The Knitters, the alt-country incarnation of one of my favourite bands of all time, X, is playing in Toronto tonight.

You can read a piece on the Knitters (which includes Dave Alvin of the Blasters, another legendary band) here.

Djamshid Popal, the Afghan boy who came to Canada for a life-saving heart operation last year, isn't doing so well.

Now he wants to return to Canada permanently. If he stays where he is, he'll probably die.