JHR’s Night for Rights 2010
The good people at Journalists for Human Rights will host their annual Night for Rights on Friday, 26 March 2010 at Oasi Restaurant. I’ve been invited back to spin another set, and of course I’m very excited about it. This is one of my favourite events of the year, and it’s all for a terrific […]
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A big day for a blogger
In case you haven’t seen it – and I hadn’t known about it myself until a friend sent me an email this afternoon – an excerpt from the first of my two recent posts on the Miller press conference kerfuffle was quoted in today’s edition of the Toronto Star. I’m down at the bottom, following […]
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It’s Friday, so here’s the video for “Fun To Be Had” by Nitzer Ebb
Industrial and EBM artists are often guilty of taking themselves a bit too seriously – sometimes to completely unwarranted degrees. Which is why it’s pretty nice, every once in a while, to see a group like Nitzer Ebb decide that the best way to shoot a video for a heavy, aggressive single is to go […]
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Prom in Mississippi canceled because a lesbian couple wanted to go too
The Associated Press reports that a school district in northern Mississippi decided yesterday to cancel an upcoming high school prom “after a lesbian student demanded she be able to attend with her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo.” Thanks to Carly for the link, via this post on Autostraddle. The district has a policy that senior […]
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Political theatre versus “abuse of media”
I was a little heavy handed over the Miller thing yesterday, so I’d like to argue a quick point that I should have made from the start. I know this is literally yesterday’s news, but for the sake of being fair, I’d like to clear something up. The Star called Miller’s announcement “political theatre” in […]
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Budgets are dull and journalism is hard
I’m a little disappointed by the hissyfit thrown by certain journalists and pundits over the budget announcement that Miller made this morning. I don’t want to tell anybody how to do their job, but it looks like I’m about to try, because I think the way it was done this morning was a pretty telling […]
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How to be a good man
Tonight at 6:30 PM, the White Ribbon Campaign will host a discussion entitled “How to Be a Good Man,” featuring an impressive array of “men of faith and creed” speaking out about the male role models they had and what they learned about their own identity while growing up. It’s happening tonight at Ryerson University […]
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All kinds of help wanted
The year ahead is going to be a busy one, and I’m looking to take on a bunch of new opportunities in addition to the things I’ve already got on the go. If I want to do it all well, I won’t be able to do it all alone. So I’m looking for volunteers, promoters, […]
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