So I just went to the iTunes Store to purchase the new Elders of Zion EP. Elders of Zion is the musical project of my friend and longtime collaborator Joel Schalit (who also has a new blog), and I was excited to get the album. Now, normally I don’t buy from iTunes in general, since …
Author Archives: Jonathan Sterne
All’s Noisy on the Eastern Front
and really I’m only “east” if you ignore the fact that Canada goes really far east. This semester is really kicking my ass. I use that phrase advisedly. Every semester beats me up, but this one is special because I have insisted on doing more of what I want to do on top of what …
A Brief Blip
Here’s a scary and funny article from Kembrew McLeod in this week’s Chronicle of Higher Ed.
24 Capsule Review (Spoilers)
Thumbs up: this season’s looking up for the music, and the bad guys actually getting ahead a little as opposed to just threatening Thumbs down: Kal Penn should not be a terrorist — he’s way better as a comic actor — but at least they killed his character. All I could think about was the …
More Language Politics
I was pleased to see that the French language lobby stopped the Esso Corporation’s plan to give its depanneurs an English name — “On the Go,” and I am pleased to see that people are now starting to ask questions about the English-language signs for multinationals. Since Bill 101 the Quebec language police have been …
End of a Blog
It was interesting to read the final posts over at Michael Bérubé’s website. It was one of the first blogs I read regularly, though I confess that as he got a bigger following and it became a thing-in-itself, I spent less time reading. His blogger resignation letter, such as it is, was interesting to read. …
Oh. My. God.
The first ad campaign for Montreal’s Metro. 1976, shot in the Atwater station. Check out the cool synth intro. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a TV ad for a subway before.