Today’s post is about other people, sort of. First, Tim Hecker, who came to McGill to do sonic history, also has a new album out which has him featured on Pitchfork. Here’s the review. Here’s his guest list column. Second, I have been on the steering committee for a group called Media@McGill for some time …
Category Archives: Press
Press Wrapup–Part II
Today I went to CBC’s studio for a taped interview. They were interviewing me about my “Inaudible City” talk at the Champ Libre conference last weekend. Which was really cool except there’s something about starting at and speaking into a Neumann microphone . . .
Press Wrapup–Part I
So two of the interviews I gave appeared in print, and the gun quote appeared in both. Which makes me think in some small way it was worthwhile. I’ve reproduced the Montreal Gazette piece below. You can read the Hour piece here. There’s only one obvious problem with the Hour piece: never in my life …
My Soundbite
I’ve already had two calls from reporters today asking about the impact of cellphones, blogging, wikis, etc. on the shooting and the events surrounding it. After supplying the real answer, which elicits a “yeah but” from the reporter, I supply what I imagine are the usual answers for someone in my position, with whatever critical …
Finally, some good news in today’s paper
Another Globe and Mail headline: “Canada turning its back on God, Pope says” in the first paragraph, he says that Canada has “excluded God from the public sphere.” Well at least something’s going right!
Horror
Two of today’s headlines from the Globe & Mail: “Bush admits to Existence of Secret Prisons” — like we didn’t know already? How is someone who so systematically violates the laws of his own country allowed to stay in office? It would be jaw dropping if it weren’t so routine. “U.S. Army Forbids Use of …
More Anti-Immigrant Stuff
In the past few months, I’ve been personally present for several nasty anti-immigrant comments, which I guess I never blogged about. I won’t right now, except to say that there’s a real nativist streak that runs across the whole political spectrum in Canada. Despite the talk about multiculturalism and being a nation of immigrants, there …