Jon Brooks

No Mean City cover painting “Cottingham School With The Black Flag” by the late Christiane Pflug. Produced by Pat Simmonds summer2005.

@raptors thank you, thank you, thank you. You are loved.

“The Record That Changed My Life.” Hopefully half as much to read as it was to write. #TheBoatmansCall Penguin Eggs @NickCaveandtheBadSeeds.

Tomorrow matinee at The Intersteer on Roncesvalles, Toronto. 5-8pm. #outskirtsofapproval w/Joe Ernewein and Vivienne Wilder.

Fallen Tree Records

Fallen Tree Records

Ours and the Shepherds, my 2007 album of Canadian war stories has just been re-released by Fallen Tree Records this month. Trauma incurred by war experience is not a disorder, it’s human. Painting by Sean Yelland. “Whose fault is it? Ours and the shepherds.” - Dorothy Day.

Rereleased Fallen Tree Records! Terrifying painting by Sean Yelland.

Our first Outskirts of Approval gig The Dakota Tavern w/Vivienne Wilder and Joe Ernewein was a success thanks to all who dared to accept the perils of atomic live music last night. You are loved. Thank you Shawna Caspi for the great photo.

Photo by Laura Kathryn Carson

See ya'll tonight in #Nanaimo Harbour City Concerts @FirstUnitarianFellowshipofNanaimo http://ufon.ca/ 7.30pm w/Neil Cruickshank Painting by the adorable, Marilyn J Adams Gallant

The final #SadMonday of this current residency is upon us. Tomorrow night The Cameron House 6-8pm will be our last. For now. Fingers crossed we'll be invited back because I've only just begun to get my bearings on a stage which has just recently included the great performers John Showman (fiddle) and Vivienne Wilder (upright bass/vocals). But this being the finale of a 3 month run of unapologetic nuance, ambiguity, and melancholia, I thought it appropriate to invite my near northern friends, Sean Cotton and Christina Hutt. I understand the challenge of leaving the safety and comfort of one's digital home - should that be the case, you can still abet and aid live music and atomic community by one click: 'share.' Trust me, it helps. Should you be among those reckless souls pursuing the examined life - we'll be in lovable company and we'll be so grateful you contributed to what I believe will be the greatest #SadMonday yet. Please remember: it's cash only and your kids are smarter than you think - that is to say, yer welcome to bring 'em if you're okay with exposing them to the unsafe space of ideation and song. They'll leave #SadMondays with strange and secret wisdom their teachers may not appreciate.

#SadMondays @ The Cameron House w/the stupidly trustworthy Chris Ronald Vivienne Wilder and John Showman was perilously inspired. Too many predictable hits, I know...apologies, hometown super-fans: don't hate me cause you love me AND I'm famous. Okay, bring it down...Next week is the final #SadMonday of this run - hopefully we'll be back for more in warmer 2019 days. For now, our final #SadMonday, March 25, we'll have John and Vivienne back - as well as the inimitable Sean Cotton and Christina Hutt. Get there early. This one will be stuffed with all the melancholia, tragic vision, and regret that accompanies all final #SadMondays.

#SadMondays The Cameron House 6-8pm. Tomorrow night I'll be joined by the laughably talented Vivienne Wilder Clayton Yates and John Showman. Special guest - all the way from Vancouver - my Borealis Records brother, Chris Ronald.

#SadMondays, baby. Safe haven from the healers of sadness, tomorrow night at The Cameron House with the hatefully talented, John Showman - 6-8pm. 'Twill be a rock show of the first order. You will be heartbroken, soul-ransacked, and reinvigorated. You are loved.

One final Ontario gig with Neil Cruickshank tonight @ www.studio13livesoundrecording.com in Millgrove, ON. There may be a seat or two left should you be in the Hamilton area. Ticket/info: https://studio13livesoundrecording.com/contact-studio-13/

Friday night: last chance to see Neil Cruickshank and I in #Ontari-ario will be Winterfolk Blues & Roots Festival Dora Keogh Irish Pub 8pm-9pm. C'mon out #TO beautiful people. https://jonbrooks.ca/videos

Hey Toronto friends, tonight The Cameron House #SadMondays will be back with Neil Cruickshank 6pm sharp. Lotsa new songs and some really really old songs written specifically for #FamilyDay.

Thank you, @christina_hutt Sean Cotton and Neil Cruickshank for an exceptional #SadMonday @the.cameronhouse You are loved.

Monday, Feb 4 6-8pm. The Cameron House I'll be joined by the both laughably great, Sean Cotton and Christina Hutt. They're coming a long way for this one so I hope some of you make it out for them. Fact: contrary to marketing minds that believe everything is exclamatory, not all #SadMondays are created equal - this one will be especially memorable.

Shocker. Beautiful forlorn people showed up for #SadMonday #TOSnowStorm edition. Thank you @the.cameronhouse You are loved.

Another #sadmondays mercifully endured @the.cameronhouse with the shining @isabelfryszberg Thank you, beautiful people, you are loved.

Thank y’all @theintersteer and Neil Cruickshank. Fun was had. You are loved. Seeya soon @the.cameronhouse #SadMondays

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Beautiful news: No One Travels Alone just made NPR's Global Village 'Best Albums of 2018' list! Yeah, yeah, yeah, I just used an exclamation mark - but I needed some good news after last night's saddest Sad Monday of all time. The NPR show airs tonight at 7pm and they'll be playing something from the new album for my American brothers and sisters. Thank you Global Village, this means a lot. You are loved. http://www.kmuw.org/post/best-18-allen-toussaint-folk-golden-age-middle-east-cool-covers