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Monthly Archives: April 2009
… what gave it away? …
April 13, 2009 – 12:08 am
~ being in the same band for over 30 years?~ 19 Grammy nominations?~ induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?~ Billboard Century Award for lifetime achievements? “… you seem very passionate about music …” ~ Jian Ghomeshi to Tom Petty
Inciting Hatred
April 12, 2009 – 11:29 pm
The role of the daily newspaper has changed, as a younger generation takes over. # 3. “Jian Ghomeshi rules!” # 10. “We love you, Jian!” ~ The National Post
You got a lot of nerve
April 12, 2009 – 1:37 pm
you got a lot of nerve to say you are my friend ~ POSITIVELY 4TH STREET LYRICS then less than a minute into the show, you announce to the world, in front of all of us that the only reason we’re on the show is because of who i am, that you’re not interested in […]
Important when the mainstream media says it
April 12, 2009 – 10:18 am
Not that it’s a new idea, but it becomes a noteworthy idea for CBC to go ad-free only when a university professor says it in Canada’s biggest newspaper, but not when a CBC-related blog says the same thing.
Still slow to refresh
April 12, 2009 – 8:53 am
They’re always a little bit behind, but any day now there should be an update to the Business Travel and Hospitality Expenses of the CBC’s top executives.The pattern has been to post them three months after they’ve been submitted, and to only display the past twelve months.That means the receipts submitted for Richard Stursberg during […]
Richard, get Al on the phone stat
April 11, 2009 – 11:20 am
Is it still a good idea to get in bed with Al Gore’s Current TV now that it has cancelled its IPO? (Stursberg had said the deal is still on despite the budget cuts.)
In his own words
April 11, 2009 – 9:44 am
fromTo add some context, when Billy Bob began speaking they brought the house lights up. He noticed a child in the first few rows. He told her she had changed the course of his speech. That is why he says, “honey cover your ears” before calling Jian an “asshole”.
The one humbly titled …
April 11, 2009 – 4:21 am
That’s odd. In all the years since Suzanne came out, and on a couple of occasions getting his autograph, I’ve never heard the great and gracious man referred to as “L.C.”. But no matter, must begin a new essay, “Bob Dylan and Me”. No wait, change that. Make it “Me and Bob Dylan”, yeah that’s […]
CBC Lies Claim More Than One Victim
April 10, 2009 – 5:24 pm
Had Jian Ghomeshi not lied to Billy Bob Thornton, The Boxmasters would still be on tour with Willie Nelson. UPDATE: It has subsequently been announced that one of the band members has the flue. The band will rejoin the tour April 14 in the States.
‘[I]f the “New 2†hasn’t found its audience six months after its launch, it’s never going to’
April 10, 2009 – 12:22 pm
Two years of steady ratings decline, notes CBC Radio Two and Me. (No mention of the problem of counting new online-only listeners.)
Tweets of ill repute
April 10, 2009 – 7:19 am
Good morning, social media fans, and welcome back to opensource happyland. WTF! Blocked! By local television scribe and online diarist Denis McGrath! It’s a heywriterblock! It’s an outrage! What did I ever do to him? Come to think of it, he’s been distant ever since we made fun of his weight. And baldness. And criticized […]
The Public Is Punked
April 10, 2009 – 6:24 am
“I think that does raise interesting questions about ideas around how much journalism is to be controlled, especially when it comes to arts and entertainment and culture, and I think that that’s a concern.“ News and public affairs aside, Jian Ghomeshi thinks that it’s especially important that news about entertainment not be “controlled.”Perks like free […]
