Al Michaels just called Bill Belichick a genius. I need to find something to throw at the TV. At least the Cowboys are terrible enough that the announcers have to shut up about Parcells.
Author Archives: Jonathan Sterne
Football Update
A certain McGill professor to whom I shall heretofore refer as “Anonymous Football Fan” asked why I hadn’t blogged more about the NFL. I guess I haven’t had that much clever to say. First, let me make it clear that: a) Listening to Chris Berman call out the highlights is one of the supreme pleasures …
Not Yet Fully Assimilated
7:45pm. Carrie on couch, me in easy chair. ESPN football highlights on TV. Me: “Oh, the Grey Cup is probably still on right now. Want to watch the end?” Carrie: “Nah, I’d rather listen to Chris Berman.”
Where to Put the Canadian Politics?
It is no doubt a privilege of world domination that I can come to Canada as an American citizen and actually enjoy Canadian antiAmericanism in those odd instances when it pops up. Probably because I hate most of the same things that Canadians do, starting with the right wing politics and the religious sanctimony. Plus, …
Scattered Thoughts on Sound Art
Last night, with our friends Jenny and Josef (sorry if I misspelled that) we ventured out to dinner at L’Etranger and then to “Noises From the Dark IV”, an event put on by Studio 303, where we met David and Bronwen. Bronwen, it turns out, had my friend Greg Dimitriadis as an external examiner for …
Natural History of Royalty + Audio Geekdom
Okay, not really. Two separate topics. Since I’ve moved to Canada, I’ve become much more aware of royalty and how stupid it is. Joe Lockard forwarded the badeditors this Guardian cartoon, which contains actual words, in context, from Prince Charles. The upsetting thing is that it was front page news in yesterday’s Globe and Mail. …
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Bad Blog
Bad Subjects’ new blog is up and running, except that Geoff Sauer (our webmastermind — webmaster doesn’t really explain his involvement) switched to a BBS engine so that we can respond to each other and be more interactive. The result? It looks exactly like a BBS, but populated by Bad Subjects editors. Here’s the text …