Fly Me To The Moon

Given the burst of energy today, I made my way down to The Bentway for a special show. The Gardiner Expressway is an eyesore that cuts Toronto from its lakefront despite intense construction over the last 15 years. But without the political will to tear it down, some efforts have been made to beautify it. One such is The Bentway, an attempt to use part of the land underneath for a skating canal in the winter and various exhibits and shows throughout the year.

During this past week, coinciding with the Fall harvest moon, a giant moon from The Museum of The Moon art installation has been mounted. The crowd that came to see it was large and cheerful with plenty of "I'm holding up the moon" poses for photos. I took the opportunity to peer closely at its features especially on the "dark side". I also ran into yet another classmate from my summer classes. These random encounters are screwing up my personal theory of the anonymous city.

There were moon-related activities tonight including a set by Bernice and a disco party with Rich Aucoin. But I could only stay for a mass sing-along with the two guys from Choir! Choir! Choir! because I was also seeing Carly Rae Jepsen later. The moon-themed vocal fun started nicely enough with Space Oddity. But a large contingent weren't middle-age guys so The Killing Moon and Man on The Moon fizzled. Things picked up with Total Eclipse of the Heart and hearts were won when a small girl asked that we sang Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (we did). For the grand finale, we did a practice run-through of Harvest Moon (Neil Young) before committing it to video for posterity.