Scott Thompson to Don Cherry, 1992 (YouTube): “The reason the level of belligerence in the NHL has been brought down is the Europeans. The faggy Europeans.â€
Monthly Archives: February 2009
Sirius XM going bankrupt
February 10, 2009 – 6:07 pm
But only in America, so no big deal. As Stephen Harper will tell you, what happens in the US, stays in the US.
Every Move You Make
February 10, 2009 – 4:11 pm
Nesting With Nora was a tempting title (and thought!), but not one I could make work for this item. What is Twitter, and how can it help you promote your show, find guests, break stories, and more?Nora Young, host of CBC Radio One’s Spark, and her team of Twitterers (Tweeters?) are holding a lunch-hour workshop […]
Live To Tape
February 10, 2009 – 1:08 pm
A little bird says that Radio 2 overnight hosts Jowi Taylor and Philly Markowitz have been “let go”.
22 + X = ?
February 10, 2009 – 11:28 am
Weisblott quotes a plump young comedian: “Look at how the CBC added Generation X comedians by adding them to the cast of Air Farce and This Hour Has 22 Minutes instead of giving them a show of their own… Not that everything needs to be about raging against the machine, but I also wish Rick […]
The Silly Solution
February 10, 2009 – 11:23 am
It’s been put forth that commercial advertising on CBC Radio may be a way out of the financial pressures faced by the Corporation.It would, of course, also mean the end of the CBC.Our Heritage Minister seems to think that the automakers who have abandoned television ads would be eager to try radio instead, and that […]
Ogged
February 9, 2009 – 10:48 pm
Tiresome open-source fanboys can now listen to CBC via patent-unencumbered, free (“as in beerâ€) Ogg Vorbis instead of just turning the fucking radio on.
Our Voices Denied
February 9, 2009 – 4:58 pm
Everyone knows that Cross Country Checkup is hot radio, even though it’s buried on a Sunday afternoon instead of 9 to midnight each weekday.It’s long overdue that Newsworld had a similar call-in show. Why are we still waiting for such a program on national television?Would it not be the most cost-effective and socially useful contribution […]
Izzy’s ghost feasting at the trough?
February 9, 2009 – 6:50 am
While the official CBC blog is busy demonstrating its own futility by linking to stories about Canwest’s imminent demise, let’s take a moment to imagine how Canwest’s demise might be averted. Start with a tidbit from Peter “Fisherman’s Cap†Newman’s
A New Mac
February 8, 2009 – 3:40 pm
CBC Spark contributor Amber MacArthur gives birth to son Connor.Considering who his mother is, he’ll probably grow up and save the world.
Evan’s a dreamboat
February 8, 2009 – 1:48 pm
And there are few pictures that “do him justice”.Jalal may not be alone.
CBC Orifice Speaks
February 7, 2009 – 6:36 pm
I love the irony of this situation. I’m under attack from Allan because he feels I’m off topic or unqualified.Allan, remove your head from your own orifice. If there’s anyone unqualified around here it’s you. You write for a blog about the CBC with absolutely zero work experience at the CBC. ~ Paul McGrath Who […]
Dear Paul M.
February 6, 2009 – 2:53 pm
Been looking at your blog, Paul.The one you do at the behest of the Corporation.The one with thousands of work-hour hits.With follow-up notices about pension plans, and executive announcements. (copyright Tod Maffin?) I would think that the Naked City of the CBC holds a thousand stories, without ever having to mention Canwest even once.Is it […]
Big Bobby Clobber
February 6, 2009 – 11:34 am
Can we look at this “pansify†business as a teachable moment? I don’t mean “send Milbury to reëducation camp.†I mean “talk about what really happens in sports media.†This is so old hat now that “important†commentators like Mark Simpson coin a phrase for it (“spornoâ€) and ritually phone in a critique from on […]
