I’m off on vacation for a few weeks folks. I’ll have limited access to email , but won’t have enough internet access to really post anything to publicbroadcasting.ca. Once I’m back, I have a number of things in the works for publicbroadcasting.ca and otherwise. I haven’t had much time to post today but while I’m…
RVT: Levi MacDougall
Almost everyone knows who Levi MacDougall is. If you don’t know the name he is the guy with the really bad cell phone service in Rogers Wireless ads (Don’t believe the hype, Rogers service is not that great.) But Levi is more than a guy with bad cell phone service. He’s also one of Toronto’s…
Find (or Write) the New Hockey Song
The CBC Hockey Challenge site is up and in full swing at anthemchallenge.cbc.ca. Submissions are being accepted between now and August 31 for a chance to win “• Bragging Rights: the world will know you wrote an anthem that will be a key part of CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada’s broadcast. The winning Theme will…
Coming Up in Toronto
This is going to be the last events posting for a couple of weeks as I’m headed out of town. If there is anyone out there who relies on this, Jennifer Polk is taking over the Facebook Group in my absence so you may want to join that. Wednesday, July 16RIVAL GANG THEATRE + MJ…
War Resisters, Stephen Harper and Gerard Kennedy
So it’s come to this. US Military deserter Robin Long has been deported. “Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s minority Conservative government has ignored a nonbinding motion passed by opposition parties in the House of Commons last month that would have allowed the Iraq deserters to stay.“ This coming right on the heels of evidence of the…
Stephen Page Arrested on Drug Charges
Barenaked Ladies frontman Stephen Page has been arrested on drug charges according to the CBC. Steven Page, along with two women, were arrested after police found cocaine and marijuana in a Fayetteville, N.Y., apartment, according to a Syracuse-area radio station’s website, 9WSYR.com. Page and one of the women were apparently arrested Friday after police discovered…
Better Than The Van: New Site to Help Musicians on the Road
Via CBC Radio 3 comes word that a brand new website has been created to help find bands places to stay while on the Road. “For indie musicians, there’s nothing quite like hitting the road in that stinky old Ford Econoline and heading across North America. But it doesn’t take long before the romance of…
Dinosaur Bones at the Supermarket July 25
So the last band I saw at this year’s NXNE was Dinosaur Bones who were good, but it was very late at night on Sunday after NXNE was technically over. So I’ve been patiently waiting for my chance to see them again. Naturally, I will be out of town when it happens. But, if you’re…
New Gentleman Reg Album Coming on Arts & Crafts
According to CBC Radio 3 Reg Vermue (a.k.a. Gentleman Reg) has inked a deal with Arts and Crafts and will be releasing his new album “Jet Black” on October 14. It has been a long wait for Jet Black. Reg’s last album “Darby and Joan” was released in 2004. His other albums include “Make Me…
The CRTC, New Media (and Michael Geist)
If you don’t read Michael Geist’s Blog. Dr. Geist will keep you up to date on the latest in the law as it pertains to technology and copyright. Today you would have found out a couple of important things. First the Competition Bureau has warned the CRTC against regulating new media. This is a good…