munro day (chris have murphy upon us)

Yes, Friday was Munro Day, that blessed annual celebration that only Dalhousie University observes, thanks to this man.

(Check it out: Wikipedia has a bio about George Munro and even an entry for Munro Day.)

My Munro Day got off to a nostalgic start thanks to an email I received out of the blue Thursday from Graeme Gunn, editor of Halifax magazine... they're revamping/relaunching as a bi-monthly insert in the Sunday Herald...

They are starting with a music issue to coincide with the 2006 Juno Awards, and he asked me for a back-page editorial. Suddenly I'm writing about the '90s Halifax music scene for the first time in three years. Spent the first couple of morning hours Friday banging out a rough draft. Did a little combing through the archives and found out what I was doing 10 years ago yesterday. Sometimes these things write themselves.