Ok, if you only read one book this year you need to turn off the television seriously, WTF is wrong with you. Personally I only make it through 2-3 dozen books (of the fictional variety) annually, so I don’t have alot of room to talk, and I can’t say that if you only read one…
Jenn Grant and Final Fantasy on Canada Live
CBC Radio 2’s Canada Live podcast this week features east-coast singer songwriter Jenn Grant and Toronto’s favorite violin rocker Final Fantasy both of whom are touring new albums. You can find an interview with Jenn about her new album Echoes over at Herohill. Owen “Final Fantasy” Pallett has two EPs released late last year Spectrum,…
The CBC’s Funding Must Be Increased
There is a piece in the Toronto Sun today expressing shock and outrage that the CBC is seeking more money from the federal government during the recession. That the Toronto Sun doesn’t like it should be enough to convince you that it’s a good idea. There are blogs in this city that have more credibility…
Even Outlaws Need to Protect their Brand
The Hell’s Angels are going to court in an effort to protect their brand. They may be outlaws, murderers, coke dealers and they may generally reject the laws of society, but not the ones dealing with trademark protection. Those they are completely serious about. The Hell’s Angels would like rings, pins, t-shirts and other items…
New Poll on Publicbroadcasting.ca content
I’ve created sections on publicbroadcasting.ca that aggregate information on a dozen topics and 23 cities. In case you don’t know, each of these takes information from blogs, podcasts and news sources, pools them all together and updates regularly so that the most recent information shows up. All of them can be subscribed to for free…
New Kara Keith Album March 4
Montreal via Calgary’s Kara Keith is set to release her first full length CD “Vision’s Fugitive’s” is set to hit the world on March 4. The album was recorded at TheeMightyHotel2Tango in Montreal by Howard Bilerman. Billerman has previously recorded over 250 albums including titles by Arcade Fire, the Dears, Basia Bulat and Bell Orchestre.…
New Feeds Added
A whole ton of new feeds added today: Band Blogs Megan Hamilton CanBlogs -30- From the Front Lines of Canada’s Media Calgary If Necessary Blogging But Not Necessarily Blogging CanCasts Electric Boogaloo Music Blogs Electric Boogaloo Toronto Music Blog Collective Ottawa Elgin Street Irregulars Performing Arts Backstage Pass: National Ballet of Canada Saskatoon Save Our…
Canadian Musicians Love to Count!
If you liked Feist’s 1 2 3 4 you might also like the new K-Os tune 4 3 2 1! The new video is out this week: Proving that K-Os can do everything Feist can, even backward! So how about it Sesame Street? After all, those kids might need to do a countdown for NASA…
Toronto Comic Arts Festival
Toronto, I’ve noticed, has become increasingly blessed with comic book-related events in the last decade. This is to the good of many, I think. But being a cartoonist part of the time, I have an admitted bias on this point. One of the events coming up this year is the Toronto Comic Arts Festival on…
Save Our Net Now
I’ve mentioned this several times before but the deadline is fast approaching for you to make your voice heard on Net Neutrality. Today I got the note below from Antonia Zerbisias and decided to pass it along just in case there is anyone left out there who doesn’t know yet. Below you’ll find a note…