So far the new NxEW.ca Canadian music blog is off to a great start. It has 28 contributors signed up and 3 people who have said they are interested but have not actually signed up yet. Out of those people 20 have sent in their bios so we know that we have 20 people representing…
Warning for Writers: Be Careful When Replying to Ads
I’m sure you’ve seen them on sites like Craigslist and Kijiji: Ads that offer money for articles, people looking for freelance writers. Many of them will ask you for sample articles. Well it turns out that in many cases that those aren’t job postings. They are just looking for free content for other people’s web…
It Is Time to Bring Down This Government
I understood when Michael Ignatieff passed the Conservative budget. It was important to get money flowing. Brining down the government one the budget would have delayed for months improvements to unemployment insurance (as slight as they were) and infrastructure dollars. But the budget is done. Todays announcement of layoffs at the CBC was entirely preventable.…
Exposing The Bias at the CBC
Ok so the CBC’s conservative detractors continually say that the CBC has a left wing bias. It’s the same stuff that conservatives in the states say bout the media in general and PBS in particular. These same people claim that the majority of the public doesn’t support the CBC – never mind that the polls…
Official Canadian Response to Fox
No it didn’t come from Harper, or McKay – they are too concerned with cozying up to the states to issue the official response – the Official response to Fox comes from the true representatives of the Canadian people This Hour Has 22 Minutes (tonight at 8:30).
What Does Internet Radio Mean: Technological Implications for the Larger Media
I have written a couple of times now about the arrival of internet radio: The devices that look like old school radios and use a wi-fi connection to deliver tens of thousands of radio stations from around the world. Similar solutions are hitting the streets for iPhones and other portable devices. The arrival of internet…
Bad Media! No Cigar
I’m still working on the best way to create that forum on the future of media but a flurry of recent media news, from Canada and abroad, gives me the impression that the brains behind ‘media’ still don’t have a fragment of a clue in most cases. First ‘old media’ or ‘main stream media’ (whichever…
Fox News Commentator Cancels Edmonton Visit
I’m sure you’ve all seen the lovely video from Fox by now. After 8 years and 116 (to date) deaths in Afghanistan facing armed insurgents, booby traps, ambush’s and suicide bombers the brave people at Fox news decided to ridicule Canadian Soldiers for ‘taking a break.’ The reality is we’re not taking a break, we’re…
Laura Barrett & the Phonemes Tour the West in April
Sometimes Hidden Camera and Adorable and the woman recently voted Canada’s Sexiest Musician at the CBC Radio 3 Bucky Awards – Laura Barrett is heading west with her friends the Phonemes who are fresh off of a Wombatty Winter. The places you need to be are: 8 Apr 2009 Duck Creek Gallery Salt Spring Island,…
Rock Plaza Central: Very Limited Edition EP
(cross posted from nxew.ca) Toronto’s Rock Plaza Central has released ‘Neath the Lion’s Paw’ an EP featuring 3 songs from their forthcoming CD (to be released in may) and alternate versions of older songs. Only 200 Copies are available – 100 they will sell at shows and 100 are available online (see myspace.com/rockplazacentral for details.…