Currently enjoying “BCD-2″ by Basic Channel

, February 15, 2011

Basic Channel are a dub techno duo from Berlin who have released a number of landmark tracks under various pseudonyms over the years. Mark Ernestus and Moritz Von Oswald could probably claim ownership of an entire movement if they weren’t so alias-happy; they’ve presided over a number of labels over the years, and helped a […]


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The “truth” about multiculturalism and democracy

, February 15, 2011

To be fair to David Cameron, he isn’t the only world leader who’s stepped forward this month to call multiculturalism a failure. Nicolas Sarkozy of France did the same thing at a televised town hall meeting on Thursday. “The truth,” Sarkozy said, “is that in all our democracies we have been too preoccupied with the […]


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Link of the Day: Radiohead: 01 and 10

, February 15, 2011

In celebration of the news that there’s a new Radiohead record coming our way this weekend, here’s a quick link to this thing. Thanks for sharing, Ian.


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Everyone’s a DJ returns in March

, February 14, 2011

Speaking of great times this weekend, I’d like to thank everybody who made it out to Disgraceland on Saturday night for February’s edition of Everyone’s a DJ. We had a great crowd, and we hosted an awful lot of first-timers and newbies, which is always a great time. Thanks for being a part of it! […]


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Kate’s a finalist in the CBC Literary Awards

, February 14, 2011

A little while back, I mentioned that Kate had some big news, but she wasn’t able to share it because it hadn’t yet been made public. Now that it has, I’m happy to be among the first to publicly congratulate her. The CBC Literary Awards have been offered annually since 1979. The list of past […]


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Today I launched a new blog at media101.ca

, February 14, 2011

In light of all the hotly debated media issues that have risen to the top of the news in Canada lately – and in light of how bummed out I was to discover recently that an old media reform website of mine is now a shadow of its former self – I decided it was […]


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Congratulations to the Sketchersons on the first of many great live tapings

, February 14, 2011

Kate and I went down to Comedy Bar last night, as promised, to catch the first in a series of live tapings the Sketchersons are doing for Rogers TV over the course of the next few weeks. It also happened to be the first show my brother Jon presided over as the head writer, which […]


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Link of the Day: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Toronto

, February 14, 2011

“Big Brothers Big Sisters of Toronto matches adults with children between the ages of 6 and 18 in a mentoring relationship that is fun and rewarding for all.” Kate’s been involved in the program for about three months now, spending some time every weekend with just about the sweetest, coolest kid you’d ever want to […]


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Link of the Day: Startingpage

, February 13, 2011

Startingpage bills itself as “the world’s most private search engine.” BoingBoing recently described it as “a sort of middle-man between you and Google that keeps no records or data on their own at all.” Why is that useful? “Google and other search engines,” BoingBoing blogger Sean Bonner explains, “track what users search; over time, the […]


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Everyone’s a DJ returns tonight

, February 12, 2011

Don’t forget that Everyone’s a DJ returns to Disgraceland tonight at 9:00 PM. We’ve got a great schedule full of sixteen DJs doing twenty minute sets each, and it looks like it’s going to be a fun and eclectic night. Details are available on our website, along with our official page on Facebook. We’ve also […]


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