The A.V. Club has a regular feature called “Primer,” which they describe as their “ongoing series of beginners’ guides to pop culture’s most notable subjects.” In practice, I’m not a hundred percent sure what distinguishes it from “Gateways to Geekery,” a similar A.V. Club series. But they’re both worth a read now and then, and […]

If you’re in the mood to catch some live readers tonight, then I’m hosting a couple of events you won’t want to miss. Strong Words returns to the Free Times Cafe at 8:00 PM tonight, featuring appearances by Catriona Wright, Andrew MacDonald and Simon Patrick Rogers. The reading will be “pay what you can,” and […]

The good people at Varial Technologies, who host this site and the many sites affiliated with it, are offering a discount on all new orders. Using the coupon code “APRIL” between now and the end of the month, you can get 10% off new domain registrations and transfers, along with 10% off any new hosting […]

Hey, remember when I said I’d finally gotten around to tracking my site traffic? Well, it turns out that I apparently did a really half-assed job. Personally, I blame Textpattern – or to be more accurate, I blame my complete and consistent misunderstanding of how the damned thing actually works. It’s a wonderfully flexible content […]

When I wrote about Collateral Murder yesterday, I linked to collateralmurder.com. And I’m glad I did; it’s one of a number of URLs that links to the site Wikileaks launched, and it’s not the one that Facebook immediately blocked. Earlier this morning, people started noticing that if they were to post a link to collateralmurder.org […]

“WikiLeaks has released a classified US military video depicting the indiscriminate slaying of over a dozen people in the Iraqi suburb of New Baghdad – including two Reuters news staff.” The incident in question took place on the morning of Thursday, 12 July 2007. Wikileaks obtained the video and various supporting documents from a number […]

Damon Albarn of Blur appeared on a recent cover of the NME because they tapped him to interview the cartoon monkey musicians in Gorillaz. And in case you haven’t been keeping up, Gorillaz are a “virtual band” that I guess we’re all supposed to pretend that Damon Albarn isn’t also in. If you grew up […]

Several years ago, playwright and friend Jason Hall wrote an excellent play called GBS. Its debut production at the Toronto Fringe Festival in 2004 was followed by a 2006 production in London, Jason’s new home. The show is now enjoying its American debut on New York’s Theatre Row, courtesy of the Clockwork Theatre Company – […]

“You’ve got to be careful what you write on a public site like your blog,” my mother said after that thing with the Star. “Yeah,” I said. “I’m usually pretty careful about that.” “I know,” she said. “I read it every once in a while. You tend to be pretty polite.” “It’s funny you should […]

Ben Peterson of Journalists for Human Rights recently sent out an email to remind us all that tickets for the annual Night for Rights fundraiser are going fast. I’ll be spinning, as I’ve mentioned, and I’ll be just one of a few great DJs on the bill. My accomplished friend Splattermonkey, for example, will be […]