Month: May 2009
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Do you know “why?”
A husband of many years walked into the kitchen and noticed that his wife was making corn bread in a frying pan. He asked her why did she make corn bread that way. She responded because her mother did it that way. Curious he went to his mother-in-law and asked why did she make corn…
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Disclaimer
I apologize that the excerpt placed on this site came out with errors. In reviewing the post those symbols were not visible until after I published the piece. In my haste to share, I obviously made a mistake.
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Excerpt from recently released debut novel: Choices
The following is an excerpt from my recently released debut novel, “Choices” available at fine bookstores and on my website, www.wgranvillebrown.com Prologue The meeting took place in an out-of-the-way nondescript motel so deep in no-man’s land, the ancient woman who checked them in quickly forgot doing so.“Are you kidding me? Why are we meeting in…
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The Future of Publicbroadcasting.ca
Publicbroadcasting.ca has been quiet for awhile now as I have been busy with other projects, but it’s going to come back soon – hopefully in a big, big way. About 7 weeks ago (2 months as of May 20) I launched NxEW.ca because I knew there was an underserved audience out there for Canadian music….
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Paying what you can?
Just the other day I read an article that the Seattle Art Museum advertised one of its exhibits as the following: SAM’s admission is suggested, which means you pay what you can. The author of the article tested the theory and the sales clerk collecting the money never gave him a look for putting in…
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On the Dangers of Walled Gardens and Locked Gates
Steve Pratt of CBC Radio 3 has an excellent post on ‘walled gardens’ vs Setting your content free (which is an old topic/rule but still totally relevant.) Canadian media companies, from my point of view anyway, still haven’t fully grasped the concept, or they are still very resistant to it. You should definitely read Steve’s…
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The Inseparable Relationship Between Politics, Art and Culture
At the Betty Burke show at This Ain’t the Rosedale Library on Wednesday and met co-proprietor Charlie Huisken for the first time. He’s been following many of my online projects and comlimented me on my mix of arts, culture and politics. The thing is I don’t really know how you separate them. I know the…