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Nice start:

April 26, 2006 by Michael Boyle

yesterday Hugh McGuire introduced his new project – Collectik – to the world. I haven’t looked at it in detail yet, but what I have seen looks really great. Collectik is “like mixtapes for podcasts” as they say in their tagline.

Tags: Media, Music

The buzz last week

April 24, 2006 by Michael Boyle

was high about Neil Young’s upcoming protest album, and the most predictable nay-saying followed a pretty facile script: Neil Young is a drug-addled loser who clearly doesn’t know much about anything, blah blah blah. Today’s Video Dog clip with Young from some entertainment show clearly demonstrates that nothing could be further from the truth were Neil Young is concerned.

Tags: Music, US Politics

Michael Geist reports that

April 13, 2006 by Michael Boyle

six important indie labels have formally withdrawn from their supposed Industry Association, the CRIA. As Geist’s title has it, this is like Removing the C from CRIA, as the remaining member companies are simply subsidiaries of global congolomerates.

Tags: Canadian Politics, Copyfight, Geist

Maciej Ceglowski:

April 12, 2006 by Michael Boyle

Argentina On Two Steaks A Day. A friend who spent time there put it this way, “Meals consist of steak with a side of steak. Period.”

Tags: Food

The “Words” section

April 11, 2006 by Michael Boyle

of this site has been sadly neglected for a long time, but I continue to have high hopes that I will be able to resurrect it and post longer-form pieces there from time to time. A small step in the right direction is a little thing I just posted called, “True Facts about Ottawa“. If you’ve been following along, you know that I moved from Montreal to Ottawa last summer, having spent my childhood and youth here in Capital City.

Tags: Montreal, Ottawa, Personal

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