Author Archives: Jesse, himself.

With a banjolele on my knee…

By Jesse, himself. | Published: February 11, 2009

In honour of my Uncle Bert’s birthday, I had to post this great article I tripped over at BoingBoing.com. The first musical instrument I ever learned to play was the banjo-uke. My Dad’s a cabinet-maker, and one of his early projects was to make a couple of the miniature banjos for my Uncle Bert, who [...]

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The legacy of an old friend.

By Jesse, himself. | Published: January 24, 2009

I often think fondly of my old pal Don Wilder. Years ago, when I was a young actor, I worked shoulder to shoulder with Don on a series in Toronto. He was the Director of Photography, from Seasons 2 through 5, and spent much of the first year he living at my house. Moxy was [...]

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The Family Virtual Christmas Card

By Jesse, himself. | Published: December 17, 2008

Hot off the hard drive, here it is. The watercolour is my first attempt at painting. An unapologetically blatant rip-off of a Tony Bennett masterpiece, it was just meant to be an exercise. His is three times as large, and a 100 times better (I can’t sing as well as him, either) but I was [...]

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