’s SAFE program.
www.politico.eu
December 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I am no expert on Canadian military spending, but given all that's been happening between the US and Canada, this seems like a big thing. | www.politico.eu/article/cana...
Doggie antics in the snow
December 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Doggie antics in the snow
An exhibition (w/forthcoming print book by ACI) on the painter William Raphael is striking and beautiful. Raphael is widely acknowledged as one of Montreal's first Jewish painters - his work had a massive influence on urban Canadian painting for generations. www.aci-iac.ca/art-books/wi...
December 2, 2025 at 3:11 PM
An exhibition (w/forthcoming print book by ACI) on the painter William Raphael is striking and beautiful. Raphael is widely acknowledged as one of Montreal's first Jewish painters - his work had a massive influence on urban Canadian painting for generations. www.aci-iac.ca/art-books/wi...
Yay! Crystal King's THE HAPPINESS COLLECTOR drops TODAY! A historian's dream job in Italy turns dark when she discovers her employers are nefarious gods. Urban fantasy meets mythology & romance. Perfect for V.E. Schwab fans! #BookSky #NewBooks #fantasy bit.ly/TheHappiness...
The Happiness Collector
“Urban fantasy, unexpected romance, and mythology all collide in King's latest. A must for V.E. Schwab and Katee Robert fans.” –BooklistIn this stunning...
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December 2, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Yay! Crystal King's THE HAPPINESS COLLECTOR drops TODAY! A historian's dream job in Italy turns dark when she discovers her employers are nefarious gods. Urban fantasy meets mythology & romance. Perfect for V.E. Schwab fans! #BookSky #NewBooks #fantasy bit.ly/TheHappiness...
TIL that Evita Perón underwent a prefrontal lobotomy shortly before her death in 1952 (under direct orders from her husband Juan Perón). The procedure was performed to relieve her excruciating pain but evidence suggests it was also intended to modify her "willful" behaviour.
December 1, 2025 at 7:10 PM
TIL that Evita Perón underwent a prefrontal lobotomy shortly before her death in 1952 (under direct orders from her husband Juan Perón). The procedure was performed to relieve her excruciating pain but evidence suggests it was also intended to modify her "willful" behaviour.
God the gym has been changed (for the worse) by mobile phones. I rarely chit chat here but nowadays it’s impossible even almost so just say Hi!
November 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
God the gym has been changed (for the worse) by mobile phones. I rarely chit chat here but nowadays it’s impossible even almost so just say Hi!
Loving the bold graphics on the cover of the redesigned Canadian passport
November 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Loving the bold graphics on the cover of the redesigned Canadian passport
That interview where Anne Carson asks Will Aitken about the influence of Japanese paper on his work (vital) and the collateral injuries he's sustained doing his work (painful; lots of blood). A great read by two important artists. ffoto.com/blogs/news/w...
Will Aitken, interviewed by Anne Carson
In the tradition of Andy Warhol's Interview magazine comes a conversation that renowned poet Anne Carson conducted with FFOTO artist Will Aitken. Longtime friends, Carson and Aitken warmly cover a lot...
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November 24, 2025 at 11:26 PM
That interview where Anne Carson asks Will Aitken about the influence of Japanese paper on his work (vital) and the collateral injuries he's sustained doing his work (painful; lots of blood). A great read by two important artists. ffoto.com/blogs/news/w...
I really enjoyed this dramatized Hindsight episode of the life and work of Albert Camus. Also, the graphics/artwork is very evocative of José de Almada Negreiros's Portrait of Fernando Pessoa which is even better | www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qx0K...
Albert Camus: The Absurdity Of It All | Hindsight
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
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November 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I really enjoyed this dramatized Hindsight episode of the life and work of Albert Camus. Also, the graphics/artwork is very evocative of José de Almada Negreiros's Portrait of Fernando Pessoa which is even better | www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qx0K...
Che Guevara's alias: behind thick-rimmed glasses and a forged Uruguayan passport, the world's most wanted revolutionary crossed into Bolivia undetected. 1966. #uruguay #bolivia #cheguevara #alias #coldwar #latinamerica
November 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Che Guevara's alias: behind thick-rimmed glasses and a forged Uruguayan passport, the world's most wanted revolutionary crossed into Bolivia undetected. 1966. #uruguay #bolivia #cheguevara #alias #coldwar #latinamerica
Recently discovered Cécile McLorin Salvant and I'm obsessed. Her 2023 album Mélusine is stunning—been on repeat for days. That atonal section halfway through the first track? Unlike anything I've ever heard. She's extraordinary.
open.spotify.com/track/6pGqFb...
open.spotify.com/track/6pGqFb...
Est-ce ainsi que les hommes vivent ?
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November 13, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Recently discovered Cécile McLorin Salvant and I'm obsessed. Her 2023 album Mélusine is stunning—been on repeat for days. That atonal section halfway through the first track? Unlike anything I've ever heard. She's extraordinary.
open.spotify.com/track/6pGqFb...
open.spotify.com/track/6pGqFb...
Strandgade 30, Copenhagen | Former home of painter Vilhelm Hammershøi. He lived on the above ground floor and painted the interior of this building for many years in dozens of his paintings.
November 6, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Strandgade 30, Copenhagen | Former home of painter Vilhelm Hammershøi. He lived on the above ground floor and painted the interior of this building for many years in dozens of his paintings.
Vilhelm Hammershøi, Interior: Strandgade 30, 1901 | This is Hammershøi family apartment at Strandgade 30 in Copenhagen where he lived for much of his adult life and which he painted over and over.
November 6, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Vilhelm Hammershøi, Interior: Strandgade 30, 1901 | This is Hammershøi family apartment at Strandgade 30 in Copenhagen where he lived for much of his adult life and which he painted over and over.
Reposted by Gregory McCormick
Debra Messing has crossed into the Roseanne Zone. There is no returning from it.
November 5, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Debra Messing has crossed into the Roseanne Zone. There is no returning from it.
This morning in the sunshine
November 4, 2025 at 10:05 PM
This morning in the sunshine